EJChase and Minz, You know, you have some good points there.
I am really NOT happy with the house aesthetics. It feels more like a place we just moved into rather than somewhere we've been living 14 years. I painted a room 10 years ago, and have not put new blinds and curtains up in it. Why not? It's my "art room" and I spend a lot of time in there.

Perhaps I should start a Pinterest board with rooms I like. Or a journal/scrapbook. I do have a file folder with stuff from old magazines that I've had for almost 20 years. I guess I got discouraged and thought "I'll never have this, why bother trying."

Another thing I should confess to is that neither of us really likes to clean. So the place is frankly, dirty. I find it hard to want to dust when I have to go around STUFF to get to the stuff I need to dust!