Furniture and Nail Pops

It seems like forever since I updated this blog.  Oh wait, I just did that last week!

Things seem to be coming right along.  Our loan was already sold to another bank- on this they actually move fast, smh.

We purchased a few pieces of furniture and got some really good deals.    This time around while looking for furniture, we are being VERY picky and not limiting ourselves to just one store.   I previously posted about these purchases and this is how they look in the home so far....

Morning room still needs a little work.  In the model homes- they all seem to have a sideboard.  I typically think of this only for the formal dining area, so I think I will do a couple of side tables to elevate my potted plants I just purchased today.

I would also like to point out my husband's handy work in installing our ceiling fan

In the family room we did place the leather seating, but I am not quite sure if I like placement of everything.  Hubbie and I can't quite agree on the type of console to put in here and of course I would like some pop of color via accent chairs.  The question is- which color to choose?  I did decide not to cover up those gorgeous wooden floors.  

Oh and I came across this rustic distressed floor lamp!  I will get  couple of table lamps similar to this one to add a little more light to the FR.

And it finally happened- our first nail pop.

Just discovered that they fix these once and one time only- so I will save these for the 10 month review.

Still waiting for RH to finish landscaping my yard.  They regraded the front and side and planted the standard community shrubbery but some how, someway they ran out of dirt to finish the back.  What is it getting shipped in from Italy?  There is PLENTY of dirt around these parts right now.   

Yesterday and another shopping spree

Yesterday we attempted to walk the unpaved trail towards the park that's about 1/2 mile behind my home.  We stopped well before we could even go half way.  Two reasons for this:  the trail was VERY muddy AND we saw about 20 (yes twenty) deer running through the brushes. While  I am not afraid of deer,  I am afraid of whatever was making them run in a panic.  Shhh- listen to nature, lol.

Today was big errand day- and I still didn't get everything that I set out to purchase.  I still didn't get my area rug and now my kids are missing their new lunch boxes and my husband is missing a couple of new tools (reportedly needed to finally install my fan).

The goal was to purchase furniture for the basement in effort to move a lot of the activity out of  view of guests.  We toured our local furniture store Raymour and Flanigan because I already had credit with them and the basement didn't really need any of the custom furniture we had been purchasing lately.  That's when we stumbled upon this http://www.raymourflanigan.com/Product.aspx?zpid=22854 

This was a floor sample so we got the set at a steal of a price.   We also purchased this http://www.raymourflanigan.com/Product.aspx?zpid=21788 for the guest room.

 While the sales person was checking on extending the financing for these items (later discovered my 36 month could have been 48 months- grrr!)  I spotted another floor sample that I thought would be a better buy for the basement http://www.raymourflanigan.com/Product.aspx?zpid=25144. 

 The problem- the basement door wasn't wide enough to allow us to move it downstairs so we purchased it for the family room instead and thus I finally have furniture for this space.   I do plan on getting a few accent pieces but I finally feel that we have enough for the main living spaces.  

Our first purchase!

With our closing date fast approaching (finally) we felt comfortable enough to do a little furniture shopping.  We were only suppose to be window shopping but we absolutely fell in love with this:

This beauty and its leather chairs will find a new home in our morning room.  This table was something that instantly caught our eye.  Its durable and heavy weight, and comes with natural nicks and knots, so my boys can't really damage it.  They can only make it look better.  It can seat up to 8 people.

This next one is something my husband truly loves for the basement.  

This is totally customization and is actually a made to order piece.   We gave the design center our floor plan and will have them call us with a couple of layouts and prices.  This will take about 8-10 weeks for them to make from scratch but at least we know we have a totally unique piece for our home.  Here are couple more configurations for this sectional

Now I really can't wait to get my keys.