Color, where have you been all of my life?

When I was on strict bed rest, I often passed my days just staring at the walls--- literally. I would pass the time thinking about all the things I wanted to change or rearrange around the house. Well, finally we have been able to do some of that.
Rob and I have been very busy lately trying to get our lives and apartment in order. The past few weekends, we have been tackling project after project. I will be 34 weeks on Thursday, and that means I have about 3-3.5 weeks till the stitch comes out(after that the baby could come any time. It will be funny if she holds out till 40 after all this). Needless to say, we are running out of time to get everything done.
Poor Rob, I am limited in what I can do, but I try to help out where I can. My new motto is: "LESS IS MORE." I have always been a fan of minimalism. We have been de-junking, re-arranging, and organizing like mad. Since we will probably be in our place for at least the next 2 years or more, we wanted to take advantage of getting every thing in order before one more is added to our family.



Two weeks ago, Rob and I bought new couches... we found an amazing sale, and a style that we really loved--- contemporary, but classic and comfortable. We realized that this was a deal that we could not pass up. After rearranging our living room, and buying 2 light fixtures, a couple of square frames and an accent cover pillow, this is our result. Can I just say? We love it!


Here is a little tour:



Off to the right when you walk through out door.



View from the front door




Living Room from different angles












Kitchen


All we did was add a square frame with a photograph of the nauvoo temple.

Porch


Rob was so nice and decked out our porch with lots of plants and flowers. It was super nice to be able to sit out on the porch to "get out of the house," when I couldn't do much anything else. It looks super green now, but it was really beautiful when the flowers were in full bloom. As you can tell, we still need to tidy it up a bit. But I can't complain to much, because it was a breath of fresh air when I was trapped inside all day!