The Living Room Progress....

First up – the Fireplace room - the before shots

I painted:

 

WALL COLOR : BM Grey Wisp

TRIM COLOR : BM Simply White

And we bought a new couch :

 And just yesterday I purchased a rug to start helping anchor things down.  I went with this Jill Rosenwald rug because A) I love love loved it after this girl bought it and B) the designer is from Boston.

I’m searching for curtains still (those are leftovers from our apartment), a coffee table (or maybe not if we get our built-in shelves going and can stop using our coffee table as a TV stand), an interesting lamp and small desk.

 I also bought one of these for my ‘reading nook’ and am on the hunt for the perfect comfy blanket to casually drape over the side.  Unfortunately, it won’t be delivered until October or something like that – and yes; it is a legit brand new Eames chair, not a knock-off (I got a great deal through work).

And sorry for the mess - my life is messy and I made an executive decision not to clean up before I took any of these pictures.

I'm thinking of either some texture-y khaki curtains or maybe some silk silver ones - do you have any good curtain resources?

A House Tour....

Do you want a little house tour?
I thought you did -
*Please excuse the terrible picture quality, I was too lazy to adjust them :)

Lets start from the outside and work our way in -

If you come in the front door, the kitchen is to your left, the living room (which they used as a dining room) to your right.

I didn't like the feeling of walking directly into the dining room so we are currently using this as the tv room (the tv is against the wall on the left of the image).

It's also got a second connection to the kitchen.  The fridge is right behind that light switch - so convenient for snacks.

The other side of the tv-room/dining room has the access to the mud room and downstairs bathroom.

There is a huge window in the mudroom-

and stone floors :

This leads into the downstairs bath (1/2)

The previous owners took the mirrors/vanity cabinets -

If we come back through the tv-room we move into the kitchen.

And through the kitchen you can see the family room and doors to the backyard:

Lets step outside for a second -
We have a tall fence and shed :) Although you can't see it all, the backyard is a decent size (for our area) and behind the fence there is a swamp pond.  The lawn needs a lot of work - that is a boy job.

Okay, lets go back inside.

And head upstairs -

At the top of the stairs, to the left is the master bedroom, to the right is the upstairs bath and bedroom #2/office and straight ahead is what we are calling bedroom #3/guestroom.
The Master: (to get these three pictures I stood in the door and rotated from left to right)

Our bed will be located between the windows on this wall.

Next up, the bath -

It's SMALL.

Again, they took the vanity - 

And there are random fish tiles in the shower -

Right beside the bathroom is the 2nd bedroom and what I'm going to be using as my office -

The floors need work in here -

On the way to the final bedroom there are built-in storage cabinets on either side of the hall.  Although right now they don't really shut (also need work).

And thats it!
Well, half of the basement is finished - but it's boring down there (and filled with stuff)....we'll save that for another day.

walk in and dream...

Since I can no longer plan my wedding, and don't have a house to play with yet...I will play with my amazing imaginary house.  When I was little we used to play 'shopping'.  We each brought our own Sears Big Book (you know that one that weighed like 16 pounds?) to the babysitter and would pick out all the things we would have in our future lives - everything from clothes, to furniture to strollers.
This is kind of like that - I pick out all the things I would put in my house.

We will start with the most important room .... the walk-in closet.

The walls would be painted in 'Rain', it's a very sophisticated blue - not 'baby' or 'tiffanys' - it's just got a hint of gray.  White crown molding would run around the top of the room with blond hardwood floors.  The navy velvet fainting couch would be slightly angled in the corner, for times when my wardrobe gets overwhelming....also helpful for putting on shoes ;) .  Along one wall would be built-in shelving and drawers....I love drawers in closets.  The doors would be white with glazing and lit from behind.  The large mirror would lead gently on the wall (angled because it makes me look skinnier).  Behind the fainting couch I would put a photo montage in the brushed silver frames from Crate and Barrel - maybe framed vintage fashion sketches?  Or maybe our wedding photos?

If When I get this I'm pretty sure I will never leave. 
*Special note to the Boy: please note there are no room for your clothes.

Credits: Rug from Overstock.com; Mirror from Pottery Barn; Wall Montage from Apartment Therapy; Closet from Ikea; Silver Frames from Crate and Barrel; Fainting Couch from Urban Outfitters; Chandelier from West Elm.