It is official, we are grown ups. I have decided that you become a real grown upon the occurrence of one of two things. The first way that you become a real grown up is that you have a baby. Since we are not really there yet, we decided to go with the second route of achieving grownuphood, we bought a bed. Yes, not as exciting as baby news (sorry to disappoint), but still a way to achieve the all important "grown up" status. After literally years of looking and 4 and 1/2 years of marriage, we finally found a bed that we both like. This was apparently no small task. I feel like a little queen when I sleep now.
In other boring grown up news, we painted a room in the house. We have never painted a room together and I must say that we went with quite a bold color choice for our first time around. We picked a color called "Autumn Leaves" (far left in the picture below). It is kind of a burnt orangey-reddish color and I love it. When we lived in our apartment and duplex in California, all I ever wanted was an office. I was tired of working at the dining room table or a bedroom. So I was thrilled when we had space for an office in the house. The problem is that we set it up with both of our desks and I ended up never wanting to be in there because it felt like an office. After having a home office, I decided that I don't want to be in an office when I am not in the office. So I still work at the dining room table or kitchen counter and now I am often joined by Chris. So we moved my desk upstairs and made our office into a "den" by cozying it up with the new paint and putting our old couch in there. The rug is also special since it was a gift form Eric all the way from one of his tours in Afghanistan. Even sans wall art and lamps, I actually want to be in there to read and talk on the phone or do whatever. Here are a couple pictures of the transformation.
And for the final reveal . . . the before, the "office."
The after . . . the "DEN!"
