Man office

We turned the man loft/tv area into a man office.  We never watched tv in tbere anyways and I pretty much live in my new bedroom tv suite...love it!!!

So here is the rest of our ikea stockup.  That desk top was $55 in the As Is section, marked down due to a scratch on the underside.  He used 2 brackets from lowes to attach to the wall and the 2 black metal legs are from ikea.

The chair is an extra we had, also from ikea.  The clamp on lamp was $8 and the lobster tray was also from there.  Everything else was stuff we had.  I think it looks great but still manly enough for him :)

Ikea stock up

We went to ikea to get the glass top to our dresser that they were out of last time.  Its about an hour away so of course we never end up buying just 1 thing :)

We got some cute new lamps in our bedroom that take up much less space on our nightstands, a new lamp downstairs, a pillow cover I have been trying to snag the past 3 times and its always sold out, and a bunch of desk pieces.  We found a desk top piece in the As is section and bought legs to go with it.  The man loft will eventually be my husband's home office which he will use to work from home occasionally.

But the best part is we needed new hangers for our snazzy new closet.  We had a mish mosh of hangers from over the years and they had black slim line hangers.  4 for $0.39.  39 cents!!  We got 260 for less than $20 and it gave our closet such a cleaner appearance!

Because blogger doesn't allow me to post between pics on my phone:
Glass piece on dresser $29 (dresser $199)
Nightstand lamps $29 each
Black hangers $0.39/4 pack
Black and white stripe pillow cover $5
Floor lamp $19.99

I love Ikea and you can't beat the prices.  However if you don't like putting things together from scratch, it may not be the place for you ;) so tell me, do you love ikea??

Master bedroom sanctuary

Over the weekend we decided to tackle a little DIY inexpensive project.  The closet in the Florence leaves much to be desired and it just wasn't working for us.  We purchased a new dresser from Ikea for $199 and I love it!!  We took the tv from the loft and got some nicer hampers and it just feels so much more like a place I want to hang out and watch movies.

We also spent $148 at Lowes on some new closet pieces and you can't get cheaper than that!  While I would have loved a fancy closet system,  our closet is just so tiny that I think its not worth it.  The closet had rails all the way around but the corners were unusable making even less space.  We removed the back piece and put this fabulous huge mirror there instead, LOVE!  $50 at home goods!

Then my hubs raised up the one rack we had and added a second rack and installed a shoe rack,  it is awesome.  He hasn't yet finished his side but he is going to put his rack up high with a second one below but no shoe rack :)

Overall an inexpensive way to make our room feel a little more fancy and cozy.  Our living room couch is not super ideal to sprawl out and watch movies so now we have a better spot.

Question: now that the loft is without a tv...we are trying to figure out what to make that space.   A gym is out...what else could we do there?  I can't see putting a tv there and having 3....

Thanks in advance!

New tree!

Well my efforts have paid off.  My half dead maple is gone and my snazzy new river birch is in!!! 

It is smaller but they grow fast and I am just happy happy happy to have this fixed to my satisfaction!

Still waiting on getting a few floor squeaks fixed and our separating cabinets are waiting for approval to be replaced.  After that, my house is good as new!