our.house!

Simon and I recently bought some new furniture for our downstairs, and I just love it! We used to NEVER sit downstairs and hang out unless we were watching football on Sundays since this is where the "football tv" is (Yes, Simon was one of those guys that had to go out and get an LCD High-Def blah blah blah at the start of this year's NFL season). Now with the new furniture, we've been down here every night. AND, Jamie Sangar Photography just bought me a new 17" MacBook Pro laptop, so now I can edit photos and blog from the comfort of my new chair!!! Even though it's really cold out tonight, I have to admit that I LOVE this time of the year as Christmas and New Year's near. I love the way our house feels right now with lights up and the tree decorated. I thought I'd share a few photos of our Christmas tree and new furniture.

Here's a night time shot of our tree!

...and here's a daytime shot:

Yes, you are correct. Those are musical instruments that you see as our tree ornaments. For those of you that do not know, Simon is a drummer. He found these ornaments a couple of years ago at Restoration Hardware, so we alternate every other year using the music ornaments. For you musicians out there, you'll appreciate our tree topper--a GUITAR! ha. I think it looks cool:)

Here's a guitar ornament...

And here's a turntable ornament...

Here is our new couch and chair. We are missing one more piece of furniture that still has not arrived yet. Instead of the glass coffee table you see, we are waiting on our new brown leather ottoman to arrive. It's one of those really long ottomans that's the length of the couch. I cannot WAIT to put my feet up on it when it arrives!

(Here's a shot I stole from Crate and Barrel's website to show you the ottoman we are waiting on. I hope it comes soon!!!)


The stockings--Simon's on the left, Peyton's in the middle and mine on the right. Every single night, Peyton jumps up on the hearth and stands on her back legs to sniff her stocking. There's nothing in it...she just remembers that last year there were bones and treats in it. One of these nights, I'm going to have my camera ready when she does it so I can share with you. It is so cute!

This tree is fake--but cool.

Here's the princess enjoying her new couch. She really likes the new pillows that go on the couch. I don't think Crate and Barrel thought these were pillows that DOGS should be laying their heads on:)


Just a cool flower that I bought. It's a hydrangea:)


That's all for the random photos tonight! I have another family shoot to work on from last weekend! Good night!