1.26.2015

House Updates

Last week, we got some very exciting news - Joel got a promotion at work! He has been going through the interview process since August so not only was I beyond proud and excited, it's also a relief to have it over.

His promotion is going to keep us in Los Angeles longer than we had originally signed on for (3-4 years). It'll be our 3rd year here in February, and we are likely here for another 3 at least. 

Once the papers were signed, we had to decide if we were going to stay in our condo or move on.
Our house is great, but we've started to feel like we are growing out of it. Closet's have reached max capacity and we were getting tired of living with stuffed cabinets and drawers.

Long story short....we decided to stay. Financially it makes the most sense and we couldn't find anything better on the market in our budget. By deciding to stay, we knew we needed a major overhaul - so this weekend we basically moved out of our house and then moved back in.

The biggest, or most noticeable, change was to this area behind the dining room table.




It wasn't an efficient use of space, and with our small kitchen, it wasn't doing enough of what we needed that space to do.

On an impulsive and frustrated whim, I ran to World Market and within twenty minutes I was loading a huge shelving unit into my car. Joel was out with a buddy, so I brought it all the way up to our unit and started to build it. When I make my mind up, you can rest assured shit is going to get done.

Before dinner I forced Joel to help me build it and then all day Sunday we did major, major, major work. 

After one more round of accessories shopping we have a totally new situation going on and I'm already loving it. 




We moved our wine fridge and turned our antique cabinet into a bar and now we have a whole booze station, which is pretty fun.


The house is never done, but the changes we did this weekend have already made an enormous difference.

15 comments:

  1. The shelving from WM is so pretty and I loved how you styled it! Also loving your antique cabinet - so neat looking! Good job!

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  2. Your new shelving is gorg! My neighbor sold me an almost identical shelf in November and I have had a hard time accessorizing it, yours looks perfect!

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  3. It looks great! Isn't it crazy that rearranging and getting a couple new things make a world of a difference? Tomorrow I'm talking about all the stuff we need to do to our house...it's never done!

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  4. That shelving unit is gorgeous! I love how you arranged it, too. And unrelated, but what kind of wine fridge do you have (and would you recommend it)? I'm in the market for one!

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  5. HOORAY JOEL!!! What a great bit of news for him!!!


    And damn. Your condo, man. It is so chic but also so cozy!

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  6. Congratulations to him! Love the shelf you scored.

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  7. Looks awesome!!!! Congrats, Joel!

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  8. The shelving unit in your kitchen/dinette space suits it really well! Also, I love love love your bar area. Congrats to Joel!

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  9. What a difference a little arranging can make! This looks fantastic-- obsessed with your bar/wine fridge area! We bought our first house in November and I'm trying to work out how to incorporate a bar area into our eat-in kitchen while keeping it grown up and tasteful-- definitely taking notes from you :)

    I also love your dining table and the bench seats-- would you mind sharing where you found them? Have a great week!

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  10. Tess!!! It looks AMAZING. I love the way you styled the new shelf. You have such an eye!
    Also huge yay for Joel's promotion & you guys staying in LA.

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  11. Love what you did!! I am the same way, once my mind is set on something, it's go go go!

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  12. it looks AWESOME...love that industrial shelf and it totally "completes" the space!!! and congrats on hubby's promotion, too!!!

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  13. I just live that antique cabinet! And is the rug under table from Target? I was eyeing it for our bedroom!
    Ally - Life as I know it

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  14. Congrats to your husband!!! So exciting! And I'm OBSESSED with that shelving from World Market. I'm going to need to find a spot for that in my house!

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  15. I love the new addition! World Market is one of my favorite spots for home shopping and they always seem to be having sales! Have a great week love, xo. -Emily

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