House Bucket List: Summer 2015

Schoooooool's out. For. The summmmmerrrr!! 

(sung like Alice Cooper, of course)

Which is completely irrelevant to my life, but I feel like "summer break" should be an excuse to get some things done around the house that have been on the back burner since this little thing called a "wedding" was the main focus for the past year and a half. We've almost been in our new house for a year now come September, and besides our basic furniture and a few DIYs, the walls are still empty, and we don't have really anything going on in our guest bedroom (besides a bed-baby steps here!), or our study (looks strangely empty without all of our wedding crap!). I'm ready to organize, then re-organize, and organize some more!

Thank goodness for my handy dandy pinterest board to keep all of my ideas for me. Trying to actually make use of it, instead of just thinking of it. Actions speak louder than pins, am I right?! 

So far, only little touches have been added, such as a coffee mug hanging spot to clear up some space in our cabinets (inspiration found here), and a DIY Sofa Table that my then-fiance put together and I painted. It's not perfect (yet), and still need some baskets or what not to go into the slots, but for now it's an easy access game holder and another shelf top to put some of the random pieces of decor that we've had floating around. 

This summer, I'm hoping to accomplish the following:

-Shelves in the study! So we can prop up our accomplishments and get some organized space in there! The house already came with a built in desk along 2 walls (it was used a craft room before-love!), but with no drawers or any type of storage, it's a mess.

-A picture/collage wall. We have a massive, empty wall along our entire kitchen and dining room hallway that is in dire need of some love. Would love to start a collection of some of our canvas prints and some neat-o frame pieces that we were given at our wedding/bridal showers. Inspiration coming from a friend of friend's house, and this pin:

-Shelf over our washer and dryer. I've been wanting to this ever since we have moved in. I guarantee that there are at least a couple shirts and some socks behind there from being knocked off, which is not so easily accessible. This could alleviate this issue, plus add a little sum'n sum to the room, since it's pretty bland. 

-Some sort of floating shelf, mirror, and decorative picture-ish spot for the wall behind our sofa in the living room. Can't stick too far out since we walk right by it, but I like both of these ideas (minus the pallet looking thing). Maybe try and incorporate both? 

-Something like this above our bed. It's just an empty wall right now-borrrring. 

So basically it's going to be a lot of shelving. But definitely do-able, and DIY-able. Ready, husband? Can't wait to take before and after pictures, and to also actually put words into action. I'm also hoping to find rugs for our dining room table, our living room, and our master bedroom since we have hardwood floors, but can't find any I like (or can't find any cheap knock off ones from pinterest). Stay tuned! Baby steps, remember. Now let me go close out my pinterest board so I won't get into any more trouble or get any more ideas...