Living Room Update

Since I got married and my husband lives here now, we needed to do some furniture rearranging in the living room so both of us could watch TV comfortably. Priorities!

As a reminder, this is what the room looked like before:

That turquoise pillow you see on the couch is now in the guest room. We moved the couch to face the TV, booted the tree to the dining room, shifted one of the red chairs to the corner where the tree was and added some new tables.

I got the coffee table off Craiglist. It's a little too big for the space, but I haven't found anything that I like better, so it is sticking around for right now. The console table under the orchid painting, I built last winter. We needed something both skinny and not-that-long and I couldn't find any tables available that fit our space. I used plans from Ana White (http://ana-white.com/) and modified them to our dimensions.

I won the white and black pillows on a giveaway on From the Right Bank (http://www.fromtherightbank.com/) and the yellow ones are from Crate and Barrel.  The quilt on the red chair was a wedding gift, it's beautiful!

Once we finish the upstairs, this room will probably change again, so we didn't want to invest a lot of money in a temporary solution.

An Update!

It's been a while! For most of 2011, I was busy getting married. Planning the wedding was very time consuming because I did a lot of craft projects myself. But it was a lot of fun!

I finally paint the guest room nightstand. I went with grey to coordinate with the file cabinet that serves as the nightstand on the other side of the bed.

I made the shams out of the fabric I mentioned before. I definitely should have put interfacing in the edge, they are way too floppy. Oh well, I am not motivated to take them apart and start over. The turquoise pillow moved in here from the living room.

I got the lamps off Craigslist. I added a grey ribbon to the top and bottom edge of the shades to dress them up a bit. The knobs on the new nightstand are glass, from Target. I also added a design to the top of the nightstand for a little bit of interest.

Not too bad for a couple of bucks! Now my mom has somewhere to put her glasses when she comes to visit!

My first bathroom remodel!

Kevin and I helped our friends remodel their bathroom. It looks great (if I do say so myself) and we didn't kill each other!

http://smillers.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-new-basement-bath.html

Guest room night stand?

I bought this little nightstand for the guest room. It's been primed, but I can't decide how to finish it. What do you think?


I am planning on making new shams in this fabric, which picks up the pink and the aqua.

The rug (a better picture)!

I really like it!

The rug!

The rug finally arrived! I think I like it. It seems HUGE, I think the change in size is what is throwing me. The giraffe spots are a mix of brown and black, so it is definitely lighter than the living room rug. And the white sections are raised, so it has a real texture. Do you think it is too busy near the curtains?

The never ending rug discussion

Based on the excellent recommendation I got, I am thinking of purchasing this rug for the dining room. What do you think?

I'm famous!

Not really. But I sent my dining room rug dilemma into a designer with a blog that takes questions and she answered mine!

http://mollyloot.com/tuesday-morning-mailbag-10

So what do you think?

Living Room Wall

I finally added the gallery wall to my living room. I like how it balances out the big lamp but isn't one large piece of art. It is composed of various places that I have lived: ND, IU, Spain, Detroit, Minneapolis as well as a few vacation spots, Alaska, the Grand Hotel, Boblo Island.

The rug is not grey.

It's blue!


I don't think it works with the blue of the curtains. I couldn't take a picture because the sun was shining in the windows.

I pulled the trigger!

And bought this rug! We will see how it looks when it gets here. Thanks for the comments!

More Dining Room Rug Options

2 more rug options for the dining room. Thoughts? Do you like them better than the ones in this post?

http://habitatforkris.blogspot.com/2010/04/dining-rug-room-options.html



Why can't I make a decision?

Rug options for my room

With the new purple blanket, I am thinking of getting a new rug to go on either side of the bed.

Which one do you like better?

My room - an update

This is how my room has looked this summer. I couldn't find a night stand for the far side of the bed, apparently mine is abnormally tall. So Kevin and I built one. I found a lamp on Craigslist that matches the one I already had and bought fun new lampshades.



This is the winter version using the original bedding.


However, I wanted to mix things up, so I bought a purple blanket to be more 'wintery'. What do you think?

Guest Room

I got a old card catalog off Craigslist for the guest room. I painted the box, top and base white, but left the drawers stained wood. I also added a mirror at Barbie's assistance and built a trash can out of scrap wood.


I finally have a nice duvet in the guest room. Actually I've had it for quite some time, I just forgot to post pictures.



Night stands and new lamps are next!

New Mirror in the Dining Room

Big Dave built me a pretty new mirror for the dining room.

I like the way it balances out the curtains.




This is a crappy picture with the sunlight reflecting, but it gives you an idea of the size.

Where do we like the red painting?

My gay decorator wants me to move my red painting to this wall. What do you think? Also, why is all this typing underlined?
Here it is today.

Purple Door!

Now my front door is pretty!

Old door:

New door! Purple, minus the jail bars!

Dining Room curtains with good lighting

Here is a better shot of my dining room curtains. I still love them, even after 6 months!

New Chandelier

I finally took decent photos of my new chandelier.

Close up.



Far away.

Right in the middle.

Question: Dining Rug Room Options?

I am finally getting a nice dining rug! Not that there is anything wrong with my $5 garage sale special. Anyway, which rug option do you like?


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Option #5

New Dining Room Curtains

I made new curtains for my dining room before Christmas. Pardon the crappy lighting. I really like the fabric, it gives a lot of life to the room!

Finished Kitchen Photos

I am extremely tardy in posting these, but here are the 'done' pictures of the kitchen. I love my pretty backsplash. Having a dishwasher is awesome. The instant hot on my sink is one of my favorite features. I can have hot tea instantly!

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My new dining room chandelier!

I found it on eBay. I can't wait until it arrives!

New dining room light?

I will be making new curtains for my dining room out of this fabric.

If I were to get a new chandelier, which of these lights do you like better?