A Young Wife’s Tale

I don’t usually decorate for Valentine’s Day, but I did this year. I miss all the color we had in our house. I miss my Caribbean blue dining room. And my friend Maegan sent me this table cloth.

Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family.

I want our apartment to look nice, but I don’t want to spend very much money on it. Whether we get to go back to our house in Texas, or whether we stay here in New Jersey, we won’t be living in this apartment for very long.

Here are some ways I’ve found to make our home cuter on the cheap.

I made this from a frame I got at the Dollar Tree. I got the idea for this easy, inexpensive wall decor here.

David and I bought our house in 2008. Before living here, we lived in an apartment that was the size of our master suite. When we first moved in, we actually had it set up as a media room. When we put our house on the market, we started using it as a bedroom. Blue is my favorite color for decorating. I think I made David sick of blue. When we got a king size bed, David said that he wanted to go with neutral colors. Here’s our updated “neutral” master suite so far.

Autumn is my least favorite season. I’m sorry. I know a lot of you love the fall, but I’m a summer girl. All the delicious produce, the wakeboarding and barbecues…Sigh. I love summer. In middle school I hosted a funeral for summer. I’m not kidding. The Sunday before school started, I invited a unch of friends, family and neighbors over for a funeral. We buried a shoe box full of ticket stubs and pictures. A little summer time capsule. My little brothers did a cap gun salute. And then we all ate a bunch of fabulous summer food. It was a blast. And yeah, I throw parties for everything.