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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

House Update: Good and Bad

I've been getting a lot of requests to see more of the house and how things are going. I think we're moving along pretty well, considering we both work and are still getting used to the idea of having literally twice as much space as we did before. None of the rooms are officially "done" (and won't be for a long time, knowing me) but that's okay. Without further ado...

Dining Room, you're my favorite. You still don't have any chairs--now we're eyeballing these babies--but at least there's stuff on top of the piano and eucalyptus on the table. Progress!


This is the eating half of the kitchen, which I also dig. That dining set is $199 on clearance at Target right now if anybody else is in the market for one. The color is a smidge off (something we didn't realize until we got it in there) but that's easy enough to fix. I'll keep you posted.


Here's Beatrice #1, lookin' pretty fly for a white guy lamp. Not so fly? Having to re-wire her before we could stick her up there. Yay...

I just want to rip those mirrored doors OFF.

Out in the sunroom, I used a hand-me-down shelf from my mother-in-law to corral my garden stuff. It used to be in a pile on the floor. More progress!


Now, before you go thinking I'm totally on my game, let me show you some other stuff:


HELLO. This is my little secret. We're technically calling this the library/future nursery, but at the moment it's a dumping ground.

And this is my office, featuring a shipment that came in about 10 days ago that I still haven't unpacked. Look at that excellent time management.


So there's some good and some bad, but overall I think we're moving right along. Our new couch for the family room arrives on Friday and I'm PUMPED. It'll be the first real update for that room, which is lookin' pretty crazytown, if you recall.

What have you been doing around the house lately?

P.S. I'm writing over on Kanelstrand today! Pop by and see the new way I discovered to curl my hair... with a headband.
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18 comments:

  1. Memories for LifeAugust 28, 2012 at 7:35 AM

    Lookin' good! You're always so great at the little accents to make a room complete! Can't wait to see it all complete :)

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  2. KristenAugust 28, 2012 at 8:06 AM

    Looking great! It's so nice to complete little projects, and big ones too! Every little new thing makes the house just a little bit more yours. And yes, the mirrored doors must go. We ripped out so much stuff that was functional but ugly.

    Speaking of, our completed living room is on the blog today! Yay

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  3. JuliaAugust 28, 2012 at 9:35 AM

    Where did the piano come from? Beatrice is so cute.

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  4. SteshaAugust 28, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    you have the cutest office ever! I love it, the house is looking amazing!

    xxS

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  5. UnknownAugust 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    I think you're coming along nicely, these things take time. :)

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  6. StelaAugust 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    I'm loving your new home!! Love seeing these home updates.

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  7. Melissa at bubbyandbean.comAugust 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    I'd say you're doing pretty good! Everything looks great so far. I have completely neglected doing anything on my house all summer. Maybe once it gets cold I'll get more motivated...

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  8. ErinAugust 28, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    I really love your dining room :) It looks like it's all coming together!

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  9. EyelahAugust 28, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    good luck with the progress. I recently found a sweet tutorial for some wall art and I worked on that for the apartment. I'm not great with interior design so it's a slow progress for the new apartment.

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  10. Mariel TorresAugust 28, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    I seriously LOVE your dining area... that table is legit.
    Can't wait to see the final results darling.

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  11. AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    Wonderful so far! I guess furnishing rooms would be the first mandatory, yes? Digging those blue chairs you have your eye on...

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  12. LimeRiotAugust 29, 2012 at 12:14 AM

    Those peacock blue chairs are amazing!! Get 'em!!

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  13. UnknownAugust 29, 2012 at 12:59 AM

    The house is coming along great. I'm impressed you've done as much as you have now that school is back in session. Those chairs are awesome. I was just looking for dining room chairs earlier today, and I didn't even think of World Market. Also, I think the dining room table I looked at is a smaller version of the one you have! Is it the basque from Crate and Barrel? My future dining room might end up looking like a mini version of yours. Haha. Except without a piano. :)

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  14. DuniAugust 29, 2012 at 5:32 AM

    Ooh...I'm loving the piano in the dining room (I miss mine, which is in storage at my dad's place).
    Neat trick with the curly hair - I wonder if it works on shorter hair as well... :)

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  15. Meg KearneyAugust 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    You're doing awesome. We're 8 months into our new home and the living room still looks like a dorm room in my opinion with miss matched furniture and a glass vase full of light bulbs?

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  16. Rose ClearfieldAugust 29, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    The hair trick is so awesome! I will have to give that a try sometime. I have been in love with that Target kitchen set forever. It doesn't really work with our house, but it is so cute. What a great score.

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  17. UnknownAugust 30, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    I LOOOOVE that sofa in your dumping ground room! We're just cleaning out our dumping ground room/one of our old roommate's rooms, and I feel like I struck gold because there's so much space! I got really excited yesterday when I realized i could start to put all of my craft boxes in my soon-to-be office closet instead of their usual home in the garage. It's the little things :)

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