Wherefore art thou..
Apr. 19th, 2011 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rkoldPassover cleaning sucks. Passover sucks. For those wondering I've been busy with both now along with the baby. You would not think these things could occupy whole days and leave you exhausted and you would be wrong. On the bright side, this is probably the cleanest and nicest our townhome has looked since we rented it. I have our bedroom clean (and in need of vacuuming if Adina ever lets me in) and the kitchen, living room and dinning room done. I hope to try to keep them all mangeable in the future, as we get closer to the big day when Adina can move on her own. She can't do it yet really, so it's wonderful leaving her on her back to go and pee since I know exactly where she will be when I get out. I know this luxury will end soon. I also need to childproof. The guest room is still a disaster since it is piled high with boxes of crap we do not want. Speaking of which expect to see the start of sales in the near future. It's going to either be UFO Catchers or BPAL and then doujinshi and anime items. I really just have too much. I have too much and most of it sits in boxes since I do not have time for it.
I'm starting to scope out some new furniture. For adults in their late 30's we own surprisingly little. We never even had all that much in the old house and we got rid of some of the Ikea things. We have: our lovely Ethan Allen Dinning Room table, a barrister bookcase we got from my parents which is lovely, but as an antique has knobs that fall off to be a choking hazard, yeah! our Pottery Barn couch, an Ethan Allen TV stand/media cabinet, Ethan Allen coffee table, antique chest of drawers which none of the drawers work, An "eco" changing table, 2 cheap collapsible Barnes and Nobles bookcases on loan from my Mom, Some ugly wicker storage thing on loan from my Mom which she got when someone tossed it out, the piano, an antique end table which is pretty but huge, our Ethan Allen bed, the antique nightstand I like but needs to be refinished, my glider rocking chair for feeding the baby, the hideously ugly plastic drawers I am using as a nightstand from Target, Adina's super fancy crib, an old Ikea chest of drawers circa 1995, an old Ikea full size bed circa 1995 and its matching nightstand, Adina's beautiful double chest of drawers, and our bookcase-file cabinet combo thing.
Other than things for Adina, we've not bought any furniture in close to 10 years... maybe more. And the problem is our kitchen is not well designed (the space would be great if it was well designed and if we owned I would spend the money but this is a rental) so we have no room for anything and the dinning room can't hold more furniture cause we have a beautiful formal dinning room table. So I am thinking of getting either a Jelly Cabinet, a Pie Safe or a small hutch from Crate and Barrel. I'm also lusting for a new nightstand for me, a bench for the entry way for help putting on shoes and hiding out shoes, and some more bookcases. Wall space is a premium though so trying to find ones that fit is awful. We had lovely built-ins in the last place and now most of our books have sat in boxes for the better part of a year. Eventually I'd love a place to sew and craft but I think that is waiting until we get a house and I can take over a room.
In other annoying news, I wanted to take my two Pocket Fairies (Emeline and Anne) to my parent's but I am not seeing them. Does this mean I left them at home or did I drop them when locking the door last night? ARGH! I want to know where my dollies are.
I'm starting to scope out some new furniture. For adults in their late 30's we own surprisingly little. We never even had all that much in the old house and we got rid of some of the Ikea things. We have: our lovely Ethan Allen Dinning Room table, a barrister bookcase we got from my parents which is lovely, but as an antique has knobs that fall off to be a choking hazard, yeah! our Pottery Barn couch, an Ethan Allen TV stand/media cabinet, Ethan Allen coffee table, antique chest of drawers which none of the drawers work, An "eco" changing table, 2 cheap collapsible Barnes and Nobles bookcases on loan from my Mom, Some ugly wicker storage thing on loan from my Mom which she got when someone tossed it out, the piano, an antique end table which is pretty but huge, our Ethan Allen bed, the antique nightstand I like but needs to be refinished, my glider rocking chair for feeding the baby, the hideously ugly plastic drawers I am using as a nightstand from Target, Adina's super fancy crib, an old Ikea chest of drawers circa 1995, an old Ikea full size bed circa 1995 and its matching nightstand, Adina's beautiful double chest of drawers, and our bookcase-file cabinet combo thing.
Other than things for Adina, we've not bought any furniture in close to 10 years... maybe more. And the problem is our kitchen is not well designed (the space would be great if it was well designed and if we owned I would spend the money but this is a rental) so we have no room for anything and the dinning room can't hold more furniture cause we have a beautiful formal dinning room table. So I am thinking of getting either a Jelly Cabinet, a Pie Safe or a small hutch from Crate and Barrel. I'm also lusting for a new nightstand for me, a bench for the entry way for help putting on shoes and hiding out shoes, and some more bookcases. Wall space is a premium though so trying to find ones that fit is awful. We had lovely built-ins in the last place and now most of our books have sat in boxes for the better part of a year. Eventually I'd love a place to sew and craft but I think that is waiting until we get a house and I can take over a room.
In other annoying news, I wanted to take my two Pocket Fairies (Emeline and Anne) to my parent's but I am not seeing them. Does this mean I left them at home or did I drop them when locking the door last night? ARGH! I want to know where my dollies are.
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Date: 2011-04-19 05:36 pm (UTC)I don't know if you guys have any outlet malls in your area that have a Crate & Barrel Outlet. Sometimes they have very good prices on stuff there - but you have to be ready to buy & take it home because it may be the only one (i.e. a floor sample they're ready to sell).
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Date: 2011-04-21 04:03 am (UTC)We have one about 1 hour from here and I think they have a C&B, the biggest problem is I'm not sure I've ever seen furniture there. I know there is a Pottery Barn outlet there and I've never seen furniture there. I don't mind floor models with a few dings, its how we got our Ethan Allen dinning room set, I just need specific pieces because of our limited space. :/
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Date: 2011-04-19 06:55 pm (UTC)I hope your dolls turn up!
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Date: 2011-04-21 04:05 am (UTC)The dolls were waiting for me in their carrier when I got home. lol
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Date: 2011-04-21 04:08 am (UTC)I wish I could just wiggle my nose or sing like Mary Poppins to get things clean! Though actually, I wish I was like the HGTV people and handy and able to toss things. I'm an awful pack rat and a collector so tossing things can be a challenge. I'd also love to make some changes to our space but it is a rental so I am stuck with the olive green walls and awful window treatments. :/