A cool idea I've done a few times: paint a wall an matte color you want (something mid-tone tends to work best but you do you) and then when it's dry use a stencil to put up a pattern in a satin or semi-gloss version of that same color. It's a fun way of adding visual interest without being overwhelming or too busy. Works great in hallways where it's hard to put art because of space!

Mirabella, she needs a kind of fancy pompous princess name.

Saw the carousel horse; immediately thought Bluebell. Do not be in any rush to fill rooms with stuff just to have things in them. Take your time and see how you feel living in the space, and eventually you will come to know what you want. Also, it is much easier and faster to clean an uncrowded room than one stuffed to the gills with furniture, especially when cleaning the floors. Have fun and enjoy the process of making the house yours in personality and spirit.

A silly suggestion for dark rooms: get some nightlights. Yes, they won't be enough to make the rooms useful, but it will be enough to make them not pitch black at night. Enough to not run into things and maybe get a forgotten phone.

Hooray! Thought organizing and house planning video! Definitely here for it!! P.S. How about naming the horse "Serger"? 😁

This is a sad story, but your carousel horse reminds me of my Aunt Sue. Her eldest son, John (my cousin) was born about 8 months after me, but he was born with a heart condition and had surgery literally hours after birth, and had many surgeries after that. He had such a rough physical life, but an amazing spirit. He died in surgery in our senior year of high school, and one of the last photos of him was during one of our senior trips to a park called Canobie Lake, on a carousel horse. He looked happy and it was beautiful to see that, so Aunt Sue started collecting carousel horses in all forms, until we actually scored an actual carousel horse from an old carousel that was dismantled after a park closed. Aunt Sue had many, many carousel horses all around her house, and she passed away several years ago, and we each got one of those horses at her service. If it were my horse, I'd name her Auntie Sue.

you should name her Merryweather like the fairy from sleeping beauty. The colors remind me of the dress scene where she and flora fought over the color of Aroura's dress.

One, I love the pure joy on your face when you are rocking on the rocking horse! Two - you own the house! If you want to drill off center holes so you can have bird lights that make you happy in the room you sleep in, go for it! If worst comes to worse, you can always fix them if you need to move the lights. Just keep some of the paint for touch ups when you eventually repaint!

One issue in painting your studio: the colors on the walls will alter the colors you see on your projects.

I totally get why you hate the tiled counters; however, if they are really bugging you, they can be re-grouted and sealed so they won’t stain or you can buy coloured pens to touch up the really discoloured areas. This will make them less bothersome to you until you have the time and money to have your dream countertops installed.

I love this, very much in the spirit of “I’m an adult now and I get to decide what that means” lol. My suggestion for living room, bedroom, communal spaces: hang stuff on the walls. Photos, art, floating shelves with some of your fragile items. It will make the rooms feel more like your own and you can add more furniture later if you feel like you need it or you find a really cool piece. But tbh I think minimal furniture in those high traffic areas is easier to live with.

Talking color or white on the ceiling, I’ve done both. If you love the color put it on the ceiling too. For me it was like being wrapped in my favorite comfy quilt. Don’t be afraid of color. It’s only paint and can be changed. For the guest room: Desk in the room. You can put a dresser in the closet. Guest probably won’t bring a whole wardrobe of clothing needing the whole area. Idea in the laundry room maybe add a puppy bath. Raised so you don’t have to lean over a tub or bend down in the shower. These are just my thoughts for sharing. Whatever you do it will be fabulous! Your home doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s. It is YOURS. Nothing has to match. If you love it, it will all come together. Congratulations on the play button! I’m so glad I found your channel. I told my husband , “she’s exactly what goes on in my head when I’m working on projects!!”

Yes, I completely understand not having ANY IDEA what it is you want! Your idea to pick a thing to decorate around is great and will help you love your spaces, and will save your sanity. Your ideas sound fun, your horse is wonderful! I think she is a Gabrielle. Or something similar, magical and feminine. Calliope, Aurora? Edit - Congratulations on the button!

