enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: new home
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I spent the beginning of the week in funk. Like a normal funk, it was totally exhausting and frustrating. Unlike a normal funk, I knew exactly what the issue was. I miss Paul. And that is an understatement. I physically hurt for Paul. Before deployments entered our lives, I am not sure I fully understood…
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Moving right along in getting our bedroom to the place I would love it to be – heaven at night and someplace bright and welcoming to wake up to. My black and white quilt doesn't fit correctly, but turned on it's side (so the long way hangs off the sides of the bed) it's working.…
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I'd hoped to have a full nursery tour ready by this week but I think it's going to be a couple more before things totally feel "set" in there. And that's okay. We've got almost seven weeks until my due date (and, of course, the baby could care less about the decor that awaits her).…
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Operation : fill the house with plant life continues with a vengeance. After I got the curtains up last week, I was so inspired to hang more plants. In theory, I'd love hanging plants to line the whole wall someday. But at the moment, these three are enough and making my mornings and bedroom just…
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It's all coming together. Safe to say my nesting instinct has been kicked up a few notches. I have Paul's mom and sister in town this week and we are organizing and figuring out room layouts like it's our job (it actually is Paul's sister's job!). So fun to feel things starting to settle and…
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My dream for the bedroom is to make it feel like a zen-paradise. I recognize that as soon-to-be parents, we are about to be hit with a love-able but crazy tornado for the next 18+ years and this makes me so inspired to be sure we have a clean and simple bedroom (or really retreat?)…
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I am seriously having a love affair with a piece of furniture. The backstory here is decorating a house is hard. And I've got my mind spinning a bit trying to get everything "right" in this new place. It's a tricky thing – the house was built in 1961 and it totally has a mid-century…
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This past weekend was the most productive one I have ever had. WE GOT THE HOUSE LOOKING GOOD. My list was long. And maybe a little too optimistic. But we nailed it and then some and I am so grateful for my parents for their knock-it-out attitude and energy. Last time they were in town…
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I am overwhelmed with all that we "need" to get this new space filled properly. Need is, of course, the wrong word. "Want" surely fits better. But our list of furniture to buy is very long and so the money jar to buy rad art is…empty. This means I have to get a little bit…
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One of the first projects my mom and I talked about when we saw the house on my birthday last month was how I needed something in front of the big picture windows. The windows are gorgeous and even though the backyard needs work, it's pretty and gets great light. I wanted something that didn't…
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