Back from BB&B and Lowes. I didn’t get as much as I had hoped! I’m so indecisive. I want to put up tons of shelves but I just don’t know where to start! I ended up emptying my cart back out at checkout and putting lots of things back that I decided I didn’t need like shower caddies! Good things I got were eco shower curtains, light bulbs for our weird new lights, a stand-alone toilet paper holder and LOTS of Magic Erasers!!
I need to remember that houses take time to decorate.
I came home for a quick lunch – literally 10 minutes – and am headed to meet Larbs + Matt now!
Eggplant pizza burger! Cold. Leftover. But pretty good!
Simple salad with my favorite fixins
Sparkles
Remember this event last year?
Excited!!
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I know that feeling when you move in somewhere – its like having a big empty blank canvas! But you’re right – once you’ve moved in and lived there it will become clear what you do and don’t need and where! I’m super excited to see how the new house looks once you’ve worked the Kath magic on it!
ohhh yey I do remember that – I can’t wait for our beer fest in two weeks!
Sounds like a great lunch! Have fun at the festival tonight!
I love Bed Bath and Beyond! I bought my food processor from there and got a great deal. I could live in the kitchen section
Have a great Saturday…good luck with the move!! I’m sure you’re super busy today!!!
Bed Bath and Beyond is such a dangerous store. I always have to go in there with a plan or who knows what will end up in the cart? I was the same way when I bought my house. I wanted everything to be decorated immediately. I had to take a step back and slow down and get things I really liked little by little.
Which shower curtain did you get? I have been looking for one without those harsh, toxic chemicals.
BB&B brand Eco
Yummy looking lunch! Have fun tonight
Your meals look so simple. I’m opposite and tend to combine a million things. Eggs on buttered toast with a side of yogurt containers, fruits, veggies, dessert(s). Combination confusion perhaps.
On another note, I’ve re-fallen in love with bread after viewing your blog for a while. I have to have it at every meal with anything on it. Bread and tons of “unhealthy” foods are suddenly my addiction. Go figure!
I combine a lot too. Chicken, bread, fats, hummus, dessert, yogurt in all one meal. Keeps it interesting I suppose!
Love the combo. I try not to buy silly things like shower caddies too. I bring them home, and they are just another accessory taking up space. Would like to see the eco-shower curtains though, that sounds very natural
A lovely colourful lunch! Leftovers rock
Have a great night!
I thought you were going to say you went to Homegoods. That store saved me TONS of money when I bought my condo.
Is that a Pete the Cat bottle at the bottom of that montage?
I’m super indecisive too. Especially when it comes to spending money!
I only have a studio and it took me a couple months to get decorated. Okay, lived here a year and it’s still not decorated… haha. Have fun tonight!!
Have a blast today!! I can’t wait to see pictures! Beer is soooo good!
When’s Matt happier- around bread or beer?
I’d say….beer!
When I moved into my new apartment it was completely empty and I couldn’t even sleep here for the first couple of nights because I was creeped out! haha I’m sure everything will start to come together for you soon enough, Kath!
When I first moved into my apartment, it took me awhile to finally finish decorating it. It takes time. Btw, your lunch looks great! So colorful.
eggplant pizza burger – yes! love little sliders
Oh how I know that feeling of wanting to decorate every room at once and make everything perfect from the beginning
But you’re right, it does take time and I believe that everything will look and function better if you’ve had some time to “test the house” and the way you use the rooms, before making too many definite decisions on how to decorate.
Hope you have a fantastic evening
I felt like I was decorating my apartment until I moved out. haha
I can’t believe how good the leftover eggplant pizza burger looks. If only leftovers could be like that everyday
I love BB&B, such a good store!
I had a sandwich and salad today too–it is such a great go-to lunch in a hurry!!
We’re moving this weekend too and I feel the same way- I want it DONE but I know the little decorative touches take time (and money). Good luck.
I love that you made that into a burger! That’s such a good idea.
And gah! So jealous of that event (was last year too!). We’re moving in a couple weeks and will needing to do the same thing with the decorative touches – totally what makes a house a home
Have you tried the kitchen and bathroom magic erasers yet?? HOLY CLEANING POWER, Batman! They are amazing, AH-MAAAAZZING! I just cleaned my grout with a single swipe and cleaned off window grease spots that have been my nemesis for four years with one quick wipe. I’m not normally a product shiller, but you seem to love a good clean house and let me tell you, those things are life changing. I deep cleaned my kitchen and bathroom in less than 30 minutes! Weeeeeee!
-Kristin
Cool!
Houses do take time to decorate. Sometimes I feel like we want to decorate immediately for everyone else who might come visit a new house when you really need to decorate as you settle into the house. I guess we have been “settling” for almost 7 years! We have lived in ours for almost 7 years and are still remodeling and decorating. I can totally relate to being indecisive and emptying the cart and putting things back.
I do that all the time: get really excited about purchases and then back out at the last minute! Like you said, it takes time.
I can’t wait to see the house when its all done up! I love seeing new decor and stuff! Should be exciting!
How do you reconcile buying Magic Erasers with using Shaklee, which is a much healthier product? Magic Erasers contain formaldehyde and aren’t eco- or human-friendly in any way. And I thought you really liked Shaklee’s line and found it to be effective. So why the Magic Erasers? I’m confused, I admit.
I honestly haven’t given it much thought..
I’m so indecisive like that too! I’ve done the same thing with putting lots of things back before I go to checkout. I’m sure it’s saved us a lot of money over the years!
I LOVE that you’re eating a healthified PIZZA BURGER. People who say healthy food isn’t tasty need to think out of the box:)
I would be so stumped trying to decorate and buy for a whole house, let alone an apartment (hopefully) in the next year or so. I think I would have to do a lot of online research and mapping it out beforehand. Have fun at the event tonight!!!
Omigosh those little mugs are the cutest. I hope you’re having fun!
do you have a container store in cville? you will be in love…… they have everything on your list!
no but I would love one!
Decorating a house does take time. I still do not have our house completely decorated like I would like–partially because I am indecisive as well. After eight years residing in our house, though, I have slowly but surely incorporated things.
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One day I’ll be able to appreciate a hunk of eggplant like that.
One day.
Maybe.
I wish that I’d waited a bit to finish furnishing our home. We had a lot of things (combining 2 full apartments will do that!) but we ended up finding everything that we were looking for for the rest of the rooms at 1 store (a local consignment store that had a bunch of New items that designers had bought but didn’t need)… Although I love it all, I do still look and wish that I could justify a different sofa (or dining room, or office, etc.) Take your time and have fun with it! Fall in love with each piece!
Sparkling is the best kind of water to drink, in my opinion
If it makes you feel any better, we’ve been living at my condo for a YEAR and we literally just filled and put up the picture frame with wedding pictures on our wall. I think since this place doesn’t really feel like home, and we don’t really like it, we’ve been resisting putting in the homey touches.