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Posted by Pilar at 12:08 AM 0 comments
Labels: Chairs, Dining Room, Livingroom
The items I bought from Red Envelope got here on Wednesday I think, I put the candelabra in its new home right away, and I even started hanging the picture frames... but I ran into a big problem :-( The wonderful instructions that came with it didn't specify what drill bit size to use, so I used one smaller than 1/4" from the look of the plastic anchors, the weird thing is that I even had to use a hammer to put them in because they were such a tight fit on the wall, but when I started putting the supports for the poll using the drill, the screws pushed the anchors INSIDE the wall!!! My theory is that the "walls" of the anchors that keep it on the external side of the wall are not big enough, and their diameter is too similar to the anchor's body... So I need to figure out a way to fix that... Hmmm... Or I could go to Lowes and see if they sell anchors that are the same size but have a bigger "ring" surface... Aha!!! Problem (almost) solved!!! I will post pictures of that as soon as I get it up.
During the week I also saw that Pottery Barn had a sale, and a table clock that I had been eyeing was really inexpensive now, so I bought it, and it's now gracing one of the end tables :-)
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Las cosas que compre en Red Envelope llegaron el miercoles, se me hace, y puse el candelabro en su nueva casa inmediatamente, y hasta empece a colgar los marcos para las fotos, pero tuve un GRAN problema :-( Resulta que las super instrucciones no especificaban que tamano de broca usar, y viendo el tamano de las "anclas" (como se llaman? Taquetes?), decidi usar la broca de menos de 1/4 de pulgada, y parecia que iba bien porque hasta batalle para meter las anclas y use un martillo para ponerlas, pero a la hora de empezar a poner los soportes para la varilla en la que se cuelgan los marcos usando el taladro como desarmador, las anclas se METIERON a la pared!!! Mi teoria es que las anclas estan mal disenadas y las "paredes" que le permiten permanecer en la parte exterior de la pared estan demasiado cortas o que el diametro es muy similar al diametro del cuerpo del ancla... Asi que necesito ver como arreglar eso... Mmmm... Podria ir a Lowes y ver si tienen anclas de ese tamano en las que tengan la superficie del "anillo" mas grande!!! Aja!!! Problema (casi) resuelto!!! Voy a postear fotos ya que este colgado...
Durante la semana tambien mire que Pottery Barn estaba teniendo una especial y un reloj de mesa que habia estado mirando durante un tiempo estaba super barato, asi que lo compre, y ahora esta sobre una de las mesas en la sala :-)
Posted by Pilar at 7:51 PM 2 comments
Labels: Livingroom, Pottery Barn, Red Envelope
Our living room is almost complete, I think the only major thing I'm missing now is a painting :-)
I like how it turned out, but I think it's kind of funny that when I see it I still don't believe it's part of our house, not becasue I think it's gorgeous or anything like that but because it's so different than what I'm used to.
In summary:
Posted by Pilar at 5:30 PM 3 comments
Labels: CB2, Crate and Barrel, Livingroom, Macys, 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 :-)
Posted by Pilar at 11:28 PM 0 comments
Labels: Endtables, Lamps, Livingroom
Our livingroom furniture finally came in!!! Like almost always, when I first saw it in our livingroom I was a bit shocked (thought the "white" sofa is too ivory) but now looking at the photos I like the sofa and the chair way more!!!
I still need to decide on end tables (I'm almost sure they'll be wooden though, but I thought I wanted round tables and now I think I want square ones to kind of "match" the rectangular coffee table) and buy the table lamps (almost sure I'll buy ones I found at Crate & Barrel).
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Finalmente llegaron los muebles de la sala!!! Y como casi siempre, cuando los vi por primera vez en nuestra sala quede en shock (se me hizo que el sillon "blanco" se ve demasiado ivory) pero ahora mirando las fotos me gustan mucho mas el sofa y la silla!!!
Todavia necesito decidir que mesitas quiero (estoy casi segura que van a ser de madera, pero creia que queria redondas y ahora pienso que mejor cuadradas para que "combinen" con la mesa de centro rectangular) y comprar las lamparas (que ya estoy casi segura voy a comprar unas de Crate & Barrel).
