A VERY EXCITING HOUSE UPDATE!
Wednesday 10.30.13 
I have to preface this post with this: I AM KIND OF FREAKING OUT! Ok, not kind of. TOTALLY. Totally freaking out. You guys, this is our living room! Remember that masking tape installation? Yep, it's been realized into the floating drawers and giant mirror of my dreams. It's SO satisfying to see something I imagined for so long (my entire life and 15 official months, to be exact) come to life! I've written about all the details of the update below, including sources for everything I can think of, and even more of everything after the jump! xx- Sarah
One of the very first things I decided on when we bought the house was these floating drawers, which I designed, agonized over wood & stain options for and then had a local carpenter build and install. And I'll admit- I hugged the carpenter after he installed it. It's unfortunate he was as uncomfortable as a cat in a bath in that moment, but I couldn't contain myself! It was $350 for the done deal, just in case you were imagining the worst! It's not inexpensive but I think it's perfectly reasonable for a piece of custom furniture. And it makes that entry way an actual ENTRY WAY, instead of an awkward door in our living room. And that, my friends, is impossible to put a price on. Impossible!
I snagged those amazing pillows from Amber Interiors to bring some color into the couch, and brought back the shaggy cream pillows that were seen here to bring some softness and lightness to all of that brown leather. It's JUST what it needed! And the brass longhorn was a vintage find that very nearly had me in tears of happiness when I spotted it. I couldn't get him off the wall and into our house fast enough! {more after the jump!}