House Progress: More living room fun

I spent most of my time unpacking boxes and putting things in the right room or pile. I haven't figured out what I want on the walls yet. I like meaningful, interesting art. I don't like mass produced art work from Bed, Bath and Beyond. So I will continue to think about that. We also need new pillows for the living room. I am not sure what color to go with. The rest of the room is really neutral. Ideas?

Before I messed with anything

Big living room 

We are working on making this a wine bar area. The lamp got a little broken in transit but I can just glue it back. 

Little arrangement that's not too over done.

Love this little arrangement. Josh got the Muqtada al Sadr picture in Iraq. I think that it's really funny.  It adds an interesting punch to any arrangement don't you think?

I lined up all of my animal figurines so I could see what I had. Darkness was fascinated with the line up. Josh was nervous that this was their destination! They have been distributed around the house. 

Living room in progress: Crappy curtains

We made some progress in the living room. I really trying hard not to have too much clutter and junk in the house. I usually like tables topped with tons of knick-knacks. I want our new house to much more serene and airy. We are going to get a new couch and bookcases this summer. 

Heres some pictures of the progress so far and some window covering drama!

So much wrong with this picture! I spray painted a plastic pvc pipe for a curtain rod, it was okay expect for how it bowed once it was up. This would work much better for a small window. 

I thought that white sheets would look great as curtains. The white didn't look good at all, Josh told me they wouldn't but he was sweet enough to let me try it. He was also handy and put up the rods for me and didn't laugh at the crappy curtains!

I hate buying curtains because they are usually overpriced and use cheap-o fabric. I found these faux suede curtains with the grommets at Walmart for cheaper than I could have made them. Much, much better than the white meth house curtains.

Snotty Bride

I caught something while I was in Louisiana last week. I am still feeling gross. My nose is stuffed up and my throat is killing me. I was laying on the couch stalking other blogs and found this wedding post. It's pretty much exactly what I want for my wedding: simple, pretty, casual. Check out the wedding at Cherry Hill Cottage:

Spring Break Update

Hey! I always say that I don't update my blog because I don't have anything to take pictures of at my apartment (everything is now here in Louisiana). I have been unpacking, spray painting, rearranging and loving being here with Josh!
I have pretty much everything out of the boxes and now trying to figure out where everything goes. Josh and I bought several totes this week! So here's what's going on so far!

One thing that is done, the bedding on our bedding. It's Ralph Lauren and really plush. I have enjoyed watching TV in bed in the morning.

A big corner with NOTHING there. I want this house to be open and not cluttered but the corner needs something.

Walk in that became really small after I put most of our stuff in it

Uniforms!

Uniform Closet- All for Josh!

My sink with misc clutter

More pictures to come!

Little Updates

Hi! My life hasn't been that crafty or exciting recently. I work, go to school and workout. I joined Weight Watchers for the 2nd time, 3 weeks ago. I have been really working the plan and I am only down 4.2 lbs. It's really bugging me. My goal this week is just to relax and go with the plan. I am making healthy changes, it's just that I want to be skinny again NOW! :)

Josh and I have been doing some online shopping together. We bought a clock for the living room on ebay. I have no clue what it looks like but Josh said that he liked it in person. Josh has been working on the house and sends me update pics periodically! I can't wait till next month to go back to Louisiana and spend time with him and set up the house.
Here's what Josh has done with the place thus far:

The house didn't have towel bars or toilet paper holders.  Josh had to install these.

Towel bars and sweet Asher. I am sure that the cats were a huge help

Livingroom with the new clock on the wall. It's supposed to be 24" wide.

Josh's totally iced over truck. This is when a garage is nice to have. The other car was nice and ice free in the garage.

I am going to go pickup Girl Scout cookies today! Terrific! I am only going to eat one a day! My cookie of choice.. Carmel Delites!!

Picture remake continued......

Blogger was not being my friend last night. I wanted to show off the the new name sign I made first but blogger wanted to put my thrift store finds first. So.. I found a hand towel holder that I think could be cute as a necklace holder. I am going to spray paint it black later on. I wish it was a little taller. I might actually use this for a towel holder.

This is some kind of wrought iron-thingie. I thought that it could hold toliet paper but I forgot that the cats like to destroy toilet paper. 

This is the rack with dishtowels rolled up inside because Josh always asks "What are you going to do with it?"

Finished product. I pulled out the old angel picture and turned into a name sign. 

Closer view of the letters. I cut them with the Cricut.

Supplies: houndstooth scrapbook paper, modge podge and brown wrapping paper. I thought I was going to use the triple thick but I didn't need to seal it because it was behind glass. 

I am back!

After all of the craziness of the new year, I wanted to strive to be more consistent with my blogging. I got back from LA and I couldn't find the USB cord for my camera. I didn't want to bore people with posts about how much I miss Josh and the cats being here. If you were interested in that, I do miss him a lot. I have been busy taking care of business here but I do wish that he was here for date nights on the weekends. We text a lot and call each other so it makes it a little better! So I found the cord today! So let's get on with it!

Since I have been back from Louisiana, I went to Ohio to visit my sister and my new brother in law. I had a great time in Ohio hanging out with Emily, Jack and Declan and crafting with the Cricut. We did some craft shopping and thrift store shopping. I didn't take any pictures while I was there because we were busy having so much fun. Emily needs to come visit me so she can bring me the stuff I left at her house. I am excited that she's only 5.5 hrs away now. I need to work in more visits before I move to Louisiana. Here's some pics of what I have been up to!

Went shopping at Target. I am going to go back next paycheck to get this for Josh! Joking! I saw this and knew it would make him gag!

I did buy these vinyl wall decals. They are only $3 something at Target right now. The biggest key is about 12 inches long. They are really cute. I think that my house may too many J's and I wanted something different on the walls.

I have outgrown these two signs/pictures. They didn't make the cut for the move. I decided that I wanted to remake them.

 Blogger is not letting me add anymore pics to this post! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! When I come back there will be pictures of this remake!