Posted by Pilar at 7:11 PM 2 comments
Labels: Chairs, Dogs, Livingroom, Pillows, Sofas
This weekend was dedicated to painting the living room and the guest bedroom.
I spoke too soon the other day when I said I chose the Vintage Map paint color, it ended up looking to bright (yeah, brighter than this) and I ended up choosing the color in the middle which is called Summer Sorbet, also by Vaspar.
I really like how it looks, but for some reason it doesn't look as good from outside the living room (like on the picture that Marley's on, where you can see the other color outside the living room)... I hope it looks good once the furniture is in.
In the guest bedroom we used Stardust Evening and I couldn't be happier with how it looks, it has some gray undertones but it's also a bit girly :-) I also started assembling the furniture to see how the paint will look with it... I'll post a picture later on once we're done with everything :-)
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Este fin de semana nos dedicamos a pintar la sala y el cuarto para visitas.
El otro dia hable muy pronto cuando dije que iba a usar la pintura que se llama Vintage Map, pero cuando se seco se veia demasiado brillosa (mas que esta) asi que termine usando el color de en medio que se llama Summer Sorbet, tambien de Valspar.
Me gusta mucho como se ve, aunque no se por que, desde afuera de la sala no se ve tan bien (como en la foto donde sale Marley y que se ve el color que esta afuera de la sala)... Espero que se vea bien cuando pongamos los muebles.
En el cuarto de visitas usamos el color Stardust Evening y no podria esta mas contenta con como se ve, tiene unos tonos grisaceos pero tambien es femenino :-) Tambien empece a ensamblar los muebles para ver como se ven con la pintura... Despues posteare una foto ya con todo :-)
Posted by Pilar at 7:39 PM 0 comments
Labels: Guest Bedroom, Livingroom, Paint
Posted by Pilar at 9:42 PM 0 comments
Labels: Livingroom, Paint
We've been working in different projects lately, I think we're going to paint the guest bedroom this weekend, so I bought a few samples (there are 4 color samples on this photo), I'm going with a color similar to the one on the far right, but a little bit darker (I'm going to buy it tomorrow and try it).
One of John's coworkers gave him a mirror, it was very nice and good quality, but the frame was gold, so I painted it with spray paint and we bought anchors to mount it and it's finally in the half bathroom.
I also bought 2 accent pillows for when our sofas for the living room come in (hopefully in the next week or so)... Don't worry, I'm not leaving the plastic bags over them :-D
And we bought the table for the living room too, we got it yesterday and we assembeled it today, unfortunatelly, I busted my lip while trying to open the box and take everything out :-S Ouch!!!
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Hemos estado trabajando en diferentes proyectos ultimamente, y creo que este fin de semana vamos a pintar el cuarto de visitas, asi que compre unas muestras (en la foto hay 4 colores de muestras diferentes), voy a pintar con un color similar al de la extrema derecha, pero un poco mas oscuro (manana voy a ir a comprar la muestra y probarlo).
Una de las companeras de trabajo de John le regalo un espejo, esta bonito y de buena calidad, pero el marco era dorado, asi que lo pinte con spray y compramos unas anclas para montarlo y finalmente lo colgamos en el medio bathroom.
Compre 2 cojines para cuando llegue el sillon de la sala (yo espero esta semana que viene)... Pero no se preocupen, no los voy a dejar en las bolsas de plastico.
Y tambien compramos la mesa para la sala, nos llego ayer y la ensamblamos hoy, desafortunadamente, me revente el labio cuando estaba abriendo la caja y sacando las piezas :-S Ouch!!!
Posted by Pilar at 4:25 PM 1 comments
Labels: Decoration, Guest Bedroom, Livingroom, Paint, Pillows
Posted by Pilar at 8:59 PM 0 comments
Labels: Dining Room, Furniture, Great Room, Guest Bedroom, Layout, Livingroom, Master Bedroom