I’m a book loving bird groomer who’s favorite aesthetic is green with dark colored wood. I’m currently redoing my bedroom and office at the same time, so saying I’m excited for these videos would be a MASSIVE understatement!!! Edit: congrats on 100k! And that doorknob you liked can be very easily installed on any door that doesn’t need a lock. As long as the existing doorknob has the screws exposed, all you need is a screwdriver and the new doorknob, they come with instructions! It takes about ten minutes once you’ve got the hang of it

Doodlebug! There was a book I read as a kid called "A horse called Doodlebug" and I fell in love with that horse. She was a little pony who was in pretty sad shape (very shaggy and unkempt) and the little girl bought her because she didn't want her to go to the glue factory. She groomed her up, and it turns out she was a beautiful and valuable show pony who was stolen.

I COMPLETELY agree with the functionality not making an art room the happiest space, thank you for the industrial kitchen analogy because that’s perfect lol. Edit: Finished the video and laughed because you did a “reveal” of the thing you revealed…. Two seconds into the video. 😂

I completely understand "unnecessary" impulse purchases, I do it all the time (on a much smaller scale). They spark joy, and we all need more joy in our lives.

Horse name suggestion: Holly Joliday (Holly for short) - as in Jolly Holiday but spoonerised. She is delightful, and I can see why you couldn't pass her up.

My Mama decorated her whole house with colors that coordinated. Not like all rooms felt the same but it meant with care she could move the furniture from one room to another.

An easy way to paint designs on your wall in those styles you describe is to use a projector! Just take the reference picture you like, project it on the wall, and you have an easy pattern to follow! I've used it a bunch for projects and it looks really nice and really professional even when you have very little skill, and you already have more skill than a bunch of people I know that have used this method for clean looking results

The best part about loving that Mary Poppins scene, is that it goes well with the layered style of painting you've mentioned yoo. Because thats how they did the backgrouds. Animation cells. You could even design it on the computer and have a custom wall sticker made. As for the closet shelves, we have a full quilting stash closet and used the shelves from Home Depot/Lowes. There is a single track piece at the top, and multiple upright poles on the wall and shelves are held on by brackets. They adjust at about 1" differences. Easy to install with wall anchors, and closer to built-ins than to cubes. Shelves are available in several depths. The brand from HD is called Closetmaid if you want to research it.

Congratulations on the momentous achievement of subscriber numbers. Loved that you simply popped it in at the end and also that you had to drive past the not quite your house yet, to collect the post that actually belonged to you.

My mother regrets the one tiled kitchen counter for precisely the reasons you articulate 😂 she also dislikes the the forest green formica counters and wants to replace all of them!

When an opportunity to purchase your very own Carousel horse comes your way you take it!

Love the idea of picking one thing to base each room around, I get very overwhelmed at the thought of interior design but that's a good way to start! LOVE THE HORSE WHO DOESN'T WANT A HORSE I WANT A HORSE

You have a style. It’s called Eclectic. There’s a whole vibe & it’s cool. Choose items you love, not stylized ideas of what “should” go together. You live there, you should love the things that surround you. Besides, once everything is in the space, you’ll actually discover that they do go together & if they don’t, put them in another room that it fits into more. Also, for the guest bedroom. You should look for 2 nice, deep nightstands & use those as the dresser with a recycled door or sheet of wood as the top. Paint or design them anyway you like. It’s a compromise to your dresser vs desk dilemma.

For your studio I’d suggest the fun paint and then white accessories. I did yellow in mine. I also have a felt wall to use for quilt layouts and then a peg board wall that I also painted differently. I love your centering a room around one theme. My craft room is my silliness everywhere. I love it. It works for me. So do what works for you. I love the Mary Poppins chalk holiday theme.

When we have moved into a new house, I begin a three ring binder with a pocket divider for each room. On each folder I do a line drawing of the room, with wall, window, and door measurements. As I found ideas for each room, they went into the pocket. Then when I bought paint, I asked for them to print an extra sticker for the color and I put that on the page. When I went to buy drapes or whatever, the notebook goes with me. I also include any owner manuals for appliances. When we sell the house, the notebook goes to the new owner.

