please have a seat

This is one of 700 photos I took of the Karina in the last days before we closed on the sale. I have been going through my photos recently coming up with the top 40-50. I can't put my finger on why, but I really like this shot. Maybe it's because I'm sitting down so the point of view is more relaxed.

the karina

rug choices

Sometimes it is just to hard to visualize something in my head, especially when there is so much else going on in there. Photoshop is definitely a great tool to help with this and make decisions. I've shown a few examples on this blog at how I use it. Right now it's coming in handy with rug colors. Do we go off-white, dark gray, black or brown? We are moving our couch over soon and putting a new gray cover on it. It will be a couple shades lighter than the chair - kind of like the mid tone of the blanket. Is that too much gray? I do like the darker shades. Dark for a floor is my preference. We have a light blue carpet in our current home and it shows all the fuzz of 2 cats.

our home

This is our living room. I was thinking I'll do a bunch of posts next week about our current home and how it was created. It has evolved since Neil and I were first dating 7 years ago. This picture was taken last week after a party we had...that's why it is as tidy as it is. Typically the coffee table/light table is filled with remotes, my magazines and work related stuff.