My little Rustic Modern Mash Up

Well hello out there!  We have an internet connection!  I can now take real pictures, download them to computer and show you a little about what is going on in "house world" with us.

To be honest we are taking it really slowly.  The house is still not complete and we have had subs here every now and then trying to knock out the list.  We also got a not so great call from the bank saying we have 12 days to roll the loan into a conventional loan or we have to refinance.  Of course that's only several thousand dollars you know.  Anyway, they are calling the builder today to say finish it or we are hiring someone to finish it and you loose more $$.  If only they would have been involved in the struggle sooner...

Anywho onto more fun things.  We have been selling things here and there on craigslist for the last year so we could buy these chairs and we finally bit the bullet!

Meet the Ronnie Wire Base Chair from Overstock

So far I love him!  They haven't had much use so I can't vouch for their longevity but they are fun to look at.  

Do you remember the table I scored at my favorite warehouse store Four Hands a few years ago?

Isn't it gorgeous....Oh wait you can't see it under all the move in chaos?  

I have pictured it with sleek modern chairs from the day I saw it.  

Ah so much better in so many ways...the clutter has been eating my lunch.

Now don't go thinking we broke the bank with these puppies.   I believe they came out to around $60 or less a piece!  They were selling them in sets of two.  That is not easy to find ya'll!  I just went to Overstock's site and now I can only find them at 1 for $139.00 and they aren't called Ronnie chairs either?  I think I totally lucked out!  

If you've been reading for a while you may remember we kinda sorta design our house based on this area and the tables deminsions.  That sounds crazy right?  I just envisioned standing at the kitchen sink seeing this and all other floorplan bets were off!

 When you first step out of our little entry way you are greeted with the main hub of the house which is my fav!

I went photo crazy this morning so here are some other views.  

I can't wait to fill this table with friends and food!

Linking to:
Chic on A Shoestring
Shabby Nest
Be Different Act Normal
Thrifty Decor Chick
Remodelaholic

Shiny and New

Before we get started:  We still have no wifi so I can't download better quality pics nor can I format a half decent blog post since I'm just doing it on my phone. But....the Internet company is here as we speak. Fingers crossed! 

It's been a long time coming but we finally have our frameless shower doors! Contractor J can now use his shower instead of the kids!

 Of course there were the normal issues of "oh you wanted frameless?" and they'll be there to measure tomorrow, oh they'll come measure next week, and um ma'am it looks like they measured wrong we have to order a new piece and a week later "ma'am I know we were set up to deliver tomorrow but our supplier is saying they didn't receive our order", and a week later "I'm so sorry ma'am we have never had this issue with our supplier but again they are saying they didn't receive it".  Holy smokes I kid you not!  Now we are fine, absolutely fine because we are lucky enough to have other places to bathe but isn't it all just crazy and almost comical? Or is it scary?  The other night contractor J said "I don't believe in this kinda thing but if I did I would think this house of our is cursed".  I have said the very same thing;(. But....as soon as their all finally out of our hair I plan to kick the curse out!

Procrastinate or Decorate?

Hi guys.  I know, I know,  it's like we were still finishing up construction, we moved in while finishing up the construction, and then we fell off the face of the earth.   It kind of feels like that;). We still have no Internet so whipping up a post or a home tour on my phone with phone pics just hasn't happened.  Although I do want to give you the grand tour it is far from being finished.  I'm not talking about decorating here either.  I have honestly lost a little of my desire to decorate through all of this.  Actually contractor J keeps asking me when I'm going to which is funny to me.  I guess he is really ready to make it feel like home.  There is such a huge list of pending stuff to finish and fix that I am not feeling the urge to hang anything on the walls.  But....that being said we did hang our huge wood wall art that we made a few years back last night.  I had put it on the counter a few weeks ago just to feel it out and I guess hubs decided he was ready to hang them. So I present to you our first wall hanging excursion!

We actually have other plans for this wall. Something more interesting and functional but we may not get to that for um ever.  So for now this is it.  I've wanted to introduce some warmer wood tones in the kitchen so I think it's the perfect fit.  The white and urbane bronze cabinets along with the concrete floors and lagoon silestone countertops can be a little cold.  
 I've also been on the hunt for some wood barstools with my Craigslist money.  I am on a mission to buy as much used stuff as we can so it may be a while before we find what we need but the hunt is part of the fun right?  

Hopefully the next time I stop by to say hi here we will have far fewer pieces of blue tape all over the house and a much shorter to do list!
 
 

Patience and ingenuity...praying for those!

