I am a lucky girl!!

So over the past 2 years, I have used the internet for a lot of things but by far the most time consuming tasks have been planning my wedding and buying a house. I've been really fortunate to get a lot of great ideas and find a bunch of great deals, but it is "meeting" people like Mrs. Limestone that makes me feel so lucky with my internet finds.

For those of you who don't know, Mrs. Limestone is a talented designer/renovator/blogger from NY who renovated her home from top to bottom, keeping many of the original details intact.

She also generously offers her design services/ideas for FREE to random people like ME. Seriously.

I sent her an email a few days ago asking for ideas on the master bedroom and in all of one day, this is what she sent me:

How gorgeous is her mock up? I love what she suggested for the alcove behind the bed - it is strangely asymetrical and the fabric draping actually makes the most of it!

I have already started looking into how to bring her ideas to life and can't wait to post an "after" photo!!

Thanks to Mrs. Limestone for her talent and generosity!

Dining Room Furniture Fun!

So still not much else new to post about. We are just under a month away and starting to get impatient!!

We have been looking for a dining room set recently. We currently have a table that was my grandmother's and 4 chairs so we are not urgently looking for something, but we do need somewhere to put our china and I don't want to get a sideboard that doesn't match a set, so hence why we've been looking for the set too :-)

We found this place on craigstlist that is local, and she imports custom furniture from Indonesia. We can find a picture of what we want and they will make it. The shipping time is long, but the savings are pretty substantial so it might be worth it.

Here is one of two tables we are considering:

It is a copy of a Restoration Hardware table. This one was in the sellers house when we got there so we could actually see/feel the quality.

The other style we are considering is this one (but with the top of the first one):

Exciting eh? Hard to decide - not sure what will work with the style of the room:

Dining Room Picture

One more

Any suggestions?

So this time next month...

We'll be homeowners! We'll be card carrying members of that club that gives you the excuse to go to Home Depot every weekend, to spend your evenings and holidays working on 'projects' around the house, and to actually have holiday meals for the family!

Holy sh*t!!!

So we've arranged to have our cable moved (thanks Rogers for FINALLY making something easy and free!!**) but are holding out on the internet because hubs is convinced we can get free internet there. We'll see about that!

Insurance has been arranged (and yes, houses built in 1905 are more expensive to insure than you'd expect!) and just have to get the info to the lawyer.

Our new mattress (yahoo for KING SIZE!) will be arriving sort of near the move in date and the couches should be ready around then too (maybe a week or 2 late). So not bad!!

I have started throwing some stuff out to get ready for packing but need to get some boxes and will eventually get moving on that. Any ideas of how far in advance we should start packing?

T-35 days

Not much else is new these days with the house. We have been hunting for a bbq and reasonably priced patio furniture but that is about it. We are T-35 days to closing - that is FAST!

Between now and then we need to change a few addresses, start throwing things out and find some boxes to start packing! Holy crap!!

In more exciting news, I bought a new hair straightener yesterday!!! I have been a loyal CHI devotee for years now but kept hearing good things about the GHD. Only thing is the GHD is pretty darn expensive!!

So I sold my CHI on Craigslist and went to Sephora with my 10% off discount and bought it!! (yes, usually I like to scour for a better deal online, but there are tonnes of fakes out there and I thought I should play it safe!).

I LOVE it!! My hair is way straighter than the CHI ever made it!! I'm so happy with my new straightener! It claims it can curl but I can't figure that out even after watching a million you tube videos. Le sigh.

Ah well - straight works :-)

One more colour option

I found this picture on the Canadian House and Home magazine's website - it might be our perfect master bedroom gray!!

It is Farrow and Ball's "Charleston Gray". Isn't it lovely? Only weird thing is the colour chip from F&B looks nothing like this picture. I'll have to bite the bullet and get a sample pot I think before shelling out the big bucks for this fancy shmancy paint. But oh, isn't it purdy?

Picking paint colours

So I know we aren't supposed to be rushing into painting etc as we don't even have the house yet, but about5 days after moving in hubs and I are going on a holiday (clearly booked pre-house). While we are away, my parents are staying at the house and have graciously offered to paint the master bedroom! We are pretty lucky :-)

We are thinking of Abalone from Benjamin Moore for the hallway (photo from the amazing brooklynlimestone.com :

We are thinking going with a dark grey for the master bedroom - there is a lot of white trim and windows in the room, so I dont think it will overpower or anything. We also love light linens so it should work. This is Chelsea Gray from Benjamin Moore:

And I think Silver Fox for the living room (eventually):

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