party central.

Well well well, look who has a couch, THESE GUYS!

Please ignore that rug. It's not staying. I just like having A rug in here until I pick colors.

So I would like to make some throw pillows and curtains. But I have NOOO idea what I want to do with this grey couch. I mean, yeah I have an idea. Yellow. Obviously I love yellow and grey. But I feel like I'd be overdoing it with the yellow and grey combo. Even the bathroom in this house came in yellow and grey tile. Serendipitous.

I'm not a pink person, but I feel like some pink pillows would be fun (like a blush). I DON'T KNOW. I'm lost here. Help. Help me please. I'm serious, help.

Anyway not much has happened since the couch story so here is some stuff.

Is it so wrong that maybe deep down the driving force behind choosing to live in this house was because I wanted to have a fireplace mantle at Christmas time?

I can't stop daydreaming about how pretty my Christmas tree is gonna be in that corner.  This is the first year in a long time that I have been really excited for Christmas time. I guess it's just aided by having my own little family and our own place.

We got our couch on Friday night and it had CAT HAIR ALL OVER IT. I was kinda hoping they would TRY to clean it off before they handed it over, but they didn't. I have never hated and resented cats more than I did when I tried everything to clean it off. Not only are we both allergic to cats, but I did NOT like looking at it, and getting it all over our clothes. Plus, I didn't want anyone to think that Lux sheds. CAUSE SHE DOESN'T. Anyway, the point to this story is that on Saturday morning we decided to go buy some giant lint rollers to try and get the remaining hair off of the couch. So, on the way to Target we saw a sign for a garage sale down the street and decided to see if we could find any treasures like, rugs, desk chairs or a china hutch for our dining room.

Well, we did find some treasures, just none of the things I just listed.

This vintage suitcase set.

Taylor saw them from the street and knew that he wanted them. "Can I get them?!" He asked me. Yes, I allowed him to spend the money that he worked for on this dope suitcase set. ;) My favorite part of this set is the little make up/vanity case, which Taylor so graciously gave me full use of.

A little mirror and everything! Isn't it awesome?

It was at this point that I believe Tay began to turn into a Garage Sale addict. He wanted to find more and look for more THINGS. We stopped at one other and had no luck, it was pretty picked over, as it was pretty late in the afternoon already. Maybe next Saturday though...

Hmm, let's seeee what else? Oh, we got a TV. It's on it's way to us. I didn't want to have to search for a TV stand on top of everything else so I was just trying to get creative and find something we already had or something cheap. and that's when I thought, HEY how about that Ikea bookshelf? and I think it's actually gonna work out pretty good:

Ha, that's not our TV though, that's just Tay's desktop screen which is our TV screen substitute for now.

Also, you probably don't remember but we (mostly Taylor) like to refer to things as "party central" like that time we were at Cardiff Bay in Wales. and there was also this house (which I haven't blogged about)  that we would drive by all the time when we were in Oxford and they had a bunch of Christmas lights hung up flashing all the time that we could see through the window and we referred to that place also, as party central.

So anyway, as I was meandering through hell (aka WalMart) trying to find cheap plastic drawers. I found this doormat for 2 bucks and HAD to get it because I knew it would make Tay smile when he came home from work.

ISN'T IT AWESOME?

Okay I need some suggestions for color combos... aaaaand GO!