Making a House a Home

At this moment, I have lived in: my childhood home, a house we moved to mid high school, the college dorm for a year, my first off campus house shack, an apartment for two years, and I am now back to the house we moved to during high school. In about two months I will be moving for graduate school, thus adding another place to the list. 

I have come up with quite the list of DIY projects that I need to get started on ASAP so that I can make my future apartment a home. Most likely, I will be in the new town and home for at least 4 years. There's been brief talk that at some point during the first few years, my fiance will have an opportunity to be in the same town as me! (We are about a year into long distance and have at least another 2). I really want to make the apartment our home. I understand that for the majority of my time there, we will not be together, but something about the idea of starting a home together makes the years of long distance a little more bearable. I love the idea of working on the projects together; I will feel surrounded by him, our love, and memories whenever I'm in the apartment. I also think it will be really neat to have these fun little projects to hold onto throughout all of time, reminding us of where we started out. 

Here's the list of DIY projects I want to create: 

Magnetic Cooking Sheet- great for posting menus, lists, cards, etc. 

Monogramed Plates

I will be putting the letter B on our plates as well :)

I have accumulated quite the cheap vases/glassware from Goodwill which will be perfect for this!

Canvas, stickers, and paint. Simply put the stickers on. Spray paint.

Remove the stickers. The possibilities are endless.

I might do a simple design with the buttons or stick to the letter B...

...we shall see!

My fiance will definitely be helping me with this one! I think this will be a great piece in the apartment, and on a student budget I'd rather put the money into bigger pieces of furniture.

Cake stand! Perfect for desserts, knick-nacks, things in the bathroom or kitchen that clutter.

All Images via pinterest.com

Thanks so much for reading! I'm happy to report that my motivation has begun to return- woohoo! Happy weekend all!

Xo

Andrea