decor 411

My fabulous friend Jessica is a closet interior decorator. Yes, she's a lawyer, but she has this fantastic way of putting things together and making them vundebar!

Today, she dedicated her blog to our project and I was completely flattered! She has found this super cool site - Polyvore - where you can find items online and can pair them together virtually to see if it works. She put the items together below as ideas for our living room decor.

Abbe Living Room by jessicafaye on Polyvore.com

Pretty ah-maze-ing, isn't it?


What is also amazing is how images can make you think of certain things in life. As I was scanning through my pics, this image makes me think of today. Life is short, don't stress and appreciate good friends and family.

couch potato (no e)

With our new found motivation for 'gittin' er done' we went couch shopping last night. Exciting, isn't?

We know we want leather, I've heard nothing but amazing things about how it wears. Yes, fabric couches are beautiful and you can find many unique types of fabric, but we envision many bums on the couch along with a doggie bum (we'll give in eventually, I know us). We also agreed that we'd like to purchase a sectional. Now, don't barf, but it's so we can both lay down and hold hands while vegetating. Did you? Maybe a little in your mouth?

I've also heard rumors that if you have dark furniture in a small space, that it makes the space smaller. We have small, downtown space, so we need to go light on the color.

Wah-lah! THE ONE. The couch that we're in love with (maybe not we, but me for sure).



What is fabu about this couch is 1) it's on SALE, 2) it's one of those where you can add and subtract sections, so if we want to add or subtract, it's possible, 3) it's contemporary and doesn't look like a big marshmallow and 4) it is on SALE! We may not go with the white (although I read from some other bloggers that white is the way to go if you are looking for contemporary. You can always spice it up with festive pillows and an area rug, right?). We may go beige-ish to be safe with Jake and his little brindle hairs, but isn't she a beaut?

Sectional. Leather. Light color (comes like 25 million colors). Will fit our space (hopefully... we need to measure). S.A.L.E.

Thoughts?

We're quite flattered

Last night as I was cooking dinner in our newish abode, a gentleman yelled out through the window from his convertible. Strange you may say; yes, at first. Then I recognized him as a friendly Vic Village neighbor, John. Long ago (a year ago today) when we purchased our home, the house next door was on the market. (Why it didn't sell for awhile was beyond me.... well, perhaps it was the fact that the house next to it had no windows and had battering ram scars...it's possible). John and I shared a conversation as he was touring the home next door. He had toured our home prior to our purchase and recalls walking through with a flashlight since there was no working electricity. He had seen our house at it's ABSOLUTE worst. Nasty urine carpet, boarded up windows, no kitchen, just plain ugly and smelly. However, John happens to be on the Victorian Village Tour of Home and Gardens committee and asked us if we'd like to show our house!




This is the 35th anniversary of the Tour of Homes and they are looking for people who have renovated their homes in our fabulous area. We were quite flattered because they choose a select few each year to have folks buy tickets and walk through the houses with unique stories (which we definitely have).

Although quite flattered, we're in quite a conundrum. We'd love to showcase what we've been slaving over for a year but....we're not completely finished. I expect that the houses on display are decorated immaculately and well, let's be honest, we have a kitchen table, one chair, a borrowed love seat, a tv (sans cable, I miss BRAVO!) on a saw horse contraption and a doggie crate. Not exactly prime decor here. We'd have to giddy up and decorate, landscape and get the basement in decent order by September. All requiring time, moolah and help. Ah... we thought we'd coast, but yet again, we may be crazy.

We have some time to decide (thank goodness), but we'll keep you posted if we decide to embark on phase 2 of this house madness. Can our little town house cut it with these big beautiful Victorians? What do you think?

New addition!

Everyone welcome Jake! He's our new addition. Sunday, we headed to the Humane Society to take a gander at the doggies. Adam was like a little kid hanging outside the bathroom as I was getting ready, hurrying me up to go look.

You can see how happy Adam is to have his new bff (well, I'm the #1 bff, but when I'm not around....).



We looked. We fell in love. We added a new family member to our new house. It was a thorough discussion - What do we do with our pristine new floors? What happens when he chews through the new furniture? Will he be house broken? What about when we leave town?

But all of those questions were answered as we deliberated over Jake. When we walked through, he stared up at us with that big tongue and we couldn't say no. He is a total laid back pup; yes, pup - all 55 lbs of him. Only 6 months old. He's going to be huge and yet, we're big fans. He's a chow/mastif mix with a little bit of lab with his webbed feet. There will be some training to be done (Adam's job), but he knows his name, he's great with the nieces and nephews and he hasn't chewed through the furniture (yet).

p.s. I tried to get a picture with out him being excited... but couldn't get one! More to come!