Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Rug Difference

It's quite amazing what a rug can do to a room. I don't think I realized the impact until our new rug was officially laid in its place today! We ordered this rug a couple weeks ago from rugsdirect.com (I have mixed reviews because it was late and they didn't have the best communcation. But because of that we got it with an additional discount so they made up for it?)


Anyways, here's a couple shots of our old rug and we got from Mike's grandparents that we gracious enough to give it up. It woked well for our apartment and for the house up until now, but with all the furniture updates it just doesn't make sense in the room.

 
And here's our new rug!!
 

 
Much better! So much brighter. I love the clean lines. LOVE LOVE LOVE
That's all for now - I have another blinds update coming soon! Our kitchen is on the brink of being completely finished! WOOHOO

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Our growing furniture family

Hi all (don't freak out about the Christmas picture yet - there's a point)! Short but sweet post to introduce the newest additions to our furniture family! We've been looking for chair to go in the alcove by the fireplace. See here, where are Christmas tree is?


Well, without the tree, it's essentially an empty space. As much as I would LOVE to keep the tree up year-round, Mike says no. Ergo, we needed to get a chair. So here it is (sorry these pictures don't do it justice - eventually we'll get something that's not a phone camera!)


Surprisingly we found the chair at Target (I L-O-V-E their newest home line, Threshold!) And I had a coupon so it was even better! However, I didn't like the ottoman Target offered with it (it was too similar in size to our exisiting ottman). Luckily, we found this square beauty of an ottoman at Marshall's for only $40!!

And here's a close up of my new wall art. I love it! Another great find at Marshall's; it was more expensive then I would've liked but I couldn't resist. Again, sorry for the poor quality of the picture, but it's an awesome modern sketch of New York. Love Love Love!

 
 
That's my update for now! Look for a tutorial on how to make a side table. We want to make one (similar to our coffee table design in our living room) to put next to the chair. I love that spring is coming because now we have the ability to start building things again! You may wonder why that matters - well, it's because our garage has been a freezer for the last couple months. And sadly, the garage is our "work shop." So get excited for the projects ahead!!