Goodbye House, Hello Apartment!

Good news y'all - our house is SOLD!!! We were so blessed by a wonderful buyer who is going to love the house as much as we did!

So, we are off to a smaller rented pad as we figure out where life will take us from here. I doubt I will show you much home improvement stuff since we are kinda in temporary quarters with our stuff in functional spots but maybe I will get it together to add a bit of beauty to the function soon.

It will be just as fun for us as hopefully it is for you to see where we go from here....

true dat.

I ran across this on facebook - maybe Katie?, maybe Kathlyn?, I can't remember but I snagged it. This has been my mantra this past month as I am a full time grad student (lord help me), our house is on the market (um, hello, my name is liz, I clean all the time), Charlie the hound dog is in remedial school (he's a trouble maker), my brother and sister-in-law had a sweet sweet baby boy and Aunt Liz helped with a shower, cooked meals, etc and generally got so over-excited she couldn't sleep. I am also trying to be a wife but sweet hubby has pretty much been a cute little haus frau lately. I think I'll make him an apron. Oh wait, I really don't have time.

Happy 4th of July!

We had some fun with sparklers last night!

Thanks Bower Power for the tutorial.

Mystery Chairs: Partially solved

Ok, so remember my mystery chairs?

I have a pair of these that I got on ebay for a song. well, maybe a song and a half but still a good deal and it was within my budget.

Recently, as we've been thinking about where we will live when we sell the house, we've been talking about recovering them. It's been a fun "dreaming project" where every time we walk by them we say, "Hey honey, what about a yellow floral?" .... "Hmm.... I think a retro print, maybe in a blue?"

Tonight I did a little google image searching after finding my old ebay purchase listing to know what key words to search for. Enter search terms: Hollywood Regency Slipper Chair.

Source: palmbeachantiquesanddesigncenter.1stdibs.com via Liz on Pinterest

BINGO. I found a pair just like mine. I mean CRAZZZY. Granted this set has been recushioned/reupholstered and is for sale in a fancy store. But they are just like mine!!!

The bad news is, they don't know the creator either. Boo hiss... They are listing them as 1970's which is totally cool with me. And for $2400 for the pair, I have plenty of wiggle room on the reupholstery costs.

For Sale by Owner - lots of pics

Thought you might like to see the photos...

We are ready to show now so if you know anyone interested, please send them our way. Thank you!