The Overconfident Dream List of Pre-Baby Projects

Man, there is nothing that lights a fire under me like telling me that I cant do something. And in roughly 20 weeks, we will have a new little nugget that will undoubtedly make it hard to tear myself away to go and paint a wall. (I was trying to explain to Court that its practically September, which means its October, which means Christmas is over, which means we have like 2 weeks until the baby is here.)

I thought it would be fun to share with you guys the list of all I’d like to get accomplished. Court thinks I am insane, but you guys are really good enablers so lets get the guy motivated together!!

The Master Bedroom. Sighhhhhhhhh. The freaking master bedroom. You may remember a while ago (um. 2013)I had major plans to do a real time master makeover. I got a few projects deep and at this point just didnt love where it was going. So I stopped to re-evaluate.

When BHG came to shoot I whipped it into shape a little so that it was ready for pictures, but in my mind it just wasnt ever done (you know that feeling rihgt?)

Then I had some big plans to turn it into an office (lots of walls for pictures) so we moved the bed into the teeny 4th bedroom and have been camping out in there for a few months. Long story short, I’m ready for it to be a bedroom again. Right now all I’ve got figured out is the headboard (its going to be so goooood!!) but once everything gets rolling I’m hoping it’ll all fall into place.

The Kitchen. Sighhhhhhhhhhhh x2. The kitchen makeover started with the tile (hellooooo 2 years ago!) and came to a dead standstill once that was done. The thing is, I dont want to completely renovate it. I dont have 20k to pour into it, I want it to be actually doable for most people that hate their kitchen and have a teeny budget. That being said, I dont want it to look like I spent nothing. And have you guys seen this piece of art the Nick and Beth did? Can you imagine something similar only 10x bigger? Maybe as big as a kitchen table?!

The Laundry Room. Our laundry room hasnt been touched since the day we moved into this house. Beige paint and horrible linoleum greet me every time I walk in the door. No wonder I hate laundry (jk, I would hate laundry even if I had to do it in the most gorgeous laundry room ever.) but its such a teeny space that with a little bit of effort we could have it looking and functioning a million times better than it does right now. I’m a little torn between using the same tile that we used in the kitchen, or doing something really exciting like this tile from Home Depot (HELLLOOOOOO. Way to step up your tile game HD!)

The Nursery. The teeny 4th bedroom will be the baby’s room (once we get moved back into the master.) The problem that I’m having is that I’m not sure I’m ready to dedicate an entire room to a baby that will most likely sleep in our bedroom. Thoughts on this one?

Ok so who wants to come over and help?