poll: what should I do with my living room?

Decisions are my enemy, and you're my best friend... so I'm glad we have developed this fantastic relationship where you can help me decide REALLY EXTRA LIFE CHANGING decisions.... like which dining room table/chairs I should get. 

Every night for at least two months, I lay in my bed [during my only "me time"] and try to find the perfect set and I don't think "perfect" is going to happen in my budget. So here's what we're looking at. 

You know my living room is purple and turquoise, but my kitchen is green, and the dining room is inbetween. I've decided I definitely want a black table of some sort and green chairs, but I can't decide which shade or which height. This is where you come in. [I put a vase that is similar to one I just got so you can see how the colors will hopefully flow, along with other artwork etc.]

This is your typical dining height table [this one expands to get longer] with a really light "celery green" leather chair or a lime green microfiber one.

This is "counter height" which is really only a couple inches higher, but to me it seems cooler. Again, a cloth true-green option, and leather lighter option. 

In my head, the lighter colors would be an easier, more fun transition with colors, but now that I put these together I'm not sure if that's entirely true. Also, it's impossible to find a green chair with black legs. The C option is the only one I wouldn't have to paint to match the table. 

I'm trying to class up my apartment so which option do you think best does that? 

I know the tables are plain, but a girl's gotta save SOME kind of money! I figure the chairs make more of an impact... right or wrong?

Have I told you lately that I love you?

love,
elizabethany

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i got a big girl living room

For the first time in literally a decade, I plan on hope to be living in the same place for more than a year. There's always the chance I could move to a new place, but that's not looking likely, so it's time to invest in some things to make my apartment a little more legit.

Step 1: The living room.

I've shown you some of my decorations, and now I've finally gotten my first ever big girl furniture pieces! Thanks to President's Day, I got a sleeper sofa and love seat combo at 50% off. [Let's be real... even if I wanna invest in things, I'm still gonna need a good deal.]

[I should probably straighten things out before taking pictures, huh?]

I also got that new rug. Because of Slutty Cat clawing at them, I felt like I needed to get a shag one. I wanted something with design but the comfort of this one makes it all worth it. My only issue is that I have no idea where the perfect placement is. After Pinteresting ideas, I realized I probably got the wrong size or may have to get creative. 

There are still a lot of little touches I want to do. What should I put on the coffee tables? I think I still want new curtains. My papasan chair needs to be painted. [I'm not grown enough to get rid of that, let's be real.] I probably need another source of light somewhere, too. 

I've had these colors since college, but most of the stuff is new at this point. I found this Pinspiration and I'm liking the idea of the peacock feathers... somehow. 

Your ideas always welcome! Slow and steady growth wins, right?! I think..

love,

elizabethany

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poll!: help me decide how to paint this furniture!

After your help with my hair turned out to be extremely beneficial, I'll probably start leaning on you to help me make a lot of decisions. I'm pretty terrible at them most of the time. 

Today's bother: How to paint my chest. Toy chest. Seriously. It's filled with nothing but games and toys. 

Originally I wanted to do it all bright blue.. then I decided to only do the top blue, and the bottom gray. Now that I've gotten the colors [and they're probably way brighter than they should be], I don't know if that's the right decision!

Here's a look at my living room as a whole so you can get a feel for it. [Keep in mind it's still in the middle of the from college to real life transformation.]

The coffee tables and my tv stand/shelves are white, and I'll probably end up painting the futon frame gray.... or whatever color you suggest.

Here it is so far. I quickly threw on some of the gray just to show ya the contrast... and some blue to see how it would look down there.

Is there a way to add black paint to gray and make it a little darker?! It's gotta work, right?! That gray is just too close to white for me to love it right now... but still, I gotta make a decision. Help a girl out!



I feel like I'm trying to bring too much color into the room, but like... I LOVE COLOR. And this dark purple/bright blue-ish turquoise have been the colors of my living room since junior year. Why go back now?

If you have any other ideas/tips, comment or tweet me and I'll send you loves and kisses! Or mostly just loves.

love,
elizabethany

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nifty furniture you'll need for the coolest house ever

I spend hours a night on Pinterest looking at the coolest of the cool things that I could get to make my house the one everyone will want to visit this summer, so now it's about time I share them with you so we can have the same dream house. [But still come play at MINE, okay?!]

This my friends is a floppy disk coffee table, that lets you play with that metal piece you always used to as much as you want! Bonus: It could even be a work-out!

And THIS, is a fully functioning Nintendo controller coffee table! Just take the top glass off, hook it up to your system, and play away! Gaming fa dayzz!

Maybe your friends are a little lamer than you [or will steal your stash], so you need to hide your beer fridge near your bed... in a NIGHT STAND! 

Or we can just trip people out with this floating table cloth! Sure, they might figure out the secret eventually, but in the meantime you'll look all Casper-ific!

Now we need some seating...

I've always wanted a bean bag, but people told me I was crazy. Just LOOK at this thing! You can flop it around however you want and not even worry about it getting flat! Pretty sure people would fight over it. [In the good way.]

Finally, if you have a solid sugar daddy, this here rocking outdoor bed looks so freaking comfortable, but mostly fun! Imagine the sex... and the tricks... and the rocking/flipping. 

Okay, I guess some of those aren't exactly in my normal budget, but I can't resist adding them to my wish-list. Maybe someone will feel like donating to charity. [Me being the charity, for the morons.]

love,

elizabethany

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nifty: coolest couch, loveseat, recliner EVER

I don't know what to call this thing besides the GENIUS have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too piece of furniture!

It's a couch, it's a recliner, it's a loveseat, it's individual chairs... It's literally whatever you want it to be.

Thanks to a language barrier, I can't figure out how much it costs, but I want it. Seeeeriously... When am I gonna find me a freakin' sugar daddy!?

love,
elizabethany