Basement Tour Part 2

Disclaimers:

1. I have to apologize for picture quality. Still using my iPhone (still lazy).
2. Sunlight is not the best this morning, so it's dim.
3. I did not have time to pretend I live spotless and pick everything up. What you see is what you get.

Here's where I work. Coffee cup, Nordstrom catalog, pictures ... are always staples on my desk. Picked up the office chair from a model home clearance sale for $35 (this chair is usually $550). Desk from Pottery Barn ... about 10 years old. Lamp is Anthropologie. Computer is Mac Pro with gigantic monitor (love, love, love!).

TV viewing area. Squishy sofa that barely made it down the stairwell (had to remove rails). Over-sized ottoman both from Curious Sofa (the best place on earth for furniture), old side table is too tall, too old and too white, but I am using what I have, so there you go. Leather chair is from the same model home sale. Picked it up for a song.

The great thing about a basement is rules pertaining to TV size don't really matter anymore. Big, bigger, biggest are all welcome. I watched the entire 1st season of True Blood the other night on it and loved the gaudy size. I imagine movie nights all winter long down here. Super cozy.

Here's my work in progress wall. I have a tough time replacing pictures in frames, I tend to just get more frames for more pictures ... so, I imagine in another month or so, this wall will be filled to the gills with more. And then I will need to find another wall ...

The clocks do not work, but each are set to a special time. The time my children were born, the time I got married, and the last one is my "just in case" clock for a special occasion yet to come.

Here's the playroom. Train table, normal table, storage galore all from Pottery Barn Kids. Love their style, but not sure they are built with quality in mind. The wood is soft and scratches, dents, and chips easily.

My OCD tendencies want me to delete this picture and go rearrange all the baskets and toys so they look perfect. Good thing my lazy side is dominant.

Here's the kitchen where we make smoothies, cakes, and everything else under the sun.

More tour tomorrow ...

In other news, Wayne is hanging in there. His white blood count is zero. However, he is shooting wheat grass every day and his red count is at a record high! We are hopeful he will not be needing a blood transfusion Friday if they hold steady.