Finishing touches

I thought settling into this house would be easy, but it's been harder than I've given it credit for. For once, I feel like I can make a permanant investment in this house. I've never wanted to invest much money into decorating the homes we've lived in, because I can't be sure if those same things will have a place in the next place we lived. 2 things I've never wanted to do in the other places we've lived is to paint and put up curtains. I didn't want to invest the time and money into painting walls we only could enjoy for a year, or less, then paint them back when we leave. (Thank goodness, I didn't realize how much work it is!) I also have come across different sized windows in every house I've lived, so I'm glad I never bought curtains that were expensive. I haven't been able to use the same ones twice, because every window is differently sized.
I know it can take a while to get settled into a new place and even over the first few months and beyond, you tend to change things around and add the finishing touches on the home. In my case, I love change, so I'm always moving pictures or furniture. That's the problem here though, I want to be very careful about where I put things on the wall, so I don't end up with a bunch of holes everywhere! So far, I've only hung up a handful of things. There are still several things I'm still shopping for too. The dining room wall is blank for now, though it could use some furniture and pictures. I bought curtains for the sliding glass doors and took down the vertical blinds yesterday though, so now I have colors to work with. Lucky for me, I've seen several pictures that work with those colors, so I hope to shop for those this week. I found a small framed saying that fits perfectly between the dining room/kitchen, but the kitchen remains a blank slate, besides paint. After shopping around a lot, I've concluded the only thing that will go with the darker tan colored walls is the java/coffee theme that is so popular. I wanted to avoid it, but I can't find anything else I like. I don't want to overdo it though, so I will probably buy a few small items and decorations, in case I outgrow it in a few years and want to redo it. I am thinking a large mirror over both the couch and our dresser would look good, so I've been on the lookout for both of those. I still need to do more decorating in the living room, but that might be in the months to come. I need to add color, but I need another perspective on what to do with it. Since it's such an open space with the dining room, I can't stray too much from what I already have.
I guess there's so much left to do. We need to fix the lawn, plant some trees and landscape the front yard a little bit. I'd love to put in just a few plants or flowers to spruce up the front of the house. The bathrooms are pretty much done and once I repaint Abby's decorations for her room to match her twin bedding and finish sewing her curtains, her room will be complete too. Oh, this is so much harder than it looks!