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In much need of art...

My studio is starting to come together. I want to get a few more things done in there before I show you the before and after pictures. I have one wall that I am wanting to fill with art. Above is a few of my choices so far. Send me some more good links to art (posters, prints, photographs, letterpress, etc.) I prefer to buy from etsy artists, but am not limited to that. 

1. Tutti Frutti

2. Live What You Love by hijirik

3. La La Love You by SparklePower

Things that I am still wanting for my studio:

1. Toro Chair (CB2)

2. Toro Barstool (CB2)

And I can't decide on a rug:

3. Nottingham Floral Rug (PB Teen)

4. Spiral Pop Rug (PB Teen)

5. Pinwheel Rug (PB Teen)

Home series - garden

Well, it is time for an update on my garden. Most of the plants did survive the hail storm, but they are pretty wimpy looking - especially the tomatoes. So far we have a few zucchini growing (they are getting huge - and I'm not quite sure when to pick them?) and we have a few tomatoes starting to pop up. 

We planted:

1. tomatoes

2. zucchini

3. squash

4. cantaloupe

5. peppers

6. jalapenos

7. watermelon

See the garden's progress here.

I'm here...

Sorry for the lack of posts. Life has just gotten in the way a little lately. We had a horrible hail storm about a week and a half ago. Luckily, my mom was here with me (Brad was still in Colorado) and also we were in a nearby town eating dinner...so we completely missed it. The neighbors said that it sounded like bombs were dropping because the hail was as big as baseballs and from all the breaking of windows.

This picture is what we came home to. It looked like it had snowed there was so much hail on the ground.

And here is the damage we saw in the morning. Our whole south side of our house was affected. I was pretty stressed out by it, but Brad thought it was a good thing. We wanted to redo the outside anyways...it was just at the bottom of our list. Well, it has been moved to the top. Thank goodness for insurance.

So that is what I have been doing...fixing things, filing paperwork, dealing with insurance and adjusters. Things have finally calmed down though, so I will be back to regular posting.

And I'm feeling a GIVEAWAY coming on....

Oh, Martha...

I have been gathering lots of ideas for our home in the storage and organization department. I keep going back to these pictures by Martha, of course. Where do you get ideas to keep you home organized?

{images via marthastewart.com}

Home series, Part 1

So I am also starting a new series titled Home Renovations (see sidebar for link). I plan to keep you all informed on the updating and renovating we are doing to our house. So far the biggest thing that we have started is our garden.

The before and during shot. I need to take some photos of what it looks like now, a week and a half later. I have yet to kill anything (keeping my fingers crossed that I don't). 

We planted:

1. tomatoes

2. zucchini

3. squash

4. cantaloupe

5. peppers

6. jalapenos

7. watermelon

I have never gardened before, so it makes me a little nervous, but so far so good. Brad said one of the reasons he married me was because he thought I had a green thumb (my grandparents yard is amazing) and the verdict is still out. The flower bed came with the house, so we just removed some of the flowers we didn't want and kept some in. We're hoping to eventually transplant all of the flowers out so this can strictly be a garden. I will keep you updated...

Hooray!

We bought a house! It has been something in the works for a little while now, and I didn't want to say anything to jinx us. But we officially closed on our first home last Friday! It is bittersweet because we are moving out of Kansas City, a city that I truly love, but we are both really excited about this new adventure. Brad has already partially moved in, but I will still be sticking around KC for awhile finishing up some things. The house has a lot of work that needs to be done, but we are up for the challenge. I've been saving lots of inspiration for the new house on my tumblr site, go check it out here.

{image designed by me}

Home update

So we've been doing lots of rearranging and organizing our home lately. Here are a few pics of what we have done.

{And I just uploaded a bunch of other photos on my flickr account. If you care to check out more.} Have a great weekend!

Happy Monday

Some things making me happy lately:

1) These adorable shoes I got after seeing them on Melissa's blog.

2) We painted our bedroom! Yay! This is just a close-up of our new shelf and our lonely R.

3) Some magazine love waiting for me when I got home from work today.

4) As well as the sweetest sketchbook from bubbo. I hope I can fill it with some great ideas!

Loving: glassybaby

I love the look of these colorful votives from glassybaby. The possibilities are endless with where you could place them and you are sure to find a color that suits you.

{found via simply stated}

Painting Project 2

I didn't take any before pictures of our living room, which is probably a good thing. The new color on the wall is so cozy and inviting, almost makes me forget about the way it was before...almost.

Our front door

Looking into the room from the front door

Looking from the dining room nook

The dining room nook is painted an avocado green and I love it. I have gotten a lot of slack from people about it, but I don't care, it makes me happy. That room is still a work in progress. I have painted one of the chairs of our table so far. I need to get some picture rails and more picture frames so that we can put up more pictures on the wall.

The door to our balcony and our unused fireplace.

The kitchen.