Hobby Lobby FTW

As you know, we have been slowly acquiring bits and pieces for the house even before it was finished. Now that we have moved in and started work on the house I wish we would have waited. Things just aren't shaping up the way that we thought it would and we've bought a couple things that I would like to return. Luckily, Hobby Lobby, where I bought one of the items in question, offers returns for credit for returns without a receipt. Woohoo! that's going to make things a little bit easier for me because I am certain I can find things to buy at Hobby Lobby. In fact I had a nice little find this past weekend when I was visiting my parents. We decided to pay a visit to Hobby Lobby because all their wood and metal ware items were 50% off this past week. That's where I found this:

Pardon Murphy's nose, he's a curious pup

It's a wall mounted coat rack, which is going to be perfect for the area just inside the front door. I'm weird because I've always wanted a standing coat rack. I'm not sure why, I just really like coat racks. I know I'm odd okay? Moving on...a standing coat stand would not work in our front hall, there just isn't enough space there, so this wall mounted version is perfect! The best part is that it was only $10! I can't wait to see how it looks on the wall. Slowly but surely the house is coming together. I promise to do a house tour post pretty soon, I just want a little distinction between the rooms.

Where's Izzy?

It seems like every time we ask this question lately the answer is the guest room. Which I finally have pictures of. So instead of boring you with tedious words I'll just get to the good stuff right now.

Here's the breakdown. Bed, nightstand, floating book shelves, curtains and lamps we already had. We bought the bedspread and sheets from IKEA. We bought the cupboard from JCPenney Outlet and painted it using this awesome tutorial. The mirror, flower arrangement, picture frame, and the embroidery hoop wall art were all bought and/or created with materials from Hobby Lobby. Roughly the total cost for this room was $125, not including the price of the things we already have.

There you have it. The pictures don't re-size very well with the Canon (I think we need Photoshop or something?) and  I can't get a good shot of it all together, the room is just too small, I wish I could because I think it flows nicely. There are a few things I want to add, maybe a shelf and a clock maybe even another piece of wall art, but the big things are done like color and furniture. In the new house the set up will look a bit different because the guest room has double windows. I will probably add green/blue curtains and also paint the standing floor lamp a shade of green from the bedspread. Overall, I think that the use of what we had mixed with what we bought worked out well. I was worried the bed and night stand was too modern for the country-like feeling I was going for, but I think it turned out nicely.