Tres Jolie

This year has had it’s fair share of ups & downs and at any rate, I’m ready to take on 2011 with an open mind. There are so many exciting things to look forward to next year and I can’t wait to share them each with you. 

A few things to discuss before we say bon voyage to the year:

1) Remember this post? Well, I am starting the guest room remodel immediately and can’t wait to put a look together inspired by this:

Of course I will post the before, after and probably 23 in between.

2) There are a TON of new items coming up on Tres Jolie Bebe. I can’t even begin to tell you how cute this stuff is. Girl, boy or both! Stay tuned for announcements of new products. Also in January, look for us on Harper’s Happenings!

3) A pretty big deal here: I’m moving! It may mean nothing to you on the reader side, but you will notice a new look starting tomorrow! {Assuming the move goes off with out a hitch} All feedback is welcome so let me know what you think. You can email me at tres_jolie23@hotmail.com at anytime. 

4) I’ve got a trip to Boston coming up in 10 days and the first week back at work after a 12 day holiday is going to hit hard. Please excuse me if you do not hear from me for a few days. I’ll have a case of the busies. 

Happy New Years everyone!

XO

jolie

For you friends and families that wanted to see the new floors: Come on in! I relied on the Hubs to take the pictures so they aren’t the best detailed photos but you’ll get the point.

Really cool story with the canvas in the middle niche. That is a local Austin photographer that took that picture of a sail boat on Lake Travis about 6 miles from our house. He stretched it to canvas just to fit our needs and I am madly in love with it.

This is the living room PRE Christmas set up. Although it is nice to have the decorations up, I am not a big fan of taking my current ones down. During Christmas I put most of the mantel stuff and decor in the Christmas bin and it hides out in the attic until New Years. Our living room also becomes considerably smaller once we put the big live tree in there and I’m not a big fan of tiny living spaces either.

The coffee table in the middle has been in our family for over 20 years. My Mom got it from my cousins back in the 90’s and it was a white washed stain (I did say it was the 90’s). She had it all the way through highschool and I was lucky enough to get it when I moved out on my own. Since I’ve met my wonderful husband, he has refinished it to it’s current color and we couldn’t be happier. I don’t think we ever thought that a coffee table would be our family heirloom, but hey- That’s totally us. We tried another table once and it felt so foreign and strange we had to nix that decision asap. This heavy beast is going to stay with us for the long haul I believe.

Aww, our sweet little dining room. Paul & I typically eat at the table so this isn’t one of those never used rooms. We’re pretty big on it even though it is just the two of us. It’s a great time to talk and take a break from the tv, computer or whatever distractions have won that day. The bar stools we have refinished and the valances my Mom made by hand (the one in the living room too!!). You can’t see the place settings too clearly but they are also PRE Christmas and I’m already wanting them back to this instead of the silver, gold & red runner, settings and napkins. Can you tell I’m really not into Christmas decor for that long? (Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful and fun but a month!?!?! Phew. That’s a lot of festeeeeeeve).

So, this completes our Living & Dining Edition for now. Stay tuned for office, master and guest. I might even show you guys that sad little empty room that is headed down to Creepsville.

This is what happens when you skip “Sunday Cleaning” in our house (and go shopping instead). I know this may look minuscule to most of you but please keep in mind we have no kiddos. We took the cleaning part out of our Sunday routine and tackled this tower Monday. At about 4 feet it is declared a dangerzone I’m sure.