Our House – Page 5 – Snapshots & My Thoughts by Ailee Petrovic

Décor March 11, 2013

Weekend Update: A Couch + Parties + 3D TV

The weekend started off on Friday with the delivery of our first Maxwell couch (so excited). Afterward, I went to West Elm to get new bedding for one of the guest bedrooms (see above). Following came a glass of St. Germain and club soda at Benjy’s with two of my best friends, Paola and Patrick – i.e. I was one happy camper on Friday by 6pm. I went to the other Benjy’s in Rice Village for a friend’s birthday dinner, then went to bed reasonably early because I had a 10k in the morning. After running errands all morning, I realized I had locked myself out of the house and had to drive to the Medical Center, where Sasha was in class, to get a key (I’m losing my marbles). I had a slew of visitors come and see the house (thank you, Jess, for my lovely gifts!), then went to James’ 2nd birthday party, followed by a trip to Katy to meet one of Sasha’s best friends who lives with his sweet wife in Minneapolis. They recently had a baby girl, Ava, who was already sleeping when we arrived. Sunday began with church at Bayou City Fellowship, then HEB, lunch, and my least favorite task of the weekend – taking pictures of Sasha’s old furniture that I did not want to keep. I listed 15 items on Craigslist – what a crazy site. Hopefully most will be gone soon! My dad and sister and Sasha’s dad and stepmom came over to see the house, and we gave the 3D TV a spin – it’s incredible. Golf has never been so exciting! We finished the weekend with a dinner at Barnaby’s with two friends – capping Sunday off with falafel cannot be beat. Hope you had a wonderful weekend as well!

Décor March 8, 2013

The Manor: Almost There

If you’ve been reading for the past few months, you are well aware of the renovation of our new home, nicknamed “The Manor” (related to the street name). Sasha surprised me with the house as part of his proposal (read the story here), and we’ve been doing major renovations since early November (think walls being added, moved, etc.): Demolition post, Progress post, Further Progress post, A Lick of Paint post. While we still have work to do – i.e. moving the furniture from my apartment into the house, buying blinds, yard work, buying accessories for the two guest rooms – it’s almost there. I see the finish line! Below are a ton of pictures – I’m dying for the other Maxwell couch to arrive! I’m in love.

The Front

The Study

Waiting on my futon + lots of books + desk accessories – also want to do a gallery wall above my desk! Need to find the perfect prints…

The Living Room and Entryway

Waiting on the second Maxwell Couch + Paintings/Hanging Pictures

The Bar

Waiting on new glasses!

*The gold lions above are amazing – I bought them on Etsy here.

Guest Bathroom + Bedrooms

Waiting on… lots.

Kitchen

Master Bedroom + Bathroom + Closet

Waiting on a new rug, accent chair and more clothes

Décor February 25, 2013

Weekend Snapshots

1. okay, it wasn’t this weekend, but i played with pierson on my birthday (last monday). he’s perfect || 2. one of our good friend’s (amanda) dad plays every year at the rodeo cook-off, so me + bryan + mck went – so much fun || 3. buying even more decor – like the lauren conrad coffee table book. she’s perfect || 4. the emmerson table from west elm got delivered! i’m in love || 5. sasha’s aunt + uncle dropped by to say hi – little did they know, i’d put them to work! i had to borrow tools from sasha’s cousin – got to see lazar’s cute face! || 6. i built a coffee table + assembled our three bookshelves from crate & barrel. so much space to decorate!

Décor February 19, 2013

Decorative Books

I have gone book crazy. Seriously though! In the past month, I have purchased nearly all of the books below. We have Domino: The Book of Decorating at the apartment, and I’ve read most of Design*Sponge at home – both are amazing. I’m so excited to flip through and read all of the others. Especially Nate Berkus’ The Things That Matter – can we please talk about how handsome he is?

PS The handwritten typography in the image are from vmac + cheese – she gave awesome free downloadable .pngs the other day here. I love them!

coffeetablebooks

1) Domino: The Book of Decorating, Design*Sponge at Home, InStyle Parties, The Newlywed Cookbook, Pure Vegan, Veganomicon, The Things That Matter, 2) Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Owl from Z Gallerie, 3) Let’s Bring Back the Cocktail, 4) Penguin Classics, 5) Style Book, Atget’s Paris, Cupcakes and Cashmere (as signed by Emily here)

Décor February 11, 2013

Little Decorative Details

I had another busy house-decorating-weekend filled with multiple trips to Target, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, West Elm and Anthroplogie. We had the Bluestone Console and Coffee Tables delivered on Saturday and bought chairs to go with the bench and Emmerson dining table that we ordered last week at West Elm. Lots of little decorative pieces were also purchased, and the new garage door was finally installed.The Manor will be completely finished on Wednesday, and we’re having a cleaning crew come in to scrub the place down on Thursday. I am so excited for all of the work to be done so that we can begin putting everything together. Almost there! Seems like ages ago that we were here.

PS Have you seen a Nest yet? It’s Sasha’s favorite little toy. Coolest thermostat ever.

1) Willoughy Dining Chair from West Elm, 2) Porter Leather Dining Chair from West Elm, 3) Jade King Shams and Mosaic King Pillowcases from Crate & Barrel, 4) Nest Thermostat, 5) Pottery Barn Malta Lantern, 6) Scroll Tile Runner Rug (2.5×9) from Pottery Barn