1) Faux Wood "make your mark" 24x36 sign - $24.99
2) Blue and tan chevron Rug by Raj - $29.99
3) Oasis - Ash Grey - Grommet Panels - 40" x 84" - $24.99
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4) Lovely Dog Food Bin. I so want to swap out our black and white one for this.
5) Plastic Letters "A" and "J" I really loved the grey of the "A" but don't have a meaning behind the letter, so I simply took a photo. The J works for my first name, but I would rather have a G for my last name. - $5.99
6) "Dream" 10x10 fabric art - $9.99
7) Blue Treasure Fabric Box - $19.99
It's been a challenge keeping my living room just a living room; tv watching, gatherings with friends, and a place to store my shoes, keys and a few essentials for living in the space, but inevitably other items seem to creep in taking away from the openness and airy feel that I've been desiring.
My main goal for this room is to have a place to keep my blankets for tv watching, the mail, pens and keys that isn't an eye sore. I would also like to hang my art on the wall.
Currently, this is my entry way. It's mainly being used to store various items that are making their way out the door. The items to the left of the entry dresser are heading leaving with me this weekend. I was holding them for a friend and I'll be making my way this weekend and I'll be happy to see the pile gone after sitting there for a few weeks. the radio is going to be taken to work for me to use, but I either don't have enough time to grab it, or I forget that I wanted to take it with me.
I like the division of the IKEA base cabinet that I've been temporally using as my entry table as we can each have a drawer for our mail, a large drawer for bags, and the bottom one for blankets so I hope to find something just as functional to replace this once it's sold, but not so large and modern. I also moved my wicker lamp from my bedroom that I wasn't using to add more ambient lighting for movie watching.
To the right of the floor lamp sits a large box that houses our goodwill items a.k.a. our outbox. It's been helpful to have the box there, even though it's a huge eyesore, but it's much easier to toss items in whether big or small and they remain in the box. Then once it's ready to overflow will right the items up for tax time deductions and then make a trip to the goodwill to part with them.
I love my $4 mcm imitation table lamp that I scored at a local thrift store a few months back when I found my couch, but it has been moved a few times and now resides next to the door as my drop zone. The lotion is for my mom, the chicken is more decor then functional, but I really like it, an the milk glass vase houses my keys.
Under the table are my store returns. Yes, I know I have a few, and by the look of my pile you would never know that I mull over these items for a few days before even buying them. Just imagine if I bought everything I thought would work. Sadly, some of the items have been sitting there for a while as I have yet to locate the receipt, but I'm glad to say that the shoes and litter pellets will be heading out in the next week.
Under the table are my store returns. Yes, I know I have a few, and by the look of my pile you would never know that I mull over these items for a few days before even buying them. Just imagine if I bought everything I thought would work. Sadly, some of the items have been sitting there for a while as I have yet to locate the receipt, but I'm glad to say that the shoes and litter pellets will be heading out in the next week.
My goal for this area is to keep it open. I also hope to find another place for the lamp as I thought we would use the lamp more when entering, but we don't. It also blocks my art, which I'm not a fan of.
This little corner has actually not been a problem area and I love my round table there. It's the perfect height to match my loveseat and holds my owl and miscellaneous change. I also love the wicker basket, another thrifty find, that works great for doggy toys.
My goal for this area is to simply hang the art piece that is lying in my magazine rack and to hang the curtain draw back so I can pull the curtain back and let some light in during the day.
Our house is void of any real closet space, except for in the bedrooms so we have to be creative on how we store things. I purchased this IKEA rack on Craigslist for half the retail price and it seems to be doing a decent job, but the corner just feels overcrowded and it's hard to access since the chairs sometimes block it.
My goal for this space is to relocate the coat closet and hopefully find a good home for my mcm end tables (the other one is being used in my bedroom), as I had hoped to use them as end tables in this room, but they are just to short.
My goal for this space is to relocate the coat closet and hopefully find a good home for my mcm end tables (the other one is being used in my bedroom), as I had hoped to use them as end tables in this room, but they are just to short.
Here we have two miscellaneous side chairs that tend to move on the hardwood floor, and it's pretty annoying, but I do love my vintage phone stand that's in between them. the pillow cover is from IKEA, along with the green planter and faux plant. The green recliner has been listed on Craigslist for a few weeks, but so far no takers.
My goal for this area is to figure out how to get the chairs to stop moving so much and sell the green recliner.
My goal for this area is to figure out how to get the chairs to stop moving so much and sell the green recliner.
My dining room is pretty small, really just enough room for my 5' x 4' table to allow sufficient room to walk around, but currently we have items that we've posted on Craigslist and the local fb yard sale page residing on the back wall, and they're a bit of a eyesore. i did recently purchase the area rug from Ross for under $40, which I'm love.
My goals for the dining room is to sell the items on the other side of the table, find a mcm table cloth and napkins to better fit my mcm table, hang the retro pendant, and find some art to hang around the mirror. also, thinking about paining the space a shade of white or grey.
Here's a nice open view from the kitchen, well open if you ignore the clutter like the Formica table, one of the chairs, and the IKEA computer table. although, I must admit I'm loving how much light is coming through since it's mostly dark in here being that we are a middle townhouse downtown so we don't keep the blinds open often.
My goals for this area is to find someone who wants the Formica table, hang the bike in the kitchen, figure out what to do with the bar stool, and maybe sell the IKEA computer table as it seems more in the way then actually used.
My goals for the dining room is to sell the items on the other side of the table, find a mcm table cloth and napkins to better fit my mcm table, hang the retro pendant, and find some art to hang around the mirror. also, thinking about paining the space a shade of white or grey.
Here's a nice open view from the kitchen, well open if you ignore the clutter like the Formica table, one of the chairs, and the IKEA computer table. although, I must admit I'm loving how much light is coming through since it's mostly dark in here being that we are a middle townhouse downtown so we don't keep the blinds open often.
My goals for this area is to find someone who wants the Formica table, hang the bike in the kitchen, figure out what to do with the bar stool, and maybe sell the IKEA computer table as it seems more in the way then actually used.
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