A Long Time Coming...

This past weekend, we spent it exploring Washington DC with family. We had a great time walking to the monuments, seeing a concert, and going to museums. It is definitely up there on my list for best vacations. Funny, huh? 2 hours away from us and stayed with family but we didn't drive a car for 3 days and we had great fun learning the metro and bus maps on the new android phone that my husband got....






Going home to Richmond, we decided to stop at IKEA. I was tired but I said alright because how can we go to DC but not stop at IKEA? It is like a my family's tradition!!

Well, I am glad that we stopped because we hammered out what we want the den to look like. We have been in our house for 2 years and haven't done a thing to it. It is in the basement and it has been a catch all for the mismatched furniture of apartments past. This is what the room looked like before we purchased the house:


Funky huh? No, that is not our furniture. Yeah, the green carpet is still there.... I won't give away any ideas away except this to brighten up the room. This makes me so happy because this long room with short curtains reminds me of a trailer...

This room redesign will probably take some time since the holidays are coming up and we have to find the "right" furniture out there for our vision. I am really excited to have these decisions discussed and made. We have such a good time discussing our style and what we have done so far. This room has taken us a long time to figure out but I knew that it would come to us!