Making a Home

I've always been opposed to the term "homemaker" because it felt so old fashioned, simplistic, and not feminist... Eric always refers to me as a domestic engineer because I have a special knack for rigging working things out of random bits and pieces and less talent for traditional skills like sewing and cooking. In our family I am definitely the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) while Eric is the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and Scotty is the CEE (Chief of Everything Else).

While I still despise the term "housewife" as I am in no way legally or emotionally sealed to my house, I am gaining a certain satisfaction from turning our house into our home. My mom never dreamed that I would be the one coming over to clean her house! Somewhere in the maze of BYU I stopped being the teenager who dwelt amongst piles of everything to the girl who sweeps her floors at least every other day so she can enjoy going barefoot.


In honor of our new home I thought I should post a few pictures. I'm not a decorator by any means but I have no fears about picking up a gallon of paint and getting my hands dirty :o)


(Scotty's "big boy" bed, complete with batman sheets. He now has a bright yellow comforter that I got free and patched up)

I decided about a month ago that he needed "something" on his wall to last until my mom and I had time to get creative with paint, so I made this with ribbon and paperclips. He loves to point out all of his favorite people! If you want to be part of Scotty's vocabulary, send me a picture and I'll add it :o)More storage for toys. Even with a closet they seem to take over everything. We spend a lot of time at Home Depot so I was excited to be there for a workshop (we made a rain catcher) and he earned his own little orange apron.

This was my best find (thanks, Goodwill!) and it set me back a whole $10. It also gives me a place to stash some of the 50 stuffed animals he tries to crowd into his bed every night.

And now a few random pictures of walls that finally have pictures on them. Of all the talents I possess, hanging pictures is just not one of them, so I spent many days waiting for Eric to be home when Scotty wasn't asleep so I could finally hang them. And by hang them I mean stand back and micromanage Eric while he hung them :o)

Front room:

(my BYU graduation present from my parents--love this painting!)

(Painting I bought in Paris in 2005...and yes, that's a bagged diaper on the floor (HA!) ignore that...)


My graduation present for finishing my master's! Thanks mom and dad, I love having a place to put all of my books :o)



(Hallway)


(Living room)


(Eric had our new family photo professionally framed for Christmas--doesn't he have fabulous taste?)

Since I took these pictures, I have painted a wall in the master bedroom, bought a gorgeous print of my favorite place in Italy to hang above our bed (thanks again, Goodwill!), framed a new adorable picture of Scotty for the front room, and painted both coats of purple in the baby's room (you'll love it!). More pictures to come I suppose....