it’s about time…

for christmas! Seeing as I planned thanksgiving weeks early and Christmas is my favorite holiday… I think it’s acceptable. Here in the Morgan household, we went shopping for Christmas stuff starting this weekend. I’d been making small owl ornaments, but I decided I didn’t want to go that way. (Want 9 felt owl ornaments? Hit me up!) I always have a differently themed tree each and this year, it’s red/white with fun and funky ornaments. Want to see what I’m planning? Just pretend they’re all red and white…

All of these are from bhg.com!

super-psyched.

I was so worried about what to put up on the wall over the couch before mandy got here this weekend. Enter Kristen and her fabulous brilliant idea:

Drip paintings! I don’t know if they’ll stay here in the living room for too long, but I have an idea for these bad boys that may include a cute drip-themed bathroom. Oh, yeah? Yeah! Stay tuned!

PS – I was supposed to do a picture “house tour” but sadly, we haven’t got it finished yet. I am going thrifting this morning, hopefully to find what I’m looking for.

costly.

There are two not-so-secrets about me:

1. I love design blogs, and mostly anything about design.
2. I enjoy reading about consumer behavior, because I like learning about people. (Also, you can thank my market researcher husband for this)

Well, don’t I love it when two things like this come together. This blog from ECAB is a bit old (and so is the book – it’s already been replaced by another pop culture-y style consumer behavior book, I’m sure) but now that I’m in my own place with my own stuff, I can appreciate the thought behind it.

I’ve reupholstered (badly) my own chair, repainted my tables, spray-paint frames and objects and generally use what I’ve got, but I do have cheap “just for now” furniture. Part of my problem is that I’m impatient: I don’t like to wait for what I want and hunt for it by going to Goodwill/ReStore/Salvation Army/antique stores, I want my room to be finished. And therein lies my problem – once it’s finished, I am looking for something else to do – I have a feeling that for the rest of my life, my house WILL be a work in progress. And I don’t have a clue what kind of shelf I want for above the couch or headboard for the bed. Personally, I’m leaning towards not worrying about it, since we won’t be here but for six more months.

I am going to try my hardest to stick by this promise she makes, too – despite the fact that I could live as close as Atlanta or as far as Europe – because I think it’s important to not buy crap. I actually bought one of my IKEA tables from Goodwill… just as I saw the matching one again there, two weeks ago. Crap is not sustainable, it’s boring, it’s not unique and it’s not sturdy – crap is crap. And, I’m joining her in subscribing to the idea that quality still exists, and I only want to support quality, even if it’s something I make myself.