A few changes...

Here's a little bit of background for you: When Jordan and I got married we were (and still are) all about saving money. We moved into a teeny tiny basement apartment in the avenues of Salt Lake City where our rent was 550$ a month. Our bed was a metal frame with a mattress and box springs given to us by J's parents. Our dresser was also given to us by them and we didn't have a kitchen table. For a couch we bought a 60$ one off of craigslist. It wasn't the worst thing in the world; black faux leather that was a bit cracked and had a few holes but it was comfortable and served its purpose. Three and a half years and a really bad couch cover later we were given J's grandparents old couch since they were moving to Idaho and didn't need it anymore. It was in pretty perfect condition even though it was about 20 years old. But it was white. Try having a 7-8 month old growing baby and a white couch at the same time. Needless to say, that couch wasn't so white anymore by the time we moved here.

So now that Jordan has a real job we decided to make a few changes on our house! We now have a kitchen table and... a new couch!! This is a big deal to me since J has had to listen to me complain about how much I've hated the couches we've owned. We decided that since we have a 2 year old and another boy on the way (and we plan on having more kids) that we didn't want to spend a fortune on furniture. So even though our couch is from Ikea, its super comfortable and looks great in our house; and a bonus: the cover is removable and can be dry cleaned! We love it.

Before: Older couch, Red pillows, dark brown curtains that were there when we moved in.

After: New grey couch and ottoman, white curtains, new pillow covers that I made.