C'mon Spring!!!

Hey y'all, I don't know about you but if I hear, "Do you want to build a snowman?" one more time I may pack up and move south! I am so done with snow and cold and I want my house back! I don't know if anyone else feels like their house is overfull in the winter but I do! All the heavy coats, snow gear, tripping over snow boots, mittens and hats and wet clumps of snow sprinkled all thru the house like confetti! I am OVER it! I want to dig out, feel the sun and clean house of all this clutter!
Snowed in for what feels like months!

I have enough stuff for two yard sales! It has got to go! I feel like I am drowning under mountains of stuff! I could never be a hoarder because I seriously get claustrophobic when the house is a mess.

 I want to throw open all the windows and fill my house with the smell of citrus cleaner and pine sol! I want to rip up this yucky carpet and put down nice clean floors! But most of all I want stuff out of the way! Pack away the bulky coats and snow pants and clean out the salt debris that feels like it is everywhere. Refill a clean closet with flip flops and sunscreen! Scrub down walls and touch up paint and do a few projects to freshen up the house!

I want to get outside and clean out the winter debris and feel warm moist earth in my hands! The joy of seeing a little green head poke out of the dirt and raise up towards the sun. Knowing when I see the petals unfurl that I helped it grow! I want my house full of sunlight instead of these endlessly grey days!
I want to go outside! I want to go for long walks with my husband, take my kids to the park, pick strawberries from my garden! Hear the sound of a wooden screen door slapping!
So in the interest of getting a head start I am trying to get some interior projects done. Cleaning out closets, kitchen cabinets, the pantry which is overflowing with half eaten bags of chips, crackers and cereal.

I was so tired of the boring brown and green in the family room.

 I want to lighten it up! So I ordered new slip covers and 2 new arm chairs! So exciting!! We don't make big purchases like that very often so I was thrilled! The chairs came and they look great and seem like they will work out.

 The slipcovers from SureFit-a total bust. They are cheap, thin and junky. I hate them. I have to send the m back.

 So disappointing but lesson learned- I will try shopping local. I bought online because all I cold find here was more beige and brown!! If all else fails I suppose I can just buy the fabric and make them myself but the time consuming nature of that project is daunting.
 I have big dreams for redecorating our little family room. Some fresh paint, getting rid of an old accent wall, new curtains and throw pillows!!!! We are continuing our high end  laminate floors into the family room for a better flow thru the main floor so that means a new rug too!!!

 And the chance to pick a new color scheme! I am usually right on the ball with new colors but I have been waffling on this one. I love the cool serenity of neutrals and lots of texture variations but there is a little part of me that screams COLOR!!!!! So I keep wresting with myself and Pinterest over it.


And now back to the drawing board of figuring out this new color scheme! I need to find something that really inspires me. An object, a picture, a fabric, something! And to do that I have to get out of this house!!!