A Few Additions

I’m continuing to plug away at the family office, making a few additions to the space over the last couple of weeks.  If you will recall, this is the look we’re going for here.

Well, after much hemming and hawing, I finally splurged on the dresser pictured above!  It’s the Santerno dresser in Grigio Carmine from Home Decorators Collection.  I had been scouring thrift stores for one to paint (as were Mother and my sweet friend P), but just kept coming back to this one as it was the perfect size and color.  It was a lot more than I wanted to spend, but when it went on sale and had free shipping over memorial day, I finally let go of the birthday money I’d been holding on to since March and just bought it.  It arrived this week and perfect.  It’s SUPER heavy, sturdy and well made and offers lots of storage, which is always nice to have.  It’s a little taller than I had wanted, so I’m hoping the mirror I have in the attic will still fit over it.

I’ve since ditched the target shade for an old one I made for the baby’s nursery.  It’s sentimental and fun and sweet friend P talked me into it.

 
On an impulse, I threw this Smith & Hawken water hyacinth basket in the buggy at Target this morning (tell me I’m not the only one that tries to run errands before their husband leaves for work in the morning).  I have been looking for something to hold some of the scores of books strewn all about and knew as soon as I saw it here that it was the winner.  The diagonal cross pattern mimics the one in the chandelier and the texture is perfect with the rug. 

The last little addition was the trash can for my office space in the closet.  I had been using this tin up in my laundry room, and had HKL Designs make me a decal of my monogram in gold to dress it up.  I never knew how much one could love a trash can until now :-)  I picked this up somewhere before John was born – maybe at Garden Ridge or Hobby Lobby.

As for the to-do list, here’s where we are tracking:
To Do List:

• Remove wall shelves
• Patch holes
• Paint – need paint color first!
• Hang window treatments 
• Organize closet
• Decide on daybed vs 2 chairs – if daybed will need bedding and pillows… oh, and we will need new hardware since it was all lost in the move
• Get coffee table out of attic??
• Paint mirror from attic
• Find chest for between windows
• Find rug
• Take down fan and figure out new lighting
• Find the missing closet door (It has been located!  Needs to be put back on the track now.)
• Closet light
• Seat cushions for desk chairs
• Pillows for slipper chairs
• Get desks built and installed
• Procure hardware for desks
• Find a big floor basket/bin/tub/container to hold books
• Dress up the pull chain on the closet light
• Hang roman shade for door
• Line insides of desk doors with chalkboard vinyl
• Find baskets to organize supplies inside of desk cabinets

Slowly but surely wins the race!
xoxo