Serafinot gonna happen until I hit the lottery

So me and Emrlds have been emailing back and forth about everything Pottery Barn for the past two weeks.. yeah, we're THAT interesting! It all started with the Fall Catalog that displayed the coolest chair ever.

The Brooks Slipcovered Chair in Serafina

And it could totally be yours for the fabulous price of $879 (plus $65 if you want it actually shipped to your house)

The great news is, there are a couple of cheap[er] alternatives if you want to bring some serafinalisciousness into your living quarters?

How about some drapage? $89-$129. Totally doable- now all I need to do is find a 1 small window'd room in my house.

Deck your room out in the Serafina bedding. $29-$159 ... pillow sham anyone?

Showers will get that must steamier in your prepped out Serafina Shower Curtain. Its $69 which is about $50 more than what I would think a shower curtain would cost. Plus I'm not sure a boy would appreciate this design first thing in the morning.

Ohhh dearest pottery barn. Where is your outlet located?!?

This week in a nutshell

Closing Time meets Opening Day!

Well, today we sign a billion papers, fork over a lot of cash, and take on the biggest responsibility since the day we learned there is a payment called car insurance that we have to pay ourselves if we want to drive adopted lil Rocco... today we buy our first house!

So what does a blogger think about when a huge event like this happens?! This calls for a 2nd blog!

www.roccosmodernhome.com, your new fabulous source for everything renovation! Just kidding, basically I set this site up as a great tool for us to showcase all the before and after projects, so our friends and family can see just how crafty us cool cats can be. I decided to spice things up and try out a Wordpress layout, but not going to lie- its a helluva lot different than blogger and I have to go back to square one & figure out how to apply CSS to change a font color. (which after buying the upgrade and attempting 20 different codes so far, no luck)

As you can see on the new blog, I'm uber obsessive over everything design blogs. What are your favorites to peruze over the web? Do tell!

And if anyone feels like picking up a paint brush this weekend, you could just be my new BFF!

Busy Busy Busy

SO.. this past week has been absolutely crazy. We put an offer on a house in the area we've been obsessing over and they accepted! If all goes well, we will be moving into our first house in the beginning of June! A couple of friends have already purchased condos and what not, and have given me the advice of 'Wait until the closing-- because you never know'.. but hey, why not be happy and browse West Elm & Pottery Barn catalogs in the mean time, apply to every single HGTV show.... and learn what the inside of Home Depot and Lowes looks like. ugh, scratch that last one!

Got Mexico coming up in 6 days. Thank God that's already been paid for- whats up, Mortgage! Bought 2 bathing suits (this tankini from Gap Body and this tankini in green from Kenneth Cole Reaction but with the Skirt bottom- super cute) and don't feel completely ridiculous in them (but I will feel MUCH better when I'm rocking some sort of tan).

My teeth are FINALLY starting to feel a little better (JUST a little)- apparently my wisdom teeth on the left side were right on the nerve, so when they were taken out, the nerve was just sitting their raw and on fire. lol but my face on the left side is still swollen! Just check out this picture at the Avenue Q last week, and you can totally notice it.

I watched Atonement today on DVD and am very thankful I did not see it in the theatre, because I cried my eyes out at the end.. like SOBBED for some reason... that movie was very good. little long. lots of gory war things going on. but a powerful story.

Time to pack for vaca! And try out my new eye makeup remover thanks to the Raccoon eyes James McAvoy and Keira just caused.