Have I said this before? I think I've said this before.

[eleneariel]

The nesting bug has bitten me big time. I have never, ever felt discontent about living at home--still don't, really--but all of the sudden I want a house that is mine to decorate, change, paint, plant flowers around, and arrange. I feel like Danny; "I can't turn off my brain. Every where I go, I'm seeing the angles." Every walk I've taken around the neighborhood lately all I can do is look at how other people have arranged their yards and think "Oh, I could do that" or "They should move that over there."

Speaking of walking, it really is wonderful to get up early enough to get a walk in before the day gets started. I never thought I'd be happy about getting up at 6:00 to do something like that. o_O

Back to nesting...(This is a term people besides me and Grandear use, isn't it? You know--arranging your living space. Constantly changing things. Nesting!)...My room lacks it's new wall paint yet but I have the furniture in a new way which I am very happy about. Once the paint is done I'll revamp the prints and maps on the walls. And then I guess I'll just take over the rest of the house and tell mom she has to let me redecorate. =)

I've done my hair a new way this morning and it looks smashingly elegant. And Hannah, I'm wearing the new poncho shawl. I feel beautiful.

Time for church. I love my church. How can I praise God enough for making this work out so wonderfully?

(I garagesaled yesterday and oh, that made the nesting even stronger...I could have such fun decorating/furnishing a house with random bits. I happened upon an estate sale that had a number of old items, so I nabbed all the real silver and the old prints and linins. And an old, old wooden eye glass box with "The White-Haines Optical Co., Cor. Long and High Sts., Columbus Ohio" on the top. I'm positive it's at least from the 1920s, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it was older.)

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Ahh, me too!

[ransomedsea.livejournal.com]

Now that I've started redecorating my room, I've been realizing I want a house to paint and buy furniture for. And I've been doing the same thing with neigborhoods and thinking about how I'd do things with my own place.

I'm going to be going to the antique store(s) soon to purchse new furniture to finish off my room-makeover. I'll have to keep myself in check, or I'll be buying enough for a whole house!

Re: Ahh, me too!

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Antique stores are dangerous.

[joy-unspeakable.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about nesting... I was at a thrift store today, and I kept thinking, "It would be so much fun to have a place of my own to decorate."

How funny about the box - I live in Columbus, and drive by the corner of Long and High almost daily. :)

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

No kidding! That is really neat. I should try to research and see what that old business was, and when it was.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

More coolness--I just found an almost identical box on ebay. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6183809424&category=35) The wording is a little different than mine, but the box is the same. I read the company history and it looks like it would date to the 1920s-1930s. Sweet.

[maidintheusa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too. When we move, I might get my own room, so I am making all kinds of dream-pictures of what it's going to look like. I already bought a clock with a rose and eiffel tower on it. For my room. Crazy me.