One To-Do Down

I bought a pillow for the scrapbook room! I had found it a while back on Joom's shop (on Etsy) and when I finally went to buy it she had closed down to focus on family, etc. But she's reopened so I bought 2 pillows - one for the scrapbook room chaise and one for the seating area in the kitchen! I love them - only $66 for both - woo! (including $10 shipping. ouchers).




Only 20 something to-dos to go - woo!!

My Happy Office

I love it...




So does Reuben...






What you're not seeing is the wall to the left of the window! I plan to paint a shutter white and stick black/white photos in it. I want to hang it vertically. I actually started painting it, but need to go get gray primer. You're also not seeing the wall to the right - it's a small wall because there is a closet on the end. There is a white 3-drawer chest from Ikea on it, and it will soon have a TV on it. I haven't gotten it yet because right now I have a 22" w/a built-in DVD player in the kitchen because they wouldn't put cable in. Now they're saying they may be able to, so Austin said to wait before buying a TV because we could just stick that one in my office and get a TV w/out a built-in DVD player for the kitchen!

This room is ALL ikea - from the curtains/rods to the light fixture and lamp. Aside from the shutter and TV, I still need to:

• buy a pillow for the lazy chair
• finish organizing my stuff (it's in boxes but not how I want it yet)
• decide if I like how things are set up (i'm not crazy about the books. I worry it looks messy)

I'm thinking about buying this pillow - what do you think? Any advice or thoughts on the room?

Not too much news...

Last night Austin installed the ceiling light in my SB room - woo! Now I just need to organize it and buy a pillow and throw and TV and it's done! haha

Other than that he's finishing up the patio chairs. I just cooked and enjoyed the new tv/dvd player in there! And I hung a lot of the stuff in his den and contemplated ironing all of the curtains but it didn't happen. haha

That's about it. The house is definitely starting to feel more like ours. More lived in and comfortable and I can feel myself getting in a groove- yay!!

Let There be TVs

Me and Austin headed out around 1 p.m. to Brandsmart to buy 3 TVs - one for the mantle (that would go in the bonus room until then), one for the kitchen (with a DVD player since there is no cable) and one for the scrapbook room. The guy did NOT want to make a deal - how annoying... so we left, empty-handed, and went to Lowe's for screws for the bed frame (still can't get the guest room one attached!) and by Trader Joe's, PetSmart and then over to pick up my bridesmaid's dress at Priscilla. We headed up to the house and stopped by Best Buy. The guy was helpful, but then he had to go and passed us off to one of the most helpful people ever! This girl knew her stuff and helped us get the bonus room TV AND the kitchen TV for better prices then Brandsmart (they took $100 off the cost of the big TV!). We still need the scrapbook room TV but it's not a priority and we're thinking Wal-Mart or something since I only want 22" and don't need a built-in DVD player.

We stopped by the house, set up the TVs, ate a quick lunch and confirmed that the screws don't work. ARGH. By then it was 5 p.m. and Mon/Andy were coming by to get boxes/see the house so we put Kroger/trip back to Lowe's on hold and did some more stuff at the house - I worked on my office more, and Austin worked on his den more. Then Mon/Andy texted that they were running late, so I headed over to Kroger and had the hardest time. First, the pharmacy had just closed. KNEW I should have gone earlier. Then, I couldn't find ANYTHING - it was crazy - new stores are hard. :( I headed back home and walked in 60 seconds before Andy/Mon! So good to have them over though - they're moving this coming weekend!! Yay!!!

Once they headed out work on the house came to a screeching halt. We ate. Watched our favorite - Law & Order - and I succombed to a benadryl-induced slumber. Don't know what's on the agenda tonight but I do know that they's not much left to do - woo!

Gotta Go Back to Ikea...

I made lots of boo-boos:

#1 I got the black floor lamp instead of the silver one. I've actually decided to keep the black though.

#2 I got the white 3-drawer chest instead of the birch one. I've decided to keep it though and think i'll like it much better! (I originally wanted white but it didn't look cute online - it does in person though!

#3 I only got 2 legs for the desk. Der! I thought they came in packs of two so I got two packs... but quickly realized that wasn't going to cut it.

#4 I only got 1 of 2 boxes for the Ikea Expedit bookshelf. I have the exterior pieces and the hardware... i'm missing all of the interior pieces...

So yes -i'm going back to get the other Ikea box for the bookshelf and 2 desk legs. And yes, I feel like an idiot....

I will say the room is coming along great! We put together the desk chair, visitor chair, lounge chair/foot stool, lamp and dresser. I've put together half of the orange/white boxes and i've put legs on half of the desk. It's looking super cute!

I'm going to Buy My Scrapbook Room!!

Ikea here I come - woo! (so glad that forgetting my gym bag led to this opportunity!)

Working on my Scrapbook Room

It's hard to do this room because it's something i've wanted to have for so long that I keep having to tone it down! haha I think i've definitely decided to do white, birch and black and green accents. For the green - i'm thinking a really funky green - but only in like pillows and maybe a chair. I'm not ready to show it yet because it REALLY needs some more work. Oh what the hell - here is a sneak peek! Note: those little black drawers and that white thing in the bottom right are inserts into the bookshelf! Also, I have a polka dot lamp that's cuter than this one - but it helps to see what i'm going for!