Ds3 is by far my toughest kid . He legitimately just started liking me and barely listens to me. Probably doesn’t help that DH works from home and steps in a lot. Anyways I just signed him up for 5 days a week preschool at 3yo. I feel bad about how excited I am.
Pulling the couches about 6” away from the wall and moving both cabinets away from the fireplace is already such an improvement. I still need to center the rug, take the shoe rack down, the computer goes back to its room and find the new decor/table .
Has anyone built a console table before? I need something pretty narrow and long to go behind the couches.
We have a similar entryway with the stairs on one side and the living room on the other side, and we have a sectional. While it closes off the space on the one hand, it also sort of defines the living room as a distinct space. And I find it easier to watch TV with the couch facing the TV vs. on the sides. It's a C shape with the tall sections along the back window and the walkway, and the chaise side along the front window.
Good point. ITs so weird to me that the door opens JUST to the side of the stairs. Its off center just enough you can't put a runner down in the "entry area"
I like that your ceiling fan is white, it let's other parts of your room stand out. Young House Love has a fireplace in their bedroom with windows on either side. They put white Bestas on either side and plan to do the built in hack where they add filler pieces to the side and a continuous baseboard along the bottom. Obviously I don't know the measurements of your space, but maybe something you could do and extra storage.
Beyond that I love ny96 furniture placement ideas.
As much as I like the besta idea we have 43.5” of space and the besta units are 23 5/8.
pierogigirl I know all the stuff up there is not the right size but I honestly started to hang stuff all over the house and got frustrated so I stopped Instead of Moving things around🤦🏻♀️
Love the idea of small bookcases - do you think it’s ok if they are only 8” deep? Any deeper would project past the fireplace.
ny96 I like how you have a lamp and plant in front of your windows flanking the fireplace! That’s a great solution to “what do I put there if I move the cabinets”
The rug is actually huge (it goes all the way under each couch) and could rotate to go in front of all the furniture. But that looked weird too.
We are in a 1930s house with only 1 living room which also happens to be our entryway. maudefindlay said to post for ideas so here it goes!
view from stairs View from fireplace
We moved the desk in here for construction of the under stairs storage so it won’t stay but I kind of like how the cabinet looks to the right of the couch.
To the left of the bench is a nook for coats and cubbies for the kids backpacks (still under construction)
I thought about getting rid of the white shoe rack so the other cabinet can be by the front door but then what do I flank the fireplace with? Keep the cabinets by the fireplace and get 2 console tables? Keep the shoe rack and get 1 console table?
New coffee table is on the way (round & black) & Wall decor is on the list too .
I’m open to getting new covers for the couches .
I have rotated the rug so it takes up space in the “entry area” in front of the shoe rack but it looked weird.
The couches could go about 6” away from the wall but any further blocks some of the fireplace and makes tv watching weird.
We had a sectional but it kind of closed off the room so I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
We are painting it a warm white (alabaster or white dove).
And then I got a cordless stick vacuum because we have a golden retriever that sheds a lot so we swiffer the hardwood daily and Skip the rugs. I think this will make keeping everything clean easier : www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08FF4PD5P/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We are painting the living room and the kitchen/dining room but I can’t decide which white paint looks best with our white quartz counters.
I also can’t pick the last bit of furniture we need for the living room. I know what I want but then it’s 2 matching cabinets and another set of 2 matching cabinets and that seems too matchy.
Y’all nothing has changed. I still can’t decorate my house even though this is the 3rd one I’ve owned.
My mom just let me know that 1 of her friends purchased a stroller for me.
I can’t believe this is already beginning :/ I’m grateful, but we live in a 1 bedroom apt for the 1st 6 months of the baby arriving and I do not want people buying us random stuff. Uhhh….
I missed this when I was gone. Big congrats friend!
ETA: I got some nonstick cuisinart pans (need to replacemine) Lots of water bottles since the kids lose them all.the.time. an electric kettle for my mom some play doh stuff for DD picture frames
I have the old version, but only use the low setting.
I was going to splurge on the T3 one, but the reviews say the bristles all get bent easily.
I read reviews after and apparently I’m not the only one. I kept hearing popping sounds when I used it a few times and then I saw sparks. It wasn’t a head full of flames or anything but my hair was singed. Now I have more layers …
Fwiw I also have the second version (with the hard and softer bristles) and noticed no difference in heat settings bc low & medium felt the same
I'm grabbing a switch game on sale from Target and they have 5% off gift cards so grabbing a gift card for PTA stuff and one for me.
I'm doing a lot of PTA shopping for our October event. Trying to catch every sale we can this summer, hoping for a good instax bundle during prime days.
For me, I'm hoping the revlon 2.0 dryer brush is on sale, but that's about it.
Oooh - I'll be watching for the dryer brush, too. I really want to get one for DD, even though she has no interest in it currently. I'm hoping that starting middle school will spark some interest in caring for her hair.
The new brush that breaks into 2 parts? It caught my hair on fire
Welp, H and I got Covid from this stupid fucking trip. His sinuses were really bothering him Friday, he was coughing last night. My throat started hurting on the plane, I thought maybe it was just from wearing my mask, but it hurt all night and still this morning so I took a test and got a reeeaallllly faint line so I made him take one when he got up and it was a DARK line.
Just ordered grocery delivery for the first time ever since we’ve been gone and have no food.
I was supposed to go see Brandi Carlile on Saturday for the first time 😭
Noooo feel better soon! I’m not that far from you right now if you need something dropped off!
We just got back from a week in Colorado - I’m so tired! It was a late flight home already, plus we were delayed. So not in bed until around 1:30 AM plus jet lag and I’m toast. Colorado is so lovely, though! It was my first trip there in about 8 years - too long.
Did you get ice cream at Higgles? What did you do? Tell me about your trip.
We were there last summer for a week and are back again in August.
We have 6 weeks until Ds3 (3yo) has to be potty trained for school and he is showing zero interest 😩
Same. And attempting it has only forced my son to hold it for hours upon hours.
Fine. If you’re holding it and making this a control issue, at least you’re conditioned to hold it from 9-11:30 on your preschool days, kid. Have fun in your dry undies doing the pee pee dance.
I hope he can hold it or I can figure out a bribe because he is in school 9-3 MWF .
I miss you guys but life has been so crazy! Between travel and deciding on ASD therapies for DS1 and finishing repairs on the house so I can decorate ….
We got back from a great trip to the mountains Sunday and after being away from home for almost a month total (between 2 trips) I’m ready for some alone time.
As glad as I am to be home I am frustrated that we have lived here for a year and I still haven’t been able to figure out how to decorate.
We got back from our nearly 3 week trip to the UK last night and surprisingly I feel ok today. DH cleaned the house while I was gone but it was his method so there are a lot of piles to be sorted through 😂
Feeling a bit rushed because we turn around in 9 days for Colorado.