Curtains!

I am very grateful to DH for getting the curtains up in less than a 2 weeks! I finall settled on tan velvet-like panels and htey have really made an impact on the look of the place. The purple is now a background color and the brown chairs do not look as dark anymore. The curtain hunt took more than a year because I could not figure out what color and then when I settled on a color, I had a hard time finding ones that I could afford. I needed 9 panels for my living room and while Pottery Barn and West Elm had beautiful options..at $50-$100 per panel it was just not conceivable. Finally, Target came through with $30 panels with grommets which I totally dig.

Mini-Rant about the animals in my life

So I was watching this documentary on HBO while in California about how pigs are raised in cages and they bang themselves up against cages because they want to roam free. You know I eat anything that is dead but I always assumed that my food was being treated good enough :-/ Now I had to put on my activist hat and send a message to trader Joe's asking them to confirm if I can rest assured that all my meat in humanely treated. You just can't trust anyone anymore these days...you assume that everyone is trying to do the decent thing but truth is...a lot of people will do anything to make an extra buck. So I already pay $4lb to ensure that my chicken has no hormones, now I have something else to worry about...Dios mio!

My new favorite thing

Ok, i am supposed to be asleep but I just had to post briefly about Shea Butter ultra rich cream by L'Occitaine. I just bought it for my night cream and it is awesome! If you have dry skin like me, this is a buy...your neck and forehead will thank you in years to come. http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/Catalog/Product.aspx?prod=01CV050KA

Update on sofa and my whereabouts

So we might be nearing a compromise on the sofa saga. I have found something modern that looks comfortable and at 89" long has a good size. Ladies, I present the Loring by Room and Board:

When I return from LA we will have to go and do the comfort test to see if I can order the sofa and get on with my life. Speaking of which, for the first in 7 years that I have been travelling for business DH has decided that he actually wants to come with me! I usually have somebody to come with me on my trips but usually not him so I am hoping he enjoys the one perk of my job. Ok, I gotta go because I promised to post my Columbia pictures on Facebook two months after the fact. I know, I am horrible at keeping up with my pics and my postings but I am trying to do better.

A change of scenary...rugs!

So if you haven't been to my home in a while...here is a picture of my living room when we first moved in:




Here is a more recent picture



since this picture was taken, i have painted the walls with the same color in flat to remove the gloss and moved the couch to the wall. I am now looking to replace all the furniture plus the accesorize...cause I want it to make me happy when I walk in :o)

Since I cannot bring myself to order a sofa yet...I have been looking at rugs. As you know, we are not the neatest people...we spill stuff so I need something safe ;-)

If you find other picks, please post the link by all means! On a side note, I finally got some 8x10 wedding pictures that I ordered to put somewhere in the house. Do you think its tacky to put wedding pictures in the living room? or should I reserve them for my bedroom and hallway upstairs?