Rugs, Suzani's and Ikat oh my!

Hi!

 Hope you are having a good week so far, this one feels like it's going by fast-thankfully. 

The hubs is now working a second job three nights (in a row) a week so my weeks are really crazy! 

I just wanted to take a second and let you know of a great resource for rug's, suzani's and ikat pillows and fabric.

All of these stunners are from the ebay shop, uzdecor-com. 
They have pairs of Ikat pillows (starting at $19.99), beautiful rugs ($299 and under), Ikat fabric ($35.99) and some great suzani's and suzani pillows. 
The best part is that most of these items are shipped for free, so you can have it both ways: beautiful and affordable! 


Pillows, Suzani's and Rugs

Updating for spring and a curtain trick

FYI this is the post of stolen Facebook photos and crappy iphone pics, you've been warned.

Over the last few years I've been helping my parents update their house. They gave the exterior an overhaul before moving to the  inside. The kitchen and bathrooms were next, along with new flooring and paint for the whole house. (I swear I will have it properly photographed someday because it has turned out beautifully!!) 

Here is a before photo, that I stole off of Facebook. Cedar ceiling, blue carpet, blue paint, oh and blue furniture.

It's Christmas.....don't we look happy. 

 This was shortly after the painting was done and the new furniture was delivered but before the new carpet was installed. We also added that mantle/shelf because there was none. This is another stolen FB photo, sorry!

New flooring, new area rug (from Sam's Club!) and new curtains.

Congrats to my brother who graduated from college.....last year ;)

The pattern on those curtains is great but it's a little too dark for spring. 

 Much better!

My Mom also picked out a new lamp and throw pillows (these are all from Ross and Target- here, here and here.) 

Pouf from Target, here.

So pretty and so easy.

 The curtains (both the old and new ones) are not curtains. They are actually tablecloths from Target held up with drapery clips. When it comes to drapes (and most anything) look outside the box. It can pay off big time!

Bits and pieces

So I went in for my Dr. appointment last week and baby's heart rate was really high. My Dr. had me schedule an ultrasound just to be sure that everything was okay. We found out that my amniotic fluid was low but that baby is fine. Thank you Lord!

On top of (still) taking it easy they have me doing hydrotherapy at home. Sound weird?

Yeah it is, it consists of me taking two baths a day, drinking 60+ oz of water a day and cutting out caffeine, chocolate and fruit juice from my diet. I know most of you are thinking that chocolate would be awful to have to cut out but thankfully I'm not a big fan of it. I am a big fan of fruit juice though, especially orange juice. It's pretty much what I crave 24/7 and have for all of my pregnancies. 

I dream of mimosas!

Source: wine.about.com via Katie on Pinterest

I have another ultrasound on Thursday to recheck the fluid levels, I'm hoping that they have gone up. If they get too low I would have to be hospitalized until I delivered.......like 5-7 weeks. Yikes!

When we got home from my ultrasound this week we found a puddle in our utility closet.  Goodbye old, busted hot water heater; hello shiny new one and lots of ramen noodles!

Debbie Downer huh!?

On to the good news, I have some nursery pics to share!

I recently found this seller on ebay who has awesome vintage sarees perfect for making pillows out of. Very inexpensive and TONS of patterns and colors to choose from.

Pretty huh!?


We're planning on tackling our basement family room soon. We have SO many books, toys and other general kid stuff it's becoming a problem. We really want to get two storage cabinets, like this one below, to hide it all.

Source: kaboodle.com via Katie on Pinterest

We'd put them in the corner and build a desk (using pieces from the 12ft. desk we already have) in between.....kind of like this.

Source: custommade.com via Katie on Pinterest

The computer would be moved out of the bedroom and into the family room and we'd use the bedroom for my sewing table, our treadmill and elliptical and the boys train table. Right now we have three different bookcases holding all of the toys, movies and books and they're still everywhere. I'm dying to get this all organized!!

I figure further on down the line I can always jazz up the storage cabinets with some O'verlays.

Happy Monday!!

Pillow love

Both from JC Penney

Heart pillow $25

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Black and white geometric pillow $15

Source: jcpenney.com via Katie on Pinterest