One Of My Dreams

On the 20th of this month it will be an entire year since my husband left.  Some days it feels like he has only been gone a few days, and then there are days I can not even remember what my life was like back then.  Weird, I know.  I'm not that person anymore, and I am excited to see what my future holds.

I do a lot of dreaming about that.  My biggest dream is to have a place of my own for me and the kids.  I know that will not happen anytime soon, but someday, I want to be able to buy my own home.  I have ideas about how I will decorate it, too.  Some days, I browse the internet, looking for inspiration.  This morning, I found this light fixture, and I fell in love with it. What do you think?

I know it's very modern lighting, but it also has an almost castle-like feel to it.  I think it's the look of the candles. I can see it hanging in my foyer, right inside my front door.  Of course, my foyer will have a very high ceiling, with a window above the front door so this fixture can be seen from outside the house as well.  I'll also have to find modern outdoor lighting to compliment it, but that shouldn't be too hard.

Kitchen Lights

I have a huge fluorescent light in my kitchen.  It is one of those long, rectangular ones that you see in grocery stores and restaurants.  I would love to replace it with something more stylish and modern, like the one pictured above.  All the accessories in my kitchen are black and silver, so this fixture would match perfectly.  I have looked at several flush mount ceiling lights and while I like this one best, there are so many to choose from. 

I would love to replace all the lights in this apartment.  Heck, I would love to just be able to paint a wall, but I'm not allowed.  I can not wait until the day I can afford my own place so I can decorate however I want.

Chandeliers

 I love this light fixture!  I am not a fan of chandeliers that have the lights facing down.  I like ones like this that have the bulbs facing up.

Which do you prefer?

Lighting Fixtures I Love

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Lighting by Lux. All opinions are 100% mine.

When we decided to move two summers ago, we were all excited to find a nicer, better place to live. In the past sixteen months, we have learned that we made a horrible choice. The decision to move was the right one, we just picked a horrible place to live. When we were looking at apartments, this place was wonderful. The kitchen is big, the living room fit all of our furniture, and it was in a great location. What we didn't know was that the roof leaked, the bathtub faucet didn't turn all the way off, and the yard turns into one huge mud puddle with the slightest amount of rain. We also discovered that the lights turned on by the wall switches did not illuminate the entire room.

This is the first place I have ever lived where the room lights were sconces, and only sconces. Sure, I had seen them in the past as decorative lighting, but never as the only source of light in a room. They are beautiful, don't get me wrong. I just wish we had overhead lights, too.

As most of you know, we plan on moving again in a couple of months. Our experience here, and dealing with the management company, has not been a pleasant one. I would love to find a place of our own, and we are currently looking onto some rent to own places. This would be perfect for us, because right now we do not qualify for a mortgage, and this is an alternative way to home ownership. It also means I can decorate and make some place our home. This, of course, means finding the perfect lighting for each room. I fell in love with these sconces from Lighting by Lux, and want to put them in my bathroom. I know, it's weird that I want these in my bathroom, but that is the only room in the house that Junior will agree to let me paint purple, and these sconces will fit right in.

I also want to pick out a nice chandelier. This is proving to be a little difficult, because there are so many beautiful ones to choose from. I have narrowed it down to one that has the lights facing up, not down. I also don't want on that is too fancy, with all the crystals hanging on it, and I definitely don't want a brass one. I think those are so tacky looking. I found this pewter finished one, and I love it. It is simple, which you all know I love, and it is not too big. I think it look perfect hanging above my dining room table.

Now I just need to find the perfect home to put my light fixtures in. That shouldn't be too hard, right?

Holiday Lights

This is a shot of the lights Ryan hung in our kitchen. They are nowhere near straight or even, but i think they look great!

This is our tree.

Outside, around our porch.

We even put some on my wishing well!

I love this time of year! I can't wait until everyone has their lights on. We will go driving at night just to find the best decorated houses. FUN!!!!!