Jun 30, 2012

A Look Back - Baltimore, MD. - June 2012

I could post about eating our family dinners around our dining room table, but I thought it might be more fun to take a look back at the last month at all the other stuff we did in, on, around, and under as we got to know Buster and the gang!
Game Night - Dominoes!!! We even have room for the Bone Yard!!!
Studying - Those books are heavier than both our children COMBINED!!! 
Mass Mailing - MJ's Birth Announcements (Only 4 months late now)
Dress Hemming - As our big girl grows we've had to adjust her Sunday dresses so as not to wear mini skirts in church! 
Sewing - I've had to make a couple of repairs to the edges of MJ's blanket and "Buster" gives me enough space to really spread out!
Doctoring Boo boos - We've had a lot lately as the Toddler is running, jumping, and climbing more than ever these days! 
A Changing Table - This was perfect for when MJ was still sleeping in her pack & play in the dining room.
Napping - It's also a great place for MJ to nap when I'm cleaning out and reorganizing, our closet, or other "bedroom stuff".
Playing Underneath - One of her new favorite places to play  and hide things like her shoes. 
Playing on Top - This has been a fun way to teach El her body parts! 
ALL this was done without the leaf in.  Just think we've got another 2 feet to work with and grow into!

A LOOK BACK
This whole contest was about helping as many people as possible understand what it was REALLY like purchasing custom furniture from Su Casa and as I sat racking my brain last week on how I could best get my story out there I realized something, It's not just about me. Each of the bloggers in this competition selected different furniture to "Test" in their home. Each of those pieces had different options for customization and had a different road to travel to get to it's forever home. I mean The Baltimore Chop saw a chair he really liked and with some imagination and the folks at Pad, Su Casa's Super cute and modern sister store, they turned that chair into his dream couch. 

These blogs will forever be a living record of our experiences. They are proof of Su Casa's need to please EVERY customer they encounter and make their experience so good that they will return over and over no matter where life takes them. They want you to have such a fantastic experience that your friends are flocking in to add a piece of Su Casa furniture to their home like The IsKow Family's did. I can honestly say that after thoroughly reading my competitor's blogs over the last few months, I'd be floored if any of them decided to NOT purchase their test furniture. 

A year ago I'd never even heard of Su Casa, and here i am along with all the other contest finalists, with less than 24 hours to go, anxiously anticipating the end of this little "Test it. Blog it. Win it" contest we entered almost 6 months ago! And now, 14 blogs, a couple hundred posts, and hundreds more comments, Facebook "shares" and "likes", "Tweets", "Pins", and interviews with bigger more public blogs. We've done our part. We've all told our story of choosing, ordering, and living with our Su Casa furniture. If you'd never heard of Su Casa - Baltimore before, you know them now. You know their employees, you know their stores, you know their ducks and you know their customers. People like you, and me.  My bet is that you're falling in Love with them just like we have!

NOTE TO READER: Thanks so much for your support through these last few months. This has been more fun than I ever imagined it could be! Please believe me when I say that it's been amazing to see my blog traffic grow from 20-30 hits on my best days to 100+ hits a day with an all time high of 121 hits last Monday June 25th. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Tune in tomorrow when I post the winner of my Su Casa Duck GIVEAWAY as well as the winning blog in the Test it. Blog it. Win it. Contest.

Till next time,
Bon Voyage!!!

Last Chance to enter the Su Casa Duck GIVE AWAY!

SU CASA DUCK GIVE AWAY
Today Saturday June 30, 2012, is your LAST chance to enter to win a Su Casa Baby Duck.

HOW TO ENTER
For each of the 5 categories that you post "Your Picks" in the comments section of that day's post you'll get one entry for the Duck GIVE AWAY. 5 Categories, 5 Chances to enter to WIN!
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All you have to do is answer the question:
What piece of Su Casa furniture would you have chosen if you'd been in the Test it. Blog it. Win it Contest?

BONUS ENTRIES
(Lets keep it simple)
1.) Subscribe to this blog using the "Join This Site" button to the right.
2.) Post about this GIVE AWAY on your Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and/or Penterest Be sure to let me know in your comments below which you've done.

THE WINNER
The Contest will close at midnight tonight, June 30, 2012 and the winner will be announced tomorrow, Sunday, July 1, 2012.
NOTE TO READER: Stay tuned for a second post today as we take a look back at our month with "Buster" and the gang!

