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rivkaWe won't move until October 15, but we're buying some new things and moving them in now. I am particularly happy about this lovely midcentury sectional:
I'm not a hundred percent sure how all our living room furniture is going to wind up looking when we have it in there together. The space is designed as one big living-dining room, and instead we're going to use it as a living room-study. Our current living room contains one very nice two-year-old dark chocolate-colored couch, and two awful ancient armchairs I bought secondhand when I moved to Iowa in 1995. We won't be moving those. Instead we bought this nice sectional and - this is the part I'm nervous about - a bright lipstick-red armchair. My hope is that the pillows on the sectional will help bring the colors in the room together.
The other thing, of course, is that having our study in our living room will mean that we have to keep the study neater. That's part of my master plan. This house has such a rational layout that I'm hoping we can set things up in the first place in a way that will foster better organization. (For example: all the homeschooling materials (1) together, (2) next to my desk, (3) with a table that is not also our dinner table, and (4) with plenty of space for Colin to play nearby. All the toys downstairs in a confined space. A place to keep the cookbooks in the kitchen. And so on.)
In other news, Colin is going to have a big boy bed in the new house. He asked for one.
We decided to forego a toddler bed this time and go straight to a twin. I'm a bit concerned about height (it's waist-high on Colin), but we can put a mat on the floor until he learns not to fall out. He's going to have transportation-themed bedding and also a wall border and, well, you see the rug. It's much more theme-y than anything we've ever done before, but we promised Alex that she could have her room painted and it only seemed fair to give Colin special decor too.
Alex has chosen aqua walls, and a beautiful sea-colored duvet and sheet set to replace the bright, cheery toddler bedding which now offends her sense of dignity. I think this new set will age with her nicely. We also got her a filmy tulle bed canopy and a fun, silly floor lamp from Ikea, because dignity or not the child is still six.
Oh, and Michael bought a self-propelled cordless electric lawnmower! Because we have a lawn now, and boy does it need cutting.
So our house is still almost empty, but it does have porch furniture (left by the sellers - we ordered new cushions, though, and we need to give it a good scrubbing), high captain's chairs at the kitchen bar, a sectional sofa with jazzy pillows, a couple of lamps, a lawnmower, rakes, and a big boy bed.
You know: the basics.
I'm not a hundred percent sure how all our living room furniture is going to wind up looking when we have it in there together. The space is designed as one big living-dining room, and instead we're going to use it as a living room-study. Our current living room contains one very nice two-year-old dark chocolate-colored couch, and two awful ancient armchairs I bought secondhand when I moved to Iowa in 1995. We won't be moving those. Instead we bought this nice sectional and - this is the part I'm nervous about - a bright lipstick-red armchair. My hope is that the pillows on the sectional will help bring the colors in the room together.
The other thing, of course, is that having our study in our living room will mean that we have to keep the study neater. That's part of my master plan. This house has such a rational layout that I'm hoping we can set things up in the first place in a way that will foster better organization. (For example: all the homeschooling materials (1) together, (2) next to my desk, (3) with a table that is not also our dinner table, and (4) with plenty of space for Colin to play nearby. All the toys downstairs in a confined space. A place to keep the cookbooks in the kitchen. And so on.)
In other news, Colin is going to have a big boy bed in the new house. He asked for one.
We decided to forego a toddler bed this time and go straight to a twin. I'm a bit concerned about height (it's waist-high on Colin), but we can put a mat on the floor until he learns not to fall out. He's going to have transportation-themed bedding and also a wall border and, well, you see the rug. It's much more theme-y than anything we've ever done before, but we promised Alex that she could have her room painted and it only seemed fair to give Colin special decor too.
Alex has chosen aqua walls, and a beautiful sea-colored duvet and sheet set to replace the bright, cheery toddler bedding which now offends her sense of dignity. I think this new set will age with her nicely. We also got her a filmy tulle bed canopy and a fun, silly floor lamp from Ikea, because dignity or not the child is still six.
Oh, and Michael bought a self-propelled cordless electric lawnmower! Because we have a lawn now, and boy does it need cutting.
So our house is still almost empty, but it does have porch furniture (left by the sellers - we ordered new cushions, though, and we need to give it a good scrubbing), high captain's chairs at the kitchen bar, a sectional sofa with jazzy pillows, a couple of lamps, a lawnmower, rakes, and a big boy bed.
You know: the basics.
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Date: 2011-09-18 03:30 am (UTC)Hee. Hee hee. Hahahahaha! ;-)
That's what I thought when we designated a "playroom"...
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I love that sectional! And I'm sure the armchair will look fantastic.
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Date: 2011-09-18 03:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 04:01 am (UTC)Wow, that option just isn't to be found in the boonies. City life!
;-)
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Date: 2011-09-18 04:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 08:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 12:08 pm (UTC)They do those in full size! And some of them are awesome. And they ship to Canada.
And I haven't had a new duvet cover since 1997.
I'm sure Alex and Colin will love them. I certainly love them.
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Date: 2011-09-19 05:58 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-18 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 12:25 pm (UTC)I'm loving hearing stories about your new house. So fun!
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Date: 2011-09-18 01:10 pm (UTC)When I was around Alex's age we got new carpet in our house and I begged my mom to let me have pale-yellow carpet ("the color of lemon yogurt, mom") and rainbow stripe bedding. She did and I was so happy.
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Date: 2011-09-18 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 04:38 pm (UTC)I bought a mat awfully like that for a friend's children the other day - they chose Lillabo rather than Lekplats because of it being more build-things-on-ish.
I think in the new bedroom here the girls might have gauze hangings over the beds and I am looking for somewhere to put the green leaf IKEA seem to always have...
Sorting out the homeschooling stuff is a great plan. Let me know how it works out. We've had good luck with Expedit shelving, and they have desk add-ons available...
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Date: 2011-09-18 09:35 pm (UTC)Where can one send housewarming presents? :-)
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Date: 2011-09-19 12:07 am (UTC)P.
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Date: 2011-09-20 03:02 pm (UTC)Now that I look at the picture again, I guess you can tell that it reverses. I thought all the deep turquoise was sheets, but looking closely, it's partly the underside of the duvet.
And yes, I am pleased with her taste. I think she did well at choosing a pattern that she won't decide she's too grown-up for in a few years, which is just what I was hoping she would do.
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Date: 2011-09-19 06:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-21 03:59 pm (UTC)It sounds like it'll come together well -- the red cushions should pull the colours together. :) You should post a final picture when it's all together!