Our new home

We have been working hard to make our house our home. We are renting a quaint older house right across the street from Southeastern and we love it. It's got it's little tricks and antics that make for an interesting stay. But with our few personal touches, we have made it ours.

We have been so fortunate to find some great steals like our ottoman.

We got the ottoman from our new favorite store, Kirklands for at least 80% off. We saw it a couple of weeks before the wedding but it was a little out of price range even though it was on sale. When we got back, we had a little extra cash so we decided to visit our old friend. We went over to check it out, not knowing if it was still on sale or not. It was but for the same amount. We asked the attendant if more could be discounted because it was in poor shape. The angel said that all discounted items would be an additional 15% off. WAHOO! It needed a few touch ups with a wood marker and still isn't in brand new condition but it looks incredible and fits our living room ever so elegantly.

We got this desk from a store I (Tim) has never been to before, Cost Plus World Market for a steal as well.

(Please excuse the ghetto placed mattress...we do not live in a crack house!)

We have been waiting for it for about a week and just got it today. It came mostly assembled and I put the legs on it and the hutch just sits on top. It will help out so much with organizing all of our paperwork.

With Ginny writing a thesis and trying to maintain a budget with our new relationship, we need all the help we can get.

I posted earlier about our chair covers for our dining room table. This little "hutch" is in our dining room and we assembled it. It came in two pieces from Target and we also got it for a steal. And for those of you who attended one of our receptions, that little white ball on top is recycled from our centerpieces.

Ouizer gave us this adorable ceramic jar and we decided to be a little creative and painted it with blackboard paint.

It took a few coats but it's a great addition to our kitchen to house our utensils.

I also took the idea outside as well. This sign hangs outside our home.

It was very faded and you could no longer see the numbers. I added a couple of coats and threw some chalk on there. Voila!

Lastly, we also just got this compost can. We are not completely green but we are definitely trying to do our part.

We are very happy with our new additions. I'm sure there will be more to come. If anyone has any questions about the deals we got let me know.