My Sunroom

Today I had some energy and I spent it on fixing up my sunroom. This room is the reason I bought this little house. It is an addition to the original house, it is mostly windows, and they all need cleaning, but I love sitting out here and looking outside. I have planted several trees and some flowering shrubs to make the backyard to look pretty.
I am not a great gardener, but I do like color and flowers. When I bought the house, there was an old swing set in the backyard. There is enough concrete holding it in the ground to conquer any hurricane. Instead of digging it up, I had my daughter, Jill, and her boyfriend, Juan, paint it a beige color. I put in some butterfly bushes from John's house, and then some hanging plants. Between the Dollar Store, people throwing away old pots, and friends with extra plants, I've made a pretty good start on a garden. Our town is kind enough to put out piles of free mulch from all the stuff they collect and that has sure helped. Just a couple of bags of 'real' dirt from Lowe's and I've been set. The hard part now is stopping. I've spent plenty of time and energy, and some money, but enough is enough.
But I started with my sunroom. I love my couch and the bookcases from my father's house. The rocking chairs from the Pocono Cabin and my Goodwill table that I painted - I love this room. The a/c unit awesome! I've put some of my favorite shells in here and my whole beach house look is coming together. I know that I'll never own that beach front property I would love to have, but this is close.
This is the first house I've ever owned on my own and I'm proud of it - quirky as it may be. This is not the best neighborhood, but I feel safe. Beanie is my guard dog, so I'm save. The flow of the house is okay. I have a Jack'n'Jill bathroom - a toilet and sink in small rooms on each end of shower room. Comes to one and a half baths. The living room flows into the dining area and there is a tiny kitchen with a laundry room. The smallest bedroom is my craft room. I painted it blue and put different sized brown polka-dots on one wall. I found some cool rugs at the Big Lots, cheap, that complete the whimsy of the room. My friends think I'm crazy, but I think your home should reflect you and your personality - this house does for me.
I still have rooms to finish - my bedroom and the bathrooms all need paint and personality, and the kitchen needs finishing. I have all summer.