MTheads

We finally got our couch!  They had promised it before Christmas, this is after five months from ordering it, and they had then tried to deliver it after Christmas!  I raised my voice just a bit on the phone which is unusual for me.  We got the couch on the 22nd.  And then the delivery guys didn't want to take it upstairs!  They said it wouldn't fit!  Hahaha.  It went up just fine.  We live in a normally proportioned and sized townhouse.  The whole experience was weird.  Why sell couches you don't actually want to deliver? 

But, the couch itself is great....so far.  Here are a few pictures:

Before the couch

After the couch

The dog is happy.

Crack Den Look

Here's our living room right now.  We're still waiting on the couch we ordered in July.  The company seems to be working with us, mostly by making soft comforting noises that lead us to believe our couch will be here any time.  But who knows for real.

Instead of our Italian-designed-American-built couch, we have our old mattress on the floor.  No amount of fussing and cleaning can make the room look like anything other than a bedroom with a kitchen off it.  But it's great for watching TV...so comfortable.

Cat selected to go with our bedding. 

 

Stupid Pet Saturday! We're Back!

He definitely does not want a cheeseburger.  Maybe access to our checking accounts, but not a cheeseburger.

House Updates

Here's a picture of our kitchen/office space/computer room/homeschooling paraphernalia area.  We added some blackboard paint and a cat.

We still don't have our couch we ordered in late July.  And the company we ordered it from is giving us the run around.  With a little luck and good timing, we'll get our couch before they go bankrupt.  I certainly won't be buying from them again.  Right now, we have an old mattress on the floor which makes the living room look like a crack den.

Moving Hell....

Hell is not flames or ice.  It's delivery day to your new home half the size of your last place...

 

 

It took three days to unpack my way back to freedom.  Thank God for that half eaten pop tart someone packed.  

Home Office Evolution

Our office area is coming together.  Now I just need to decide on what to do with the wall to the left: chalkboard, peg board, cork board, or some mix? 

Pretty much the space IKEA and Container Store built.  I'm looking for something a bit more industrial looking to replace hanging kitchen table light.

Decked Out

The kids and I spray painted our rusting outdoor furniture.  We went for tie-dye.

Back from the USSR

We finally moved into our new town home in the DC area!  Yeah!

After project I've Got the Loan and You have the Home so Why the F Can't We Just Trade and Be Done with it? we've started project Load Garbage Bags Full of Money and Give it to Home Depot and Ikea in Exchange for Some Cans of Paint and Furniture Made Out of Balsam Wood. 

 Before shots:       

Living room and kitchen before painting but after floors refinished.  Note the dark green on the kitchen walls...it took three coats of paint to bring it out of the mid 90's.

Downstairs den and hallway.  Not bad, but needed some color.

 

 

Day Three Red Hat

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Adorable Animal Pic Tuesday!!!

When you don't have hands, you have to use your tongue to make shadow pics.