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We FINALLY got our giant print for our kitchen!

One of my good friends recommended this company, where you can upload photos and order posters of pretty much any size and have them delivered! I am SUPER satisfied with the outcome. The quality is awesome, and its the perfect addition to our little coffee nook.

My dear friend Kim Bogardus is a pretty spectacular photographer. She had taken some photos of Brett and I for Christmas last year and we both are so in love with the way they turned out. This print was one of our favorites and its fun to turn it into a giant piece of art for our home.

A while back I saw a post on A beautiful mess about industrial sized prints and since then ive been on the hunt for a way to print a color photo that didn’t break the bank. I also really loved the triangle accents and what they added to it. It’s a super fun and clever way to add some color especially when you are renting like us.

I really love the way it turned out and I may order some more of these bad boys for other parts of our home. Maybe not quite this large and in charge but some bigger ones of our wedding may be nice, and of course some family photos when Penny makes her way into the world : ).

This weekend we FINALLY got some of our shelves up in our new place! I haven’t really been all that excited about our new apartment. We moved from a place that we actually loved a lot to a new place that has some major perks. Cheaper rent, smaller commute, and right next door to some of our favorite people.

I think a big reason why I’ve had a hard time adjusting is because we moved during the height of my first trimester tired-no-motivation phase. A lot of things are still in boxes which is something I have a super hard time with. I am a super crazy unpacking organizing machine…so having no interest in putting our house together for the first 3 months was a bit of a downer. Ever since we got these shelves up though, I’m falling a little bit in love with our cozy space.

One of my favorite things so far has been this little coffee station. Our new place has a teeeeny tiiiiny kitchen with no counter space at all. So adding this one little shelf in our dining area for all of my caffeinating equipment was a super nice way to get some clutter out of the way. There are still a couple touches that I’m going to add, hopefully next weekend. But the more we do the more I enjoy where we live and the more I can picture our little family making sweet memories here.

Side note: Decorating when you know you are going to have a little one running around getting in everything is a whole different vibe than the kid-less decorating. I’m super conscious of the height of everything and making sure nothing valuable or unsafe is close to the ground…look at me…thinkinlikeamom…weird.