I need your help!

We are looking at bedroom sets for our new house, however, we are slightly limited because we have a California King mattress.

What are your honest opinions about this set?

With certain things (i.e. anything involving decorations) I just can't tell if it looks good.

So followers and friends, tell me what you like, dislike, and if you think you would use it in your room!

Lawrence Mansion update

So first of all I want to state that we aren't building a mansion....but this is how our family is referring to our new house....and well I like it, so that's what our house will be called!

Now on to the pictures!

Our kitchen! Doesn't it look kitchenly?

The view from our balcony! It looks much better in person!

The staircase

Our Home!

Adventures in Scottsdale

We pretty much left Scottsdale feeling like this....

But we got so much accomplished and had an overall good time, but I feel the need to recap it for you all.

So bear with me here people!

1.  I forgot my camera...Rhett was happy about that!

2.  We found the design center for our new home builder and proceeded to spend 4 HOURS there.  We had a good time, until after the 1st hour when she said we had the hard parts done.  Then she proceeded to tell us it was time to pick out the tile carpet and counter tops.....which just so happen to be the MOST expensive thing there.  But we made it through and right on budget surprisingly.  We decided to go with darker maple cabinets (not quite the rich cherry color but close), the gray and black granite counter tops (the cost for Corian counter tops was almost equal to granite, so we went with granite), medium brown carpet, and a neutral tile in the kitchen, downstairs bathroom, and entry way, with a similar looking laminate for the upstairs bathrooms.  We really like the combo, but just hope it won't be completely ugly when it's all said and done.

3.  Met with our lender...I just LOVE talking money (please note the sarcasm here).  However, we still qualify even if we are pulling 2 mortgages once we close on the Sahuarita house.  Just keep praying that we find a buyer for our ABQ house.  It would be 1 less stressor.

4.  Learned that EXTREME U-Turns will cause your trunk to pop open and almost toss all of your important documents out into Scottsdale rush hour traffic.  What important life lesson did I learn after this incident?  Don't criticize the driving of an already stressed out husband in rush hour traffic!

5.  Ate one of the best steak dinners we've ever had at Fleming's.  Also, the one of the most expensive, but we had to celebrate....Rhett got his 1st paycheck!

6.  This is more of a Tempe adventure, but we went to IKEA, bought a TV stand, and headed home 2 brain fried and exhausted newlyweds.

That's all I've got.  There isn't anymore.

Apparently I stink!

Well not really me, but my house.  

This is however, what a prospective buyer said on a questionnaire when asked to describe our house....

3. How did the property show?
[ ] Immaculate
[ ] Clean/Neat
[ ] Messy/Cluttered
[ ] Dirty
[*] Other: too smelly!

RUDE!

However towards the end of the survey they explained what they meant by "too smelly"

9. Additional Comments
(blah blah blah)  And the fragrance stuff was WAY TOO MUCH.

Well I apologize that I enjoy my Midnight Pomegranate Bath and Body Works plug in.

(yes I realize this isn't a plug in, forgive me)

So I am trying to improve upon this by accepting some advice from my coworker Janell. She told me a story about when she and her husband were trying to sell their house in the early 80's when interest rates were 11-12% and the market just was not ideal to be selling. 

She wrote a poem about her house and made some molasses cookies.

It sold within a month of being on the market.

SO

Blogosphere....I need your advice!  

I may have a lookers coming by the house tomorrow....should I make chocolate chip cookies or bake bread?

Does anyone have a witty poem they want to write for me about a house on Summer Ray?

I'll give you an 5 extra entries for my 100th post giveaway!