our home: decorated!

In case you didn't notice the date above.. it's December 1st. Which means it's acceptable to share our wonderfully decorated, (and mostly DIY) Holiday Home. Technically we put the tree up in November, but it seems like we aren't the only ones decorating before December. I saw an awful lot of trees being carried home over the weekend and lots of homes dressed in bright lights, so I don't feel too terrible about rushing into the Christmas season.

This is our first Christmas in the new home. We thought long and hard about where to put our tree and whether we were going to get a real one or a fake one. Our living room is a little awkward, so it was hard for us to picture where we could fit a real tree without it being in the way. My entire life I have always had a real Christmas tree, so I was a little reluctant to go the fake route. However, we have a wonderful bay window that just screams, "put a little Christmas tree here!" And as for the Christmas tree smell that boyfriend and I love so much -- evergreen candle to the rescue! And plus.. no clean up or watering for us!

 

The runner and the stockings were my DIY projects for the week. I was so proud of myself. My mom has bins and bins full of fabric, so I was thrilled to find some Christmas prints buried in the piles. I helped myself and viola! I'm thinking about adding some lace on the edges of the runners to give it a little more pizazz.

And of course, you probably noticed the disco balls on our tree. Silly I know, but I had to do it for my lovely DJ boyfriend. That way he'll let me put ballerina ornaments on the tree! Have you put up decorations yet? Some people think it's too early. But clearly, I don't. Happy December!

We make a good team; Him & I

On our Sunday night, we watched the (never-ending) Yankee/Red Sox game &..

 Our very own sweet, baby, vinyl tree.

Isn't he precious?!

I drew him.. and boyfriend cut him down. No not literally. With his nifty vinyl cutter.

Together we planted him on our wall.

He's super fabulous.

I can't wait for our friends and family to meet him.

Our living room is almost, halfway started, finished being decorated.

Ha.

Happy Monday lovelies!

Taking time to say hello!

Blog friends! It's nice to see you! Where have you been? What's new?

Actually, the question should be where have I been? I've been up to my eye balls in paint.. that's where. Every possible free second that I have, I am scrubbing, vacuuming, painting, cleaning, painting, painting annnnnnnnnnd painting. A new home is so much work - but I couldn't be happier. And when my honey and I are finally finished painting every room in the place, it's going to feel so fresh and lovely and wonderful and rewarding! We're going to be the proudest house parents there ever were.

Operation 'Give Our Home A Face-Lift' photos coming soon!

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Enjoy your Hump Day folks!

Another project

While sharing guilty pleasure websites with my best friend Alivia, we came starting brainstorming a possible career choice: designing and making furniture.

The two of us got so excited and started thinking about what types of things we would make. Primarily out of metal (my boyfriend has a welder and has become quite talented), we would design things like head boards and canopies for beds, tables, lamps among other household furniture/decorations.

Maybe it will never happen. Maybe we'll makes lots of money. But I'm sure it will a fun learning process!

Maybe I can post some of our sketches once we have some!
Until then, here are some neat homey decorations that inspire me..




(we want to use tea cups & a tea pot in a canopy bed frame)

someday..

I will have a room in my house where all of my books are color coordinated in a rainbow fashion. However, I will be replacing that cute pug with my kitty =]

Recently I have been thinking about how great it would be to be a house wife. I'm not sure where this secret ambition came from, but the more I see pictures like these, the more I look forward to having a family and taking care of them.
I think part of it seems so desirable to me because I've always loved organizing, cleaning and decorating. I love rearranging furniture, organizing clutter and finding nick-nacky things that make a room so appealing.




Maybe someday...