The 20 Something Society

When we first moved in together, much of our furniture was (and still is) comprised of hand me downs.  As I suspect most 20 somethings furniture collection is.  Our couch for instance.  Our couch was my Great Grandmothers (Mama C).  It was big and comfy and…..white.  The thing wasn’t exactly our style but it was a nice couch and free.  So we took it.  After the couch came this little fur nugget.

And we oohed and ahhhhed and awwww how cuted.  He was so tiny it didn’t seem like a big deal at the time to pick him up and put him on the couch with us so he could take his little puppy naps.  He was even too small to hop up himself.  But then he grew.

He needed chew toys.  He thought the couch was his bed/play area.  So that white couch turned kind of dingy, kind of worn.

So if you haven’t guessed yet – our latest house purchase was a NEW COUCH!  I’m excited.  We chose a contemporary dark grey cordy number.  Klaus has been doing surprisingly well with the stay off of the new couch training.  After the first few initial “NO!” and “LEAVE IT!” s he just left it alone.

Now for some bright pillows!  I really dig these AphroChic pillows.  I love all of her pillows actually, and their fall line comes out Monday.  I hope these three gems are still there because I would like to eventually purchase them.

So, I haven’t posted a house project in forever.  Literally really.  Coming up over the next month we are getting a new couch and redoing our bathroom.  I WILL be posting pictures!  We picked out our couch today it was the first one I laid eyes on in this particular store.

This picture isnt the best representation – the internet picture looks kind of like microsuede..I assure you it is not.  It is a dark grey and fabulous.  In the store it is a beautiful grassclothy lineny khaki.  We are not necessarily getting those pillows.  Stay tunes for more on this and other bathroom news.

Nothing big but we updated something in the house.  We went from these little plastic vent covers..

To these cute little decorative vent covers.  I think its a subtle, yet effective improvement.

I love my KitchenAid rubber spatula batter thingy.  I have other rubber spatula batter thingys which now sit in the drawer unused because they are inferior.  The KitchenAid is perfectly bendy and perfectly sized and perfectly orange.

First off – happy st.patricks day and happy birthday Grandaddy!!

The husband and I decided we needed to start cleaning up the front yard.  It really is a wreck.  Dead leaves in the flower bed, weeds to be pulled, plants to be planted, hedges to be trimmed….the works.  

The weather is still grey and in the 50′s but we couldn’t wait any longer.

Not pretty yet, but an improvement.

More from the garden.

We have decided to start a vegetable garden this year.  Well, last year we had tomatoes.  But this year we want to grow much more.  The plan is to build four raised vegetable garden beds.  And then build a little fence around them so Klaus won’t ruin them.  Our journey started with a weekend trip to Lowes.  Because Lowes knows.

Distraction one —oooh pretty flowers.

Distraction 2 —”Hey, this drawer pull looks like a mustache!”

aaaaaaaand my camera died.  Thats the first round of pictures from the Our First Garden series.

Just a shot of the side table beside the chair my butt usually occupies in our living room. I like it.

When we moved into the house it was filled with these brass door knobs of which I do not approve.

Changing all of the doorknobs in the house was a project we could have put off.  Except for one thing.  The knob on our bedroom door keeps popping right off everytime we grab it.  So we took a little trip to our local Lowes today and purchased a doorknob of which I did approve.  When we arrived home the husband installed it and we have decided that….we love them!

Ahhhhh, much better.  They are the Gatehouse brand in aged bronze and they are only eleven bucks!  Nice.

I went outside to walk the pup this morning, and all of a sudden….

the leaves had fallen!  I guess it is officially fall, just in time for Halloween!  I have always loved the sight of leaves on the ground, but now that I have a yard, that comes with the disappointment that I have to rake them all up.