Room Reveal: Guest Room

Welcome to the guest room! This is our second bedroom that is off the kitchen. When we were originally looking for apartments, we wanted something with two bedrooms so that one of them could be our office. However, since this place has the awesome sun room that we were able to use for our office space, we decided to make our second bedroom a guest/storage room. 

See that bed? It may look like a twin [because it is], but don't be fooled! It's actually two separate twin mattresses stacked on top of each other, so if a couple of people want to come visit we can separate them and wah-lah! You've either got two twin beds or a giant king bed! :)

I made the glasss-top table in ceramics class in college. You can also see it here, in the sun room, but when we got a keyboard in there we had to do some rearranging and this table made the perfect little side table for our guest bed.

Those super sweet photo frames were a handmade gift to us from our wedding planner/friend, Amanda. The photos kinda got some curling action since they were in the bathroom for awhile [steam+photos=curling], but I love them!

I keep some gift bags and tissue paper in a little crate by the dresser so I'm always prepared for the next birthday or wedding. We also just scored this tan and white rug at a pay-by-the-pound thrift store in Madison during our fiasco weekend for a couple bucks... so hey! At least something good came of it! :)

I hope you enjoyed the little tour of our guest room and I hope that it has convinced you to come visit! What good is a guest room if we never have any guests?? Shout out to the hubster's little bro for breaking in the room [besides the night before the wedding when all my bridesmaids stayed over]. So.... who's next?

Sneak Peak: Bedroom

I'm back! I'm back! And this is my very first time writing as Mrs. Heather Douglas. And boy, do I love the sound of that! The Mr. and I got back from our honeymoon on Friday and have hit the road running this weekend on getting our apartment put together! There's a lot still in process, but I wanted to give you just a little sneak peak into one of my favorite rooms of the house... our bedroom! 

We (well, let's be real, the bridesmaids and I) had made this ribbon as a backdrop to be hung from the arch we got married under, but it ended up being a bit too windy the day of our wedding. So instead, we hung it above where we sat at the reception and it was still perfect. As I was making it I was definitely envisioning it going over our bed after the wedding so I was so happy to see that it turned out!

We got this lovely brass headboard for just $25 on craigslist! I love the shine that it brings into the room and it goes great with the framed art above the bed!

This gem can be found at Hobby Lobby... which if you live in the cities... get excited... drumroll please... they are opening a location in Maple Grove! I almost peed in delight when the lady in Duluth told us (we snagged this puppy on our honeymoon). However, I think Loverboy might be a little frightened. For our bank account. It's kinda reasonable. [Kidding, hunnnyyy]. ;)

I just love this space! I love that there's a reminder of our wedding day right above our bed, and I just love how everything came together so nicely. Keep your eyes peeled for more sneak peaks and hopefully a room reveal or two in the near future!

P.S. Married life rocks! My champ of a husband just walked in the door with this. Parks and Rec and chinese take-out sounds pretty amazing right now! Peace out!

First Apartment: Living Room Reveal

It's here! It's here! It's finally here! Life slowed down just enough yesterday evening for me to snap a couple photos of the living room. This was (and still is) the most complete room of the apartment. I put it together right away so we'd have at least one room without piled boxes and empty surfaces.

We'd like to get a real couch (rather than the loveseat that I picked up off a curb in college town a few years ago... but don't worry... it's got a slipcover so you're safe to sit on it if you come over), but other than that, this room feels just about done. So wipe off your feet, come on in, and take a look around!

And just for funsies, here's a little reminder of what it looked like before [this photo is taken from the dining room looking into the living room where the radiator is]:

And last, but certainly not least, a teensy sneak-peak into the sun room/study... 

Thanks for looking around! Next up... the sun room! [If you haven't yet, why not like our Facebook page and sign up for monthly e-mails? More fun coming straight to ya!]

Wooden Coffee Table: Unique Thrift Store, $6

Red Coffee Table Tray: Unique Thrift Store, $2

Living Room Rug: Ikea, $80

Thin Tall Drawers: Purchased from relatives w/a bunch of furniture, originally Ikea?

Couch: Curb, free :)

White Tall Bookcase: Target, $33

Wooden Side Table: Goodwill, $5

TV Stand: Inheritance from relative, free

Small Woven Stool: Target, gift

Vintage Green Trunk: Family friend, free

Vintage Globe: Craigslist, $15

Faux Sheepskin Rug: Ikea, $10

All small photo frames: The Dollar Tree, $1

Poster photo frame: Goodwill, $7

And I'll save the rest for the next room reveal!

This post is linked up with Chantel at A Harvest of Blessing for her Jack of All Trades Link-up!