Cat Stairs in the Dining Room.

Our kitten Athena turns one year old in a couple of weeks. Her favorite thing to do is to play fetch and gazing out windows (there's a very large squirrel that likes to harass her from the tree outside the kitchen window). We installed some shelves for her to climb on some empty wall space in the dining room. The shorter shelves are IKEA Lack and the longer ones were made from whitewood boards from Lowe's. We still need to install carpet or something for traction, but I think it looks pretty spiffy right now.

Summer Bedding.

Well the weather is finally staying warm, and the overnight low is in the sixties instead of the forties now, so it was time to switch out the down comforter for something less heavy.

I picked up a quilt set at IKEA. I like it, but obviously it's too long for our platform bed. The smaller size does not fit a queen, so it was this or nothing :)

Living Room Updated.

Here's a shot of the living room with the new rug in it:

 

I think it looks awesome. We haven't put the dots down yet to make it "permanent", so I'll probably play with the pattern some more.

And here's the canvas I picked up. I painted it blue but haven't done anything else with it yet. Of course IKEA had to go out and update their stuff, and I saw a ready-to-hang canvas I really liked, but I think we'll stick with this.

Guest Bathroom.

 

Our kitten has a weird obsession with shower curtains. I often find her staring at me through the shower liner. A little weird. I think she likes watching the water.

"Adverse Weather Conditions."

That's what customer service said when I called to find out why only 18 of the 30 carpet tiles I ordered came in. I understand that the insane winter weather is the reason my shipment was DELAYED, but why on Earth would it cause the packages to be split up? Really? Argh. It's already in town, and our weather is actually really nice the past few days. Darn you delivery company, I think you are just being lazy!