what is that smell!?!

well hello again!

an update with what I've been doing:

I got the furniture all cleaned (as I said in the previous post)- and it looks GREAT. However, I'm having a hard time getting that "old" furniture smell out. Someone told me to try charcoal..did that, didnt work. I also tried sticking some lavender in the drawers but that didnt help either-now it smells like old furniture and lavender mixed together. SO my next move is baking soda. If THAT doesn't work, then I'm going to head to the Antique Store down the road and ask them for some tips!

Next thing going in that room is a ceiling fan- my awesome FIL is going to come over and install that for us!

I'm also going to try and get a white, or ivory colored plain sheet/blanket to drape over the bed. Its driving me NUTS the bedding doesnt match,but like I said- I refuse to spend money on new bedding when eventually this will be a nursery and the bed wont be in there anyways!

I've also got some ideas for things to frame and hang on the walls- but I wont get to that just yet :)

So far thats it for the guest room. We're also pre-planning a patio in the back. I say pre-planning cause even if we do it ourselve,it's still gonna cost a pretty penny. So for now we're just planning everything out and getting a budget together.

Next up is the screened in porch- we're going to fix the screen (that our baby Delilah so gracefully busted through) and patch up the holes. Then we're installing tile :) Its just a beigy-cream colored tile, but its a nice ceramic tile and will be so much nicer than the concrete slab. That way I can swiffer it to clean and itll be super easy. Eventually we want a patio set that actually fits in there, and a nice outdoor rug. The furniture thats in there now will go outside on the patio (whenever we build it) along with the matching umbrella, grill, tiki torches, fire pit, and hammock :)

Lots of "one day" ideas lol, moneys the only thing stopping us. but it WILL happen!!

Stay tuned :)

*Cheers!!*