making my house a home.

i have been obsessed (for a while) with making our teeny little home more "homey". when i have free time at work... this is what i do...

this would be prefect to replace the chalkboard in the kitchen. for spare keys, chapstick, sunglasses, wads of $100 bills. whatever...

this would be just perfect as a little "bar" in our kitchen area. and it could double as an entree holder when we have people over for dinner. or a stand for outside if we dare to entertain in huntleys lair...

and then i happen to have two best friends who are currently with baby in belly. one, maebel will be here within the next 72 hours!! anywho, maybe i look at babies rooms, and toddlers rooms online sometimes and save them to my desk top... and maybe i dream of ways that i can one day incorporate this in to our one bedroom beach shack...

seriously...? love it.

this will be in my home on day... whether it is our bedroom... or not. amazing!

this room makes me think of grayson and that he needs a little brother PRONTO.

and this is going to be wha my life will probably be like. two kids and only a hallway for them to sleep. lol. this is a great example of hallway living...

i would have died for this when i was 12. this is exactly what i loved. i still love it. it might be a little too feminine for the hubby...

*** i dont know where i found all of these screenshots on my desktop***

south beach diet- day 2

it is 355. went with my coworkers to pitfire pizza for lunch. watched them eat burrata pizza and creamy tomato sausage pizza.

thus far today i have had:

hardboiled egg

string cheese

lettuce with chicken, pine nuts, provolone, pepprocinis and lemon balsamic dressing.

diet root beer

but night time is the hardest...

what am i craving? well, the 3 o'clock daily fresh popped popcorn that i am smelling would be nice. or the cheese bagels and birthday cake that is probably sitting on the counter downstairs.

but i will instead have a handful of almonds.

since food is making me unhappy- here are some things making me happy:

free people may catalogue:

this boy:

this idea: i could do a memphis, beverly hills, tuscon, olympia, venice, and santa monica. for all of the places my husband and i have lived. separately and together. cute.

outdoor spaces in outdoor spaces that i will never live in....

12 more days til i can have a piece of while wheat toast and a glass o wine!

ugh missoni why?!?!!?! WHY?!?!?!

damn you missoni home goods. damn you.

just when i wake up feeling good about myself i open my email to a posting from houzz with this.

now a missoni cardigan or forever 21 knock off will NEVER cut it. momma needs the rug.

or maybe at least this chair swing from urban outfitters...

things that make me happy.

1. ice cream sandwiches (fine! i eat "skinny cows" but still...). & fat kids. so this is pretty much the greatest picture ever.

2. this:

or this, just the fact that this exists somewhere makes me happy (if that somewhere were my yard i would never leave):

3. i want to copy this. i am going to copy this WHEN i have a baby in my belly. so cute.

4. these:

5. the idea of painting this onto the distressed dresser that i dont have. having it would make me feel happy, and acconplished:

new diy-ish projects.

1. our backyard. all we want is: curtains/drapy-ness, grass, concrete, firepit, long bench like table... is that too much to ask?

2. i want to make this shelf for... i dont know where, but i will find a spot.

3. scotty has tons of pallets stored in his wharehouse. he sells the pallets to some guys who pick them up for 50 cents a piece. since i basically own the company (ha, right), i will make the executive decision to NOT sell one pallet ( i feel comfortable taking charge on a 50 cent loss). and instead we will take one pallet home, stain it "whitewash", add wheels, and then sit and enjoy. seriously- how cute is this..?:

4. kitchen table. right now we have a round glass table. it is cute. but it prevents feasts. instead we will use this tutorial and make a table that looks like this:

or this:

or a mix in between. and then we can have more than one couple over for dinner. and all have room to use our hands when we talk. and be happy.

we are out of town this weekend. so we will see how long it takes for me to do even one of these projects.

completion.

it is a fact: having something striped in my home would complete it.

the last picture makes me want to scream.

source (clockwise): west elm, decorpad, this blog, and yuppy heaven on earth, house of mann.

and annie sent me this rug, which is available in dark brown and ivory and maybe i would forgive scott for giving me a video game for my birthday if he bought it for me.

and then i need this and then my life is complete

jobby job makes me want to shoppy shop.

oy, i have been blogging a lot. my job is either so busy my head is spinning... or so dead i have nothing better to do but write to myself. the new house helps too. lots of house websites out there. lots of things to blog about. and then either do, or buy:

1. shutters. we ripped off the disgusting plastic BURNT RED shutters that came with the house. as well as the dollhouse trim around the door. now we must replace it with new shutters and new trim= preferably the same color so that i can sleep at night. order shutter, simple enough? no, it isnt. there are ten varieties. which most says "i am the fake siding to windows on a contemporary beach bungalow"???

2. rug. our living room needs love. it is sad. we are hopefully going to get our amazing artist friend to paint us something for the HUGE blank wall. but we also need a rug. to really finish the room off. i like these: (husband, what do YOU think?) something striped... image from target.

3. i am seriously considering a painted ceiling for the living room too. is that stupid?? i think with the wood beams, and the doorways with the trim... it would really "pop". i am 90. maybe a blue/green/sage/grey color...??? thoughts, audra and annie. hahahah.