house tour, part deux

i can honestly say one of the main reasons i bought my home was because of the kitchen.  i loved the tile and countertops, and the built-in wine rack didn't hurt!  i chose a lovely smokey blue as an accent wall, and it is my favorite room in the entire house...  add some new black appliances, and voila, instant awesomeness!

the third one is a little dark, but as you can tell despite my {point and shoot} camera lighting, it's bare bones {and please note the ugly fixture}. no offense, but i need a well-lit dining space to enjoy my gourmet pizza quesadillas...  yeah, i'm that classy.

drew loathes the existence of this gathering table, but i myself thought it to be quite a steal and uber cute for this space.  needless to say i am glad that atrocious remote-control fan light thingy from the "before" picture found its way to the curb...

here it is again... had to get the print in there! can i just say how happy home goods makes me? i swear you can furnish an entire house in that store... 

house tour

i love real estate. therefore, it should be totally unsurprising that i started this blog as a diary of my house hunting journey.  even though i have been living in little orchid for a year, i still have a slight obsession with home-buying.  enter my DVR, overloaded with house hunters, my first place and property virgins; thank you HGTV.  while i still feel there is so much more i want to do with my home, i originally intended to document the transformation process, and so here is the first sneak peek:

in first looking at pictures online of the listing, i was in love with the purple walls!  in person? not so much...  so in came my paint brush, down came the shelves anchored into the wall, and i ushered in some new furniture courtesy of my favorite store ever - ikea!

i was most excited about getting bookshelves to display things on and add color to the room; i went with pecan sandie as a base color for most of the house, and it was perfect for adding pops of color!  you will notice (if you know me personally) that those are not the original couches that i moved in with...

these two decided to eat them!

uber quick recap

for those of you that don't know, i'm ashley!  you can read --------> for a tiny bit about me, but pictures tend to communicate so much better!

::: i bought a little house approximately one year ago. she's lovely :::

::: i have two adorable and rambunctious puppies who tend to grace the space of my posts.  i apologize in advance for this, but they are awesome. meet barkley & mia! :::

 ::: boyfriend {drew} and i love vegas.  i may or may not have a serious gambling problem. :::