We've been married for nearly three months now and currently living in the tiny one bedroom we call home. I can't help to day dream about our future house. Ya know... the one we currently can't afford. As we work on building our savings to put down a hefty down payment, I can't help but wonder how I will lay it all out.
Thanks to Polyvore, my visions can now live on an art board. Using pieces of furniture (and items) we currently own, I've put together a few of our future rooms that I can't wait to decorate. Oh and FYI, apparently I have good taste, or either browse the Crate & Barrel catalog WAAAAAY too much. If I could live in the show room, I probably would.
Here we have our bedroom. Currently we own the bed and the teal bed linens. We also painted the wall behind the bed yellow. We are both a big fan of the dark wood dresser and side table. I added a few accents to give you the full picture.
Next up is Our Kitchen. I've expanded on the yellow some and used lime green to accent it. My dream is to have ivory cabinets with contemporary hardware, and a butcher block counter top. I'm showing our actual every day dinnerware and dutch oven in the board below.
Then I hope to have a formal living room. My favorite memory growing up was having the Christmas tree set up in our formal living room. It made using this room feel special, and important. It was always the first room you saw when entering our home, and I want to have one similar in our dream home. My color palette would be neutrals, gold and pink/rose. I've also included Nick's favorite chair from C&B.
Finally, we have the office, which is really more of my office. I have always had intentions of using left over wedding details to add to this design. I've included the desk we currently own, and the bookshelf too. I'm hoping that the iMac comes sooner rather than later as well ;)
That's just the beginning! I have yet to create a board for our formal dining room and for the family room. Our intentions for the guest bedroom will be to use the current dressers we have, which were passed down to me from my grandmother who had them in her home for many years and I've had since I was 16. Also in the room will be the queen size bed and headboard, however the headboard did get pretty beaten up during one of my moves and it may be time for a new one. But there you have it! Now we need a house to put it all in!! Maybe one day soon. For now we are going to make do with our tight squeeze.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
August Happenings
We've had a great month! It actually started back in July when Nick and I purchased our first car together!! We found a 2004 Ford Escape perfect for Nick to use as his car and to replace the minivan he had been driving around. The search was finally over! It's a perfect size for our road trips and to throw Maddy's crate in the back when we visit with friends and family.Our first long road trip will be this coming Labor Day weekend when we head to Tybee Island, Georgia for some beach time with friends! We have rented out a 10 person cottage for the weekend and are all set to party hard and enjoy friends!! More to come on that trip!
August in Georgia means kids are back in school, fall sports have started and this is our crazy time at work. Not only because we have many other web projects in the queue, but as the graphic designer I get to design, layout and add all content to three high school fall sports programs. This year was my fourth year working on the projects and third year designing and taking the lead on them. What I love the most, is that I have three beautiful books to show the fruits of my labor when all is said and done. For the past four weeks I worked extremely hard on all three and am so proud of how they look. With each new year I'm learning quicker tricks to get the job done. I think by year five I'll be almost perfect at it.
Here are a few pictures to give you an example of my hard work:
All images owned by Kapp Koncepts, Inc.
I'm just too stinkin' proud of all of these. I worked really hard to make the deadline so that Nick and I could visit Northern Virginia for my best friend's wedding!
Elizabeth and John got married on August 21st and it was a beautiful wedding! I was so honored to stand by their side on this day. Nick and I even made some friends there! We ate some yummy food and danced all night. Reflecting on our wedding, we definitely had more fun at their's with the spotlight off of us :)This week we've been all about relaxing. Our schedules were back to normal and we had no upcoming events to attend, it was nice to just sit and enjoy each other's company. Today we gathered a group of people and went tubing down the Chattahoochee River. Despite the clouds and freezing water, we still managed to have a good time. Nick and I are lucky for the friends we have in common and that we all get along so well.
Up next is our trip to Tybee! We will be sure to take pictures and enjoy the sun and sand for everyone!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Been thinking about cutting my hair lately.
I'm so used to having it short and around my shoulders, but for the last year I've been growing it out for the wedding. It's only the second time since high school that I've had my hair long. The other time was 2006-2007.
I've been thinking of bob/shag look:
You can see here where I have had something similar. This was in 2006. I'm pretty sure this was when I started growing it out for that year.
I'm also thinking something like this:
Through the years I've definitely varied in my styles. But I'm looking for something I can wash and dry pretty quickly in the mornings, and that won't become fragile and frizzy at the ends. I have an appointment next week and I can't wait to show everyone!!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Our Family Blog
Welcome to our new blog! We've put this together for our family and friends. It's a great way to keep in touch and let them know what we're up to. Follow along with us as we figure out this newlywed thing :) We are super excited about being married and can't wait to share our stories.
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