The E Home Tour: Living Room/Kitchen

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I love Kelly over at Kelly's Korner! I started reading about her when she had just had Harper and was in need of some prayers. I can't stop following her. Perhaps it's her southern hospitality or the adorable little southern bell of hers that keeps me going back.

Kelly started this Home Tours addition last week. I wanted to participate but was working crazy hours and my condo was in shape to be seen by the world! Today I'm doing a double post of my living room and kitchen.

Things you should know about our home. My husband and I currently lease our 955 square feet condo with the option to purchase by November... We're going Monday to get our mortgage. Please pray that everything will work out for us.

Welcome To The ECondo!

I cleaned for you :0) Here is our living room disaster before.

This here is where you enter into our condo. I love the wooden sign with our established date on it that my husband got me. The bookcase holds our cookbooks, Wallace's boots and extra leash and the daily droppings from one's pockets. This is the main section of our "open layout". I love our red futon cover. I made the brown and cream pillow covers. Normally there isn't bedroom pillows on the couch but today I had surgery so the couch is setup for my resting area. The big tan box is our electric/ceramic tile enery storage box. I would love to build a cover for it because it is pretty fugly but heating our condo is WAY cheap! When I say WAY I'm talking $500 for the winter and that's in Vermont folks. We plan to purchase all new furniture for our entire house but I don't want to just yet. Not sure if I want to go with an Ikea home or not...but I'm seriously leaning that way.

Are you wondering why the tree is bagged? We rescued them from my husband place of work. They were going to just throw them out. They are $110 ficus trees. It's bagged for a bug treatment. There is a bookcase to the right.... I didn't take a picture because my Inlaws are on there. It sometimes freaks people out :)Pretty standard... TV/Entry area. Some of my favorite things in our living room

I love the picture of my husband and I. I love these rice paper lantern floor lamps. I found these at Big Lots and bought four of them. They give off so much light. The iSqueez perfect after a days work.

Our Kitchen

The fugly Tiffany lamp will be replaced once we purxhase. Also we will be replacing all the appliances, flooring, counter tops and door knobs in the kitchen. The cabinets are in GREAT condition so I can't see getting rid of them.
I love bright colors and I want a really bright kitchen. I'm considering painting it a shade of orange. The backsplash I plan to do in chalkboard paint.

I love the microwave... its old school and needs to be replaced but it's one of the only appliances that I use. You should note... I DON'T COOK. I made the black "chalkboard" message board to cover up our electrical panel. I'm not completely sold on the idea but it works for the mean time. The door was glossy fire engine red talk about a train wreck! I had to tone it down. I love bright but not tacky bright :0) Behind closed doors: A MESS! I mean dog food, recyclables, cleaning items and extra cooking items. My favorite item resides in here... the red Eco-Friendly grocery basket that I take with me every weekend when we do our shopping at the farmer's market. One of my favorite places: Wallace's Food area. I saw the sign and thought it was so fitting for when he comes running to his food bowl knocking anything and anyone down to get to it.

You now know that I don't cook but I am in favor of fairly neat cabinets. I will go behind my husband and re-orgainize as his pulling stuff out. Am I just a little OCD?Pictures+Cool Magnets+Inspiring Quotes=E refrigerator. Any time we travel to a different state we purchase a new magnet to go on the fridge.

Last but certainly not least...The precious Keurig machine. I love coffee, tea and running it with just hot water for a quick cup of miso soup.

Thank you for visiting the home of the E.

On another note: My prayer list.
* I had surgery this morning for a cyst to be removed from my butt. I'm praying for no infections and a healthy recovery.
*Everything to go smoothly on Monday when we go for our mortgage.
* Marlene's (school secretary) family: She was killed in a terrible accident last friday and her services were today.
*The Williams family is working hard each day to care for their son Jonah. I hope that their faith remains high.