InstaFriday

I am linking up today with

Life Rearranged

for my very first InstaFriday:

I'll call this first one of mine:

Summer via Instagram

Our son came in June and we hit golf balls.

Fannie and Emma with Daddy.

Me at the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, IL.

When our son was home, we stopped at

one of Chicagoland's top donut shoppes...

Spunky Dunkers, Palatine, IL.

Yummm!

Sunset on the Fourth of July in Port Austin, MI.



What a fun linky party!!!

Have a great weekend!!!

I'll have the kitchen furniture pics, next time!

Hugs!

Kim

For The Family Room

Morning!

Pretty quickly I will run out of things to show you,

for the townhouse.

Today, I can show you 2 pieces that I ordered

for the family room...

Arhaus is the name of a great furniture store

in Barrington, IL. They use a lot of recycled

wood to make their furniture.

This cart table is made from old carts

used in a textile factory to take

textile to the trains. The wheels are

from the carts, the wood is from

the floor of the warehouse.

Each one is unique, I love it!

To see a better pic, click on Arhaus above.

Arhaus

This 3 tiered basket will be going in a little nook between

the family room and kitchen.

It is another favorite of mine!

I ordered kitchen furniture too,

I will show you that tomorrow.

Nothing else happening around here.

It's just plain hot but not as hot as the

middle of the country where our son is.

Emma, our bulldog, is anxious for

cooler weather so she can play outside!

Which reminds me,

I need to take new photos of the dogs to show you!

Have a great day!!!

Hugs!

Kim

Rugs

Hello!

Like I said, yesterday,

I've been doing things

for the townhouse to

make it seem like this

is really happening!

We signed the paperwork

back in December and we

expected to be in the midst of

construction by now.

That is not the case, unfortunately.

So...I look for new furnishings for

our new place.

I really wanted to have the rugs

in hand so that when we do

move we can lay them right away.

Here are 2 of the 3.

I couldn't find a good pic

of the third one.

 I found this rug at Home Depot.

This one will go in the dining room.

I like the light background because our

wood floors are dark.

The third rug came from the Depot too.

It will go in the living room.

This rug is from Pottery Barn

I love the soft feel of this rug under foot!

This rug will see the most activity

since it will be in the family room.

Now we can build up from here with furniture

and such. I have already bought a few

pieces and the furniture store is being very

gracious and holding everything in their

warehouse until we move in.

I will post those next time!

Have a great day!!!

Hugs!

Kim

Townhouse Fixture Choices

Morning!

It is taking F-O-R-E-V-E-R

for Toll Brothers to sell

the third needed townhouse in our building

so they can start digging and construction.

I keep telling myself it will happen in

God's time not mine but

I struggle with that...sadly!

The apartment is just soooo small!

I miss my own laundry room...

I get the heebee jeebies sharing with

the whole apartment complex!

I have to keep myself from thinking about

bedbugs and other creepy crawly things.

Thank goodness there are some things that

I can do to keep my dream alive...

last week I got to pick lighting,

faucets and knobs.

We decide on oiled rubbed bronze.

I love the Tuscan/Vintage feel.

Here is what I chose...

This faucet goes in the guest bath and half bath.

This shower head will be in both the

master bath and half bath.

I chose this faucet for the master bath because

my hubs likes the one handle for controlling water temp

better than the 2 handle. The bottom plate

will not be on the faucet to help this faucet

blend with shower head. They are 2 different brands.

I think it will work.

These are the drawer pulls for all the entire house.

They are faced in the wrong direction on the sample,

they actually face down so your fingers go in the open space.

These are the cabinet knobs for the entire house.

In the kitchen, I hope to find some vintage glass ones.

I love the ones at Anthropology but the screws on those are

WAY too long!

This is the kitchen faucet.

This is the lighting for the guest bath.

There will be one over each sink.

This is the light fixture for the master,

one over each sink.

Everything will be in oil rubbed bronze,

these are just the sample styles.

I am beyond excited to finally get going!

I did buy the rugs for the first floor.

I wanted to be sure to have them for

when we do move in.

I found what I knew I love and

got them, in fear that style will

change before Toll Brothers gets going!

(Yes, I know, we are blessed and I need to learn patience!)

Hope you are all having a great day!

Hugs!

Kim

Birthday and Anniversary Weekend

Hello!

We headed home to Michigan this past weekend.

Hubs mom turns 80 today!

We all took her to her favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden.

I asked my girlfriend to bake her famous chocolate cake,

which happens to be a favorite of mom's.

My girlfriend does make the best cakes!

She is the one who made my daughter's wedding cake

and all the cake centerpieces for the wedding.

Last week, I saw this sewing machine at Costco

for only $129.99!!!

So, being that I am feeling very craft deprived

with all my things stored away...

I had to have it!!!

It works great!

I love it!

I've been seeing tablecloths

made of bandannas all

over blog world.

I thought it would be a great anniversary gift

for our daughter and son-in-laws,

1st anniversary!

I used the colors from their wedding.

This is not the best pic of it!

It's really big for their outdoor table.

I couldn't get a good shot and

it's really wrinkled from all

the handling over the weekend.

We had a great time in Michigan.

I saw 2 of my good friends.

I miss my friends so much!!!

Now we don't head back for

6 weeks! The longest stretch

in a year!

But, I will see a lot of friends then,

my girlfriend's daughter is getting married!

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

Enjoy your Monday!

Hugs!

Kim

A Little Chicago

Hello!

Long time no blog!

I'm back, I hope for a good while this time.

This was going to be a crafty post but a big black

storm rolled in with lightening super close and

thunder super loud!

So...not a good day for taking pictures : (

Here's a little bit of Chicago for you...

Our son came in for a visit in June.

He and I had one day to fill on our own.

We decided to take the train downtown

and hop on a double decker bus tour.

Sooo much fun!!!

Here we are on top of the bus!

The tour guides are always funny

and you always learn some new

Chicago fact every tour.

I've taken it twice and highly recommend it!

This is heading into the financial district.

Did you know that more money is

traded here than in New York!?!

This is the Bean in Millennium Park.

It really is impressive and so shiny!

Sorry for the unedited photos.

Gotta get back into the swing of things.

Not  a whole lot else happening.

Still waiting and waiting for

Toll Brother's to start building

our townhouse, ugh!

I will be back, Monday,

with another post!

Go me!

Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Have a great weekend!!!

Hugs!

Kim