the dresser becomes a Ford.

I am so excited to be blogging tonight about the newest member of the Kevin & Kyla Ford family. 

.Our Dresser.

Its so beautiful and matches our bed frame PERFECTLY. Honestly, it's like the two were built from the same tree and separated at birth! Its incredible! 

 So the story began today when Kevin sent me a google chat to check out a dresser he found on KSL. I checked it out and said that I really liked it :)

Apparently I missed the beginning of the message that said If I really liked it to go check it out and if I liked it once I saw it to buy it. I missed that part completely! 

So this evening when Kevin came over for dinner he asked me if I had looked at the link and I said yes I had and that I really liked the dresser. He asked if I went and looked at it. (This is where we misunderstood each other). A little frustrated about my reading skills(the lack thereof), we felt sad that we may have missed a great deal on the dresser we wanted.

Luckily though, the women selling the dresser texted us back when we sent her a text and she said it hadn't been sold but she said she had lots of people interested. We told her we'd be over with CASH and would take it tonight if we liked it.

Now, with both the apartment and the dining room table, I feel immediately in love and had to try not to show it in front of the sellers in case it didn't work out, you know: poker face!

Well, same thing tonight with the dresser! As soon as I saw it and knew it was the PERFECT match (same color cherry wood) to the bed frame I literally almost screamed: "we'll take it". 

Of course I kept my cool, nodded and smiled at Kevin and said, "I like it, I think it matches well". 

We got it loaded into the back of the car and brought it home :) 

Luckily Kyle and Carly were still awake, so Kyle helped Kevin move the dresser into the bedroom (its pretty heavy).

Its so great in the room. It looks amazing and gives us the extra space (which we NEED). 

I feel so  lucky that Kevin spoils me  and finds all these great deals on KSL to make our little house a home. It's all so lovely and really completes the feel of "our first home".

Tonight was great. The bedroom is almost complete. Maybe a few pictures and a clock to hang and it will be done! 

Kevin being silly.

We are so excited.. Can't You tell?

PS. I think this night turned out so great because I made Chicken Roll-ups for dinner. A Ford Family recipe that I have loved making because it tastes so yummy. I love having my own kitchen and being able to cook dinner for Kevin and I. So fun.

Goodnight Readers.

furniture purchase numero dos!

Our New Table.

Our Table In our New Home (pic courtesy of Kyle & Carly Sipherd)

Tonight Kevin and I had the fun experience of purchasing our second major piece of furniture for our home. 

We have been looking for great buys online for awhile now.

Looking for things like a bed frame, dresser, couch, coffee table and dinning room table.

Tonight we checked off dinning room table from our list :) 

We are so excited about this purchase (not only because I get to Blog about it) but because it was just what we were looking for and when we saw it, we knew it was THE ONE! 

I guess our theory on furniture purchasing is that we are young, not wealthy and have a small place to start (don't most people? ) and so we don't want to spend our future children's college funds on fancy/shwanzy furniture. So for now, buy something nice for an inexpensive price. Kevin has converted me to KSL and Craigslist. Since I'm still looking for a job right now I am almost addicted to checking the websites as often as possible to see if something new has been listed. It's serious out there people. We are in a bad economy and everyone knows you can get an awesome deal  online. We saw a couch list and 26 minutes later get sold! 

So today we were looking online and we saw it. It matches the cupboards and storage shelves at our new place perfectly!

Kevin called right away and the nice lady (Katherine) said we could have it.

Kevin, being the get the best deal possible person he is (that I love) asked if she would sell it for $130, twenty dollars less then what she was asking.

It was here that we found out our second K2 purchase of $150 was originally purchased for over $1600 from Ethan Allen. Nice :)

We were so excited and told them we'd come get it tonight.

The couple who sold it to us was so great. The lady told me how it had been their FIRST big purchase as a newlywed couple and they had it for years and they loved the table but it didn't match their new contemporary theme in the new home they purchased. 

I could absolutely tell this little table had great sentimental value and such a dear place in her heart. I really felt like I was being given a great responsibility to take care of this table and give it a good home. I even promised the lady that Kevin and I would love the table and put it to good use! 

We also got to take it to our new place tonight. Kyle and Carly were so great to help us move it in :) We are so excited to start getting all our stuff in there starting next week.... stay tuned for that blog that will probably drag over a couple months as we slowly get me moved in and then Kevin in March :)

Oh and last night I made the OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN until our wedding

(I love fun crafts like this)

57 Days until I Marry My Best Friend.

Thanks for Reading.