here they are...the work in progress

living room...awaiting much cooler rug!!!

those are the shelves he hates

Dining room

Our bedroom...still in the works

Guest Bedroom...still in progress

here are some pics of my work in progress...my home! my husband has a love/hate relationship w/it...for example he hates the shelves in the living room. you see, he hung the shelves and loaded them up w/crap...lots of stuff. so, i simplified it and he hates it. says he wants "conversation pieces" like pictures and books up there. well, if anyone out there has any opinions, please feel free...we're trying to take a poll! :) oh, and we're also getting a new rug...should be here in a week or 2...will post a pic then of the "completed - for now" living room. the bedroom isn't complete...i'm looking for a great sitting chair to put in the corner by the bed...then will be addiong more throw pillows to the bed to add some life (w/pattern...and maybe a hit of color). then come the curtains...those will be revamped, too! this may take a while though...oh, and the pillows...that will be WWIII. husbands never understand the function of throw pillows!!

workin' for a (pretty) livin'

i really wish i was better at this blogging thing...
yep, i have lots of great creative rambling thoughts, but they seem so much further and fewer between ( and a lot harder to get to the computer to actually write them down) these days! work is WOW killing me :) well, close! i just had the weekend and took monday off to hang out w/my mom and her friend Carri Jo...it was a blast!!! but work called a zillion and a half times. i so wish i could REALLY have a day off!! one day...

anyway, i had a great weekend w/my mom and her friend!! Carri Jo is great at this interior decorating thing. she helped my mom w/her new house and so i usually go to her for all questions. i think she finally got tired of the questions from afar and decided she needed to actually see my house and come up for a visit! it was SO much fun having the 2 of them here!! (my husband, well, he may not have thought it was that much fun, but husbands never do!) so, i got new bedroom stuff!!! and a BIG plan to go w/it! (just need the funds!) and an improved guest bedroom and a great new living room!! i LOVE IT !!! and really, it was a heck of a bargain! gotta love budgets & bargains!!! i will post pictures soon!! (my camera is dead and we have no batteries!)