Beautiful find. I can see why you wanted her. The Name Calypso and Rosie came to mind.

I know what I don't like when I see it. I find deciding what I DO like much harder

First of all - you are doing Just Fine - no hurry! A few ideas from 30 years of trying stuff. If it still functions, leave it till you have an inspiration. It's perfectly okay to have your decorating "style" change over the years - once we had peach and grey, now we have green and sand. Using one key item as a theme for each room is quite wise. Try a mural idea in sidewalk chalk. I did that with our tree-in-the-corner and found the trunk needed to be half as wide as I thought. Also, do one mural wall at a time and live with it before adding another and another wall. You won't want to cover up murals with shelves or storage. Do walls first, then go back and add a "sky" to your ceiling. Your blues will need to be waaay lighter than you think. Try Ikea or thrift store swag lights hung on hooks for temporary ceiling lights. Desk-inside-a-closet is a trick we've used forever - you can close the door and not bother straightening up! I love the "everything looks better with a stack of books" worldview, because we have wall-to-wall books in two rooms (dining and living rooms). We have grouted kitchen counters - large slabs of terrazzo and a few grout lines. #1 - lemon juice solves many stains. #2 - get a silicone sealer on it, while you decide what to replace the tile with. #3 - don't get a cheap counter "for now" - just wait and get a good one. Be aware - cool kitchen cabinet pulls can cost an idiotic amount of money. Your vintage laundry cabinets are now worth a lot - solid slab doors are ridiculous. If you dislike them, sell them. We've got entryway wainscoting and turned the top rail into a peg rack - there's a peg every few inches in the top piece of wainscoting. The dining room is in style now, as plywood is often seen as a wall covering.

Have fun decorating and painting your sewing room. You want a cloud painted ceiling? Do it. What's the worst can happen? You repaint if you hate it. Have fun.

I love the idea of one thing for each room. And you don’t have to feel rushed. Take your time and get used to living there… you don’t have to do it all in one day. Each room will “speak” to you and you’ll be inspired. ❤ Congratulations on 100k… that is awesome. And I love the carousel and especially your puppy! ❤️🐶

A suggestion for your studio. Source a second hand kitchen island bench to use as a cutting /working surface. They tend to be great heights for this purpose, much better than a table or being a floor troll. Mine was a game changer. One on wheels would be even better. Don't stress about decorating. All you need is somewhere to sit comfortably, something you enjoy looking at from that seat, a lamp, and a place for a book and a cup. Everything else will come over time adding layers and memories. Relax and you will find your style

I have a Pinterest Board labeled Home with sections for every room, for walls and lighting etc so I can window shop guilt free and weed through my styles. Seeing them all in 1 grouping helps me focus my ambience.

Why do I watch you on this KZfaq channel, because you are you, your not trying to pander to a set audience, you are just being you, that is what brings me back every time, you remind me of when I was once that young and carefree and full of youth and energy to do the very things I loved to do❤ just always be true to yourself and you will always be happy and free. I am so looking forward to seeing you grow as you find your way to finding your inner self with Matt in this home, this is the time for you both have your very own spaces as it should be, and the rest of the house will become a blend of both of your personalities with time, don’t rush focus on your personal space first, the rest will follow as you start to live and use the rest of the house.

Nelly - so you can say "whoa Nelly" to her. Google says it was short for Nellybelle (Roy Rogers' jeep?), but Penelope would be cute for her full name too.

Fiona for the beautiful horse. And I watched someone get a composite counter fitted over the top of the original one , it looked amazing when it was finished.

I'm looking forward to living vicariously through you as you decorate your house (if that's something you want to show on video, otherwise I'll be very happy with sewing videos and I look forward to whatever it is you're showing us next week). The carousel horse is a great idea and it looks lovely. I look forward to the enchanting wonderland sewing studio you will be working in. It seems a very auspicious start.

