Monday, February 20, 2012

for kel

this is no decorating/home blog, but goodness housekeeping does consume a good bit of my time. we have been doing a little reorganizing/redecorating/repurposing/rearranging around here...adam has the home-improvement bug and there are always projects going to keep this 110yr old house standing and more and more suited to our life and needs. we went to ikea this weekend by ourselves...thanks to the team of folks (laurie, krissy, dave and carol) who made it possible for us to go kid-free! kelly asked me to post some photos so here you go!

here is our dining room before we painted and with our old table at Christmas time. adam's parents gave us this table from adam's childhood when we got married and it has served us well...just starting to get crowded when we have people over, which we love to do! red is one of my favorite decorating colors, but for some reason i started to feel overwhelmed by it in here...so we painted.

assembling...one reason ikea furniture is so much more affordable...you pick up and assemble yourself

without the leaves-new table, paint, curtains

with the leaves in...we look forward to all the mouths of family and friends we will feed around this table.

hung some pictures on the wall finally

here is my photo of the week of the kiddos playing their new favorite game using nearly all the chairs, stuffed animals, and books we own for their train ride...miles is less than pleased with his role

thanks for the tulips sweet rikki!

our old table repurposed for craft/school table for now...new shelf in the playroom for toys, craft/school supplies

this is the only picture i could find of my disaster of a baking supplies area in the mudroom. graham is so little! we got a new shelf and my organized-purger-husband-on a mission came through and look!


goodbye open shelves...hello shelf with doors. *deep sigh*

adam is off this week...hip hip hooray so i'm sure he has some more projects up his sleeve...off to enjoy the fam!

4 comments:

Kelly said...

Love it, Ellen. I really, like the table and how many people will fit around it. And I think the blue is very soothing and inviting. Can't wait to see it all in person.

Kevin and Tara said...

it all looks wonderful Ellen! Storage makes such a big difference doesn't it? And that color in the dining room looks beautiful. I see you talked Adam into the bench- good job! ;)

Kristina said...

I love your house! It has so much charm and soul to it.

Charlotte said...

Great choices! I especially like the table. Can I sleep on it?