Moving weekend recap!

I'm getting organized at Eric's...er...our...house (so weird to say)... and coming back to the world of the interwebs slowly. :) So hard to login when I'm surrounded my unfinished tasks at the new casa. :) But wanted to say herrow and start getting caught up with everyone!

First, blogger is being a beast and refuses to accept my rotated photos so some of them are sideways. Just go with it. I tried to fix them and then ended up getting frustrated and not blogging yesterday. So, by gosh... sideways images or not, I'm blogging today.

Moving went really well! It rained here on Saturday, so we did all of it on Sunday. It was PERFECT moving weather on Sunday... 55 degrees...sunny.. perfect. I think it was a sign. :) I put a lot of my furniture in storage and lemme tell you... $70/month seems high before you've squeezed all your stuff in there. Once you've power lifted a sofa and a zillion boxes into that little space, you're happy to pay just to not think it again for months.

Sooo.. We live in a cute midtown home built in the 30s Eric spent lots of time renovating before we started dating. Adorably fabulous, but ridiculously small closets. A couple years ago, Eric took one of the bedrooms and made it into an Ikea closet with built-ins. Yes, this is one of many reasons I dig him.

Lookie how organized he is...er.. was... before I added my stuff. And yes, he actually plays that guitar. :)

My stuff in the closet room.. haha.. 

 (Sorry for the neck craning to see this. Stupid blogger. Blah).

By the first night, I'd gotten all my stuff organized, hung, folded, etc! #winning
(This is the side opposite Eric's in the top photo). 

Monday morning, we drove about an hour and a half to check out a cabin being completely redone by a contractor Eric's been talking to. We've been loosely talking about expanding Eric's house and/or renovating more. When the road turned to dirt, we got a little concerned the contractor was actually going to go all deliverance on us.. haha... Kidding kidding...

Pretty drive... 

Long story short, we loved the guy's work- very up our alley. So, TBD on remodeling. If we did it, we'd have to move out (blerg), so  probably wouldn't start it for awhile.. But super exciting!

Eric has given me free reign to decorate a bit so it feels a little more like my space too, so I've ordered a few things and lucked into some AWESOME pillows at Target. I've also taken on a few DIY projects, so we'll see how some of them turn out.. *nervous face* I can't wait to show  ya some pics of everything!

One of the things I've already started on is this sunburst mirror using wood shims! :)

From This Old House

Also spent some time on the interwebs for inspiration and found two very cool things:

1. Domino magazine is putting out a special edition in April! WHAT?! I love Domino! I was so sad when they stopped publishing, so hopefully they're coming back!

2. I stumbled on a fabulous interior designer's blog, Danielle Oakey Interiors, featuring great, steal-worthy decorating ideas.

Also... another fabulous interior designer and friend, Lauren, has lent some of her expertise my way and given me some great inspiration! You should add her blog, Three Pink Dots, to your google reader fo sho. (<-- No idea where the "fo sho" came from, but I'm leaving it).

This blog is getting long and random, huh? Well, to stick with that... I'll end with a story...

I went to vacuum out my car yesterday b/c it was filled with dirt and leaves from moving stuff all weekend. I was wearing a blouse that looked like this...

Lesson: Don't ever wear a blouse with a tie when using a power vacuum. It might suck in the tie part and almost rip your top off at the car wash, leaving you struggling in business attire with a massive vacuum with no "off" switch. haha... Super.cool. Good grief. 

Happy Thursday, friends! I can't wait to read and catch up with what you've been doing the past week! :)