April 2011

This morning you got to see a 'sneak peek' of our built-in unit in the living room. I figured I'd go one step further and show you all of the shelves that we have "finished" for the time being. Truthfully, they will likely be a work-in-progress and continually be shifted around, changed out, and redecorated as the days, weeks, and months go by. Just keepin' it real.

We seem to be having a difficult time making a decision re: the living room furniture layout. Okay, okay - I seem to be having a difficult time. Tonight we moved the sectional sofa back toward the walls of the living room. That's right, we added the corner unit back in and shifted the furniture around - almost exactly the location we had moved it from just a week or two ago.

Our back entry hallway was looking a little, well bland. Lackluster, if you will. For a long time, the back entry sat completely empty. When we rearranged the living room furniture, there was a half round table that had been located in the corner behind the sectional sofa. When the sectional was shifted away from the wall and turned into two freestanding couches, the half round table was relocated to the back entry. Until now, it sat in its new location alone – sans decoration. I felt as though it was in desperate need of a little TLC.

With Easter coming soon and a little one at home now, I'm trying to come up with fun and festive (and inexpensive!) decorations to celebrate the holidays. We had purchased a bucket of plastic eggs at the grocery store a few weeks ago, and I got the idea to stick all of the plastic eggs into a large vase I have from Pottery Barn and plop it in the middle of our table. Is it something I would keep out for more than a week or two at Easter? Absolutely not. Is it bright and colorful and fun for her to look at? You betcha.