The New House Version 1.0: I know the fact that this is a series excites you all. Right? Hello? Anyone? Mom?

Good morning my lovelies. I thought I would give you a little mini tour of a portion of my house. I only cleaned this part so you will only see a couple rooms. I clean in stages so maybe I can shove some stuff under some beds for later this week.

Anyhoo, we have the main level mainly done. Mostly. Kinda. And I just big pink fuzzy heart with glitter love our contractors. And while they do not understand my language ( they understand English, just not the version I speak) I think they have come to love and appreciate me. IJ would roll his eyes at that statement and disagree...but he should get his own blog cause this is my rainbow and kitten world. Amen. So as you know, we moved just a few houses down in our neighborhood. So I can keep my same friends that love me for the Cupcake drinker that I am.

Now for a few before and after picks. I took these the day after the former owner (who is as sweet as molasses) moved out....

Before #1 ...

After #1 (and yes, I know I need shades on my chandelier. I ordered some burlap ones from Pottery Barn but they are on backorder until Jan 31. Obviously, they don't read my blog or they would have rushed them Surprising)...Before #2 ...After #2 ..

(you can kind of see the beams we added into the living room -- I big pink fuzzy hear with glitter LOVE these. Amen.)Before #3 ...After #3 ...Here is a little better pic of the beams. Let's call them Big Pink Fuzzy Heart with Glitter Beams. I'm going to make the contractors say it....and record it. I'm certain they will do it cause they love me. Right? Right? Hello? Anyone....I'm not a big fan of these bar stools and I am going to be super generous and give them to IJ once his basement is complete. He just doesn't know it yet. But I will put a bow on them and mistletoe. Then he will be all like WHY I DO DECLARE CG! I JUST LOVE THEM TO PIECES YOU SWEET ANGEL. Cause he talks like that to me all the time. It's just how he rolls. This is a little bit of a closer up for the desk area....
You can't really see it here, but these are distressed. And the granite is SUPPOSE to look like grained wood. I did what Dana told me to do and went with a lighter granite on darker cabinets. And I squinted my eyes (like she said) and it did not all blend into one color. Right off the breakfast nook is a little deck (that needs to be refinished? Is that what you call it? Restained? Restripped? Reglittered? Yes, I will ask the contractors to reglitter it. I'm certain they will know exactly what to do.)

Anyhoo - it overlooks our backyard...
Which has a creek that runs through the middle of it -- if you can see it. Squint your eyes and make whooshing sounds with your mouth then you can see it. It works every time.See? You can see it now can't ya? IJ also built a fire pit. And he beats his chest and roars when it ignites. And bellows FIIIIRRREEE. Like in Cast Away, but without the beard. And the beach. And the stranded on a deserted island thing. But other than that, exactly the same.

Anyhoo -- this is what happens in the creek ...This leads to the basement. I want to find an old barn door and put it on tracks here that slide. When I tell IJ that he rolls his eyes at me. I have come to understand that means he thinks it is the BEST idea in the whole wide world and thinks I should get started on it right away. No matter the cost.
One of my favorite things about my house is the farm house sink. It reminds me of my great grandma and Auntie. And I love them and miss them. And I pretend I can just like them. And use labels that say Smuckers. But other than that, exactly the same.

Here are a few other quick little views of the downstairs.... Guest Bathroom...

Playroom --

I may or may not have been playing with the castle this morning.... Maybe. Entry ..

IJ says if I bring one more old rusty thing into this house he is going to yank a knot in my tail. I only giggle. Cause I think I might like that. :) (BTW -- that old phone was my great grandma's) Anyhoo -- we wuvs it. And more to come....but now I need you all to come VISIT. We have the room and we want you. So who will come first? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

