It’s been nearly a year since we moved into our house. We moved in on September 24, 2010.

There are so many amazing things about this house. Like, how it’s mine. We’ve changed some pretty ridiculous kitchen duct work, painted one bedroom, and attempted to remove some trees from the alley. Besides that, we haven’t needed to do a lot of work to this house. It was pretty solid when we moved in.

The addition of a garden in the backyard was really lovely. Next year we’ll plant more corn and raise the garden just a bit. We’ll add more flowers, more ferns and more rocks to the front yard, and perhaps plant a fruit bush in the back yard.

On the inside, I would like to add more visual interest and functionality to our bedroom by installing shelves above our bed. Perhaps a headboard (inspired by this photo. This is NOT my room). I’d love to have matching night tables, but right now that’s a stretch. In the livingroom I’d also like to clean up the clutter of too many LP boxes lying around and add a wall of shelving. We haven’t worked out how this will fit yet. The cabinet record player and pump organ take up a lot of the usable floor space.

Perhaps next year in our house will be a more interesting one. The livingroom will get a tiny makeover, and make it feel just a bit more like home.