Home Sweet Home

I have had so much fun redecorating and adding new and exciting touches to our tiny little space since recieving so many awesome wedding and shower gifts.  We were lucky to inherit T's bedroom furtniture, some silk plants, and lots of dishes/pots/pans from our parents but the rest of our humble possessions were acquired over multiple trips to Ikea, Target, and Value City Furniture.  These pieces of budget-friendly furniture have been good to us over the last year and for the time being, we plan on continuing to love our Ikea coffee table and Value City sofa... but thanks to our awesome family and friends, we've been able to spruce our little crib up just a little:

New PB bedding courtesy of my Aunt and Uncle

Our monogram is my new obsession!

New throw pillows add a splash of color to our boring brown sofa!

A family friend knit us two amazingly soft (and washable!) afghan's for our wedding!

New bath accessories- love the wicker

New shower curtain and rugs to replace the ones I have been using since college!

Obsessed with our new towels that are so soft and DON'T smell weird (again- same towels from college...)

This cheeseboard was the first thing we got with our name on it!  It found a home on our kitchen wall!

I can't even tell you how much fun I have had making just these little changes and adding tiny details to our place.  Coming home from a sweaty hot afternoon at the driving range today, I had to appreciate how much these small changes and new details make our rental feel a lot like home.  It's fun to start adding things to our place that we have picked out together, rather than having all things that were acquired or inherited from our families and relatives, or held onto from college years (seriously- that is just gross). 

Hooray for new stuff!