want

this house has so many great things in it, i wish our cabin could look like this. we'll definitely be replacing a lot of the furniture the current owners are leaving behind for us, so we have plenty of time to find the perfect pieces. i'd love an old bed like this, but i bet we can't find a queen size from the 50s. i also really think we should have some fish on the walls. maybe one fish is enough, but i'm going to find it out there somewhere. i'm excited to bring out my chenille yellow bedspread, it doesn't quite fit the bed or decor in this house, but it will be great up there. it's really similar to this one, but sunny yellow. hmm...more yellow.

furnished

al and i spent a good part of the weekend talking about cabin furniture, what we could take up now (like an air mattress) and what we need to buy first (a sofa bed). i've been wanting this yellow sideboard from ikea for a while, but i don't know if i can talk al into it. i could deal with the black version of the cabinet if it was my only choice. we did find some things at jen and cristal's garage sale, and a few things at an estate sale, but nothing large as we don't really have room to store it here at this house. al called me this morning to let me know the sellers would like to leave all their furniture in the cabin, except a few frying pans!! everything is extremely "beige" but we can't believe the windfall, we don't have to buy a thing until we're ready and we won't have to take up an air mattress. now i really think that yellow sideboard could spice things up.

cabby

the cabin inspection went off without a hitch and we are moving forward. well, al is. we are taking mom & dad up tomorrow to check it out, and it will be just the second time i've seen it myself. our plan is to get the sofa bed first, take some random pieces of furniture and the air mattress up for now, and slowly buy stuff as we can. hopefully we can score at estate sales, which we need to get back into our schedule. time for some russian river vacations! we can't wait.