Hang in there, we are almost to the weekend!
This week has been surprisingly busy. Or at least, I have been keeping myself busy. I know you all have heard me “complain” about the heat a lot more recently, but this week has taken the cake! This morning during my workout my car said 95 degrees and later in the afternoon as we were running errands it was 98.
It is way too early for it to be this warm. Anyways… Enough about that!
Regardless of the heat I got up first thing this morning and headed over to the same area I did my workout on Monday. Today I had a 45 minute fartlek scheduled.
I kept it pretty simple: 1 minute on, 2 minutes off. In total I ran 5.2 miles in the 45 minutes.
It has been a while since I’ve done a post run picture, so here I am messy crazy hair and all!
I spent a good amount of time stretching, foam rolling and doing core work after I got home. I can tell such a big difference on the days I do this versus when I skip it. Time to get back on track!
We spent a good portion of the afternoon out and about trying to find a few new items for our home. When we first moved in, our landlord had left us some rugs and window treatments but they weren’t really our style. We decided however to keep them until we could find a replacement.
I have a whole list of items I want to buy, but since we are on a budget and I am not the greatest decorator I am starting one piece at a time.
We headed to Target to look for a few new rugs.
Our first purchase was this blue rug for the living room. You can’t really see the exact color in this photo, but it’s a really nice blue.
The second purchase was a small runner. We originally bought this for our hallway but it ended up being way too small. I tried it out in the kitchen and it seemed to fit perfectly!
I am starting to get a little frustrated with myself over decorating. I don’t have a natural eye for it and end up using Pinterest for inspiration. We bought some curtains along with the blue rug, but they didn’t work against our tan walls. For some reason I completely forgot to factor in the wall color.
We’ve been to a couple places but I still can’t find anything I am happy with. So, I thought I’d get some input from my readers.
We have a small living room. The only items that are in it at this time are the blue rug, white couch and a TV. We have tan walls and need a nice curtain to brighten up the room. Any suggestions on what color curtains to look for?
I am proud to say that aside from one room we have all our boxes unpacking and put away.
The only room I have left to tackle is the office. The walls are yellow which I am not the biggest fan of, but it is fine for now. I hope to get this finished by the end of this week!
Slowly but surely it is coming together!
Are you good at interior decorating?
The funny thing is when I first went to college I was going to major in interior decorating but ended up changing it after 1 semester. Guess I made the right decision!?
How did your run go yesterday?.
No help here I am not a great decorator, plus individual taste is so variable I think you just have to go with your gut.
Looks good and like it’s coming together really well!
It is slowly getting there! Thanks Michele 🙂
great rug! we are in the process of buying a home and i can’t wait to decorate — i am pinning up a storm!
Yes Pinterest is great when you are moving into a new place!
Decorating is so overwhelming! I love that rug though!
Isn’t it!? Glad to know I am not the only one who feels that way!
I am terrible at decorating! When I moved into my apartment with my husband I had no desire to decorate (and neither did he). My parents forced us to go shopping and helped alot with picking things out. We probably still wouldn’t have any decorations 5 years later if they hadn’t done that!
Haha I am really glad to know that I am not the only one who struggles with this!
Decorating is not my strong suit either!! Target though can be a lifesaver 🙂 Just be sure and pick a basic color pallet, either blacks or browns, then go from there, then pick one or two accent colors and try to keep it all in the same color family! Love that blue rug! I tried to keep all of our decorations kind of the “rustic” “natural” feel, so like all of our photo frames I have hanging up either match or coordinate. Helps it not to feel so cluttered!
Oh yes we have already spent many hours at Target!
Curtains are tricky!! I enjoy decorating our home, but usually take my time with things until I happen upon something that is just right 🙂 Maybe white curtains would work well against the tan walls?! I always shop the sales (serious deal shopper here…)…check out BBB clearance or take coupons, TJ Maxx/Marshalls, and JC Penney’s (check online for coupon or in Sunday paper). I have found curtains at all of those places for a steal. Good luck!!
I was in shock that where we moved didn’t have a BBB! That is the one place I want to try. Think we may take a trip to one in a neighboring town this weekend to check it out!
I use a really basic scheme I stumbled into, black (and a little white) with red as my accent color. I think once I read about decorating, and I think there’s some ways to use the color wheel as a guide…maybe neighboring colors complement each other? I’m not a shopper, so by extension I’m not much of a decorator.
That sounds like a really nice color scheme! I’m working on it slowly… 🙂
I’ll take 95! It snowed here this week. Sadly, I got hurt at work and couldn’t run yesterday, but I went for a walk on the running trails.
I love white couches!!! I have one and am getting another one slipcovered. I just love how crisp they look. People think I’m crazy to have a white couch with two kids, but I can always wash it and bleach out the marker/food/pen/juice stains:) I almost went to school for interior design too. I love it. I wish I had more time and $ to do more, but I love re-purposing old furniture which I’ve done with a couple things. I have one tip. Which I hope you won’t mind me adding here. Your couch doesn’t have to be completely on the rug. To give yourself more rug space move your couch back until only half or a quarter of it is on the rug. So the edge of the rug, instead of being behind the couch would be under the couch. It will help you have more rug space and keep you living room furniture from looking like it is floating on a rug island. 🙂 Check magazines and DIY decorating stuff and notice rug placement…unless the ruge is HUGE most couches are off the rug on only on it just a bit.
Thank you so much! That is a great suggestion! I have been browsing the internet and Pinterest like crazy to get ideas!
Do you want to keep the neutral feel of the room, or would you like to add some pops of color? If so, I’d suggest getting some colorful throw pillows that look good with the blue rug, and then picking a color from those for the curtains. I LOVE decorating 🙂
I love neutral with some pops of color if that makes sense! I need to find some colorful throw pillows for sure! I just feel a bit overwhelmed with decorating!