Mine, all mine!

My intention was to avoid the craziness that is Black Friday and observe Buy Nothing Day instead, but I couldn't resist.
Turns out I did manage to avoid the hoards, which were largely at stores like Best Buy. And that left me free to browse the furniture at Value City. Didn't do that much browsing though because I came with a purpose. Namely, this:
I have had my eye on that for a while. I have sat on it several times and it's quite comfy and firm. And not too badly priced either (though once you add the taxes and delivery charge, etc... it's not as cheap). But the good news is i get two free pillows priced at $50 each AND the even better news is that I got 6 months of interest-free financing. No money down, no minimum payment, though it is my goal to pay it within the 6 months.

I put my couch up for sale, again, on craigslist. Keep your fingers crossed for me, please.

Not technically decorating

But, oh, the wonders that magnetic poetry can do to your refrigerator. Plus, I like to crack myself up with the mismatching words.
This is from my Shakespeare set.

Coveting

this desk from Ikea:
It's got everything I want in a compact layout. A keyboard tray, a place for the CPU, a shelf under the desk for the printer. Plus, there's a drawer under that. I'll make the trip down to the store at some point.

In the meantime, I have painted most of the walls in my living room, which now looks like it's been ransacked. One small wall to go and that'll be that (excepting some minor finishing touches that I will ask someone else to take care of).

I also bought a TV stand today. Much smaller than my obnoxiously large entertainment center. I thought of painting it black, but the lighter maple color is growing on me. We'll see. I'll post pix laterz.

Sage

Here's the newly painted sage entrance hall. The edges near the closet and doors were so tight. It was a nightmare to paint.
But I love the color (Behr's False Cypress + 5 oz of white).
One wall down, 4 - much larger ones - to go.

Once more, with feeling

OK. It might, might, be growing on me.

Ignore the kitchen mess!
Ooh, notice the new chairs. They're wood and leather and very comfy. If the cats spoil them...

Some I made/drew, others I bought, others gifts from friends. Looks like I need to wipe the big one. Yikes.

Most seriously displeased

So, it's been getting really cold. And my thermostat stopped working. At first, it only said "REPL BAT." Which I did. And it worked again. And then stopped again.
Today, I finally caved and went to the Home Depot store to get a new one. I came home, and the first thing I did was to unscrew the wires from my old thermostat. Before labeling the wires. Just like the instructions of the new thermostat said. *bangs head*
I can get a Master's degree, but reading the instructions through is just TOO MUCH for me to handle.
Anyway, I went over to a neighbors' and looked at her thermostat. But she only has heating. I have heating AND AC.
I decided to experiment anyway.
I unscrewed 3 of the 4 little compartments in the new thermostat. The fourth one just wouldn't loosen up, and in the process of trying several screwdrivers and heads, I mangled the the screw.
I drove back to HD and they kindly gave me a new one.
Got back, got the new thermostat in - without electrocuting myself - and felt relieved and warmed, if not entirely proud of myself.

And then I set out to finally paint the living room. I just did one wall - the "dining area" wall. I got two colors. One for most of the living room, and one for this wall.
I was rather happy with the color in the paint bucket.
And then I applied the paint, and it was very dark. In fact, it looked like Christmas green to me. Not at all what i wanted. So yeah, as Lady Catherine would say, I am most seriously displeased.
I can only hope that the lighter green/sage will offset the Christmas vibe I'm getting. Otherwise, I'll just have to paint over it.
And get more tools, because, dayum, the trim looks sloppy. Sigh.
Before:
(Pardon the mess and last year's remaining Xmas decoration... I guess that's foreshadowing).
After:
The paint's still wet and is much darker than in the pic. I'll wait and see how it looks in the morning with natural light.
Sigh, again.