around the house.

we've been busy at château patrick, trying to fill the house with furniture. (slowly but surely, much to ryan's chagrin. I have an idea of how I want things to look...you get the idea.) first up, find a mantel for less than the $1,000 people on Craigslist think they can sell these things for and turn it into a headboard. after much searching and multiple follow ups, success!

ready for some sanding. ryan got to bust out the power tools, so he didn't mind this weekend project.

a few coats of white paint, and we're in business.

supervisor bailey.

all done!

while searching for the mantel on craigslist, I came across someone selling old factory carts. having seen these before at restoration hardware for a cool $1,300, the $300 "real" version on craigslist seemed like a bargain! my mission, to convince ryan this would look cool. he finally said sure, and long story short, I was in york, pa this weekend picking up our cart.

all the way from indiana! a little piece of the midwest, right in our living room.

my most favorite part. and ryan wants to paint them?! stay tuned for how this disagreement turns out...

ps - for my 3 readers out there, if you haven't checked it out yet, you should. ryan's blog:

http://completely-average.blogspot.com/

hilarious.