layered rugs

I finally received the rugs in that I talked about here. They came on two separate days, and the jute rug was the first to arrive. After I laid it out I kind of liked the way it looked on its own, and decided I might use the moroccan rug in our bedroom instead.

The next day my moroccan rug arrived and I laid it out just to see what it would look like layered, and decided it's staying in the living room for now. Operation area rug over carpet was a success with no wrinkling or lumps.

My next mission for this room is a new couch. I found this sectional from West Elm that can be changed from right to left (and it's not beige)! So perfect for us since this isn't our permanent home. I made a (crappy) mock-up of what I'm imagining for the room.

It looks totally busy on here, but the only things that are changing from our current room are the couch, coffee table, and the addition of two wishbone chairs to replace our massive love seat. I'm hoping to be done before the end of summer!

dark entryways

I've recently jumped on the black walls bandwagon. I always thought it seemed that painting a small room a dark color would be counterproductive, but these examples of black and navy blue entryways have definitely changed my mind.

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This is currently our entryway. It's too small for any furniture, and constantly gets piled up with shoes and bags of stuff to be donated/recycled. It takes no less than a day or two for the piles to reappear after I've cleaned them up! I also can't put a rug in here (I've tried) because the door scrapes the ground and pushes away the rug, AND the walls are textured eliminating the option for any fancy removable wallpaper. This leaves me with very limited options for this sad, sad little space in our home.

Since it's too small to have an entry console, I think I am going to get a large mirror to lean against the wall. It'll be nice to have for a quick check before leaving, and I'm hoping it will keep the piles from forming again!

I'll also be repainting the entry from this boring beige that covers all of our walls to a high gloss dark navy blue or slate color. I came home with these samples, which I narrowed down to seven.

Blue is a tricky color to pull off correctly (IMO), and I think I'm leaning most towards the bottom color which is closer to slate. I figure it's such a small space it won't be too difficult to repaint when we move out, and it's dark, so they shouldn't be able to tell if I don't paint it back the exact beige color.

I'll keep you posted on the progress!

instagram... the Target edition

This totally happened to me yesterday.

I went in for packaging tape that costs less than $2, and ended up with a basket full of stuff! Luckily, none of the items in my Target hoard cost more than $10, so there wasn't any major damage done.

 Here are the pink and orange ombré napkins that I saw on my way to the checkout that started the downward sprial. I thought they would be perfect for a baby shower that I'm throwing soon.

Just down the aisle from these lovely napkins I found these.

I've seen (and loved) dip dyed flatware goodness all over the place like here, here and here, but I didn't want to ruin our current flatware, and let's face it, I didn't want to spend time dipping every single piece only to be stuck with a set of flatware that now had to be hand washed. So I freaked when I saw this version yesterday, because it's cute and it's dishwasher safe. I bought up a whole bunch of these cheapies and plan to use them instead of plastic flatware when we have parties. They are way cuter, better for the environment, and I don't need to worry if one gets lost or damaged. I think I'm going to use the pink set for the baby shower, too!

I can't say no to cute gift bags. Ever.

I should have known better than to browse the office supplies section, but I already had a basket full of shizz I didn't need so I figured, what the hell.  Looking into my basket I asked myself, "Do I need a neon green block calendar, polka dotted tape, and pretty file folder labels?" No. Did I still leave with it? Yes. Damn you, Target!

This isn't from Target, but I thought I'd share with you where my other ghost chair is currently living. That is still the sheepskin that was destroyed here, but I've strategically placed a couple of mags on the spot until I buy another one!

Lesson learned.