Seeking Inspiration

From A:

Look away if you're feeling queezy.  This is what the master bedroom in our new condo looks like:*

The furniture and wall tapestry will be leaving with the previous occupant, but that leaves us with a RED room (the wall behind the tapestry is red also).  The room is 14' by 12' with a door to the front patio (as seen in the photo) on one end and the bathroom and walk-in closet on the other end.

So here is my question: What should we do with the room?  We're looking for ideas about paint colors, furniture arrangement, etc.  We have ideas of our own, but we're curious to hear others!



*I had incorrectly labeled the second bedroom (soon to be our office) as the master bedroom in the previous post.  It's the blue and brown room.  Since the red room has a walk-in closet, it will be the master bedroom.

House Hunting

From A:

We're back from our house hunting trip in the DC area and I am very happy to report that it was a success!  Below is a preview of the place we found.

1. The kitchen (new counters will be installed before we move in):

  

2. The living room, complete with a gas fireplace:

3. The master bedroom; we plan to repaint the blue walls a more neutral color:

4. The back patio, complete with locked outdoor storage area and electric barbecue grill (further left than the picture was able to capture):

We're so happy that we found a wonderful place to move into.  We also feel very blessed to have good friends in the area who we'll get to spend much more time with (and who were such great hosts during our trip)!

Mom's Day

From A:

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Ultimate Dog Tease

From J:

If my old dog could have talked, the conversation would have gone more or less like this.  Just, you know, without the actual teasing, because I would have just fed him.  Then he would have asked for more.

Cooking

From A:

Yesterday, I received the digital photo DVD of the childhood photos I sent away to be scanned.  It's been fun looking through all the photos and sharing them with family and friends.

I also noticed that there seems to be a cooking theme running through a good amount of photos.  Perhaps I still enjoy cooking thanks to the early exposure I had as a child.

For example, as a 4 year old I began creating gourmet lunch delicacies:

I knew at age 5 the benefits of home-grown, organic vegetables: 

 And later began baking fresh bread:

And worked to provide golfers with ice cold lemonade and snacks:

Finally, I understood at an early age the importance of using fresh-ground black pepper:

 

Graduation Dinner

From A:

On Friday night we celebrated the graduation of J's lab and office mate.  We started the evening with appetizers and a toast to the new doctor:

 

Then we had a delicious dinner at the Paramount Grill:

 

I just have to show a photo of the festive blue and orange centerpieces:

It's hard to believe that we'll be celebrating the soon-to-be Dr. J's graduation in just a couple of months!