Coming Together

One month from getting our things and we are, for the most part, in working order!  There is still some organization left to do, but mainly decor.  These pics are from last Saturday and we've already had some additional changes.  The sideways DVD case has been removed and is now empty space that will hopefully, eventually be filled by some chair.  

I've let the curtains out to floor length; it just looks better to me.  I've been told they will eventually turn off the furnaces so it won't matter if they are covered or not.  In the mean time, they are open most of the time and if I do close them I can pick them up and set them in the window sill.  I'm still experimenting with the floating shelves, trying to figure out where to place everything, and trying to locate the spray paint I want so I can repaint a few things.

 

I was so excited to finally get this mirror hung!  I bought it at an Estate Sale in Oklahoma back in June for $25.00!  I just never rearranged our things in Texas to make it fit.  (This picture doesn't do it justice!)  The boxes in the back corner were dropped off at the Thrift Store yesterday and now stands a book shelf with all of our books and movies.  I still have to hem the curtains in this picture and find something to cover the door.  I also have plans for a bench under the mirror and possible a sofa table behind the couch for extra storage (mainly for all our photo albums).  I also need to find something that will work as an end table.

I went back and forth on what to do with the wall space in the dining room.  I really wanted to put the floating shelves in there and I new it would look really nice, but I was afraid they would create more trouble.  I envisioned the boys turning around in their chairs and trying to hang from the shelves.  :)

So gallery wall it is!  I still have about 10 pictures that I need to re-mat, and if you look close enough some that I need to print pictures for.  I love my book page wreath that my friend, Sarah, made me right before we left.  I was a little down-hearted when I pulled it out of the box and it seemed that pages were falling all over the place and it's shape was a little more oval than round, but with a little love it looks great.  It was also the first thing that I hung up in our new house!!!  I had to pull our only side table from the living room over to the dining room so I would have something to put our modem and phone on, since that is where the only jack is.

I am in the process of deciding on curtains for the dining room.  Most of the curtains in store here seem to be sheer.  I even bought some; one is hanging up now actually.  I just don't like it.  I do need curtains though!  A lot of the German houses, and some of the military housing have built in shutters that you can open and close.  For those it makes sense as to why most of the curtains are sheer, but we don't have those.  The sun comes through those windows between 4 and 5 PM and it's blinding!  I'm open to suggestions!!  For those of you who follow me on Pinterest, go to my 'For the Home' Board and look at what I've pinned and tell me what you like!  I was debating something with some red or blue, but with the 'beige' color of the walls (that seem to have a peachy tone) I'm leaning more towards something brown with a bold pattern.

More rooms to come!!