Nearing Completion

We were so glad to have a some-what low key weekend after all the weeks madness!

We started by making a quick trip down to the outlets in Gaffney, SC.... specifically the Pottery Barn Outlet.

I saw this post, and it reminded me that the outlet has rugs.... some at great deals! So... off we went!

We got down there about 330 on Friday and hit the rug section... They had several that we liked (one that was jute that I loved, but it was oval, and we needed one rectangle and one square)... but ultimately the only one we thought would work well with our living room is the same one that Young House Love bought!! AND..... they raved over getting it for $129 (outlet price... down from $429 at the retail store) well.... this weekend was 40% off all rugs! We snagged it for $77!!!  We never did find anything for our dining room. So that hunt continues....

Here's the living room to date. We got the curtains hung, walls touched up, and NEW console table put together (another story)



After we got back to Charlotte from Gaffney, we ate dinner and then made a trip to Ikea to get our new console table and some curtains. We got the curtains, and went to get the boxes for our console table.... and dun dun dun..... they won't fit in the Honda :-( I was really bummed, but got over it. We headed back the next morning in the truck and got it.

Ikea.com didn't have it listed on their site....  but their was a photo of it in one of their rooms online....

Yesterday was a little more relaxed. We did a little cleaning and I finally got the top half of the dining room walls painted. We went to Lowes, Target, and Hancock Fabrics... We also got all the supplies to make our cornice boxes for the living room and picked out crown molding & chair rail. We got the cornice boxes all assembled and one covered. They'll get hung today!


While we were out, we also picked up a decorator remnant from Hancock Fabrics to recover the bench (bender is laying on in the photo above). It's really awesome, and soft! (and the rips are covered up!)

While we were at Ikea on Saturday morning... we walked by the pillows and I realized they sell pillow covers... so I picked up 2 gray square ones for our sofa and bench! I dropped them off at the monogram shop that afternoon. They're going to have a simple, ivory "H" on them... can't wait to pick them tomorrow!

Today... Jeremy is heading to Lowes to pick up all the crown molding and chair rail, and hopefully hanging it all today! He's also hoping to get all the door molding installed.

Now..... to decide what's going to be hung above the sofa????

YAY!!!

All the flooring is down in our downstairs! Just a few pieces of molding to be put in and it will be all finished :-)

I snapped a quick photo on the good 'ole iPhone this morning when I headed out the door.... so I appologize for the poor photo....

I stayed up till midnight painting and priming the living room a soothing gray (it's Valspar Urban Sunrise). We really love the combo of the floor, tan couches and gray paint!

When I get off today we're heading down to the Pottery Barn Outlet in Gaffney to look for rugs!

Then, maybe we'll head over to IKEA to get our new console table and curtains!

Daydreaming.....

So, with the thought of owning a beach property, I'm already daydreaming of how I'll decorate it :-)

www.shelterinteriordesign.blogspot.com


I love this cozy seating area... plenty enough rooms to entertain friends!












The following are all from coastalliving.com





I love this daybed... it's very similar to the twin version of our bed

This built in reminds me of the daybed above. I like how it most likely has storage in the seating!

 I adore this sectional, the additional sleeping space, the pops of orange (of course!) and the coffee table!

I love the idea of open shelving and bar stools!

If we could have a big dining space, I'd love this!

I love this tv nook!

.....the giant island isn't too shabby either!

On to the bedrooms..... This bed is VERY similar to the one in our guest room. I love that it's painted a beachy color, and has mismatch nightstands.

This would be if we had a place in the Caribbean... I do love the head & foot boards and the linens are awesome!

Kitchen & Dining are DONE!

YAY! I walked in tonight just as Jeremy was putting in the last piece of flooring! Since then they've been installing the molding, and are now working on getting our 1/2 bath back together. I moved lots of stuff from the living room into the kitchen so that they can get a good start in the morning on the living room.

I'm so excited! I can't wait for this to be complete!

Progress

A lot was completed last night when they called it quits about 930PM. I took photos, but haven't uploaded them yet. I just talked to Jeremy and he said he's almost done with the kitchen & dining and his dad should be arriving any moment to help him wrap it up. They will then move furniture around so they can start on the living room tomorrow! He said if all goes well, they should be DONE with the downstairs tomorrow :-)

Since I can't be much help with this process, I'll post pretty inspriational photos, for how I want this space to look when we're done :-)

and FYI, we've found a lot on Carolina Beach that we are VERY interested in! It's a little over our budget, but hopefully, we can negotiate the price a bit!

LOVE these orange chairs!
(I don't remember where I pulled this photo from, but I do remember this is inside a yacht!!)

A very pretty dining room. Love the gray!

I love this desk. Simple and clean. I also LOVE the framed letter.

The bright walls are a bit much for me... but it's my color combo!

This bedroom is awesome! If we had not just redecorated our bedroom, this is how I would do it! That gray is very close to the gray we now have in our dining room!

Inspirational Board.






Happy Wednesday!

Flooring Update....

not going as quickly as hoped, but it's getting there....

Here's how yesterday started: (in the 1/2 bath/laundry)

Here's where they have made it to:

Where Jeremy is standing the flooring is down all the the right of him, through the dining area and kitchen... hence why everything is moved to the right of the space.

New Topic....

I've been trying my best to keep my mind off the chaos going on at my house right now.... (say a little prayer that the majority of our flooring downstairs will be done when I arrive home at 5:15.....)

To help keep my mind off these things I've been:

A. Looking at pieces of land for sale near the coast. The main problem I'm running into is that all the ones we can afford are all in neighborhoods that have yet to be developed. We wouldn't be building for a long time- so I suppose this isn't an issue.... but what if the neighborhood never fully develops? hmmm

Here's the 2 lots I like the best:

1. Very close to Ocean Isle


2. At Surf City- but has building restrictions


B. Looking at cute things online- like this.... to bad it's $80!!! WTF. I can paint "dog toys" on a $15 beverage pail from Target myself.