Dining Room, A Rug Update, part 2

So...early this year, yes like 2 months ago, I excitedly
replaced out dining room rug with a navy and white
herringbone rug (see post). Sadly, a week in I realized
the quality was cheap and it would not hold up to the traffic of the 

dining room. I quickly rolled that bad boy up and sold it to a local lady for 

what I paid (score) and began the search...again.

I settled on this gorgeous,  handmade rug out of Pakistan.  

It cost a lot more than I originally budgeted, but sometimes you have to 

pull the design trigger, when a one of a kind piece screams your name.

I'm in love!

Dining Room, A Rug Update

Before.

A fine area rug, just never really my style.  

 

After.

If I could wrap my house in herringbone, 

I likely would.

Design Tip:

Do you know the difference between herringbone and chevron?

Very similar designs, but chevron is a straight zig zag, 

whereas herringbone  intersects with the opposite, 

as you can see if this up close snap.

xo

Online Shopping Finds

I am searching for a rug for a girlfriend, and of course come across a thousand different things I am absolutely crazy about.

For starters. these stacking kid chairs!  I love the industrial look of them and would totally pair them with an old table. Hack the legs off a standard size table if you need and distress paint it.  Would look killer with these chairs from Overstock.  Just please don't ever pay a ton for a kid table and chair set (read: one from Pottery Barn Kids).

This mirror.  Don't even get me started.  I am obsessed.  Let's be real, what don't I feel a slight obsession over, from West Elm...but this mirror is top notch ridic.

I am looking to update my farmhouse table.  I dreamed of benches since I was probably 14 (true story), but 10 years in, I am kind of over them.  These chairs are not a 'win' for my update...but they are maj on about 13 levels.  And at this price, on Wayfair, a real option for someone looking to update without breaking the bank.

   I mean, for reals.  2 chairs for $110. 

Other colors too.  The mustard color is 

also a favorite.

I have yet to see a throw blanket from the Faribault Woolen Mill that I don't covet.  It's a real big love.  A 'hometown' (Minnesota) love that always has me excited for what they will produce next.  I love this map blanket.  Folded up it looks like a cool, patterned, geometric throw...but open the blanket up and it is a map of the city of Minneapolis. Love.

Years ago I stumbled upon this simple poster, at one of my favorite little bakeries in Minneapolis.  I still love it. Still think about it. Still try to live my life by these simple words.  Mark my word, SOMEDAY I WILL ACTUALLY OWN THIS PRINT.

THIS.RUG. from Lulu & Georgia. NEED.

Dear Husband, do not worry...I am only 'online browsing and dreaming'  I did not buy one thing.  I repeat, NOT.ONE.THING.  But now, who's with me...these are all pretty amazing, right?

xo

 

Kitchen Remodel...the shopping

We moved into our house 8 months ago, and I have been chomping at the bit to take down some walls in the kitchen, to create a more functional space.  My friends, that time is upon us!!!  WHAT!!!

I will post pictures of the original kitchen at a later date, but for now, I will share some of the lovely things that are going to come together and make the new space amazing. 

Pendant lighting, for over what will be my main work

surface.  A peninsula between the kitchen and dining

room.  (buh bye wall that once separated the two rooms).

 

I shared these slabs in my last post, but I am so excited to actually

get a real life visual on them, when they arrive in Denver next week.

 

This is the stain of the cabinets, on maple wood, that with are going with. 

Just not this style. Instead we are going with shaker style cabinets and flat panel drawers.

 

We love this hardware so much, we are using it again.  This picture

is the storage unit we had built in our new mudroom.  I promise I will blog

the cuteness of the mudroom, as soon as my house isn't such a hot mess

(i.e. I don't want to blog it without the ridiculous upholstered cushion my

 mother-in-law made for the mudroom bench, but don't dare put said cushion

in the space, until all the work in the kitchen is complete).

 

We went with GE Monogram appliances. 

We already know that my middle name should be switched from

'Beth' to 'Bargain' but this appliance search really set the need for that

change, in stone.  I searched, called and brokered some deals to get all of our

appliances at cost.  Seriously.  That little bit of leg work saved us thousands! 

 

The gas line was hooked up today. 

Ahhhh, this is basically a day to celebrate, in my book. 

 

While searching for carpet to run up our stairs (side project)

I found some wonderful options with the brand Milliken.  In my research

I found that the brand also creates amazeballs rugs.  I think this rug needs to

be plopped on the wood floors, in the main work area of the kitchen, for cozy feet

and a ridiculous splash of pattern.  Borderline obSESSED.