Love the video and the horse. I think it suits you. I agree with the wretched tiled countertops. A house I lived in had them and they are such a nuisance. Look forward to all the future decorating projects. Your house is amazing. I'm so happy that you and Mat are finally settled and don't have to move again. Big Hugs

7:02 I FEEL that soo much. Moved out from my mom, and now my 1-room-flat is a mixture of blue, mustard-yellow and various mixed color things (and a lot of plants). Theme? No. Plan? No. Am I happy? No. Do I know how to fix that? No. Do I have time to figure that out? No. Do I ignore it instead and do it "after exams"? Yes. Very much yes. Though I promised myself to get the sewing machine my mom promised me (a spare one i repaired some time ago and hasn't been used for about 10 years) into my space when I am finally comfy enough. Don't quote me on that goal!

I love working off inspiration! Like finding one thing I like and building around it, I find it so helpful. Also I fully recommend doing stuff to the ceiling. I did a very rudimentary draped ceiling on my bedroom about a year and a half ago with black chiffon. And I absolutely love it! It's cozy and makes my purple flower kind of medieval fantasy Fay bedroom vibe work. I think decorated ceilings are severely underrated

I like to think that decorating is always evolving. You may like certain things for a while and then replace them with your new "love". Enjoy the process!! ❤

I love the way you think. I have to agree with everything you have said. Why they didn't put in ceiling lights back then is ridiculous. The fact that you guys haven't torn out perfectly functioning spaces just because they are outdated is a wise choice. Like you said, you have years ahead of you to make all the changes you want. (Yes, tiled kitchen counters are nightmare.)

For ALL the kitchen tile: 1. use a grout cleaner (make your own or buy it) 2. IMPORTANT STEP - apply grout sealer! For the missing grout: 1. clean out any loose grout (there are tools for this, but you may not need them) 2: buy grout in a matching color (a box -less than $20? - that you mix what you need with water) or pre-mixed (plastic tub - less than $10?). I'm pretty sure you'll need to get unsanded grout in either type. After the proper amount of time to set, make sure you seal that new grout, too. Sealing the grout should help keep it from staining when you spill coffee again. ;-)

Name her Jingles in honor of Walt Disney's favorite carousel horse. As the Lead Horse, she's located on the outer row of the carousel and was named after all the jingle bells that decorate her saddle. Your new home is beautiful. Congratulations!

Violet! I don’t know why but she just looks like a Violet to me 😅 Also 100% agree on the tiles in the kitchen 👌

Here's what I would like to do to the master bedroom in my dream home (which I'm currently designing using my old high-school drafting knowledge which is more full of holes than a wheel of Swiss cheese lol): DEEP-PILE shag carpet in a darker blue (and by deep-pile I mean something in the range of 2-3 inches deep, i.e. the kind of shag carpet that gets referenced with TVs that have no remote and that requires a 3-day supply of food and water when crossing the room), and then matched by velvet material attached to the wall, with gold-toned accents on corners and light fixtures, and medium- to dark-tan furniture, with pops of medium-emerald green on any chairs or couches in the room. I'd also want quilts and pillow-cases trimmed in emerald green with large patches of golden yellow for the bedding. Yeah, I know, I'm weird lol but the room would also be lit with a large chandelier overhead, wall sconces, and a very large set of French doors, since I absolutely DESPISE pot lights and track lighting. I'm still just not sure if I should go with stone, wood, more deep-pile shag vis a vis the early 1970s, or more velvet for the jet-tub surround, since a jet-tub is a must for relaxing sore muscles after a long day (and having it in the master bedroom should supposedly keep the kidlets out of it lol), and every decent-sized master bedroom should have one. As for your hallway, I say call Rachel Maksy and turn her loose on the wall with a set of paints lol can't say what you'd end up with, but it'd be full of whimsy and something resembling plants and trees lol

You should name her Buttercream, because she looks like she could be made of cake in a fancy patisserie window ❤

Marry Poppins house sounds so awesome and can pull for the whole era and the special magical whimsy of it like a bright light turn of the century meets in the modern era. Like how Mary Poppins is so light airy and fresh.

