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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Some of my favorite details

With ~2 weeks to Deuce's arrival, we are still getting things settled in around here.  Two recent changes are that the guest room is set up (and Deuce's room is sorta, kinda, getting set up) and Lilah got all new big girl furniture.  So I thought it might be fun to do a "what are my favorite things in each room" post.

The Living Room:  I honestly just can't decide what is my favorite about this room.  I guess probably the rug and the new couch/chairs.  I love this darn room!



The kitchen is the same in that I dont know what I like the best.  The whole darn thing.  I guess I like the openness and the back porch access too



In the den, my favorite things are definitely our blue couch, who we named Cindy, and my rhino head (which STILL needs some sort of "framing")



In the playroom, we've done some recent organization.  My favorite things in this room right now are the new art-work ribbon/magnet display I made.  Also, if you're on my facebook you've already heard me brag about this, but check out Lilah's smiley faces!  Come on, they are sorta impressive right??



I also love Lilah's little activity table.  She loves her trains and to draw here.  I added some storage cups above it that I'm sure will come in handy.



Ok, onward upstairs where most of the changes have happened.  Let's start with Lilah's room.  First, her new furniture - bed and dressers



What a big girl!  Some of my favorite things in Lilah's room are the decorations above her bed - the stars and my recent creation of her name letters (they don't show up great in pictures for some reason)




I also love her little reading nook.  The chair is a strange left-over we had, but I love the pillow I found - it goes so well with the rest of her room



We've recently added some artwork in her room too, including this awesome height chart and a really cute picture her Auntie Sandy got her when she was born which now fits in perfectly



And lastly, another of my crafty projects lately - a hair bow holder I made:



Staying on the theme of kid's rooms - here is Deuce's room.  Nothing special happening in here yet at all - it's not really set up with the exception of the nursing chair and dresser since we're assuming he/she will sleep in our room for quite a while. Please ignore the totally temporary, too short, curtains - they look absurd.    I did buy a super cute lamp though - at least that's something!  And Auntie Sandy again came through with some cute artwork.




At least the closet is organized with all our gender neutral clothes!



Lastly, we finally got the guest room set up since the baby's room was the guest room up until this point.  Nothing too special going on in their yet, but at least there is a bed and some nice lighting (which doesn't come across all that nice in pictures...)



That's it for now.  I guess my next post will be sometime after Deuce's arrival.  Not sure how much we'll be doing to the house until we start setting up his/her room over the next few months. Ta ta for now!