Home tours and a space for myself.

I'm fascinated. I can't get enough of Apartment Therapy, Houzz and shelter blogs. I confess, I'm drawn to the ones that feature homes under 2000 sq. ft that don't look like they're waiting to be photographed for a spread into House Beautiful...you know what I'm talking about. The ones that look like real people actually live there.
Looking at all those tours have motivated me to document my own humble home improvement journey. When I say the budget is tight, I'm talking the kind of tightness that squeaks. I don't want to comprise though, so I'll go slow, look for bargains and buy what I love. This is my forever home so there's no deadline.
I haven't had a ton of time to work on my own home lately (I mean between working fulltime and being a single mom), other than getting mostly unpacked and repainting the living room. Today I'm starting on the master bedroom. I'm repainting the dark blue green walls to BM Gray Cashmere. It's a subtle sophisticated blue green gray color. I'd love to pull up the carpet as well to reveal the hardwoods, but that's not in the budget at the moment. I'll keep my eyes out for a great rug. I also have some dark chocolate curtains for $3.59 and some bamboo shades I got for $4 at the thrift store. All the furniture came from the thrift store. All the pieces are structurally sound, but have seen better days and need to be refinished. All in good time though.