drumroll, please!

After three months of work, a lot more money than we planned to spend, and far too much stress [yes, our original contractor walked off the job, unannounced!], my boyfriend and I officially have lived in our first house for one week - exactly! We are still digging through boxes to find our necessities, but the place is becoming more and more homey as the days [and even moments] pass. We've made so many changes to all parts of the house, but the kitchen was our major project. We stripped it down to nothing, and created a space that we love. Although it looks nothing like our inspiration, it is absolutely our happy place.

Check out these shocking photos...all taken from the same perspective, three months later.

Photos by Megan Reed.

happy place

As I mentioned here, we have a bit of remodeling to do before we will actually move in to our new house... and by a "bit", I mean the entire kitchen needs to be gutted and rebuilt - no big deal, right? It is a room we'll spend a lot of time in, so we plan on creating a space we love...a happy place.

Ever since Cassandra over at coco + kelley posted this kitchen, I have been dreaming up ways to morph our small space into a version of it. It may not turn out to be it's identical twin, but our new kitchen will have the same soul.

a place to call our own

After months of ups and downs on the crazy roller coaster that is house hunting, my boyfriend and I officially own our own little piece of the world! Although the new house isn't the place I mentioned here, we love it all the same - as does our pup, pictured below comfortable as ever lying by our new fireplace. We have a bit of remodeling to do before we actually move [and a lot of furniture to purchase], but it looks like we will be living there by Christmastime...and we can't wait!

gemini

Print by MursBlanc - 8x8, $18 on etsy

fingers crossed

My boyfriend and I are [this] close to being in contract to buy our first house! It was built in 1900 and has all the details I would want to recreate if it was any newer - crown molding, high ceilings, long windows, and the cutest little white picket fence. Although we have a long way to go before it's ours, I am already dreaming up my design schemes [with or without my boyfriend's input!].

coco + kelley blogged about using citron as an accent color today, and I am loving this living room + color palette from elle decor.

Hopefully I'll have some of my own before and after photos very soon!


Photo via coco + kelley & elle decor

eva juliet

Loving these gorgeous prints by eva juliet.

[choose joy]

[it's never too late]

via eva juliet's etsy shop