We did it.  We moved into the new casa!  It's not finished and in fact there have been a few big issues like an a.c went out and the septic tank runeth over.  We also have no working cooktop and our awesome Craigslist find of an oven has no electricity because the builder and electrician decided to forgo paying attention to the electric plans;/. No one likes to read plans around here.  But....we are in and attempting to get settled. Oh and our sons room was flooded by a leaky toilet and we've been waiting for the carpet and trim to be replaced for at least two weeks now. Maybe more and forgive me if I already mentioned the "flood".  There has been a lot going on!  

So onto the ingenuity and picture portion of this post.

 

This is  a table I found at my favorite warehouse sale two years ago.  We practically built the kitchen/dining area around it.  We set it up on moving day and there's a little problem.  It's warped like crazy.  I don't know if it was like that when it was delivered(we never put it together) or if sitting in the garaged during the 112 degree summers did  it but it won't screw down into the legs.  We candle anew top for it but  $ is tight right now so we are trying the wet towel and heavy weight  approach.  Ain't it fancy?  Wish us luck.  In the meantime we are eating in the family room because we don't have barstools or dining chairs either.  It's  "fancy campin" I tell ya!

Oh and if this post is wonky it's because I'm doing it all on my iPhone via an app because we don't have any Internet service yet;). See. Just like camping. 

Heart Palpations

I'm not kidding guys.  I'm ashamed of myself.  I absolutely have deep down heart hurting pains of guilt for being so excited about a kitchen.  That's another post for another day when I'm not floating in the clouds.    I just can't wait to show you what has finally come to fruition!

Bestow my heart...We have lights!   Lots of them..Too many maybe but uh what the heck!

Did you notice anything else?  It's kinda CLEAN.  You can see the floor.  It makes such a difference!

And yes there is still work to be done and still a bit of clean up to do but folks most of the electricity is working(did I even blog about that mishap?),  and I think all of the faucets are working(I think I left out that drama too didn't I?), and the carpet will be replaced(oh I didn't tell you about that either?).  You know what I'll tell ya later, for now lets just go to a happy place.

Thanks for giving a rip and following us through the mountains and valleys'!

Ready to play!

Every now and then I get really bored with construction talk.  Actually I think you all know I'm "over it" and ready to move on to making our house a home.  It needs some "Cozy" bad but we also have no budget to decorate so we will be making due with what we have had for a while.  Since a lot of our stuff has been in boxes in the garage it will almost seem like new to us stuff anyway right?  But.....I do get the urge to change it all up.  I can't help it and more than likely if your reading this you get those urges too.  I tell my friend Dana it's our disease.  You have it to don't you;)?  

When I browsed through Chris and Julia's Joss and Main curators collection I fell in love with just about everything they had picked. 

These two pillows and rug are what really pulled me in so I thought I would grab them and have some fun! 

Since I can't shop right now(and honestly we have a goal to simplify and if we need something buy used..) then I decided to "pretend shop" for our living room.  
I found a picture of our fireplace, took a few key items that I loved from their collection, and incorporated a light blue sofa(much cooler than ours) since that is what we currently have and pulled together a funky, trendy, classy, rustic mix!  You know I think my man is fairly lucky;)  He has a wife who gets the shopping bug and instead of actually buying things she throws them in a moodboard to get it out of her system.  Right honey?  Lucky I tell ya!

I'm throwing this post together in a jiffy but you can find many of these items on my pinterest page.  Actually if you click on this picture on my pinterest page you can get to most sources if need be through olioboard.  And...of course you can go shop Chris and Julia's collection.

Check ya later...

Oh and P.S they finally poured our driveway!!!!  I'll post pics soon.

What's the word?

Well we've been told we will have water and electricity today!  Now we have been told this before so... you know we don't hold our breath over hear because we would be plenty dead by now;)

But...I think it is really going to happen!  Can I tell you how excited I am to be able to flip a switch and see light?!  VERY! 

The water meter was finally put in a few days ago and now the plumber just has to connect to it and then he can put in our faucets!!

Again today the dozer is suppose to be there to move dirt around for the driveway(one broke down, then it rained, then there was miscommunication:(.  Tomorrow the rebar goes down for the driveway and then the concrete is scheduled to be poured on monday!  So next week it should all get real!! There is a ton of clean up to do before we can move in so we are hoping that can happen early next week and then we will MOVE IN!  I can't believe the end is almost near.  I suppose at some point deep down I never thought it would happen but it will and we are so ready to get back to some sense of our "normal"! Yahoo!