curtains and patio update

So my living room looks darker than it is in real life, but it still needed some more color to break up all that brown.

You can find them here

I found them at walmart online and I love them.  They just came in yesterday but the longest they had was 95" and currently in there I have 108".  So it's going to take me a minute to hang them because I need to move the rods down and patch and paint.  But stay tuned, I am so excited about these!!  Can't be beat for $19.97 a panel!  They have a pretty sheen and they are lined!!  By Better Homes and Garden.

**Patio Update**

The contractor is coming Friday at 2 to estimate it out.  I think we can get the boards laid on a diagonal which is cool.  Just hoping that the roof part isn't like some extreme number, because if so my husband can just do it himself at some other time.  He's handy!

patio

We are progressing on our patio issue.  They have agreed to go ahead and pay to have it decked.  I'm sure this is much cheaper expense than ripping out the pad and re-pouring but since we wanted to do this anyway, we are thrilled.

We are also going to have them quote us on either some kind of pergola or roof over it.  I'm tired of everything under there getting wrecked from the weather and I would love to be able to enjoy the fall mornings without dew everywhere.  A little nervous as to how much that could be but we will see.  Hoping to get that estimate this week, hoping to have it installed by Thanksgiving. Wishful thinking I'm sure!

New cabinet

Well I gotta high five target on this. I found this online on Friday.  I ordered it.  And by Saturday at noon I had it.  I didn't pay for expedited shipping or anything!

Now I had to put the whole thing together from scratch

But they had a 72 hour sale and an extra 15% off plus my red card and this adorable cabinet was a steal!  I think it takes up that extra wasted space and I put all my scentsy bars in the drawer and extra blankets in the cabinet.

Living room furniture

It's still a work in progress but I have some blue/green curtains coming too.  It's dark but I found those cute pillow covers from H&M online for $5 and that was full price!  Can't beat it.  The lamps are my favorite.  Walmart!

Formal living room!

So we finally go around to putting this room together!  I painted it today.  The same color as the loft, sherwin Williams stamped concrete.  A 5 gal bucket was way too much so thankfully I like the color.  We are putting it in our bedroom next and hoping that uses it up lol!

So I had always wanted to do a two tone room and the chair rail made this one easy.  Let me tell you though, BIG difference between cheap off the shelf Walmart paint and sherwin Williams!  I am a believer now after this white paint soaked into the wall and splattered everywhere.  Nightmare.

But here's the reveal!!

The only thing new in here is that turquoise cabinet.  Everything else was taken from other parts of the house!  I love it and now I can be excited coming into my house into such a cute space.

Stay tuned for more updates soon!

New furniture

Patio is still under discussion so hopefully we will have that resolved shortly!  Trying to get them to just deck it instead, and they are acting like they might go for it!

So this weekend was our long awaited spending spree 😂😂 we finally were able to get some furniture that we have been putting off.

We actually only went for a couch.  Really.  😳😳😳

Our IKEA couch is awesome but it is not a comfy movie watching cozy up couch.  We plan to move it along with everything else in our current living room into our formal living room.

We purchased this couch and oversized chair.  It looks shinier and browner than it does in person.  From this pic I never would have looked at it twice.  But in person it is glorious.  And electric.  The couch fits 4 people and the chair fits 2. It is called Ashley Exhilaration.

We got this rug which is a blue/gray color.  Looks different in person and lighter.

Then we went with this coffee table and matching end tables:

The coffee table is huge!  I love it!

This table was a bit of a splurge but it's so cute and I love the mirrors.  Putting this in our entry way somewhere.

For our loft we ended up getting this that was returned so it was a great deal!  Super comfy too, and I would know.  I fell asleep in it last night lol.

We got this piece for our loft too. Just the entertainment stand.  The fireplace was so inexpensive and I love it!  It's LED and can be used with or without heat.  

We got this set for our middle bedroom.  Everything but the tall dresser.  

I had gone to the Ashley store and didn't like anything but yet went to this other store and everything I ended up with was Ashley lol!  I like a modern look!

Also got a couple night stands for our room.  We brought home the turquoise cabinet and loft couch but everything else will be 2-4 weeks.  

I will do a big reveal but of everything I am most stoked about our loft!!  We bought a few new light fixtures and what a difference!!  I hate those boob lights!!

We are thrifty bargain do it yourself-ers so we are always on a hunt to get the look for less!  I honestly must say I don't think we could have gotten all of this at IKEA for less.  Even if we did we would spend the difference in gas getting up there and back 10 times and countless hours of labor in putting it all together.  Thankfully they are delivering and putting everything together at no extra cost!!

So if you live in the upstate I highly recommend Unclaimed Furniture in Duncan, SC!