some redecorating

well, i am very excited to say that i finally wallpapered my kitchen! i have had this wallpaper since we first bought the house last spring - so it has been quite some time. (by the way, this wallpaper was an awesome clearance find). i have not done the soffets yet - that will hopefully be a project for this weekend. they are going to be wrapped in the paintable wallpaper, and painted too look like tin ceiling!

by the way, this is my first wallpaper job ever (i prefer paint). but the walls were really rough in this room, and wallpaper can hide a lot of sins. my friend came over to teach me how to do it, it's kinda of like a design mock up project. lots of measuring and cutting and problem solving.

i also took a spur of the moment trip with my friend and her sister to ikea (just over an hour away in canada) and bought a rug for our family room.
here are some pictures!

the wallpaper looks like paint, no? you can see the space above the cabinets are still white, or have old wallpaper on them - thats where the tin ceiling-esq wallpapering will be done.

new rug! its shag white, 100% wool. it goes with all of our mid century modern collection of furniture. more pictures once this room is done, it could be a mile long post for thrift store tuesday some week!