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I know they just can’t see all the weeds from the road, but it does make me feel encouraged..

So, I have to be honest with you, even though I only spent a total of maybe 5 minutes decorating this year, I actually really.love how our house looks right now more than ever before.

Everything is really simple and tidy and just calming.I like calming these days with a 1-year-old and a bathroom completely torn apart to deal with.So I know that it doesn’t provide quite as much inspiration as a whole well-thought-out-and-complicated decor scheme, but I like it so that’s what you’re getting.

I totally reserve the right to go complicated next year though if the mood strikes!.Here’s the living room.. Now that we have four people in our house, we decided it was time to trade up to a sectional.

We got rid of the coffee table for now too because we didn’t love it anymore and it just wasn’t really baby friendly.

It seems wrong not to have a coffee table to decorate, but I’m sure this phase will only last a few months!.I didn’t actually even think I needed something like that, but I thought I’d let Chris do it anyway cause he was excited about the idea.

Honestly, I use this thing every single day!I almost wish it were bigger!

Here are some of the kinds of things I find to stick on there:.I painted the cork board out to match the walls and I love the overall look.