Bits & Pieces

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  We most definitely did!  Spent two evenings on the boat, went crabbing, worked around the house, watched a really good/saddest movie ever (The Descendants), went to a good friend's baby shower (with babygirl attending-came  a little earlier than expected but all is well and the party still happened!!!), gave the boys both haircuts, ate lots and lots of boiled peanuts, and finished our gallery wall!!  Wish I had taken more pictures to document all of our events but jut didn't happen.

I know you have all seen the July/August issue of House Beautiful by now but the one article that stuck out to me most was the "Five Rooms in One."  Did y'all see this?  Wow.  Crazy this space is only 425 square feet!  The designer, Zach Motl, features his own Brooklyn studio and it is bachelor pad perfection in my eyes.  

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This daybed jumped off the page at me.  What a statement piece. 

 Crazy of all crazies is it is an IKEA Malm twin bed! 

I know.  

It really is.  

They took the headboard from a second twin frame to replace the footboard of the other twin.  Love this idea and how economical.  

And that chair and the broad check throw folded in the seat.  Love it all in it's masculine glory!

On a completely different note, (and in no way comparing) another idea for using IKEA beds in a different way.  

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Do you remember our daybeds in the playroom?  We used two Odda frames and put them together to create one long "sofa bed."  

 I am planning to get a bunch of pillows to line the back of the frames so it will be squishy and comfy for the boys.  And yes, I still have yet to put the mattress ticking spreads on the beds...still waiting on Little R's new spreads to come.

Take A Load Off

So, it was brought to my attention that I need to "start" thinking about furniture placement when we move back into our house.  Hmmm, really should have been thinking this over all along, huh? 

 Playroom, we're set. 

 Bedrooms, pretty set. 

 Dining room we're fine. 

 Kitchen 1/2 check.  

Living Room-rut row:( 

 All we have to put in there is a sofa.  A completely destroyed off white slipcovered sofa.  Why oh why did I not listen to Big R when he said, "Why are you getting a white sofa?  We have two boys.  That's dumb is all I'm saying." and I said "  No it's not.  It's going to be totally fine.  I'm right.  I'm always right."

  At that point Mr. Big was still in my tummy and Little R just hadn't fine tuned his devilish ways yet...  So, here we are 2 years later and it's ruined. 

Found an "R" written ever so neatly in ball point pen on the arm this morning as well as a side order of doggy poop smeared on E.V.E.R.Y. cushion bc it was on the bottom of Mr Big's shoe.  Yep shoes on the sofa, I've thrown my hands up...  Enough on that, maybe one day soon I can get another slipcover, preferably in navy:)  

Back to the issue at large, we need to start thinking about seating other than the sofa.  Such an odd layout we are dealing with but we need two thin chairs to go on either side of the fireplace.  I've been searching and of course end up coming right back to IKEA, well, because their the cheapest and cheap is good! 

This is NOT IKEA.  I wish!

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Would love these...too bad way out of my price range

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I like and for only $69!  Wonder if they are comfortable???  

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Like these too-kind of fun!  

Only $119! 

I could throw a pillow on the seat and they would be perfecto!

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This is categorized as an outdoor chair but I kind of like it indoor.  You could totally spray paint this bad boy any color you like and slip a cushion in the seat.

And while I was "surfing"  I came across some lusts on Serena and Lily.  How about this coffee table?!!!!  LOVE!!!

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Obsessing over these rugs!!  You know I love blue annnd white annnd stripes and lookahere...

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  Kinda want to step out of the box of a traditional slipcovered chair but not sure...  We have a bit of a contemporary look going in there so I'm thinking I could get away with something fun.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Send any good chair finds my way- preferably on the cheapie side..