Housewarming Party Ideas

Happy Memorial Day weekend! It's finally Friday and 5 o'clock can't come soon enough for this three day weekend. Lots of things planned to do, and the Housewarming Party is on Sunday!

With that being said, I put together some of the things I have planned for the party.

I went to the Chef Shoppe for the first time this past Tuesday and found that adorable woven drink dispenser stand for my mason jar drink dispenser that I have had for awhile, and I am so excited to use it because I have been looking for one forever...and this one is just perfect.

I also love the little Hooray cake topper letters that I found on clearance at Target, and spray painted the letters metallic silver, so that it will go with things easier, and will make it easier if I ever want to re-use them.  Silver goes with everything. I'm planning on putting it on top of chocolate chip cookie sandwiches that I will make Sunday along with everything else.  (Which includes white chocolate covered pretzels...my fav, homemade caramel popcorn, chips and salsa, and a cracker, meat, and cheese tray).

The little popcorn containers that I got from Michaels are the cutest things ever, and I'm planning on putting the homemade caramel popcorn in it, along with tags that say "Thanks For Popping By".  I couldn't help it.  :)

I'm also BEYOND excited, because my chalkboard finally looks great again!  Before, I had purchased the chalkboard at Kohls, and when I went to draw on it, it left nasty ugly marks behind. All I had to do was repaint over it with some chalkboard paint that I bought at Home Depot, and boom-better than it was new.  I blame the weird-not so-chalkboard finish it came with.  To tie together the red and orange colors I'm going with, I put together the garland to drape over the chalkboard.  It was super easy.  All you need is some string, cardstock, and a hotglue gun.

I'm so excited to see how everything turns out... and to show off the place for his, and my family and friends. 

Also, the place is finally done and everything moved in!  Which means just in time for the party, and for another finished house tour. :)  Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

House Tour

Finally able to post!  We have been so busy ever since he got the keys last week..it has been crazy.  Wednesday night we ended up moving all the boxes out of my room and into the place, and then we spent Thursday night and all Friday night deep cleaning and cleaning the carpets with the help of his family.  Needless to say, it looked spotless after we were done with it!

Saturday.. Furniture shopping day!  We stopped at a few places early in the morning to compare prices, and he ended up getting a white shag rug from Home Depot that was half the price and looked just as good as the one we fell in love with at Sam's.  Furniture shopping is so much fun... and after this past weekend I felt like Weekend's Only was my second home.  Seriously.  This is the couch he ended up picking out, and I LOVE IT!  It looks amazing against the white rug and the pillows accent it perfectly.  The minute we saw this oversized wood coffee table we were sold.  It's HUGE and I can't get enough of it.  I am so excited to finally post pics when it will be all finished... Still have curtains to hang and he just mounted the TV tonight.

Can I just say how great the timing was for him to have a company car?  All this traveling back and forth to get the furniture moved, and the space to put it all!

We made yet another trip to Weekend's Only Sunday afternoon to pick out a bed set, which will also be in the post of the house tour once everything is finished.  It's all coming together, and looks awesome! He's supposed to be getting his dining table next week, which will be just in time for the house warming party!  So excited!

So here is the tour of the empty house before we got everything in it.

I am obsessed with the overhead wall that makes it have a loft-feel.  And there is the lamp that was mentioned in this post that I love so much.

This bathroom divides the spare bedroom and the master bedroom that is to the right of the hallway.

This is the master bedroom with a decent sized walk-in closet and bathroom.

Master bathroom.

Bathroom that separates both bedrooms.

Basement living room.  And to the left of this picture is a HUGE storage room.

This is the basement bedroom.  Great size, with another walk-in closet, and a place to install another bathroom.

There it is!  Can't wait to show pics of the finished rooms.  Happy (almost) Friday!