touch-ups

we are still making changes around the house, tweaking and re-arranging, painting, hanging things on the walls, etc.
tv nook:

i am finally displaying some of my hong kong tresures - the flower shaped object is a antique silk hand embroidered baby collar, the rectangular hanging is a machine embroidered mass-produced chinese embroidery, the little red shoes on the cabinet are antique silk hand embroidered baby shoes, all found in hong kong.

we have been wanting a large plant to put behind the sofa, but didn't want to spend for a big plant. i found this at aldi for $8.99. i LOVE aldi. i am their fan on facebook. i love them that much. the framed print is an antique japanese wood block print of a kimono pattern from the mid 1800s.

living room:

another $8.99 plant from aldi. and a stack of my online photo books/scrapbooks on our antique chinese chair. i LOVE online scrapbooking.

gracie with our "new" antique piano. we got it for a steal, and love it. lexi has since polished it up and is looks even better. it took 8 grown men to get it itnot the house, and i was afraid they were going to injure themselves. it is that heavy.

another $8.99 plant, a wedding kimono (thank you gloria!) that needs to be steamed, hong kong cabinet, antique water pitcher & basin (gift from brock), and my favorite antique quilt.

noah's room:

all four walls are painted, and thanks to gloria & tracey's input, i have decided to do horizontal striping on one wall rather than vertical as planned.

mia & gracie's room:

i purchased this vinyl lettering in white before i had decided to paint the walls yellow, and hoped it would still show up. it didn't, even if you knew it was there. so i tried coloring it with a pink crayola marker, and love the water color-like results.

we downsized mia's bed (which had been the original plan) and moved her double mattress to the new guest bed that brock built. it is just her size now, and leaves more play space in the room. the cute head board was left behind by a renter who never paid any rent. one good thing came from that experience....

Comments

[Mary Smith]

Oh, I just want to comment on each picture individually! Everything looks so nice! I just want to tell you that you made the chinese wall hanging sound particularly appealing. I love Aldi, the vinyl lettering, the headboard, and Gracie!

[Mary Smith]

And I still love your couch. I found a horribly ugly yellow and green plaid tweedy couch on Craig's list. Should I get it? I am sure that the description really sold it, right? I just don't know whether I should get something used and recover it or just bite the Ikea bullet. I think thinking about the couch for 12 years is long enough. Help!