A First Look

I know I've been promising photos of the new place since early this week, and to be honest, you haven't got them because there isn't much to see. Unpacking and setting up is slow going with a crawler who loves to pull herself to standing. It seems the minute I start something I'm chasing her down, trying to keep an eye on her so we don't end up with more bruises on her little head. She's also been pretty fussy, between adjusting to a new home and schedule and her second tooth coming in, I think our little girl is having a bit of a tough go. 

BUT,  this morning, I was able to snap a few photos of where we spend our days recently. Though plenty of changes are still coming, here is where we are so far with our living room...

So, what's going on? We have our new media centre - the Hemnes from IKEA. It's mostly put together, just a few tweaks to the pieces you see, and we have the bridge that will go over top of the TV, still to put together. We have our new couch - still an Ektorp, but brand new and in Beige. That's our old Ektorp chair from the last house. We bought a new one in Beige as well, but right now it's living in Halle's room until we decide what else to put in there. We brought our coffee table as well, and bought a new floor lamp at IKEA the other night as well. 

The next big purchase for this space will be an area rug. We've been keeping our eyes open, but haven't found anything we love so far. We also need to find or buy a new cover for the chair - the black is just not cutting it anymore. Slowly, but surely, we'll get this room to where we want it to be. My goal today is to start unpacking those boxes in the corner and get those shelves styled. 

The other space I'm ready to share is our dining nook off the kitchen...

That's the rug that was in our living room at our old house (gives you an idea of how much more space we have here, huh?). Then it's our pedestal table from our kitchen, and those four chairs we picked up over the weekend at a garage sale. We scored the four chairs and a table (which is currently laying low in our double garage!) for $25. I have some plans for the chairs to spruce them up a little, but for now, they do their job. We're still talking about maybe purchasing another pendant light to hang over the table, and we've bought some lightweight curtains from IKEA to hang in this space to soften it up a little. They will be hung eventually.

Our rooms are pretty slow going - though Halle's is getting there a lot faster than ours. But in the good news department - our new King Size mattress set will arrive today! That means no more sleeping on our newly purchased queen size guest mattress on our bedroom floor any longer! Now we just need to hunt down a dresser, nightstands and a headboard. 

Yup, the house is still full of a ton of unpacked boxes, but we're slowly turning this rental into our home. Mind you, having B, Halle and the pups here, has made it feel like home since day 1. I'm excited about all of the potential this new place has for our little family, and I can't wait to share all of our projects with you! I swear, I'll figure this all out, and be back to a regular posting schedule soon!