Man, it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted – hasn’t it?
Life has been really busy lately, lots of hours at work. By the time I get home at night, it’s time to make dinner and then just mentally check out. This month is quite possibly the longest I’ve gone without getting on the computer at night after work!
I figured I’d post though, because we’ve been doing a lot around the house lately!
A month or so ago, Josh picked up a Groupon for a company that puts your photos on canvas. This is by far one of my favorite things to do with photos (we used one of these for one of our favorite wedding photos). Since we had a ton of photos from our trip to Australia, we thought it’d be a great way to showcase one of our favorites (it was so hard to narrow it down). After several hours of going back and forth, I finally picked one to use.
Our newest wall art
This photo was taken while we were on the Captain Cook tour boat heading to Darling Harbour from Taronga Zoo. I love this perspective of the Sydney Opera House, as well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge (you can even see the people on the BridgeClimb!)
We hung the photo on the wall near the stairs going up to the top level of the house, which means we get to look at it every time we go into the office or the bedroom (and when we’re leaving them).
Brings back memories every time!
Next up was finally getting around to decorating the hall bathroom upstairs. We first discussed painting the walls in the hall bath green, but after our last painting experience, we opted to leave them builder beige and add color through accessories.
While walking around Target, I spotted a shower curtain that I loved. Josh usually into into things that are “too girly” but he nodded with approval when I showed him the one I liked. 
Once selected, I’d picked out towels, a floor mat, vase and flowers to use for decoration within 10-15 minutes. I love spur of the moment decorating that just comes together!
The finished product
The flowers didn’t have a price tag on them, and they weren’t ringing up on the price checker – so I asked a store associate. Turns out, they were on clearance and only $1.99 each! Compared to the $9.99-$12.99 price tags on the other flowers, I was excited!
Once we got everything in the house, I was really happy with out everything looked together (and with the fact that we didn’t have to paint)!
And last but not least, I picked up a new addition for the dining room. While my friend Hannah and I were out shopping for things for our friend Mary Frances’ wedding shower, we came across this flea market/antique shop and decided to pop in. Within three minutes inside, I found this candelabra for less than $25! I snatched it up and couldn’t wait to get it home and get it on the dining room table.
Our new candelabra!
The dining room has really come together over the past couple months, and the only things left that I’d like to do would be to find a mirror for the wall and to get crown molding up (which is on the lower end of the priority list).
And since this has gone on long enough, I’ll save the exterior yard work for another post – because there’s a whole lot there!
Hopefully it won’t take me another month to get all that together. 
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