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BPOH – Bedrooms!


Welcome to antother week of BPOH. This week it's bedrooms. We've got three, but just two that are used as bedrooms. This is our master. Honestly, we've done very little in here. It needs lots of work. We put in the wood blinds almost immediately because it felt like we were on display and because we both like our bedrooms pretty dark for sleeping in. The valances came with the house and match a comforter and a billion pillows they left us. I don't love them, but they're not awful. I do love our duvet set which I got from Target. It's a Todd Oldham one, I think. Continue reading “BPOH – Bedrooms!”

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Boring Today

I haven't got very much to say today. We had a real low-key night last night. Matty fixed me Tuna Noodle Casserole for dinner, which was very sweet of him because I was so worn out from our weekend that I came home and took a 2 hour nap. I was planning to cook afterwards, but when I woke up, dinner was already ready.

We ran a couple of errands … to the library and Bed Bath and Beyond. We had to pick up a new mandolin because the Cuisinart one we got less than a year ago fell apart and we had to toss it. So we got an Oxo one … it looks loads nicer and you can just turn a dial to change blades instead of having them separate (and therefore easily loseable!). I also couldn't resist getting a new apple slicer (though mine is green) and a butter boy.

A short time spent cleaning, a little reading and a walk and the evening was gone.

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Crested Butte

I'm still trying to get over the shock that it's not August anymore. I haven't yet started to cope with the fact that summer is (in most ways anyhow) over as well. Sheesh.

Well anyhow. We spent our Labor Day weekend in the delightful mountain enclave of Crested Butte. We went there for our friends' wedding. We had never been to Crested Butte before and we both enjoyed it a lot. A lot of CO ski towns have become fairly … ritzy … with art galleries, jewelry stores and high-end boutiques flanking every street. And it's harder when you're on a budget to enjoy a weekend there. But Crested Butte is still a classic ski-town. Kinda hippy, funky. Stuff is still reasonably priced and food isn't covered in foie gras. Dogs are welcome (even big ones, though Loki actually spent the weekend at Doggy Daycare) and everyone rides around on cruisers (is it any wonder I loved it there??).

Saturday we rolled into town in late afternoon. We checked out the town and went to a pre-wedding BBQ. Sunday was outdoorsy … guys biking, girls hiking … I got sunburnt (and I was wearing a hat and 30 SPF, thank you very much), but took some great photos. Then a very enjoyable wedding. It was nice to see two great people joined together in such a beautiful setting.

Monday we had leisurely breakfast and drove home. More photos here.

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BPOH – Bathrooms!

Thanks for joining us again on the Blogger Parade of homes. We'll start off in the master bath. Our master bath is a sort of long hall that opens up towards the end when you get to the vanity. In the first bit of hall, there are closets on both walls. The left is a large walk-in closet which is where all our clothes get stored and on the right is a normal sliding-door closet where our over-flow (seasonal stuff) and towels are stored. A diagonal wall juts out on the left leading to the throne. There are double sinks and a huge mirror directly to the back. On the right, just behind the first closet is a stall shower. That is separated by a wall from the large soaker tub which I lurve. As our house was a model, this bathroom is wall-papered. It is not pleasant wall paper. Rather looks like something you'd see in a baby's diaper … and worse still, it's dark. But after spending A whole weekend on just the kitchen which doesn't have nearly the ceiling height, I've decided to embrace this and we've accessorized with jungle objects … Continue reading “BPOH – Bathrooms!”