We've lived in this for 10 months now and whilst it's home, I still haven't made it "ours". Our landland is pretty chill about us painting things and putting up shelves etc. but do I really want to put that much effort into a house that isn't ours and we may not be in a position to buy for a while, if ever?
I love our house but there are some super annoying things about it, like why isn't behind the stove tiled? It's difficult to clean and gets marked so easily with food/grease etc. We have mold/damp in the kitchen and bathroom because of poor ventilation. Our garden is a mess of weeds and toads - that's a battle I'll never win!
At the moment, a lot of things I want to do for the house are on hold until after the wedding, and "after the wedding" seems to be the stopper on a lot of my plans lately because it's going to be taking up a lot of my spare money even though we're doing it for what we think is relatively cheap!
One thing pains me above all other things in this house, it's the lack of storage! There used to be a cupboard under the stairs but our landlord removed it to open up the dining room, which is handy in some senses but my god, I would love somewhere to just put things out of sight - like Monica's cupboard. I'll admit it, I'm a Monica Gellar.
Even though we moved into the house just after New Year, it's taken us until now to find a place for things and slowly we've been re-arranging furniture throughout the house that makes sense on a practical level but also looks good.
Last week, our living room was a whole different layout and we weren't making the best use of the space because the room has really odd nooks and crannies, after a bit of huffing and puffing from Ceri I convinced him to move the sofa into the bay window meaning we had more space on the floor and could fit a coffee table in - when I can find one that doesn't drive me to distraction!
Our house is super light because the sun comes into the front in the morning and moves around to the garden in the evenings, but I don't know how to make the best of it in the rooms - our bedroom feels really bland and we haven't painted it at all, we need new furniture because we (ceri) has too many clothes for the space we have and I loathe built in wardrobes which also aren't practical for our renting situation.
I also finally bought
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook which I've wanted forever! But I didn't want to pay £25 for it. Sorry Martha, I think you have enough money! That is one book I really don't mind taking up space in my house!
