Lemon Petals

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

It's the small things

We aren't moving.

We aren't renovating.

BUT, if we did by chance decide to stay where we are and expand our little abode, these are just a few ideas burning a hole in my decorating head.

i mean, half of these ideas are GENIUS!!

:: all pictures via my pinterest ::

Let me mention that I will actually be really sad if we do in fact decide to move, lots of fun memories lie here.

But until then, we'll enjoy our pretty new roof we had put on last month and the new windows we had installed last week.

:: before ::

:: after ::

:: new windows being installed ::

Definitely not the "fun" things a homeowner wants to do, however necessities.

I'm not going to lie though, I'm pretty stoked about the new windows. They are SO clean and I can actually open them without having to bang on them with all my might.

We've got one last project to complete on the house that we're both pumped about, but we'll save that for another post.

Here's a sneak peak into what's gonna go down...

Can you take a guess??

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Office Essentials

We have an office.

It's in our basement.

On the unfinished side.

So you can only imagine how attractive it is, right?!

HARDLY.

The hubs often asks me why my desk is such a disaster, or to step it up a notch, he leaves me notes (typed notes in pink at that) that he has strategically set up on the area that is most attrocious.

Funny guy, isn't he?!

I often sit and wonder what it would be like if I had a real office, and how I might like to decorate that wonderful space. Then perhaps my current situation wouldn't look so appalling.

Here are a few offices that will inspire me when the time does come...

:: all office pictures via my pinterest ::

I also have this slight obsession for with office supplies. Every time I peruse Target I find myself aimlessly wandering through that one section, always managing to throw something in my cart that clearly I really don't need.

But these are a few things I wouldn't mind sitting on that pretty little desk 'o mine...

:: acrylic laptop stand ::

:: design darling monogrammed acrylic pencil cup ::

:: design darling metallic gold tray ::

:: iomoi pens + pencils ::

:: kate spade stripped notepad ::

:: always been a sucker for sharpies! ::

:: office supply heaven ::

Monday, April 23, 2012

life lately :: week(s) in review

Did ya'll give up on me?

Don't blame you if you did!

That thing called life has happened, and well, frankly I was just unmotivated.

Pretty sure I mentioned before that my sister-in-law came to visit us the week before Easter, then my in-laws came to town for Easter, then baby girl and I headed north with them to spend the week.

We had a great time in New Jersey!! Always great to have a change of scenery, and the extra hands with baby girl is always appreciated! It was very relaxing, got to see some friends, did some hefty shopping (I'm pretty sure I would go broke if I lived up there).

And then well, we got home and let's see...the dog has "something" going on and keeps getting sick. Hubs came down with "something", we still have no idea what he caught. SO yeah, basically we just got off track this past week.

I had every intention of getting back into my cooking routine, my gym routine and most of all eating healthy routine.
(I over-indulged ~~just a smidge~~ a lot while gone, both booze wise and food wise.)

None of that happened.

But it's Monday which means it's a new week and a fresh start!

And to entertain you today, here's a ~~little~~ big picture recap (in no particular order) from well, the past few weeks of life...