One month later...

Well, it's been a month since we've been at our new home and things have come along a little.  No major changes yet, the popcorn ceilings will be the first thing to go but they'll have to wait a little longer.  This week and next we have friends and family visiting so I put my priorities on the guest bedroom and bathroom.  A little decorating never hurt, right?? ;-)  It gave me a good excuse to get things organized, boxes put away etc.  Here are a few pics of some new touches... it's all in the details!

Guest bedroom: new bed decor and decorative toss pillows (my favorite thing to buy)

Guest bath: Amy Butler hand towels from BB&B (love em!!) and weird little pom pom wood stems from Michaels in a vase from Homegoods.

"Book Origami": a little idea I found online of taking old books and folding the pages to create a 3-d shape (one book took about 2 hours - not bad for a unique craft project and a perfect example of taking something old and bringing it back to life in a whole new way).

Gramps!!  I love old pictures, especially those of my family.  This one in particular is my Grandpa Stone's senior high school photo (such a cutie!).  I have it on my mantle as a constant reminder of what a great man he was.  Mom, if you read this, I want more pics like this of the whole family so if you can help me out and scan me some, it would be much appreciated ;-)

Succulents!!!  Easy to care for plants that have some really cool details.  These are my favorites.

Master bedroom: Shabby Chic bedding from Target and some pretty pillows again!

Temporary side tables (I'll post pics of the birch tables as soon as I get some time to make them!)

House Pictures

It's our first week in the house and I'm already getting the itch to start all the stuff I've planned out for the interior.  It's so hard to keep grounded because I want to do everything at once, which of course can't happen due to the fact that you have to save money in order to spend it :-/  Here are a few pictures I took of a couple rooms as is -  I was so excited the first night that I had to set some furniture up in order to call it "our home"... and... yeah, because it's all I can think about.

Den area with our love seat, wood cane char that the owner left us (because I asked for it), and my lamp!

Looking from the den into the master bedroom --- love the French doors, they had me from hello!

Living room looking into the den.

As for the other rooms, they aren't much to look at yet but I'll post more pics once we get all the boxes put away.

Officially Official!!!

We're homeowners!!! The house is officially ours after yesterday's closing.  Everything went fairly smooth and I can't wait to move in this weekend.  We can finally call a place our OWN after living in Texas for 4 years (yes, it's been that long already...insane)!

SO, my image for the week is a lamp I bought from Homegoods last weekend for $40.  I didn't like to shade that came with it so, of course, my automatic reaction was to swap it out for a prettier one on another lamp, hehe... yeah, obviously this is a problem in the store so they ZIP TIE their shades to their lamps.  After placing it in my buggy and walking around with it for about 20 mins. trying to figure out how I could cut the damn thing off, I gave up and just bought it as is. 

My solution? To wrap the shade in some leftover burlap from the wedding and put on a couple nice accents:

Pretty silver "Geenie Bottle" style lamp with burlap covered shade, silver trim and and aqua ribbon.

When I was done, I thought I might turn it on to further enjoy my craft o' the day:

Surprise!!! The original shade shines through!!!  Now, normally I would be upset and disappointed in the fact that I didn't think ahead about something like this but, on this occasion, I think I might just like the stubborn pattern underneath (notice Dave on the couch).

Feltbands

I can't take the credit for the idea... My sister Morgan got me and Kate felt headbands that she bought off Etsy.com from the seller "Candy Thief" (check her out!) and I guess I got a little inspired. Here is my collection so far:

If you're interested in one, send me a message!

Future House Project: 1

Dave and I have several projects planned for when we move into our new house.  One in which I'm super excited about is our bedroom side tables.  We want to make as many things as we can, both to save some mullah and because it's fun stuff.

My idea for the side tables was to get a bundle of logs, nail/glue them in a circular shape and wrap them with maybe some rope or a leather strap of some kind.  I googled the idea and found this... EXACTLY what I had in mind:

Birch logs wrapped with a leather rope topped with glass for a clean, finished look.  Can't wait!

I'm a blogger?!?

Answer: Yes and no.  No because writing is not my specialty, especially when it comes to 'posting' articles on a set schedule (for those of you that know me, you completely understand this), but technically, yes because I have my own blog page...whatever.  Honestly, this post will probably be one of the longest I write.  My intention is to share pictures and images of some of the "stuff" I like to work on in my free time as well as to keep up with my family and friends from home who I don't get to see or speak with as often as I'd like.  I know I'm hard to get ahold of (for this I apologize :-/ ), but I like to believe that it's because I don't rely on my phone the way a 14-year old girl relies on text shorthand for a "do or die" chatting session (eh emm, Katie) - j/k <-------(shorthand, yikes!)  


Anyway, this is my blogging intro and I'm going to do my darndest to keep up with the writing part. There might be pictures galore but just bear with me...


calli