This is Your Life- Storage Unit

This is what our life looks like right now. Remember how we moved from a "grown-up house" to a 1 bedroom condo? This weekend, Mr. SE and I finished sorting through all of our boxes, and rounded up the stragglers that needed to be taken to storage. Now our condo is much less cluttered, and the things we don't need are out of site.

Items in the storage unit (way in the back) that we wish weren't--
A) Mr. SE's Playstation (used as our BluRay player)
B) My summer clothes and bathing suits (didn't think about how we'd be in the apt until Jun 30th)

Looks like next weekend we'll be purchasing a new BluRay player and a bathing suit for me so I can use the building's hot tub. But Sarah, that's lazy-- why don't you just get it out of the storage unit? Oh, have you ever put your whole house in a storage unit? Yeah. None of these items are coming out from the back, unless they're all coming out. Please note the picture with Mr. SE in front for scale---

moving is better when you've got this eye candy

psst-- the unit is 15ft deep!

Storage Wars

Bonus Room: Pardon the Blackberry Picture

Does anybody else watch that show? Mr. SE and I love it. Maybe it has to do with my love of yard sales, maybe it's just the thrill of finding a good deal. Regardless- we can't get enough.

Rooms to Go: Capetown

After the purchase of our sectional last fall, our bonus room (man cave) started to take shape. Shortly following the sectional was the TV, and we had ourselves a legitimate room. The functionality was there; couch and tv, but it was lacking in decor. I started accenting the "ryegrass" wall color with burlap curtains in "spice". It's sort of a dark orange reddish color and really blends well with the dark brown couch.

The piece de resistance is Mr. SE's media center! He couldn't find a center big enough (and less than $2k) for our TV, so he decided to make one on his own. My handsome husband doesn't have any experience in woodworking, and I'm proud to say that he created this masterpiece all in his head. As in without any plans, just an idea and some elbow grease! We were so excited to have this behemoth of a stand upstairs, and to place our TV on it's final resting spot. 

The color is a dark, warm brown and I love how it lends to the man cave aesthetic that I had planned. The original palette was "ryegrass" with different shades of brown and tan. Along the way we've chosen to accent with navy blue, spice, and pops of red (more on that later).

 
It's become such a cozy room that we've enjoyed spending time in. While the main pieces are all set, I'm still working on making the room feel more layered and lived in. My first step towards the lived-in look is bookcases. Initially I wanted two traditional bookshelves to flank our large window, but decided on a ladder style. My smart friend Jessica pointed out that the light shelving would compliment the heavy pieces already in place. So I just purchased these for myself, as an early birthday present. These can go together or separate- and I'll be using one on each side of the window. 

And that's what brings me to the title of this post, storage. I suppose that was a round about way to get here. And maybe I should have titled this post "Sarah Rambles About Bonus Room Details Nobody Cares About", but Storage Wars sounded catchier.