Fall Living room 2012

Just wanted to share our Living room this fall...

Changed up my pillows - inlove with IKAT and knew this colors would be perfect for fall

Got the rug from Rugsusa.com but it's the wrong color and I returned this already :-(

switched out my mustart pillows for this orange velvet ones from WorldMarket



Here's the rug up close - I wanted it in black, not Ivory like this one is


There you have it, hope your all ready for this gorgeous, cool season!!

Have a nice Fall day everyone!

Linking back to Carolyn's Homework & My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Our Library/Office Done - for now :-)

Finally, here is our project in all it's library glory!!!

Tada!!!!!

The book shelves turned out to be amazing don't you think?! Too good that I actually told my hubby, "Hon, did you really build this?!" Ha! He smiled. I did the finishing touches of course, but in the end I have to give full credit to my one and only for this great project. If you wanna see how we did this click here and here.

Office part is on the right

We moved our old  table (from CB2) from the breakfast area to the library for a bigger desk everyone can use. We also moved two of our chairs from the same room here.

Here are some closer shots of the bookshelves...

My shelf on the far left

As you can see, a lot of my milk glass collection, and other decorative objects are out on display YEY! I also opened a book and placed some of the books facing front for display.

Books and Knick-knacks all together

Still need to buy some baskets to hide unsightly stuff

All set for our family to hopefully, happily, do work and homework together

Office chair ready for a turn around when needed

The rug is temporary, it's a utility rug that cost me $9 from Menards! I am still deciding on the proper color of rug for this space, I may need your help on that to decide. For now, this will do so our hardwood floors are protected.

Office Area

I placed the office supplies and shredder and printer into one of the old bookcases we have in this room. Mail sorter is on the right.

Certificates of Achievement

Call us old-fashioned, but we feel that our achievements in education should be up for display since we want our kids to be inspired and know that such achievements are of great importance in our family. :-)

I also have a bookcase for the kids stuff, that's a whole other post all together though.

Hope you enjoyed our Library, I know that this will be a regular hang-out spot for everyone in our house, not just for school work, but for enjoying books and reading in general. :-)

Have a Beautiful Week!

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Anything Blue Friday

A library in the making - PART 2

Ok, with the shelves built, here is how we assembled them in the room.

First we painted the wall behind the shelves since it was gonna be attached to the wall. It had to be since they were all in all 9 feet tall.

We chose this color from BEHR in eggshell finish. Sorry but I forgot the name, and hubby threw out the can. :-(



Fresh Blue

Then my hubby built this strong base. He realized the floors were not that even and so the base made up for the un-eveness and also made a strong foundation for the shelves.

Solid wood cut to size

Base almost done

One shelf up, 4 more to go :-)

All five up and ready! Yipee!

Then, we added this plain wood trim, painted it the same color as the shelves

Here is me - too excited - totally unfinished shelves with some of the books already in! :-)

We have this room  almost finished, just a little bit of finishing touches here and there,  but I am ready to reveal it soon! I am just giddy with excitement! :-)

Have a Nice day!!