And that’s why I’m going full Apothecary drawers and shelving units dedicated to my crafts

That dinning room looks just right for plants, the soft wood will be a wonderful neutral backdrop for plants and they will make eating in there much more romantic, calming and restful. So glad the puppy doesn't have a tail, tails and rocking horses do not mix well, as for her name - work out which Disney princess fits her the most.

What I like to put in a bedroom if there's a lot of space: an armchair and/or a bench at the end of the bed. Possibly some plants. And in the living room the arrangement of furniture can do a lot.

My grandma's house had tile in the kitchen and I really liked it. She got it because the tile was free and the counters needed redone anyway at the time. They also were much bigger tiles and we put them in with a better grout than that (grout for counters shouldn't stain like that). No worries about moving stuff from the stove straight to the counter like some materials, doubled as a cutting board for some things (we used a cutting board for meat), and was really stain resistant. We're having to redo our current house now and I was so excited when I found that they make tile counters now that are all one solid surface and they're cheaper than granite or marble.

I saw crystal like knobs at dollar tree. I know they sell online also. If you’re looking for in expensive cute knobs anyway. Love your videos!

Calliope! After both the muse of epic poetry and the instrument that carousel songs are played on.

Hello fellow neurospicy friend 😂😂. Your thought process and rational for your studio is 100000% relatable

Trunks and book cases and baskets are organizational, and aesthetic.

I love those lamps too! I decided to wait and get the floor lamp version so that I can move it where ever I want in the future

It looks like that carousel house was made into a rocking horse as a display solution after it was bought. Of course now I will be searching for carousel horses that won't fit in my apartment. Oh wait, it could be a feature.

here’s a thing I learned exists: under-cabinet lights above kitchen counters

we turned our 'formal' living room into a library space, a full wall of shelves my dad and I built, cozy chairs, a couple guitars, and my spinning wheel are in there.

Also im jelly of that living room now that its got hardwood floors, but literally just for dancing reasons. If you have no ideas on what to do to fill that space, go and get into some sort of social partner dancing in your area, pick up a great new hobby, and then boom! now you have a reason why you keep that room so clear, so you can dance in the living room, or even do little social dance house parties where you barely have to clear any furniture to have enough room for some dancing friends

Horsey feels like an Aurora to me. Congrats on house and horse! 🎉

Ooh I love a long hallway. The house I grew up in, my mother had family photos all down the hallway. It was awesome. That's one of the main things I remember about that house.

I do not like dogs but yours LITRALLY melts my heart!

I know I'm late to this party, BUUUUT... I 100% relate to "I like everything". So here's something that helps me: I gather like 20 pictures that I truly love. Not just like, but *love* Then, slowly look over all 20 photos and look for the things that are similar between them. Even though the whole picture looks different, but there will be small aspects you'll find that are the same, or similar. Then list out those very specific similarities. Then you'll have a list of your *must haves* Hope that helps ❤

REPAIR SHOP! REPAIR SHOP! REPAIR SHOP! This is what we chant when we are settling in for a relaxing episode of the Repair Shop, a very chill restoration show. Please do a collaboration video with a British KZfaqr doing the voice over of restoring your horse!

My favorite thing in my house is a giant panel for $30 from homedepot that I can use dry erase markers on. It's the size of my whole wall. I have bookshelves underneath and a whole wall of dry erase board. My kids love it. Great for games bit I personally use it sooooooo often to sketch out quick designs and do calculations and make quick lists or work out problems I have a whole wall to draw on. I could see you enjoying something like that. My daughters use to decorate the board for me and sometimes we leave notes to each other. Their favorite is that I write riddles on the board and they spend a week or 2 trying to solve the riddles and I give whomever figures it out any treat they want. I've only had to buy 2 treats the whole time I've put riddles up. My husband enjoys the riddles too. We also follow drawing tutorials at same time we all draw the same thing and it's funny how different all our drawings will look.

