Team Flowers

We had our first um, issue?, with a neighbor since buying our house last September.  A neighbor whom we've have yet to meet came over to tell us that the stray leafy thing you see growing out from the hydrangeas is indeed a weed and should most definitely be cut down.  Really lady?  Rude.  I told her I was considering cutting all these hydrangeas up anyway and she turned three shades of green; I'd say she's Team Flowers with Clay.

Living Room Layout

I may not be able to furnish and arrange my living room quite yet, but I can dream dammit. And these are some layouts that I'm loving right now.

I like how the couch and chair aren't against the wall.  A perfect spot is created for the bookcases by pushing the furniture out from against the wall just a bit.

I'm leaning more toward positioning our furniture in this manner and putting the TV where the fireplace is. I can't get away with no TV in this room but I would like less focus on it and I think that's achievable by facing the furniture toward the other pieces and not the TV.

I think I'm going to have to change the mood board I just did for our living room to include two bookcases as each of the three pictures I've shared have dual bookcases. 

Living Room Mood Board

I'm obsessed with mood boards lately and thus created one for the living room.

This room has so much potential but also needs the most money invested because it needs a ton of new furniture- couch, chair, coffee table, TV stand, TV... it's all being replaced as soon as the budget permits.

It's A Jungle Out There

The hydrangeas and lilies are starting to bloom and I'm going to be completely honest here, they're also starting to overwhelm me.  I wish they were neat and tidy and ... square.  And smaller.  The hydrangea bushes are literally taller than Emerson. Are they supposed to be this tall? Clay and I are in a heated debate at the moment over these flowers; I'd like to dig them all up and just have grass. Heck, I'd even settle for just the rocks. But Clay enjoys these wild plants and wants to keep them.  I told him he's a plant away from being that guy in the neighborhood yelling at those "crazy kids" to "keep off the grass".

Hammock Love

We may not have any patio furniture or even a picnic table yet, but we got a hammock! And we love it.

Decorating with Seashells

My stepdad has been in Florida with his environmental cleanup crew, helping clean up some of the oil spilt from the BP disaster, and we just received some shells he mailed us.  Now I've never really been one to decorate with shells, but I absolutely love displaying items that are meaningful and this is pretty special.  Not to mention my kiddos are obsessed with them. 

I found the following two pictures online and both have inspired me to get these shells in a pretty dish and out for display.



My Yard Boys

While I do get tired of actually doing the yard work, I never get tired of watching my boys do it.

Slowly but surely...

we're working on completing Emerson's nursery. My newest purchase? This charming sign that now hangs from her door.

Pool Time

Well we got one pool open: the small easy kid pool.  I have no idea when we'll get the big hard main pool open because we have that whole we've never owned a pool and have no idea what we're doing thing standing in our way.  

Clever Adress Display

How awesome is this idea from Do It Yourself?  Having your address displayed on your front porch pillows is so charming and sweet and I'm completely loving it.

Happiness is a Driveway?

I knew when we bought our house that there were many things I'd love about it: all the space, the pool, the yard, the garage. The driveway? Meh, never really gave that area much thought until yesterday.  My family spent a considerable amount of time in our driveway creating true works of art.  Wanna see?