oh the places you will go

Sunday night, we finally got around to putting up these guys. They are our four favorite places: Italy, Oregon, Utah, and New York.

 

Look how good we did without any measuring or rulers! We're pretty proud of ourselves.

In other news, we decided to upholster our outdoor furniture in snow.

Hope you like it.

thankful weekend & living room

I loved everything about this weekend. Everything. And because I'm a firm believer in pictures saying a thousand words...here ya go. 

 

Maybe I'm a little obsessed with my parent's newly remolded/furnished house. But seriously, it's pretty amazing. I think the living room is my favorite. Probably because I was the genius who suggested that pumpkin orange color for the sofa. 

We kinda have a lot of artists in the fam so my mom wanted to keep the walls really neutral and let the artwork be the focal point, like an art gallery theme. Almost all the art hanging is my dad's. Great, right?

Being at their house this weekend was like being engulfed in my mom's interior design skillzz and my dad's painting skillzz...and stuffing/cranberry sauce/turkey/pie...all at once. Woah.

Italia & Chas' wish!

Behold. 

Thanks to QADesign, this one will arrive with Utah, Oregon, and New York. Then all four will hang together in one big, happy family.

Oh yeah. Did you notice the color of that little heart inside the cobalt blue Italy? QADesign did that on their own. Believe it.

Also, yesterday Chas told me he used an eyelash wish for me. His wish? That I'd get more blog followers. How much do you love him?

new living room friends

For the past year now, my parents have been doing some major remolding at their house. Turns out this is good news for us. Just check out the awesome loot we inherited. 

Exhibit A:

Fancy mirror & mini-hutch-desk-thing (?). We'll probably end up painting that big guy black or something. But for now, it works just fine, don't ya think?

Now we just need to figure out what to display on top...Hmmm...

Any ideas?

our living room is cooler than us

Chas is working on this year's Christmas Mormon Message. Two amazing people from New York were flown in today to be interviewed and because our apartment is close to downtown and apparently has a funky New York vibe...this happened:

 Look out world, our living room is about to hit the big time.

prints charming

My mom recently gave us four great frames with white mattes. (She's the best.) And we just so happen to have a big lonely wall in our living room above the computer that has been begging for something cute hung on it.  We have the frames so now all we need is something cute to put in them...hmmmm...

Last night I told Chas that while he was watching the Yankees game, I was looking online for some prints. With a smiling shocked face he said, "But you already have a prince! I'm your prince!" Love his guts.

Here's what I'm thinking:

A line up of our four favorite places: Utah, New York, Oregon, and pretend the last one is Italy (not California). I've asked QADesigns if they could do an Italy silhouette for me. The bright colors match the boldness of our living room and the stripes go great with our Ikea stripey rug in the dining room. 

Love? Like? Or hate?

rugs

A little while ago, I got these great little rugs at T.J. Maxx that I've been meaning to show you. This was actually the first time I've seen rugs at T.J. that didn't feature any combination of country roosters, coffee cups, or kittens. These guys are made of softy microfiber and can be tossed in the washing machine when needed. Like I said, T.J. is a gold mine right  now.

I snagged one for the kitchen.

And one for the bathroom. 

Also, I painted my toes red.

is so fun, is so fun, is so fun.

Framing and hanging pictures in the living room, that is.

Wedding pics, Chas's film's awards, and my birthday present to Chas. 

I like this game. 

Dear dining room,

You da, you da best.

Dear living room,

Your cuteness makes me and Chas ridiculously happy.

Probably at least once a day, either one or both of us will yell, "Look at how cute/awesome/legit everything looks!"

Yeah, we really, really dig your interior design sauce.