Hall Closet Items...

It's coming together! In the meantime, check out what i'm going to go pick up today at Ikea!

Three of these hook sets - love them! Only $10 each!



Two of these shelves - only $6 each!



Four of these brackets - only $4 each!

One umbrella stand $15

All of these items, as well as a galvanized bucket from Ace Hardware (for shoes) and a few baskets for the shelves will be it! Well, this will be in there, too.

Silver wine rack

I think the black/silver stuff will look good with this wine rack! I, personally, didn't want to have the wine rack in there, but Austin really wanted it in there and he pretty much lets me do what I want when it comes to home decor so I said no problem! :)

New Euros for the Master - woo!

I copied my sister and got these West Elm pillows! Mine are like the light brown one in the front/right in a 24"x24" size - Euros!

Another shot... LOVE!

A close up on the color we chose!


I’ve been meaning to replace the swirl Euros in my bedroom – and she got these and I LOVE THEM! I actually like the other side better – it’s burlapish. But I also like the corduroy side – it’s super soft and like Chenille I think – love! So on to the amazing sale…the pillow covers were $28 each – so $56. However, they were on sale for $25 so $50. And, I had design dollars, basically a $25 gift certificate, so $25 for TWO West Elm Euro pillows! So I try to order online but need to use my West Elm credit card to be able to use the design dollars. I can’t find the card anywhere. So I call, and they’re on a “phone sale” so they’re $20 each – so $40 with $25 off so $15. However, free shipping didn’t apply on this item, so add $8 to $23. I ended up getting them with tax included for $25 – WOO! I can’t wait to see them!

In other news:

• We wanted to put together the other ladder shelf for Austin’s office but we couldn’t find the hardware. Found it! Putting it together today.
• We cleaned out the hall closet (which was how we found the hardware0 - it's now TOTALLY EMPTY. I also worked with Austin and we put together the final plans for it. I’ll post tomorrow – LOVE IT! I’m going to hit up Ikea tomorrow to get everything.
• I’m working on the dining room project today – WOO!

Thanks again, Dev, for telling me about this great find - you rock!!

One Stainless Appliance Down.... 3 to go!

This is mine. Or at least it will be on Thursday when it's delivered, and officially next month when Amex sends me the bill and we pay it. Whatever. It's mine. I mean ours. Of course. hehe

Yes, we went for the Samsung french door stainless fridge - hello 26 cubic feet of food storage. This model is the RF268ABRS... here's a back story of why I ended up with this slightly out of no where.

• Austin found it on sale for $1,400 at Best Buy, Sears and Lowe's through Slickdeals (originally $2,200) for Black Friday.
• Me, mom and Dev were sitting around on Black Friday chillin'. I mentioned it. Mom told me to go buy it at that amazing price and Devon said she would go with. We left.
• Best Buy: there is a sign on it - it's not $1,400. THAT was an error. The white one is $1,400... stainless is $1,700. But Sears has it at $1,400. I prove it. He calls to price match and they say no price matching on Black Friday. We leave.
• Sears: it's $1,700. We show him the ad. He says it's white. We are like um, no, it's stainless. He says the model # (RF268ABRS) is for stainless... so even though the picture is stainless the white is what's $1,400. We leave. Pissed off.
• Lowe's: it's $2,400. Wah??? The guy says he'll price match the $1,700, but that the model they have is better than the one's at Best Buy/Sears - it has two icemakers (as opposed to just the one in the door). I don't need two icemakers. I tell him this. He says I do, and makes a good point. So he says this one is $2,400 ($200 more than the other one). However, he'll give me the $1,700 price. At this point, i'm like well... $1,700 is still a $500 savings... but now it's a $700 savings and I get an extra icemaker for free. Shipping is free. Installation is free.
• I buy it - $1,825 out the door for a $2,400 fridge (would have been $2,568 with tax) - so a cost savings of $743.
• WOW. I'm happy. I love it. I love that it will really fill the fridge space our house has. I love the ice/water in the door. I love the digital screen. I love the french doors. I'm just LOVING it.
• When does it arrive? Thursday - the first day available which so happened to be my work from home day. LOVELY.

