day 5: wandering around house number 1609

after going to the y with stu-pot this morning, i felt like a day wandering around the new house wouldn't be so bad!  really, i haven't gotten a whole lot accomplished -- is anyone surprised?  3 cups of coffee, a nap, 4 episodes of desperate housewives, and quesadillas with ione and stu is all my day has consisted of.  yes i'm bragging.  plus, i didn't take mom up for her offer on borrowing the car, so really i have no choice but to be a homebody, right?

also, i took a lap around the house with camera-at-hand to share with you a few of the many creative touches ione & stu put into their new home.  here you go:

cute retro lights over the island in the kitchen.

chandelier to go over the modern dinner table.

they even added a glowing touch underneath the modern kitchen cabinets!  plus, look at the tile border -- lovely!

 ione got out of her "eggshell white" stage ('bout time!) and picked some incredible wall colors.  i could only get two of them to be true-to-color on my camera, but they all look amazing with white trim on the windows, floor boards, closets, and doors.

a nice clay color in her office.

a sea-turquoise for the guest bedroom.

the border in the guest bathroom shower -- the perfect touch!

i couldn't help but share these little guys!  the live on the corner shelf between ione and stu's separate sink/mirror s

even the detail in the carpet with the colored walls is perfectly matched!

besides the bathrooms, kitchen, and carpeted rooms, there's this lovely dark wood.

ione didn't need too much convincing, but we got creative in picking towels & rugs for the guest bathroom.  the towels & shower rug is a bright, burnt orange, and this rug is the perfect finishing touch.

ione chose this lovely coral/tan bedding for the master bedroom --  it would look great in our ca apartment...

sorry this was kind of a boring post.  andrew comes on wednesday night, so hopefully there will be more action around here, buy i'm enjoying the family & good quality relaxing time.  my boss texted me this morning to see if i could cover one of his group exercise classes, so i know i'm missed!  :)