I DO have Friends. I Really Really Do. Possibly. Maybe

Let's reminisce for uno momento, shall we? Let's roll the table back to a year and a half ago. Anyone? Anyone? Shall we recall the weeping and gnashing of teeth as I moved to a new town in a new city in a new state in a new region in a new time zone? And I left behind all that is holy and just. All my friends, homeys, jaimes, pals, peeps, comrades, you get the pic. I was lonely. Sad. Depressed. With no friends. All I had were you, my blog lovers. And oh how I love you all. But alas, a silver lining came in the storm of my pathetic life as I GOT A JOB and moved out of the ghetto I was surviving in. I left the drive by shooting and fraternity neighbors with goats and came to my new neighborhood. Where people didn't have ankle bracelets....or if they did they at least had the common sense to bedazzle them. I mean I ain't judging. I love and embrace all. But if bedazzling in wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Anyhoo, in my new neighborhood in my new town in my new city in my new state in my new time zone, I decided to host a little party. Maybe 10 to 12 of my neighbors.
One of those I am gonna invite you and you invite someone... Share the love...

Spread the joy....

And pretty soon, the love had spread to 62 people.

UHM SIXTY TWO PEOPLE? This will require a lot of wine...

I think we all big pink fuzzy heart with glitter share in our love for wine.

But let's let's not get crazy on the chocolate....one per person please...

Anyhoo -- I LOVE having sixty two people in my home.And if you would have told me a year and a half ago that I would have A JOB that i love and a house that DOES NOT have drive bys and FRIENDS who drink cheap wine and love me for who I am....

I would have passed out... and then when I got up I would have fainted....and then as I came to I would have blacked out once more...

or at least gotten drunk in the spirit -- cause that's what all good Christian panty hose wearin women do. Amen.

Anyhoo - I love my friends...

I love my neighbors.....

and we are doing it all over again in New Year's Eve....
So come on over -- we will leave the light on for you. Just bring a box of wine. Cause that's how we roll.

All I am sayin is -- You can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl.

Big Pink Fuzzy Heart With Glitter,

Country Girl

I Have No Spacial Reasoning

I do not like even a little bit arranging furniture. I have no spacial reasoning. No clue about where to put things. This kind of mundane task makes me wanna pull out ice blue eye shadow and purple mascara and parachute pants and go back to the comfort of my teenage years.

So...I NEED your help. Cause you all are the smartest people I know and I don't have a lick of sense. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

This is my living room. Please ignore the Kung Fu fighting moves going on. I cannot control these two hooligans. Notice they have their shirts off. I now know that you must take your shirt off to wrestle. this would explain why I have NEVER wrestled in my life. Although I think IJ wants to me take it up. I kid. I kid. Okay...so here is the living room... Notice the placement of the couch.

While I like it once your IN the room. I do not like how it looks from the entry.

And I think it looks lonely and sad. And I hate to think of it out there feeling as though it does not have a friend it the world. Like it would be the LAST one to get chosen at basketball. It just breaks my heart. God love it. So I need your help on LOTS of levels.

My initial reaction is to take the couch and set it in front of the middle window here with a cute little truck or some luggage I find at an auction or something. Cause I LOVE old furniture. Like i love lip gloss. Plus I think setting it in front of the window MIGHT prevent Middle Twerp from trowing Baby twerp throw the glass pane. I am just sayin...you know you were thinkin it too.Then get another leather (ok...pleather) chair and set them where the couch is kinda a little facing each other with a little box or something old and random between them. And this is where I would sit and watch Dancing with the Stars and drink wine and blog. Maybe.
But now we need to talk coffee tables. I NEED a coffee table. IJ HATES coffee tables. I told him I would dance naked on it if I could have one. He didn't say anything which leads me to believe I can get it now. Maybe.

So I like these: Barn Wood Trunk

And Red Card Catalogue trunk. I just think you should know that I totally made those names up. Please still love me.

And talk to me about area rugs. Can you do an area rug on carpet? Is that tacky? Cause I love being tacky....and gaudy.

BUT...my walls are a light taupe. My couch is brown with rorange (redish orange) accents and here are two rugs I big pink fuzzy heart with glitter love.

I call this one Modern Day Sixties Swirl. The color scheme is perfect...but is it too much?And I LOVE this one. It calms me...kinda. And makes the think of France. So....SPILL the beans.

Help a girl out. I need you now more then ever.

Designer Challenged,