I got a $50 from my credit card reward's program, so I went to spend it to one of my favorite stores, Target :-)

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I got a $50 from my credit card reward's program, so I went to spend it to one of my favorite stores, Target :-)
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Labels: Lamps, Organization, Storage, Target
I'm about 90% done with the living room now!!! Well, I just need to receive these items and see how they look together and if everything works out together, and I'll be very close to "done" with that room!!!
I wanted to buy both of these quickly before they got discontinued, so I ordered the end table from Target, and luckily it's only $90 AND I got a 15% discount for spending more than $125.
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Ya voy como en el 90% de decorar la sala!!! Bueno, nada mas me falta que me lleguen estos articulos y que se vea bien todo junto, y estare muy cerca de "terminar" esta area!!!
Queria comprar estas 2 cosas rapidamente antes de que las descontinuaran, asi que ordene la mesita de Target, y afoturnadamente nada mas cuestan $90 y habia un 15% de descuento por gastar mas de $125. I also bought the Ponzio table lamp ($149) from Crate and Barrel and those should be delivered on Wednesday... I'll make sure to take pictures once these pieces arrive :-)
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Tambien compre unas lamparas de mesa que se llaman Ponzio ($149) de Crate and Barrel y estas van a llegar el Miercoles... Me voy a asegurar de tomar unas fotos ya que lleguen estas cosas :-)
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Labels: Endtables, Lamps, Livingroom
Yesterday I enjoyed some girl time and shopping with my friend Mindy, we hit a furniture store and a bunch of other stores with decoration products, including Home Decorators, Home Goods, Pier One and Marshalls.
And we had a BUNCH of great finds!!! Like 2 sets of lamps for $240!!! And a bunch of other decorating items. I even found a little ottoman for the guest bathroom upstairs.
I even found the perfect credenza for the foyer and a really nice rug for the great room and I will go back for them shortly :-).
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Ayer disfrute de tiempo con amigas y de compras con mi amiga Mindy, fuimos una muebleria y a un monton de tiendas con productos de decoracion, incluyendo Home Decorators, Home Goods, Pier One y Marshalls.
Y encontramos un MONTON de cosas curadas!!! Como 2 juegos de lamparas por $240!!! Y un monton de otras cosas para decorar. Hasta encontre un ottoman para el bano de visitas en el piso de arriba.
Tambien encontre el mueble perfecto para la entrada de la casa y un tapete para el cuarto familiar y voy a tener que regresar por ellos pronto :-).
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Labels: Decoration, Glass, Home Goods, Lamps, Marshalls, Pier One, Pillows
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Since we're getting closer to closing, I'm starting to look into our decoration more "seriuosly"... These are the ideas I'm finalizing for the living room (if you check out the layout of the house, it's the one that specifically says "living room" in the front of the house and it's about 12 x 13'). First, this is where I got my original inspiration from:
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Debido a que ya estamos tan cerca de la fecha de cerrar el trato en nuestra casa, he estado empezando a pensa mas "seriamente"... Asi que estan son las ideas que estoy finalizando para la sala (si miran el layout de la casa, es el area que dice "living room" al frente de la casa y es de aproximadamente 12 x 13 pies). Primero, esta es la foto de donde obtuve mi inspiracion:
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Labels: Chairs, Decoration, Lamps, Livingroom, Paint, Tables
Today we went to the Selection Studio to finalize our options for the house!!! John let me pick pretty much all of our stuff, but we went together on Monday because I wanted to show him what I had picked to make sure he also liked it :-)
We're pretty much getting EVERYTHING we could want in our dream house, except for 2 things, one of them is the granite countertops, which I think we can wait a few years to get since it would've added several thousand dollars to the cost of our house; the other one is laminate floors, we really like laminate, because it's easy to clean, durable and pretty, but they only offered hardwood flooring (and can't give us the house incomplete), which can scratch and get damaged easily with doggies inside the house... so we decided to go with some "standard" vinyl (aka no extra charge for it) and change it to laminate in a few years.
Yesterday, John went by himself to the Selection Studio so they would enter the information to the database, since I was at work and they have limited appointments... While he was there he sent me this message: "U are officially the biggest dork to buy a house here. They never had an appt where someone was prepared like this! Love ya"... It made me laugh... but yeah, I was VERY prepared: I made a spreadsheet including code, description, colors, cost, quantity and total cost, I also typed another sheet with the information for the other things that were in the selection sheet (paint colors, siding colors, etc.) AND using the layout, I marked the extra spots for lights, fans and TV conections :-) My reply: "But did that make your appt. faster and easier??? That's what I thought :-) Love ya"... Yes, I'm proud of being prepared :-D
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Hoy fuimos al Estudio de Seleccion a finalizar las opciones para la casa!!! John me dejo escoger casi todo, nada mas lo lleve el Lunes para asegurarme de que le gustaban las cosas que escogi :-)
Vamos a tener casi TODO lo que podriamos desear en una casa, excepto 2 cosas, una de ellas son las superficies de la cocina, yo quiero granito eventualmente pero decidimos esperarnos porque eso serian varios miles de dolares mas al costo de la casa; la otra es piso laminado, nos gusta mucho el laminado porque es facil de limpiar, durable y esta bonito, pero la compania solo ofrece pisos de madera (y no nos pueden entregar la casa sin terminar), la cual se puede rayar o danar facilmente, especialmente cuando uno tiene perros adentro de la casa... asi que vamos a poner vinyl "estandar" (osease sin costo adicional) y cambiar a laminado en algunos anios.
Ayer John fue al Estudio de Seleccion solo para que metieran la informacion a la base de datos, porque yo estaba en el trabajo y solo hacen citas a ciertas horas... Mientras estaba ahi me mando este mensaje de texto: "Eres oficialmente la persona mas nerda que ha comprado una casa aqui. Nunca habian tenido una cita con una persona tan preparada. Te amo"... Si, tal vez exagere un poco, hice una hoja de calculo con los codigos, descripciones, colores, costos, cantidades y costo total; otra hoja con la informacion adicional (colores para la alfombra, el piso, etc.), y use unos dibujos con la configuracion de la casa para senalar donde van las luces extras por las que pagamos, los abanicos y las conexiones para la television :-). Mi respuesta: "Pero eso hizo tu cita mas facil y rapida no? Aja, eso es lo que pense :-) Te amo"... Si, me siento orgullosa de estar preparada :-D
LIGHT FIXTURES
LAMPARAS
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Labels: Actual things, Cabinets, Carpet, Flooring, Hardware, Lamps, Selection Studio, Stove