DIY Details

I had so much fun coming up with the decoration ideas for our wedding. I think I might have spent the equivalent of another full time looking at Style Me Pretty during the four and a half months of being engaged. I loved the fact that most of the details in the reception were DIY. I feel like it really added a personal touch to our reception. And again, Rebekah and Ben  did and amazing job of capturing all of our details perfectly! 

And of course, if you are eating spaghetti you will need a bib :)

A little kitchen decor

So Friday David got to stay home from work (!!!!). I love it when he gets a day off (one of the advantages of working for his father-in-law. He can make his schedule to match mine sometimes. Yay!) So anyway, we used the day to relax and do some things around the house. 

Mama Malone made a really cool wine cork tree for me in my single lady apartment in Tallahassee. David and I loved it, so when we moved down to Ft. Lauderdale she obliged when we asked her to make one for our new house. 

Its kind of a hard thing to hang up. It required me laying against the wall until David could get enough nails in to hold it in place. 

David is handy with a hammer :)

Thanks Mom :)

Sugar loves it too :)

Living Room Face Lift

This morning I was doing a sufficient amount of time-wasting while looking at blogs. I have SO missed my morning blog time (David and I just got our internet in our new place on Saturday). 

I was looking at apartment therapy this this morning when I stumbled upon this adorable little room

I like it for a few reasons. I like how it has lots of neutral shades but then has bright pops of color. I also like how the curtains really pop because they are pretty much the only thing in the room that has a pattern. This got me thinking about our little living room. We boast a lot of neutrals with pops color, but it has just seemed to me that it is still sort of "blahhhh." 

So I decided to try some patterned curtains to give the room a little more movement and detail. I think the room is a little more pulled together with the black in the curtains balancing the black in the shelf and mirror on the other side of the room. 

What do you think? I'm not completely sold yet. Just giving it a taste today. We will see what David thinks when he comes home :)

Kitchens and Riverside dining

Its been a few weeks, but we finally were able to get our last piece of furniture to really unpack our house. Remember the kitchen the day we walked in?

And then our we-don't-have-a-paycheck-can't-buy-anything-eat-dinner-every-night-at-my-parents-house-phase:

And now. Finally. We have our kitchen. And we love her :)

We are still working on our sunroom/dining room. But currently there is no AC in there and it feels like a sauna. Not exactly where I like to eat my dinner, ya know? 

ALSO. One of my best friends in the whole wide world came to visit last weekend with her man. Meet Amanda and Collin. The Legates like these two :)

We had a super yummy dinner at Coconuts on the water - my birthday dinner (!!). Thats our yacht in the back round. (just kidding) :). 

Casa Legate

David and I moved into our new place three weeks ago. I really can't believe it has been that long already. We had a few hurdles to jump over right from the get go, as the tenant who lived in our apartment before us didn't move out until the Sunday before we arrived. So needless to say, the place was NOT ready for us when we got there. But we had to return our U-Haul the next morning, so we had unload all of our stuff. 

The kitchen. Oh the kitchen.

This is what it looked like when we walked in for the first time. YIKES.

The living room, not quite as scary as the kitchen

Our bedroom

The guest bedroom

A week and DAYS of bleach scrubbing with Mama Malone later, we finally spent our first night in our new home. We were so blessed to have my parents only 20 minutes away to crash with until our place was livable. This is what our house currently looks like. We still have a few more little projects that we want to tackle. But that will come with time (and paychecks) :).

The kitchen. Oh hey, Sug. 

The living room

Ps. Does anyone have any tricks for getting those shelves that stick straight out of the wall to sit flush against the wall? Call me crazy, but I don't think little pieces of cardboard hanging out from under the shelf screams cottage chic.

Our bedroom

This is where you'll sleep if you come to visit us. It's comfy - I promise :)

And finally, our itty bitty bathroom

So, like I said. Still a work in progress. But it is becoming home :) We love visitors so come visit us!!!