Yesterday I mentioned Michael did something awesome in the living room.
Can you spot the awesome?
A new door!!
It opens and closes with a simple turn, a flick of my wrist!
I no longer have to riot kick the front door to get inside!
Just look at how sad and pitiful the old door is...
Never does he look more attractive than when he is making improvements to our home...
I love his "i'm barely tolerating you right now stop taking pictures" face
He
also got started on the baseboards and trim but we're not quite done
with that part yet. Can you believe we're already on the last step? Also
the cat decided this was an appropriate thing to do...
thanks Lo-Mein I really love sawdust all over the house.
I've
been busy too! I can't always help with the construction part. Not that
I'm not willing; I do get busy with a paintbrush! But these children
always NEED stuff. Like food and water and attention. So its almost a
waste of time for me to get started on something since I'll have
inevitably leave him hanging when Ivy needs to eat or Gwenie wants me to
play or read or talk to/with her. So instead I spend his money. Just
kidding. But not really...
What I really do is make the
important decisions like what couch to buy and then spend hours
researching and reading reviews to make sure we're getting a good
deal-so really I'm SAVING money right?! All for you baby. Its all in
how you look at it.
Then I put all my ideas together in
a handy mood board and say "Look. This is what I want." and he replies.
"Looks Fantastic. Whatever you want my darling queen. I especially love
that $400 mirror."
what? Its TRUE!
Ok its not-I'm way to cheap for a $400 mirror.
This is what I have in mind for our living room, design wise.
Mood-or-design boards are a great place to start in any room
and they give me a solid direction so when I'm out shopping for the
actual items that will come live with us I'm not distracted by all the
pretty, shiny and totally unrelated to our actual plan, things. I'm a
sucker for good advertising...
in this set 1,2,3 and 4 are from Ikea, 5,6 and 7 are from West Elm, 8 is from Target, 9 is from
nationalbuildersupply.com , and 10 is from
straydogdesigns.com
For more details and direct links to all of the items you can go to
polyvore.com
You can see other mood boards and their results here:
the kitchen plan. and
The result. Ivy's room and result
here, and the bathroom we're currently working on
here
I cant wait to be able to decorate this space in real life!!
What about you? anything going on in your life that you can hardly wait for??!