Sneak Peek

Final installation of the mirrors/art is scheduled for tomorrow, yay! After that, the only remaining item will be for Stew to wall-mount the TV. Almost done!

Roman Art

A few weeks ago we printed and framed some photos that we took while traveling in Italy this spring. I really like these gallery style frames, which we purchased at Pottery Barn. We hung them above the computer desk in our den. On another wall we have two Africa prints (one a giraffe, one an elephant), from Cost Plus. Ah, sabbatical seems so long ago....

Floor It

I'm finally getting around to posting a picture of our newly installed wood floor. Also purchased out a new rug this weekend to go under our dining room table. Have been browsing around in catalogs for some ideas for living room furniture.
[Edited 8/18]: We ended up getting a different color rug than the one shown here. The 'putty' color was a tad too pink, so we opted for 'stone' instead. It is the Unior Pier Rug from Crate and Barrel. And as a side note, we've never done so much rug exchanging in our lives - between the new color, and 2 defective rugs, it was a total of 4 tries before we got it right.

Oh, and the cats seem to enjoy the new floor too. We just hope they don't scratch it up....

Tried another new recipe this week, for salmon baked in foil, which I saw on Everyday Italian. I liked that it is really simple to make (even baked it in the toaster oven!).