As most of you loyal blog readers know, Doug and I bought our first home late last year and were so excited to start a new chapter in our lives. Little did we know what a crazy, emotionally draining (as well as bank-account draining) chapter it would be..lol!! The past few months have been filled with many a trip to Home Depot, Lowes, furniture stores, etc and I finally feel like we're getting somewhere. We ordered our furniture a couple of months ago and it finally arrived this weekend! We were soooo excited to see our little gems coming out of the truck and we squealed with delight (okay I squeeled with delight) as each piece made its way into our home. We have a few more items arriving this weekend which I'll save for my next home post! Here is a before picture of our living room area when we first got the house in November
This is how it looks now after we painted most of the house a light shade of grey, got our hardwood floors in, and stained the banister to match...I didn't realize how different our house looked until I saw these two pictures side by side! Crazy!
After I shot Charlene and Kevin's engagement at the Viceroy last year, I fell in love with the white chaise lounge and knew I needed one of my own. I also think this is when my love affair with Hollywood Regency began...
Doug loved it too so we got one..but in a dark grey velvet...I love the nailhead detail!
Our white mirrored credenza with the chaise..
I *adore* my petite pink couch..it's sitting in our library right now but it's final home will be in my office when it's finally complete. Can you believe Doug likes it too? Of course he likes it in a very hairy, burly, manly kind of way ;-)
Our dining set! Doug and I fell in love with this and we had to have it! You really have to see it in person to appreciate it but a pic wil have to do..I love the chairs!
The tabletop and sideboards are all covered in smoked mirror..from an angle it all looks shiny black but as you can see from here, you see the smokiness of it. We're going to switch out the chandelier but with what..we don't know yet?
How cute are these lamps?! I never thought I'd decorate with yellow and black but these lamps were calling my name when I was just browsing one day! I was afraid that Doug might not like them but when he got home, but he totally did...I swear..that Doug really knows how to keep me on my toes!
I got these lamps on the same shopping trip. While I don't adore them as much as the ones above, I still love their style.
Doug and I grabbed this lovely little dresser at the discount corner at the Macy's home store last month. It's bright aqua color grabbed my attention from across the store and when I saw it up close, I knew I had to have it. Doug was a bit iffy on it but once it was delivered and in the house, he liked it. (oh, and the cute little black and white vase I got at a thrift store..who knew?)
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