I'm still on a total rug cloud... swoon... but seriously - a fridge?! I'm PUMPED. Now it's time to begin researching the stove, dishwasher and microwave. No, I won't be buying Samsung. But I will get the other three in the same suite/brand!

I'll post pics once it's in. I. Can't. Wait.

Rugs... And Lots of 'Em Thanks to Devon + PB

So… my rug was delivered today around 1:30 p.m. I was SO excited. My sister was even over and couldn’t wait to see it, too. The guy takes it out of the fedex truck and I’m like oh shiz… it’s THIN. He takes it in, leaves and I roll it out and it’s WAY too thin, not at all what I had in mind. More like an outdoor rug. Total FAIL. My sister’s like come on, we’re going to the Pottery Barn Outlet now! So we hop in her SUV and ride up to the outlets.

I find one I LOVE for the pool table area and I’m still looking and looking and then they come over and say an additional 30% off all rugs. Then, a guy says if you go to the food court you can get a 20% one item at Pottery Barn… um, that’s it! We start pulling out so many rugs. I ended up with FOUR rugs:

1. Pool table area: 8x10 Natural Stripes Rug; Originally $549; on sale for $200, with 30% off… $140!


2. Dining room: 8x10 Chanille Rug; Originally $400; on sale for $250, with 30% off AND $20 off… $140!


3. Living room: 5x8 Links Rug; Originally $429; on sale for $130, with 30% off…$91!


4. Entryway: 3x5 Links Rug; Originally $179; on sale for $34, with 30% off….$24!

So, yes, I got FOUR Pottery Barn rugs for $395, with 7% tax a grand total of: $422.65. And, I had a leftover wedding gift card for $58.14… make that grand total: $364.51.

The other rug (the one that I ordered but was thin – blah) was $350 ($374.50 with tax). So yes, I got FOUR rugs for $10 less than the one I didn’t even like and isn’t nearly as nice/high quality as the Pottery Barn ones. I feel SO lucky today – yesss. So, here’s pics… I hope you like as much as we do!!

Ah... who doesn't love a fabulous sale?!! Clearly i'm still on a shopping high!


The seating area/pool table area rug and the new side tables!

The new dining room rug!

The new den rug (same as entry way rug - just a larger size!)

Entry way rug (smaller version of livign room rug)

Dining Room Idea...

So me and Austin thought about doing metal birds, white ones, on the long wall. We can't find them anywhere. And i'm slightly worried it's too modern for the rest of the house. :(

Then we thought of art... art is expensive. They're nothing we like that much to spend the $.

So I saw this at Ikea and took a picture. I liked the look of it.



I shared it with Austin, and while he liked it, we agreed that for us to do something similar, we needed:

• Two rows of five rather than three because of the woodwork in the dining room.
• We needed birch not silver - silver stuck out too much and it would be the only silver thing in our house aside from my office.
• We wanted to put music in it. Kind of weird, but I love the idea of black and whites of our favorite musicians with lyrics in other frames staggered similar to the above.
• For the pictures, we talked about buying this book - only $20 at Barnes and Noble, and framing pics from it.
• The frames are 17"x13", which I think is a good size, and only $10 each so we can do the whole wall for $120 + tax! (which, when I go to Ikea today, i'm taking back two throws and three gallery lights, which cost $95 before tax so REALLY i'm only spending $25 + tax... right? haha

K - hope you like the ideas!

If you have thoughts on the filler or think music in the dining room is a disconnect - holla! I'd love to hear your feedback!

Good News + Bad News

Good News: I got the house bug again - yay!
Bad News: I haven't taken any pictures or really finished any projects.

Good News: I bought new end tables for the seating area!
Bad News: They need to be on a rug... and I looked everywhere for a rug.

Good News: I found a rug and bought it today!
Bad News: It won't be delievered until "2-3 weeks."

Sigh.

Here is a photo of the end tables and of the rug. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks you can see the final product!

I got this in an 8 x 11... I'm nervous I'll hate it in person! haha But they did free shipping and to take it back I just have to take it to the store which is, conveniently, 15 minutes from my office and my house!

The end tables. LOVE them. They're already out but I think they'll look a bazillion times better once they're on the rug above!

Have you done anything to your homes lately? My list of wants is getting longer and longer! Notice I said wants not needs. Blah!