Feeling more like home

This weekend CP’s mom came down from NH to help us clean out the MA rental house and unpack boxes in our CT house. Her presence was INVALUABLE. Not only do I feel more at home now, but more stuff has been put away and more boxes broken down.

CP and I rushed to paint the living room as our new furniture from Bassett was going to be delivered yesterday (btw, we would totally use them again). Before we bought the house, the living room was a pale yellow color. Not a bad color, but once we bought the new furniture, we knew that we had to repaint the walls.

We painted the walls a mocha color. After putting in recessed lighting, we also had to repaint the ceiling so we went with a very light gray.

The stripes are because we were painting over wood paneling and the roller couldn't get into the cracks. The large painted spot above the fireplace is where CP put a ridonkulously large flat screen tv.

Our new couch and rug. I LOVE our new rug!!!!

Our new chair (there are two).

After the furniture was delivered, we headed over to Crate & Barrel to find a coffee table and end tables. We had over $200 in gift certificates so we thought it would be silly to go anywhere else for the furniture. We ended up buying this coffee table (Basque java):

And two side tables in the same style:

(Pictures from Crate & Barrel website)

The coffee table and end tables won't be in for two weeks, but after a long weekend of working hard, CP and I relaxed on our new furniture, while Fuzzy Britches enjoyed laying on the new rug instead of a wood floor.

After this weekend I feel a bit more settled in our new house. What did you do this weekend?