an inspired home.

Our house is officially framed. The weekend of July 4th Chase and I headed out to the house to see what had been happening. The foundation was complete, which was great. Last Monday I drove by again. To my displeasure nothing had changed. I know I'm pretty impatient. However, on Tuesday I drove by with zero expectations, after all it had rained all day. To my surprise we had a first floor! I wish I could describe my excitement. I honestly looked around to tell someone. So exciting.

What's funny is that when we purchased the house, I wasn't that excited. I had the, "it's just a house" attitude. Mainly because I was tired of looking. I don't feel like I'm a picky person, but maybe I am. Okay okay, I am. But my relaxed attitude has turned into a full fledged giddiness. Everyday I drive by I get more excited. Last night, Chase and I drove by to see that the roof is now framed. I've never liked that people have to work on Saturdays, but in the case of my own home I was ecstatic. We even went in to see that there was some standing water from the rain. So, since this is our house, we brushed it all out. I will now refer to that moment as our first "home improvement project."

Obviously, you can tell I'm getting into the house mode. I've been looking for ideas for the house for awhile, but I would like to run them by my blog readers (all 3 of you). If you think I'm making a bad decision, feel free to warn me.

Let's start with the living room:

***these are the furniture stores websites, I hate the accessories they have on these items.***

Our couch (this is the newer version, ours is the same shape but a darker tan color). We also own an armless chair that matches the couch. I would rather have two chairs that don't match at all, but it was a packaged deal.

Our tables:

As you can already see, I like to mix tradition and modern elements. I think it's fun, and it fits my style or lack of. We have two end tables that look like this:
We will have a fireplace, and lots of lighting. Our floors are very dark and distressed. We are planning on getting a light rug. In an ideal world I would get this rug from West Elm:

However, that run is only available in a 3x5 now. So, more than likely we will end up with something like this in the ivory:

For the walls we are talking about a slight gray color. We are going for a look like this:

It's pretty neutral, but I have lots of color everywhere else. And I'm planning on adding some fun graphic pillows that coordinate with our breakfast area and kitchen.

Which of these pillows do you think would work best (I'm thinking a nice yellow in the adjacent rooms):

I had a few more pillows that I thought would work, but for some reason my image loader isn't working. Here's a link to the last set. I also have been thinking about green pillows. If you have any suggestions let me know.

I'm going to try to cover the other rooms on here as well. It helps me organize my thoughts for each room. I also should have some scrapbook pages soon!

long overdue.

I don't even want to make an excuse about why I haven't blogged lately, but I do realize that this post is long overdue. So let's catch up:

Since April 30:
- Celebrated an Anniversary
- Errrr. Is that it? Guess so. So you haven't missed much.

Here are my latest projects. First up a baby shower invitation for my friend Christie. My friend Ashley helped a ton with these. I love how they turned out.


I'm becoming a huge fan of Paper Trey Ink. I'm going to add her blog to my list of blogs I check out. It's so good. If you have never checked out their products check them out.

The stamps above are from Paper Trey Ink - Bitty Baby, Chocolate Chip paper, White paper, B. Blue paper, ribbon, black Stazon.

Next up are a set of cards I made for a friend. They are also from a monogram stamp set from Paper Trey Ink (did I mention I love their stuff)?
Stamps from Paper Trey Ink, Paper G. Green and P. Pie, Ink P. Pie, G. Green, C. Chip.

another card.

I just saw a preview for next week's LOST, looks good.

Here is my latest card. I made this one for my Grandmother to use. Pretty similar to the 3x3 cards I just made.

the latest.

I made this a couple of weeks ago for a friend. There are 5- 3x3 cards and a card holder.

Things I used: Moose You, Time Well Spent, Lots of Thoughts, Stampin Up! Two Sided Paper, Chocolate Chip paper and ink, A. Artichoke paper, River Rock Paper, Watercolors

Thank You.

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for purchasing my stamp sets! I truly cannot wait to see what you create with it. Please email me at CourtneyMBaker@gmail.com when you break out the ink! You'll have your stamp set soon!

Courtney

the miracle of paint.

It's crazy what some paint can do. A girl at work gave me this book shelf for my office. I decided I wanted to paint it black to match the rest of my office. I also bought some new hardware.

Unfortunately, now that it's done Chase says that I should leave it at home. See, paint makes a difference. This is just three layers of spray paint. My finger did get tired, but it was worth it!

Before: After:

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