The case for open sourcing

Like so.. It’s time to wire your new light fixture!

It’s so fresh and clean in there now!.We got a new grey rug that was much much bigger than the old red one before.

It’s just a cheapo, but having that big clean surface for kids to play on makes the room feel so much more usable.When it gets stray pieces sticking out from Chuck and his long nails, we just give it a little hair cut.. After those basics were taken care of, I’ve just slowly been adding things here and there, following some little rules I made for this room in my head and now this room makes me jump for joy.Sometimes literally.

It’s a little weird, but my family is mostly used to me now..Here are some of my little rules:.

I love pops of color and I always get so excited to decorate for all the different holidays.

Having everything in basic grey makes the colors that I do add kind of… colory-er… you know?Look at the foundation of the house, the structure, and the roof.

If these things are “move in ready” then the rest of the ugliness can be taken care of over time.We had to walk away from a huuuuge beautiful house with 6 bedrooms, amazing fireplaces and original woodwork because the kitchens and bathrooms were really nasty and a new roof was needed right away.

We realistically would not have been able to get it up and running any time soon.Plus there were some weird cat/rat things running around all over the place and that was kind of concerning.