I guess we have a little bit to catch up on don't we..
Let's see here...
Halloween has come and gone. Thank god for that.
I have never really been a fan of the "holiday" and I have been trying to figure out why. It could be because no one ever understood my costumes - which could be because I was a baby for 9 years straight. It could be because I don't really care for candy - I always was excited to get the bag of chips for the "weird" house. Or maybe it's because no one ever invites me to any parties.. Who knows..
Anyways, since we are now homeowners we were so excited to get little trick or treaters this year! We went out and spent our hard earned money on candy for stranger's kids. Mike had the entire day off and was really excited to get to pass out candy to the neighbor children - I on the other hand, had to work - boo.
Results of the evening = not. one. single. kid. Waste of a night. Aprile's - 0 Halloween - 1
Moving on.
Last weekend I impulsively thought it was a great idea to invite my entire extended family over for dinner..
Here are a few fun facts we should know before we react:
1. I was having about 15 people over and had about 10 chairs
2. My oven doesn't work
3. I had 6 days to prepare and about 23489277423 open projects to complete
Cool
I can't really decide which was the most urgent to take care of first either...
Okay, don't panic. Let's do a potluck! Great, one problem solved.
Luckily my cousin was helpful and found some chairs for me on Facebook! Another problem solved!
I apologize ahead of time for the poor photo angles.. Due to the lack of curtains in the dining room, I just know nobody wants to see my reflection in the glass..
Let's see here...
Halloween has come and gone. Thank god for that.
I have never really been a fan of the "holiday" and I have been trying to figure out why. It could be because no one ever understood my costumes - which could be because I was a baby for 9 years straight. It could be because I don't really care for candy - I always was excited to get the bag of chips for the "weird" house. Or maybe it's because no one ever invites me to any parties.. Who knows..
Anyways, since we are now homeowners we were so excited to get little trick or treaters this year! We went out and spent our hard earned money on candy for stranger's kids. Mike had the entire day off and was really excited to get to pass out candy to the neighbor children - I on the other hand, had to work - boo.
Results of the evening = not. one. single. kid. Waste of a night. Aprile's - 0 Halloween - 1
Moving on.
Last weekend I impulsively thought it was a great idea to invite my entire extended family over for dinner..
Here are a few fun facts we should know before we react:
1. I was having about 15 people over and had about 10 chairs
2. My oven doesn't work
3. I had 6 days to prepare and about 23489277423 open projects to complete
Cool
I can't really decide which was the most urgent to take care of first either...
Okay, don't panic. Let's do a potluck! Great, one problem solved.
Luckily my cousin was helpful and found some chairs for me on Facebook! Another problem solved!
The two chairs on the ends my cousin found on one of those sales pages on Facebook. The lady luckily hadn't sold them for a few weeks and was willing to go down in price. There are 3 like these and then a captains chair that needs some small restoration - who knows when I will get to that..
This cutie yellow guy I found on Craigslist for a great price. I think I plan on using it as my vanity chair in the future but for now, extra seating in the living room. I am really liking mustard lately. The color, not the condiment.. Yuck.
As for my million projects? I enlisted the help of my aunt who has an insane amount of energy. On my days off from work, we painted the back stairs, cleared out the guest room and raked all the leaves to the street. I also found some extra time myself to paint the front door inside and out!
The house was ready for guests and our family dinner went off without a hitch (is that the saying?)!
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And now what we have all been waiting for...
I'm sure no one but me has been waiting for this but who wants to read "okay and now what Kendra has been waiting for" ?
My CHINA CABINET!
Fun fact:
The difference between a china cabinet and china hutch (did you know there was a difference?) :
cabinet : has legs (see my little guy is raised up on legs)
hutch : will go all the way to the floor - typically with a piece of trim of some sort across the front and sides
Here is this little cutie I have been waiting for forever! I picked him up all the way in Montgomery, Il last weekend with lots of spiders on it.. yay.
I have been waiting for a china cabinet for months for a few reasons:
To display my beautiful Vera Wang china :)
To be able to empty some of my cabinets in the kitchen! Yay for more kitchen cabinet space!
More cute furniture - Duh.
It has taken me a long time to find a piece that I truly love. Everything was either too bulky or out of my price range or ugly. So happy I finally came across this one - true love waits. Ha kidding...
I always enjoy looking at styling in magazines and seeing different techniques but it is always something I struggle with myself. It either looks too busy, too bare or like I'm trying to hard. I guess I just need to keep practicing:/ I tried my best with this one, we will see:)
Yes, I only have 7 sets of china.. Thank you for noticing..
So, what do you think?
:)
Enjoy the Sunday, Folks!
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