Color Me Carla here, comin’ at you live from Orono, MN where it’s starting to get a bit steamy (especially since I refuse to turn on the A/C because I am in love with all of the nature sounds we are surrounded by). Silly me, I thought Fall was on it’s way after our cool stretch last week, but alas, it’s gonna get up to 97 this week. Boo-urns.

Hot or not (remember that website?), I’m looking forward to this weekend because Jack and I will finally have a stretch of days to enjoy our new house, work on some random projects and borrow my bro-in-law’s trailer to… GO ANTIQUING! We plan to finally hit up the oodles of estate and garage sales that we have been surrounded by all summer but were just too busy to swing by. We’re also gonna bop by my old stomping grounds at 50th and Xerxes and hopefully find some loot at Piccadilly Prairie, Hunt & Gather and a handful of others which I can never remember the names of.

As we continue to daydream and plan the look of each room in our house, we are certain we wanna mix old with new and go heavy on the neutrals. Sometimes I fear that a combo of blue/grey/black/white may get monotonous but then I find a badass crib like this one and I’m back on board.

Take a look-see at these stunning rooms by Cindy Greene and enjoy yer Tuesday, folks!

What’s shaking my little peanut butter sandwiches (oops, that’s Rosy’s nickname).

I am in a stellar mood today. Oh, you wanna hear why? Sure!

One of my besties, Katie (Fartface), is coming to visit this weekend with her hubba-hubba hubby, Jerry, and their sweet little pumpkin pie, Molly. Jack gets back from his werk trip to San Fran. The weather is crisp and cool in MN which means my favorite season is on its way and I get to start wearing all the wooly, warm sweaters I’ve been eyeing up lately. I’m spending my morning sipping hot coffee and blogging (my happy place). Um, it’s Friday…duh. Let’s see, what else. Hmmm…

Oh! Our house is done! YES. It’s been over a week since our beloved crew has let themselves in at 7am and started pounding away. Although it took eons to finish, we couldn’t be happier with the way everything turned out. It truly feels like a brand new house (even though it was built in 1920).

My mum came to visit this past weekend and worked miracles helping us get our house back in order (along with my magic sista, KK). Over the course of three days, we rid the place of four months worth of dust, washed every single window (thanks, Mom), moved all of our clothes into our new walk-in closet (phew!) and even had time to kick it at my favorite watering hole, The Narrows.

So yes. Plenty to be in a good mood about. As things start to calm down for us, we now have time to hunt for goodies to fill our home (this will take years, I’m telling you). Right now we live in a big empty blank canvas. We had the majority of our walls painted Pale Silver by Restoration Hardware with a couple rooms in Flint. The floors are a nice dark, rich brown and all of the trim is bright white. Our plan is to layer in lots-o-neutrals and keep it bright and clean.

Here’s a little ditty I put together of things that would go great in our new place. We bought the flushmount light for our family/fireplace room which Jack gets to install this weekend. The grey plaid flannel fabric is being sewn into upholstered cushions for our breakfast nook as we speak. The rest of the things are just on my wish list.

Oh, and for those who aren’t friends with me on the ol’ Facebook (I posted this pic a couple days ago), I’m including a pic of our new (empty) kitchen!

Happy Friday, homies!

1) flower drum shade ceiling light 2) indigo pillow 3) oberto gili photograph 4) checked flannel 5) stone textile signature print (for roman shades) 6) cross blanket 7) vintage stools