the swedish clampetts

is pretty much what we looked like on the way home from ikea on monday. in the back of this truck, and i am not over embellishing here, are the following items : 8 drawer dresser, 2 nightstands, 2 living room chairs, a couch, and some dogfood bowl stands. i can't even list all of the things in the front of the truck. notice how jodie is cowering away from the truck like at any moment something may let loose. which it did in the parking lot of ikea.
the back seat also included mom until we crow barred her out. luckily we all got tool kits at ikea. so we had it covered.

so we have found out that exuberance and determination while in ikea may not necessarily be a good thing. mom kept saying "why don't you go ahead and get this while you are here?". and jodie and i kept saying "sure we can fit that in". our downfall came when we had to pick something up AFTER check out. and that thing ended up being 2 huge boxes of chairs. which was not part of our plan. but thanks to hector, whom we have determined was a swedish spaniard, we got it all in. he bungeed corded and twined everything and said "sure you go now. look good" until mom opened a tool box on the side of the truck. a bungee cord ricocheted across the truck and at mom. hector promptly disappeared. i kid you not.

the reason i was actually near ikea was to complete a fun filled weekend of painting a 3 level house. good times. but i got to see this girl. love her so much! and she even helped paint!

so back to the house, here she sits across the pond....

roof is starting to shape up some more....

and finally, your first gander at the back of the house. is it right for a porch ceiling to be about 15 feet high? hmm. where is fast eddie?

the token shot of the littlest building inspector. who was more interested in shop cat today. and shop cat was more interested in bo's "huggy bears" aka gummy fruit snack.

and lastly, i know you are thinking it. and i know it. ikea furniture is not heirloom furniture. no i will not be passing it down to bo as a treasured possession. is it cheap? yes. is it fun? yes. do i like it? yes. will i feel bad when i chunk it? nope.

whats that noise?

is it crickets chirping awkwardly or tumbleweeds blowing by? either one could probably be heard at the jobsite, because that's about all that's going on out there. we had to run some squatters off yesterday who said they thought we had abandoned the site.

in an effort to be patient, on to more pleasant things. specifically lights. oh good times. i bought a few at ikea on the now infamous trip.

kitchen...




half bath
and what about this for the dining room? with a couple of other wicker type fixtures. bear with me on this one. it has yet to be purchased.

and i am kinda liking this for the hallway...we will see. no commitment there either.

images via Ikea, West Elm and Unknown?

and on a totally unrelated house note, we shipped my brother in law off to Qatar. Not in a banishment sort of way. he is going to coach basketball there. we will all miss him until he returns. jodie more then anybody (who may move in with me, good thing chris doesn't read this blog) and then bo, who loves her carl and his bee drawing skills. have fun carl! win some games and don't forget to send the monies home. and see if you can get somebody to look at that eye while you are gone.