A Busy, Yet Productive Weekend

Well this past weekend was a true introduction to a Georgia summer - SUNNY, HOT, and HUMID!! Man it was hot!! Sunday was one of those days when you really couldn't do much to stay cool... and we decided it'd be a great day to go shopping for furniture. But to keep things chronological, allow me to begin on Saturday.

Saturday morning we awoke bright and early to participate in a 5K run/walk to support the Atlanta Mission. It was a beautiful day for the race. It was sunny, but fortunately not too hot at 8:30am. It was great to get to run with Ashley! She is such a trooper! She rocked the course and finished in 30:35 - pretty dang good for someone running for two!! :) It was a ton of fun to run throughout downtown Atlanta and see some really neat areas of the city! It was so neat to see many of the men and women who have found hope and new opportunity in the Atlanta Mission, participate in the day's events! God is good!

Following the race we took a quick little snooze - I said it was a busy weekend, but ya gotta take some time to recover :) The rest of the day Saturday was spent perusing garage sales and looking through some of the furniture that came from my grandmother's house. Unfortunately, we didn't find too many pieces of furniture among those options - we found a kitchen table we like that used to be my parents = free is good! We found a couple of bar stools that we may refinish and put in our kitchen = once again, free is good! And we also found two cute little antique rocking chairs that will be perfect for our nursery! We wrapped up Saturday sharing dinner with my folks - pork tenderloin on the grill, roasted potatoes, salad, and an ice cold brewski! (Just to clarify - Ashley did NOT have a beer - just me). Great way to wrap up a busy Saturday!

Sunday we decided would be our FURNITURE SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA day!! On our list of places to check out: The Dump, Ashley Furniture, a storage unit w/ more of my grandmother's things, and IKEA!! It promised to be a very long and tiring day - and that it was. But we also found some great pieces of furniture and began to envision some of the rooms in our new home start to really come together! Below are some of our favorites:

We love this look for the family room - pretty much all of it :)

We especially loved this media center - and were delightfully surprised w/ the price tag!

Ashley immediately fell in love with this piece for the kiddo's playroom.

These lamps are so cool and unique - love them!

This chair really brings it all together in the family room - it's gonna bring that "POP"!

So there ya go - we've still got a lot of thinking and planning to do. Not to mention budgeting :) But these are really some of our favorite pieces from the weekend furniture hunt.

What do you think? Have you ever been inspired by a single piece of furniture? Do you have any favorite places for furniture shopping?

We're excited to see how things come together! Until next time...