The Lovely Queen Anne

I spotted a chair on a local auction site and I was determined to win it. Which, I knew I would because I would bid the highest, within reason, because it is capital P-erfect for our house.

Henry set the alarm on his phone and 5 minutes left on the auction we paused our movie to swoop in on the bidding process. I was nervous and Henry peering over my shoulder did not help. Turns out my first and last bid of 60.00 won me The Queen.

In order to make it fit, we had to do some rearranging, again, which is actually better for the boy's crazy wagon rides around our house circle.

From the pics on the auction site, I was a little nervous about the integrity of the seat. It looked a little springy to me. I loved it so much for this room that I was willing to take a chance. Turns out the fabric has some circle imprints and the chair is as cozy as a duck's nest. Maybe somebody stored a bunch of salad plates on the chair before deciding to sell??

This chair belongs in this room. Welcome Home Blue Chair, Welcome Home!

The big school house map use to live in Henry's office and before that Henry's office, before we moved him. It's all coming together, everything take practice.

There is no way I was letting him bust in on my new chair shots...and there is that wagon that wrinkles my rugs! 

Choo! Choo!

While we were on the hunt for our ALS Auction Furniture Piece, I spotted a train table at GW for...10.00! Can you stand it? It was missing the top, but that is nothing The Lovely's can't remedy with a trip to Home Depot.

We mention how excited we are about our great find daily. Seriously, I love a deal and Henry loves playing with the train, so this was the find of a lifetime!

The Lego train set was sitting in our basement waiting for the day when Oscar was old enough to operate it. *Tear!

We have had it for over a week now and it gets a little action everyday.

Choo! Choo!

Rug Hunt Success

After ordering and then cancelling 2 rugs. I slowed down my spunky 'put in cart' and 'purchase' finger. I searched and searched and knew it when I saw it, I sent the link to Henry and then I ordered it. It was all very calculated and mature. We received the rug a short 5 days after ordering it and I am happy to say it was worth slowing things down a little and making a rational decision.

Trying to unroll our new rug...

and here we are the next morning, completely covering the rug...

I was finally able to get some good shots this morning.

The before.

I wanted something more traditional, primarily blue to tie in with the rest of the house, and preferably wool.  Check, Check and Check. 

A few bonus features is that it hides cereal pieces really well, we love how it makes the wood floors pop, it is a whopping 8x10 from o.co so shipping was free, love that. 

If only that cute little vacuum sucked junk up... 

Is it any wonder my blogging career has taken a hit? These boys are always up in my business.

See what I mean...

Here is the link to the rug and it is nearly 100.00 more than what I purchased it for a week ago, so lucky!

This picture is for o.co customers who would like to see a more accurate representation of the color.