March Madness!

a.k.a time for us to get re-motivated to do some work on the new house.  Since Scott's birthday was over, our trip to San Antonio passed, and the weather was getting nicer, I decided to venture out to Home Goods and Bed, Bath, and Beyond to see what I could find for...

• A mirror over the fireplace
• Kitchen wall decor
• Dining room blinds/drapery

I think my shopping trips paid off!  With a little help from my mom in the decor department and Scott in the "hanging up" department, we were able to cross these off our list!

I found this mirror at Home Goods for $50!  Not bad at all and I think it definitely makes the room complete since that wall was so bare before:

It has a brushed nickel look, which is great because our hardware on the furniture is brushed nickel.  But, it's unique because it has flecks of gold in it, which will pick up the gold in the fireplace doors (until we feel like spending $400+ to get new doors).

For the dining room blinds/drapes, I opted to do both!  I bought a cordless shade that goes underneath the drapes from Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $24.  The drapes and rod are both from Bed, Bath, and Beyond too.  Each drape panel was $30 and the rod was $40.  Again, I think this really made the room.  It looked unfinished for the longest time and it didn't feel much like a dining room despite the table and chairs.

I bought the tiebacks to mount on the wall on each side, but I haven't decided yet if those are really necessary.  Thoughts??

Lastly, for the kitchen, we have so much wall space to cover and I'm not quite sure the "look" that I want.  I know I don't want a theme like we had going in Clawson.  It's pretty hard to find kitchen wall decor without it being wine, coffee, or italian.  So, I was excited when I found this oversized fork to put between the microwave and stove.  I keep seeing oversized utensils in the kitchen on Pinterest so for $20 from Home Goods, this did the trick.

I think it's pretty cool.

For one of the other walls, I found a corkboard/organizer thing that's actually the exact same color as the cabinets!  It has these cute drawers too!  It was $40 from Home Goods.  I figured I could pin recipes I want to try, coupons, etc.  For now it's holding Sean's schedule for March at daycare, our sonogram from Baby Ferstle part dos, and directions for how to care for one of our plants.  Super exciting.

Oh!  And I got lucky and found a rolling pin for $5 in the same color wood.  What a coincidence?!  I figured it made the kitchen look more culinary and less like an office with the corkboard.

Next project:  The yard.  Ughh...dreading this.