Calliope! you know, the musical instrument that makes the carousel music.

My grandmother has tile in her kitchen because at the time it was the only option for a heat proof counters, which is nice

Free craigslist in LA and surrounding areas is absolutely stuffed with amazing large furniture. As more people flee the city, there's more every day. You can score many gorgeous antiques for nothin! Love your new place.

We chose 12in tile for the kitchen counters in our small apartment over our garage. I’m not saying they are good reasons, but here were ours … (1) it’s SMALL. There are literally 7sq feet of counter space & a narrow ledge next to it. The cost of even a laminate countertop would have been 10x the price because it would be 3 different pieces & a literal third of it would be cut out for the sink. (2) 12inch tiles make it less hassle than smaller tiles. (3) I was tired of decisions by the time we decided to replace the countertops too & we just used the same stuff from the floor. (4) making the counters & floors match make the small space feel like the kitchen is a cohesive space separate from the living space even though it’s totally open. (5) we mostly rent the space for short term stays and let family stay there, so it’s not a heavily used space. Eventually I hope my mom will move in there, but even then it won’t see a lot of use. I assume new countertops aren’t a short term goal, so here are my recommendations for making it work better until you get to it … - re-grout … regrouting is usually fairly quick & you can bring it up to the level of the tile so stuff doesn’t get lost in it. Just make sure you’re using a “resin based” grout that’s made for countertops. - use a grout sealer … helps tremendously with staining & helps the grout stay better - avoid leaving very wet things out for long periods of time. A countertop grout will help it last longer, but try not to leave puddles & it will work better.

That doorknob IS pretty spectacular. (Also I'd consider replacing the tile counters with granite or similar, but that's just me. I'd be concerned about bacteria in the grout.) 😉

Our kitchen counters are actually floor tiles so very few grout lines but it's great because it's heat resistant and stands up to a lot of wear and tear

My dream for my craft room is for it to be lined with bookcases so that it feels like a library of crafts/hobbies! My books will be in one area, d&d in another, sewing, crochet, etc. And I do really want a loveseat or small couch

Tile can be really practical as a kitchen countertop. If you are prone to dropping things or have children who are trying to help, sections can get broken. With a solid surface counter, it can be REALLY expensive to replace if broken. With tile, you remove the broken one and replace it. As for the grout, once you get it clean (Dawn power wash and a toothbrush) fill in the low spots with more grout. After it is all dry, use car wax to polish the counter (grout and tile). This makes it very easy to keep clean afterwards. Just regular wiping up of spills and reapply the wax every month or two. That also works well for tile shower stalls. Lots less time to clean off soap scum!

Use trim to make blocks and do clouds inside the blocked out center. Do similar on walls with trim can do bottom of walls with panels and do fun wallpaper and some interesting crown molding to pull it all up to ur blocked out center clouds. Layered curtains. I love this idea of mismatched curtains like dark green a floral then a pink then some really soft like sheer soft pink. Under a set of sheer white. Pull colors from the floral curtain or from the horse. Can do 1 feature wall with all the trim. Then all other walls just paint bottom and one trim thru center of wall. I just paint bottom if my sons walls this beautiful dreamy ice blue on just the bottom of the walls and tops all white and it just pops with red, browns and dark blues. Suttle but impactful as a lovely frame for any style or artwork

The best advice I've ever heard about renovating, or decorating, a new home.... live in it, and let how you live in it, inform your choices. But, yeah, the tile counters have to go.... so many germs. Take care, be well

Oh for a library! 📚 Dusk Academia with curling-up reading spots, cosy teapot, pretty cups, fireplace.

Maybe the living room in Carousel Horse Whimsy decor? Decorate around your new horsey friend 🥰

I installed large format tiles on the kitchen counters. 2 foot by 1.5 foot. your grout may need re-sealing. also, there are a pile of bleach gel pens for grout. ooooooor, you could regrout with grout that is tinted to match your tile color. and bring the level up so you don't need a hand vac to de-crumb your grout lines.

