I Spoke Too Soon

When I posted the entry about the round bed, I jinxed myself. Yes it was definitely a "want to have" but it was by no means a "need to have." Alas, we discovered in the middle of the week that our current bed is actually broken. And so now, we need to buy one.

The supports had always been pretty wobbly and we tried reinforcing them several times before, but now they just refused to nail back into place and stand upright. Cheapness.

Sadly, in the name of household practicality, I made Mike return his birthday gift to me, a MacBook Pro, so that we could now have the funds to purchase a new bed. Oh joy. LOL.

How this BED is BAD (and yes, I know that Waffle has managed to weave her way into yet another blog entry):

1) You can clearly see that the SLATS are SLANTED.

2) Waffle has decided that this is her new favorite sleeping spot. That is potentially quite deadly.

3) The horizontal wood frame part has also started to curve.

4) It's dusty under there.

Another view of the very sturdy supports. Nothing like knowing you're sleeping on angled wood, so angled in fact that it doesn't even touch the ground.

So we decided, eff this -- let's just remove the mattress.

Post-removal. Mike had a terrible headache that day. He'd also been having problems falling asleep, which in hindsight were probably due to our caved in bed.

 

I offered him aspirin, but then I realized it had expired in September 2005. Luckily we had Tylenol.

So for now, in true new homeowner style we just have the mattress on the floor. I have to say, it's quite incredibly comfortable (and by comfortable, I mostly mean not caved-in). The search is on for a new bed but I'm surprisingly not in a huge rush to buy one.

That being said, I have been doing a fair share of online searching and while I have yet to pull the trigger on any bed, I am really feeling this one (with storage!):

Then comes the wedding display..

Being of a very digital era, I have literally no photos to display except my wedding proofs and pictures of my dogs, and I also have no desire to physically print out anything else.

However I really found these shadow-box photo frames from Crate & Barrel to be quite cool. I like that they're thick and pop out, ha ha.

I decided that the new place needed a bit of a newlywed touch to it. The only slight problem was that as soon as the wedding was over (meaning: once everything was paid off), I had filed away all wedding-related papers and stored all the extra materials like ribbons, craft glue (lolol), etc. into this aptly-named box:

Check out my awesome bubble writing! That's what 12 years of Catholic school will teach you. Anyways, I dug through the box's contents and sought out the good old wedding invitation. I briefly recalled the long meetings (plural!) we had with the designer, as well as my awesome idea to not just mail them out in regular envelopes, but to place them in BOXES, not just any boxes but boxes with said ribbons. A far craftier and lengthier endeavor than suited my not-so-crafty self. (I spent weeks researching square boxes online for goodness' sake.) The end result:

And the end result for the nifty placement in the frame:

Gotta love those purposeless wavy silver things too. But wait, there's more! I also framed the Save-the-Date.

Mike really liked these potted grass thangs from Crate and Barrel, and I really like green accents as you can tell, so we ended up with 3 of them.

The picture on the left frame needs no further explanation. With everything thrown on my beloved Lazzoni sideboard, a cheerful painting of modern-who-knows-what placed above it, and the most practical coat rack, I give you my final shot of the "Entryway of the Newly Wedded." Accent paint color, still TBD.

 

I was actually really trying to get Waffle out of the last photo, but she's such an attention hog.

Preppy Closet

Well they say that art imitates life, so if that's the case, then we have successfully transformed the plain master bedroom closet into my husband's polo shirt.

The inspiration:

Meet old striped American Eagle shirt

Meet new striped closet

The Super Bed

Ever since I saw Shaquille O'Neals Superman bed on Cribs, I always thought it would be cool to have a round bed.

Today I clicked on some ads (damn you effective behavioral targeting!!) and because the advertising gods that be just know what I'm not in the market for but will probably end up buying, I was taken to Haverty's where I discovered THIS bed:

Now, mind you, we're not really in the market for a bed BUT you know, I could easily convince myself otherwise.

Cons:

- It comes as a queen or king, and we only have a full.

- We'd probably have to get rid of a dresser to make it fit in the bedroom.

Pros:

- Our dogs will no longer be able to hide under the bed when they've been caught doing something naughty, i.e. chewing up underwear.

- Now that I think about it, our current bed does have some broken slats underneath...

When I go home tonight I'll let the tape measure decide if this bed does indeed fit. Luckily I don't have to convince my husband too much as he is known for falling asleep just about anywhere.

The Home Alone house is for sale!

This has to do not with my own place but I couldn't help but share the following WSJ article:


http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2011/05/05/home-alone-house-hits-the-market-staircase-included/


The house from Home Alone is for sale!

I have always loved this house, and the movies of course. I mean, what's not to love about it? The really cool laundry chute where Kevin shot Buzz's toys into the hamper, the creepy furnace in the basement, the treehouse, the dog flap in the kitchen door, the STAIRS that must have inspired so many children to sled indoors (and caused several broken bones as a result but there's no way to quantify that statistic)! Those stairs, by the way, were not lined up straight at all... I was always puzzled how Kevin managed to zoom right through the door when that was clearly not the direct path...


Also, since the house is a brick center-hall colonial and has black shutters, and really 90's wallpaper, it reminds me of the house I grew up in, except this one is twice as big. Hah.

My parents' house, after they changed the shutters from black to... a butter color? Forgive my mom's Facebook for not providing me with a better picture.

Anyhoo, $2.4 mil sounds like a steal to me. You're literally buying a piece of entertainment history! Although I daresay, I personally might have to hold out until the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" house hits the market...

Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined

Over the weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to reunite with college friends at this annual charity basketball tournament, which serves as a yearly reminder for all of us how OLD we're getting. 

How does this relate to decorating, you ask? Well in several ways:

1- Since we are all adults now, the answer to the question, "What are you up to these days?" can most likely be answered by any of the following: Relationship Status (I'm engaged/newly married/still searching for The One), Location Status (I just moved), Career Status (I can't wait for grad school to be over, I got a new job, I'm looking for a job), or Baby Status (self explanatory-- you either have one or you don't, unless you're in between with something baking in the oven). Since nobody really wants to hear the true answer behind, "How's married life?" I like to say that I fall into the Location category.

2- People told me that they read my blog. (w00t!)

3- We didn't know where to go afterwards, and while I normally wouldn't mind throwing an impromptu get-together, the place isn't ready for visitors yet! So we settled on the traditional venue, Hooters.

This was our waitress:

OK not really, but I love Butters and just wanted to throw him in here.

And THIS is the lovely drinkware that came with our pina coladas. I think it's the perfect accessory that just ties our kitchen together.

So 3 of these classy glasses (say that 4x fast) belong to my friends who will pick them up when we finally have our housewarming. Let the good times spill! ;) Until then, maybe Mike and I will add a few more wine bottles to the RACK behind them. Just trying to get the full effect, you know?