3RD YEAR BLOG ANNIVERSARY

Although technically, it's only been a year and a half.  The other half was a long blogging break when I had my 3rd.

Nevertheless, I want to thank you all for stopping by and reading my blog!  I appreciate each and everyone of you!  

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Looking forward to another year of blogging and meeting new friends...

(I met Vel from Buhay at Bahay for the first time at Ikea last Monday!)

I hope to meet you someday too!

Cheers!

HARDWOOD FLOOR RESURFACING

If you read our Apartment Therapy feature, you know that one of our my "biggest embarassments" is the condition our hardwood floors especially on the main floor.  They're in pretty bad shape - very dull,  a lot of water marks and decent amount of scratches.  I thought for sure we needed refinishing.  Then I came across

Fabulous Floors(through Living Social), a company who specializes in wood floor resurfacing. 

For those of you who are not familiar with wood resurfacing, it is basically buffing minor nicks and scratches without sanding away your wood.  It is less expensive(only 99cents/sq ft, additional coat is 50 cents/sq ft), time saving and dust free.  

We had ours done yesterday and we are very pleased with the result.  

(We opted for 2 coats of semi gloss polyurethane and it took him about 5 hours to finish all four rooms.  We were told not to step on them for 3-4 hours and to move the furniture back after 24 hours.)

If you are looking to restore your hardwood floors to their original luster(without changing the color of the stain),  I highly recommend floor resurfacing!

CRAIGSLIST MONDAY: METAL CHAIRS; JCP UPDATE

These two listings are sought- after.  Grab them quick...

Jonathan Adler

chippendale style metal chairs

House Beautiful

Elle Decor

spun fiberglass chairs
(I checked this listing again and the posting has expired)


*I went to JC Penney last Friday to check out Jonathan Adler's Happy Chic line. They are not out yet.  I was told end of March or early April (Olga called her local JCP and was told May).  It seems like they are revamping the whole store.
New line of products are being introduced... Joe Fresh, Georgina Chapman, Nanette Lepore and William Rast.  For the home department, they are also adding Martha Stewart, Michael Graves and Sir Terrance Conran.
I was also surprised to see Mango.

There might be more than one reason to visit JCP now!

JONATHAN ADLER FOR JCPENNEY

Did you know about this?  I just found out yesterday(from Apartment Therapy).  It is supposed to be available this month.  

Can't wait to check it out!  

LEGO PARTY PLANNING

My son's 6th birthday is coming up and I've been trying to get ideas(lego theme) from the interweb.

There are tons of cute and creative ideas out there!

Baking is not my thing but this cake is so cute I might just have to give it a try...

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These ice molds can also be used to make candies and crayons...

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So cute!

As party favors,  I usually try to give one big item or toy instead of a bag full of little things.

I found this free printable lego man yesterday and started customizing it (using Paint software)...

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I'm going to use T-shirt transfers when I'm done.

Pretty cool, right!  

CRAIGSLIST MONDAY: DINING ROOM

Happy Monday Everyone!  How was your weekend?

When I saw this listing last Friday, I knew I wanted to share it with you...

dining room table with 6 velvet chairs

 I'm usually not a fan of a matching set but I love this one!(Tufted green velvet chairs, what's not to love?!)   And for $200, someone grab these please!

They remind me of these chairs...

(not as pretty but still nice)

Lara Spencer via

Or how about this table...

oak dining table

paired with these chairs...

barrel chairs (reupholstered, ofcourse)

Contemporary Dining Room design by San Francisco Photographer Bernard Andre Photography

or with these...

vintage emeco-style aluminum navy chairs

Country Living

8 mahogany dining chairs

Lonny

and this farmhouse table with any of the chairs above

farmhouse table

or with these...

dining set

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LUCITE TABLE UPDATE

I got the lucite table yesterday!  I love it but...

it is an inch too long.  Wa Wa Waaa.

I could have sworn I measured my space (obviously not!).  

For now, I'm just going to keep the current layout and just add the wallpaper...

The lucite table will probably end up behind this sofa...

(I've been wanting to replace this drop leaf table.  It is wobbly and the folded leaf is the first thing you notice from the outside... not so pretty).

Learn from my mistake!  Measure your space before buying furniture! :)

But then again,  if you buy something you love it will find a space in your home!

Have a great weekend everyone!