Ok here's my other dilema: today I had one of the designers from Ethan Allen come to the house to help me out with the living room and our bedroom, and I got very excited about her ideas... But, once she left I started looking through the website and putting a list together of the items that we discussed that would go into the living room the total would be, approximately, $8381 (without adding the extra costs for custom fabric or other things), and now that I put it together, I'm not sure if I love it THAT much :-S
The other part of the dilema is that I recently got an email from Macys that said they had a furniture on sale, and when I opened it up, I thought one of the sets was VERY cute!!! But I'm not sure if it's too trendy and I would get tired of it soon, or if it would be too much tufting for one area :-) But again, even if I bought that sofa and chair, plus the Grandin Road white leather chair that I LOVE and the side tables, plus the same coffee table from Ethan Allen, the total would come to around $3100!!! (And I could always find another coffee table that 's similar and not as expensive).
So once again, I need your opinion!!! Please leave a comment!!! Do you like either? Should I go ahead and buy the Macys option since it's on sale right now? Or should I keep looking???
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Ok, aqui esta mi otro dilema: hoy vino a la casa una disenadora de Ethan Allen para ayudarme con la sala y nuestro cuarto, y me gustaron mucho sus ideas... Pero ya que se fue empece a buscar en la pagina de internet y hacer una lista aproximada de los muebles que menciono que podriamos poner ahi (al mismo tiempo) y el total seria, aproximadamente, $8381 (sin incluir las telas especiales que podria pedir y otras cosas), y ahorita que lo puse todo junto tampoco estoy segura si me gusta tanto :-S
La otra parte del dilema es que recientemente me llego un correo de Macys que decia que tenian una especial de muebles, y cuando me meti a la pagina vi un juego que me gusto MUCHO!!! Pero no estoy segura si este demasiado a la moda y se vaya a ver ridiculo en algunos anios :-) Pero igual, aunque comprar ese sofa y la silla, y la silla de piel blanca que me ENCANTA de Grandin Road y las mesitas de ahi mismo, y hasta la mesa de vidrio de Ethan Allen, el total seria de aproximadamente $3100!!! (Por supuesto que tambien podria buscar otra mesa de vidrio mas barata).
Asi que otra vez necesito tu opinion!!! Por favor dejen sus comentarios!!! Les gusta alguna de las 2? Compro la opcion de Macys ya porque esta en especial? O sigo buscando???
Friday, May 29, 2009
I need your input. Part 2: Living Room
Posted by Pilar at 12:15 AM 1 comments
Labels: Chairs, Livingroom, Sofas
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I need your input: Dining Room
You might remember my first inspirations for our formal dining room, and I still REALLY like the idea of simpler side chairs, upholstered chairs on the head of the table and a rectangular pedestal table... But, it's REALLY hard to find something like it, that "matches" because as far as I can tell I would need to create my own combo... and I'm NOT that good :-D
Any way, my point is, I've found OTHER styles that I'm starting to like, and I found 1 in particular that I REALLY like (yeah, the word of the day is "really" LOL), but I have a "small" problem... I think that my favorite one is too expensive :-( I would've never considered buying a dining set that is this expensive, but the other day John said something about our (future) nice dining room furniture and that we could, eventually, pass it on to our (future) kids... And that got me thinking that if I want something that's heirloom quality (and that lasts until we're ready to give it to them), maybe we would have to spend a little bit more... But then, when I was showing John my favorite 2, he chose the OTHER one!!! He did say in the end that it's up to me, but I did tell him how much it cost and he also thought it was too much :-S
The thing is, the chairs are "on sale" for $1000 less than usual, so if I want to buy it, I think I should buy it soon to save that much... But even with that discount it costs $5000+... What do you think? Is that too much, average or ok? Am I just biased because furniture in Mexico is so much cheaper???
