Some of my favorite things...

So, aside from the hot pink room and the room with angels and flowers all over the walls, the rest of the house is really starting to come together! Check out some of my favorite household highlights...

#10 -- Here's the office with this fabulous bookcase that we got from the sellers...I love the mixture of great books with fun international and nostalgic items. Since this picture was taken, I've successfully filled in all the holes. 

#9 -- The pantry. After living in an apartment and stacking canned goods in a leaning wire rack next to the back door, this pantry is like a little taste of heaven. 

#8 -- Hall tree. So cute...and so great for this little space in the hallway. 

#7 -- New entry rug that I got for $4 at Wally-world. Love a bargain!

 #6 -- Bedroom furniture! It all matches!!!! Yeah, that's a feat that I didn't expect us to accomplish until retirement....haha. But, apparently the sellers wanted to go with a new decor scheme for their new place. (Which worked out GREAT for us!)

Mike teases me for having too many useless pillows on the bed...but I love them!

 #5 -- Serious yard sale bargain! I put a glass votive and two small tea lights, and this matching set of yard sale deals has added some fun flair to the living room. (And, yes, I have been watching WAY too much HGTV since we got cable! hehe)

#4 -- I'm so excited to have a fun place to display this big pottery vase that I bought in Guatemala several years ago. 

#3 -- Enormous book case. 

#2 -- Special thanks to Becky for this fabulous idea. Scrapbook paper + old frames I already had = awesome bathroom decor. Check it out! Here's the design in the master bath:

I love this one even more! It's in the spare bathroom: 

I bought the set of shelves for 50 cents at a yard sale! Bargains just make me so unbelievably happy. 

The frames were all different colors, but with a dollar-can of spray paint, now they look like a set! 

 #1 -- My absolute favorite...our closet!!!! My shoes just look so happy on their little shoe racks. haha. I know it's a bit ridiculous, but seriously this closet might actually be my favorite thing in the house....well, that and my big bath tub. (Cheesy though it may be, I absolutely love a nice, long bubble bath almost as much as I love a beautifully impractical pair of peep toe pumps.)

En la cocina

Welcome to our new kitchen! This was one of the first rooms that I finished in our house...and I just love how the painting I bought in Guatemala looks on the wall! (Special thanks to Katie for helping me frame and hang this bad boy!)

We have two of these cute little wicker tables, courtesy of Mike's parents, and we've got a family of house plants filling them up! Love it!!!!

I really like this little shelf off of our kitchen cabinets. I think the little pitchers and the plate Katie got me in the Ukraine fit perfectly. The frame to the left of the shelf is two coffee bags from....you guessed it....Guatemala. (Are you sensing a theme here?)

And, here, in our eat-in kitchen, is Mike's study station. The poor guy is studying a LOT these days as the bar approaches. I know he will do great, and I know we'll both feel so relieved once it's over. 

See that stack of Bar Review books!?! All I can say is....yuck!

Moving Day

Mike and I discovered that moving goes VERY quickly if you offer your friends food in exchange for their muscles. :) Seriously, the truck was loaded up in what seemed like no time at all! 

Along with the Subway and chicken wings we fed everyone, the guys decided to make good use of the can of Cheese whiz that I refused to move. (I don't eat canned cheese, so I'm definitely not wasting any energy moving it from one place to another.) Come to find out, Claire had never tried Cheese whiz before, so everyone decided that it was of the upmost importance that she sample some. Not surprisingly, Claire was not a big fan, but the guys seemed to get a big kick out of her taste test.

Next stop....our new place! I loved seeing our new home with the SOLD sign out front!

Here it is....home sweet home!

More pictures of the rooms and some of my favorite decor creations are soon to come!