Updates on the House!

Drew and I have officially been in our house for a little over a year now. We have enjoyed the life of home ownership, despite it's up's and down's :) We have slowly been making our house a home and since I've been home all summer, I have definitely made some improvements.

We bought our leather sofa, loveseat, and oversized chair & automan last fall but I wanted to make them a little softer and bring in some color. They are sooo dark! I added the blue drapes and colorful arrangement of different pillows.

Sofa and center area of family room... I also put up our family's pictures!

More of the sofa and loveseat

Otherside of living room, looking into the kitchen

And because I bought all of the new pillows for the furniture, Drews Mama bought Lucy her own pillow to lay on... and it looks JUST like her :)

My next project was our dining room... Ever since we have moved in, we have not had ANY dining room furniture. Except our old antique book case that I'm using as a china cabinet and a small serving buffet table. So the room was virtually empty and when we had guests over that wouldn't fit at our breakfast table, we would have to use our white plastic folding table and metal chairs that are in the garage. Not very elegant if you ask me...
So, my Mom, my sister Amy and my niece Kaitlyn came in town to visit for a few days 2 weeks ago and we completely re-did the dining room in 1 day!! I was fortunate enough to find a cheap table and chairs at the Blue Bird Circle re-sale shop. It's a fabulous consignment store located in the Montrose area. Everything they have there is sooo nice and super inexpensive.
I wanted to find something temporary because my parents will be giving me their entire dining room set when they move to the ranch in Fredericksburg in 2 years when Dad retires. So believe me, I would never pick this table new at a store but it definitely works for now and we made it as beautiful as it can be! We even put up drapes, made a center piece (after making a quick trip to Hobby Lobby) and set the table (more to come later about the china...).

View of part of the table and my china cabinet and new centerpiece

Complete dining room, drapes and all!

My little buffet serving table that I already had... I need to work on the scratches though!

China cabinet!

Now, onto my china story... My BFF Gina had bought a complete set of china at the Blue Bird Circle about a month before her wedding. She was already getting her wedding china but when she saw this other set of china she couldn't resist! I told her she should TOTALLY buy it because a girl can never have too may dishes :) And this set was more "fun" rather than fancy. She ended up getting it and I was SUPER envious of her because she got it for SUPER cheap.
Gina goes with me to find a dining room table and chairs and while we are there looking around we spot another complete set of the EXACT same china that she had recently bought. I hesitated because I'm in LOVE with my wedding china and I didn't think Drew would fly with me buying another set. But, I caved because I couldn't stop thinking about it and I'm soooo happy that I did!!! So while setting up my new dining room, I had to set the table with my new beautiful china. I'm in love :)

Tobacco Leaf china set with my Grandmother's sterling silver :)

I finally feel at ease with our house. I still have ALOT more to do but it's finally looking so great. Our next project is our bedroom, buying our 4-poster bed that I've been eyeing. :)