Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Distraction

While I should be busy concentrating on our upcoming office move, I am taking a much needed break and blogging about house stuff! We recently acquired 6 new high back leather dining room chairs, and I lovelove them. Now, I need a nice dining room table to complete our little "dining" area. Since we have such an open floor plan, it's been hard to envision what I really want to do, but I've found a few good ideas that I'm really liking right now.



This pic is actually from the model of our floor plan. I really like the idea of this. The table isn't too cumbersome and I think it could work in that small space. The table has to sit at least 6, so this type of table would be perfect.



This is just another view of the model that shows the main area with the table and chairs.

I've been scouring the internetz for some nice table ideas and pretty much relied upon the ole standby's in Pottery Barn, Pier 1, and Crate & Barrel.




This is a 6-seater, with extension board, and at $699...it's not a bad deal. Perfect for game nights and family dinners!

Ooooh, and we will be needing a new bed for the guest room/Lola's play room. Yes folks, it's true. We put our old TV in the guest room so Lola can go in there and watch Hairspray and Dora to her heart's content. We also have a queen-sized mattress and box spring in there, dy-ing for an awesome bed frame. I've never been an iron type of bed gal, but I think I'm changing my ways. Actually, I take that back...in high school, my mom bought me an black iron-ish day bed, and I actually really liked it.These beds - I love:







And, I'll just go ahead and mention, that my thinking was right in that if we had Lola sleeping on a full-size/queen sized bed that she would actually sleep in it, instead of in our bed. I'm sure that little crib mattress that her toddler bed holds is not the most comfortable. Well, she has successfully transitioned to sleeping in the guest room in the bed, by herself for over a week now. She still gets up and comes to our room in the morning, and a few times in the middle of the night. But, for the most part, that's all that she needed the whole time. This is not to say that we still don't put her in the bed with us anymore. I'll just say her time is split, 50/50. We love our little bed hog, it's true!

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