Office Love it.....Hate it

I haven't shown pictures of the office yet, because, well the title says it all.

I am loving the new floors, but the room just wasn't happy.

Flirty legs and some Spring color.

My view into the study from the living room.

Maybe it is the white or maybe the slipcover ruffles but I love the view now.

The new corner cabinet I bought over the summer.

Great bargains that day.

Both my sister and I drove away with a cabinet. 

 We would have bought more but we had no more room in the truck!

It did not have a back and was in need of a paint job.

My favorite pin board, love the chippy frame and vintage fabric.

We moved furniture until it was right.

And moved.
Yep, moved again!

My poor son has helped me move a table in the living room twice.

Move a table from the basement to the office. 

AND

Back down into the basement to the exact spot it came from.

My sister will read this and laugh because I used to ask her to do that.
She knew to screen calls and was hesitant to answer if I said "what ya doing?"

That was before my son had muscles.

We moved the couch from the office to the kitchen.

AND

The chair from the kitchen to the office.

I think I am almost done moving furniture.

I had to keep trying, I was hating the layout.

I just can not sit at the computer with my back to the door, I feel exposed.
Part Feng shui, part not being able to hear anyone behind me.

I think I have the room where I am comfortable.
Now if only I could get rid of all the cords.
I have a feeling Mr. M. the computer guy can help me with that.

Now it is time to hang the shelves and fluff the room.

I had been searching for a rug for under the office chair with no luck.

Until Mr. M. and I were out shopping over the weekend.

I really love all the color and it would look great against all the white.

Until I went on line to locate it and just as I was about to order, I looked around the office.

Color...mmm....no, more like black and white.

Change of plans.

More rug searching.

Then I found it.

The rug above is on order from Lucketts.

And while I was at it I added some of Miss Mustard Seed's Ironstone milk paint.

Although I may still get the orginal carpet for the living room, Spring is on it's way you know.

So, what do you think so far?

Love at Arbor House Lane

Valentine's Day.

Is more than just that.

If you didn't already know or guess.

It is Mr. M. and my wedding anniversary.

15

Wow!

Still in love, yeah!

We are the couple in the corner at parties talking to each other.

Not because we didn't want to talk to anyone else.

But that we enjoy each other's company.

We work well together.

You see, it is also the anniversary of our home.

We moved in the year after we built it.

Yeah, that means the year we were planning our wedding, we were also planning our home.

We put everything into it.

Just like our marriage.

Each year we love our home even more.

We make slight improvements to make it more comfortable, more like us.

We were just in our twenties when we started this house.

We had mostly lived at home our whole lives.

What did we know about designing a house?

ZERO!

We took Arbor House Lane from this.

To this!

We did it.

LOTS OF HARD WORK!

We did most of the work ourselves.

Laid tile.

Electrical was my job.
Oh, and paint, lots and lots of painting.

We put in the tubing for the in floor heating together.

Wood floors installed in three different rooms.

All trim work, windows, doors, floor and ceiling.
Finished the basement.
New wood flooring in living room and study.

I can't just talk about our home.
We also are raising three great kids together.

We pretty much did it all.

We work well together!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!

Red in the House

Red pops in the house against all the white.

You can see the living room mantel in the mirror.

I rearanged the living room after the Christmas tree came down.
Now there is plenty of seating for everyone.
Oh, and I still love my wood floors.

More red in the living room.

The moose is paper mache that I covered in red rose tissue paper many years ago.

The kitchen mantel, silver and white with a little red.

The mercury hearts were actually bought during Christmas time but I knew I would use them differently.

The dinning room is all set for Valentine's Day Dinner.

Beautiful roses I bought on my lunch hour Monday.

I even snuck in some pink and green, Spring is on it's way I heard.

The snow is melting too.

Are you a RED person?

Showing Love

Valentine's Day.

It is an extra special day in our house.

I started decorating the mantels in the living room and dinning room.

I went with simple in the living room.

All of these books are some from my mother's collection I inherited. 

I have them separated by color and they come in handy.

The book on the bottom stack under the pitcher is Worlds Greatest Letters.

Some of the books have dates back to 1912.

LOVE

Simple but it makes a statement.

Aren't the letters great. 

I found them at a craft show this past fall.

Lots of hugs and kisses here.

A sampling of the treats the kids will make for their teachers this Valentine's. 

Simple, that is my word for this year.

All of the snow we received this past weekend was put to great use.

Mr. M. and I took the kids and their friends sledding.

We all had lots of fun.

I hope all my East coast blogger friends were able to find a good way to enjoy the snow. 

Even if it meant staying inside relaxing.

You will have to stop back later in the week to find out why Valentine's Day is extra special for us if you don't already know.

Just a LITTLE SNOW!

Do you remember when I asked for some snow for Buffalo?

Yeah, it was around Christmas time.

Someone heard me too late.

Arbor House Lane covered in snow.

In a couple of months the birds will be fighting each other over this bird house.

It will be time to wander the garden shops looking for new flowers for the garden.

Now there is plenty of time to ponder on a new garden design.

Time to work on new flooring in the children's rooms.

I want to say thank you to all who have stopped by to visit.

I have been busy, busy and miss posting.

Hopefully I will have some new projects and whites to share soon.

Today we bake cake and celebrate Mr. M.'s birthday.

In Case You Thought I Dissapeared

I didn't.

I took a sick week.

Me.

The kids.

No not Mr. M.

Although, I did threaten to lick him.

It all started last Saturday, such a wonderful day off with lots of plans.

But, not for a sick child.

The little guy came down with the flu first.

OK, I can handle this, give him some Tylenol, a comfy spot on the couch and a day of rest and movies.

The older kids were enjoying the day of leisure.

What were Mr. M. and I doing?

Glad you asked.

The angels sing as we ripped out the carpeting in the office and laid the new pine floor all in one day.

In between gluing and screwing.....I made sure the little guy was doing OK.

We were able to finish getting the floors in and Mr. M. planned on picking up the sander on Sunday to finish the job.

Then it happened, the unthinkable.

I GOT SICK!

No...............this can not happen, I have too much to do.

Buggers.

I spent the day on the couch with the little guy while Mr. M. did the work.

I wish I could have stayed at home Monday too, but alas I had to go to work because my job has a odd way of dealing with sick days.  

Mr. M. stayed home with one sick child, but as the day progressed he ended up with all three children home sick.  Good thing I was going to have the next three days off.

The floor, each day I would look at it almost done.

Not forgotten, just put off. 

Till TODAY!

As I type, Mr. M. is finishing up the stain.

Then we are going out for lunch because it smells.

Funny, the room looks smaller without any furniture in it.
Tomorrow we will put a couple of coats of poly on.
 During the week we will put 2 more coats of poly on and I will repaint the walls and trim.
Then comes the fun part of  deciding what goes back into the room.

When we finished the living room, not all the furniture made it back in.
I must say I am doing well will the less cluttered look.
BUT, the basement seems to have some extra furniture now.

I hope you are all well and have a great weekend.