The one thing to think about on any kind of style is the maintenance- What is required to keep that color/fabric/decor looking the best it can be, is it a lot of fiddly work I hate doing or is it just a basic wipe down? Are you up for dusting that lamp every day. It is a combination of knowing yourself well enough to know that yes I am going to spill and stain that white couch and I won't care enough to bleach right after. When picking out a style I go maintenance then by what I don't like - It helps to narrow down what I will pick from.

I think your carousel horse looks like a Bethany. I've always wanted a sitting area in my bedroom. Some place with really comfy chairs and a table on which to set drinks of all kinds. Just a suggestion, but if you like to have parties, plan your living room around having parties.

I think your horse looks like a Strawberry Pancake. And I completely feel you on the house stuff! We moved into our house a year ago and we're still trying to figure out what to do with the spaces. It's difficult!

When my parents redid their kitchen, my mom wanted tile counter tops. But didn't want to deal with the staining. She used an of white tile with a dark green grout. Not my thing, but it does look basiclt the same as when she redid it.

Highly recommend LED pillar candles! We got them for a Halloween treat table, and for a good while had a habit of 8pm lights out only candles. Wouldn't always want the heat of a real flame but loved carrying a candle to the bathroom.

You are a breathe of fresh air, my problem ......I get so involved watching your videos...I dont get anything done 😂

As someone who has a tiled kitchen countertop we used a lot bigger tiles and we sealed it. We didn’t use white.

This is the quality content that I'm on KZfaq for. And I'm totally going to watch the mossy hooked rug video.

Congrats on the 100K milestone and plaque. I'll take a little credit as I subscribed a few months ago. 😂❤ Also, the carousel rocking horse is gorgeous. Best of luck on decorating the house, I'd be overwhelmed too. ❤

What my sister used to do was to find wrapping paper that she really liked and decopauged and transformed spring bouncy horses into carousel horses with a PVC pipe, then painted faced on them.

Storage... add doors with mural on doors. Or glue fabric on the doors. I put scrapbook paper on sides of drawers for my daughters if drawers or cabinets are left open they are cute floral papers. Just used lots of glue. Can use reeds as trim around doors paste in fabric or paper or murals

Re: decorating -- it's not what you like, it's what you need and what you *dislike*. I love long, light curtains that go to the floor, but I hate vacuuming the dust off them and and I need window coverings that keep the street lights out because my bedroom faces a busy road. So I'm happy with the blinds I have.

Thank you for sharing your normal but amazing life with us you bring me joy

Tile kitchen counters: My grandparents used to have these, and they matched the tile in the guest bath... They bought waaaay too much tile, so my grandpa used them in the kitchen, too.

So, the horse is most likely from S&S Wood carvers in Santa Ana, CA and made in the early 1980's based on an early 1900's style carousel horse. I think it should of been called Serendipity, since it perfectly describes you finding it, but I realize I am late to the video and it already has a name.

Start with kitchen. Remember friends and family gather in the kitchen. I use to live in MV, CA. Now I live in Alexandria, MN and have gone through a lot of renovations. In fact, a whole house gut and add on.

Having lived in places with grouted tile kitchens for nearly all of my life, and some of it pretty grotty when I lived in LA, I can recommend doing two things (if you're going to keep it awhile): clean it VERY well (soak with bleach, scrub, soak again, scrub), then regrout any voids, and then reseal the grout. All inexpensive, easy stuff for a regular non-construction human to do and it solves that problem for a longer term big change later. Good luck!

I had the same major issue trying to decide the design of my kitchen renovation, even frustration down to what colors to paint the walls, let alone the flooring choices or the backsplash choices, or the counter top choices. And so I went looking for a nice piece of artwork that might give me some direction, and I stumbled upon the glass painting/stained glass corner of Etsy. And I found more inspiration than I know what to do with and very reasonable prices. I have always wanted to own stained glass, and now I will have that look in my home and it will make me happy to see it every day.