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Puede que se acuerden de las primeras inspiraciones que tuve para el comedor formal de la casa, y REALMENTE me gusta la idea de sillas sencillas con sillas tapizadas mas formales en las cabeceras y una mesa rectangular con base de pedestales... Pero es REALMENTE dificil encontrar algo asi, que "combine" porque al parecer yo tendria que crear mi propia combinacion... y no soy tan buena :-D
Bueno, mi punto es, que he encontrado OTROS estilos que me estan empezando a gustar, y encontre 1 en particular que REALMENTE me gusta (si, la palabra del dia de hoy es "realmente" jajaja), pero tiene un pequeno problema... Se me hace que esta muy caro :-( Yo jamas hubiera considerado comprar este juego pero el otro dia, hablando de nuestro (futuro) comedor bonito dijo John que hasta podriamos dejarselo a nuestros (futuros) hijos... Y eso me hizo pensar que si va a hacer algo que valga la pena heredarles, tiene que ser de buena calidad (y que dure hasta que se los pasemos, no?), tal vez si deberiamos gastar un poco mas... Pero luego le estaba ensenando a John mis 2 comedores favoritos... y escogio el OTRO!!! Claro que cuando noto mi decepcion dijo que lo que yo quisiera pero le dije cuanto costaba y tambien se le hizo mucho :-S
Lo malo es que el juego de sillas esta en especial por $1000 menos de lo normal, y si lo quiero comprar, creo que lo deberia de comprar pronto para aprovechar... Lo malo es que hasta con ese descuento el juego completo cuesta mas de $5000... Que piensan? Se les hace muy caro, promedio o esta bien? O nada mas sera que mi perspectiva esta mal porque estoy acostubrada a que los muebles cuestan mucho menos en Mexico???
Posted by Pilar at 11:10 PM 2 comments
Labels: Dining Room
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Around the Neighborhood
When we moved into our house we only had neighbors on the right side (the first photo), now they're half was done with the house of our left and they're also working on the next one (one story house) and have poured the foundation to the one after that :-)
Now we even received an invitation for the First Annual Summer BBQ on May 30th!!!
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Cuando nos cambiamos a nuestra casa nada mas teniamos vecinos del lado derecho (la primer foto), ahora ya van a medias con la casa a nuestra izquierda y tambien estan trabando en la que sigue (la de 1 piso) y pusieron los cimientos para la casa despues de esa :-)
Y ya hasta nos invitaron a la Primer Carne Asada Anual de Verano, el 30 de Mayo!!!
Posted by Pilar at 3:59 PM 0 comments
Labels: Neighbors
Chair covers
Our chairs didn't look terrible... but thanks to Mia's (our oldest dog) separation anxiety they needed some covers to look better, so I bought some chair covers from JC Penney for like $10 each!!!
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Nuestras sillas no se veian super mal... pero gracias a la ansiedad de Mia (nuestra perra mayor) necesitaban forros para verse mejor, asi que compramos unos de JC Penney por $10 dolares cada uno!!!
Posted by Pilar at 3:45 PM 0 comments
Labels: Breakfast Room, Chairs
It's time to cut the grass!!!
So, apparently, once Spring get here and the grass starts to grow, you have to mowe your lawn once or even TWICE a week when it starts to rain!!!
And yestarday, after having a lawn for a few weeks we went out to Sears to get our lawn mower and a weed wacker (we saved like $90 because they're having a sale). We went with Craftsman because we've heard good things about it, and we chose a Honda engine instead of the other option since we've also heard they tend to last longer (they're available with 2 different engine brands).
John and I mowed the lawn yesterday and I really like how it looks, plus, compared to a month ago, when the sod was just "installed", it looks much greener :-) Yay!!!
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Aparentemente aqui en Missouri uno tiene que cortar el pasto una o hasta DOS veces por semana cuando llega la Primavera cuando empieza a llover!!!
Y ayer, despues de tener pasto por varias semanas fuimos a Sears a comprar la podadora de pasto y una maquina para cortar las orillas (y ahorramos como $90 dolares porque estan en especial). Escogimos una podadora Craftsman porque hemos oido cosas buenas sobre ellas, y el motor Honda porque tambien hemos escuchado que duran mas (vienen con 2 marcas de motor diferente).
John y yo cortamos el pasto ayer y me gusta mucho como se ve, ademas de que, comparado con hace un mes cuando a penas lo "instalaron" se ve mucho mas verde :-) Yay!!!
Posted by Pilar at 3:20 PM 1 comments
Labels: Grass, Lawn Mower