Till Next time,
Bon Voyage

Jun 29, 2012

Your Picks GIVE AWAY: Lets Get to WORK on the Office - Baltimore, MD. June 2012

This was our second choice when it came to this Test it. Blog it. Win it. Contest. Since our office became our sweet girls' bedroom our "office" and everything that goes along with it was relocated to our dining room. We've put a few things in place to make it look less crazy, but it's still a space that feels like it has Multiple Personality Disorder.

Similarly to the Bar Category, what is listed on line hardly scratches the surface of what Su Casa offers in the way of office furniture. There are more in the "Photos" section of the Su Casa Facebook Page

I found OUR PICK listed in the "WALL PHOTOS" 
It's called The Pivot Desk

I think we'd need the Sequel Multi-function Cabinet for additional storage.
YOUR PICKS
(Click HERE to see Su Casa's Online Office furniture options)

This is the LAST chance to enter to win a Su Casa Baby Duck.
HOW TO ENTER
For each category that you post your favorites in the comments section of that day's post you'll get one entry for the Duck GIVE AWAY. 5 Days, 5 Chances to enter to WIN!

BONUS ENTRIES
(Lets keep it simple)
1.) Subscribe to this blog using the "Join This Site" button to the right.
2.) Post about this GIVE AWAY on your Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and/or Penterest Be sure to let me know in your comments below which you've done.

NOTE TO READER: If you missed the first 4 chances to enter, click the links below:
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What piece of Office furniture would you have chosen to Test, Blog, and Win? 

Till next time,
Bon Voyage!

Our Table: Falling in Love With the Details - Baltimore, MD. June 2012

Back in March, a week and a half after baby MJ arrived, 
with Pat V.'s help, we picked out our beautiful Dining Table from Su Casa - Kenilworth


Well, since it arrived in late march I've noticed a couple of design details that I hadn't noticed in the store. Subtle things that make me love it even more.

The Corners are just slightly rounded or bull nosed
and each place at the table is notched
I'm such a tactile person (some might call me a "toucher") and I've seriously fallen in love with the comfortable lines of this table. I love that there are no harsh corners to deter us from leaning in to talk at the end of the night when the kits are in bed and we're having a glass of wine and reflecting on our day.

One of the reasons we liked this table so much in the store was that it would easily seat 8 to 10 people one day, but I'm surprised at how it has a way of embracing us and being way more intimate than I ever thought it could be.

Of course the Hub said he'd noticed these things while shopping and they were the reasons he liked the table so much. I'm pleading Baby Brain and HEAVY pain killers, and he says that he's "glad one of us was paying attention". Ha ha ME TOO!!!

Till Next time,
Bon Voyage!

Jun 28, 2012

Your Picks: Cheers to the Bar- Baltimore, MD. - June 2012

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. 
Wouldn't you like to get away? 
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name, 
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see, 
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows 
Your name.
So I'm going to have to stray off the straight and narrow path of super cute bar furniture and say that if I'd entered in the Bar category of the Test it. Blog it. Win it. contest I'd definitely have chosen one of their wine racks! Unfortunately there aren't any on line, but there are a few on the Su Casa Facebook Page.

This one is my favorite hanging one
Also, if you remember the Buffet I LOVE has space for wine bottles
And as my dear friend Nancy would say, "you can always use more wine storage!"


YOUR PICKS
(Click HERE to see Su Casa's Online Bar furniture options)


This is the 4th of 5 chances to enter to win a Su Casa Baby Duck.

HOW TO ENTER
For each category that you post your favorites in the comments section of that day's post you'll get one entry for the Duck GIVE AWAY. 5 Days, 5 Chances to enter to WIN!

BONUS ENTRIES
(Lets keep it simple) 
1.) Subscribe to this blog using the "Join This Site" button to the right.
2.) Post about this GIVE AWAY on your Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and/or Penterest Be sure to let me know in your comments below which you've done.

NOTE TO READER: If you missed the first 2 chances to enter, click the links below:

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Till next time,
Bon Voyage!

Jun 27, 2012

Ours - Baltimore, MD. - June 2012

We ordered our dining room furniture from Su Casa back in March and tonight, almost 4 months later, when I came home from my Wednesday night bible study and saw Oliver... 
(Yep the new chair's name is Oliver, more names coming soon.)

Sitting in his place at the head of the table, for the first time since that cold and windy trip to Su Casa - Kenilworth, I really felt like I was walking into our dining room with OUR furniture. It's sort of funny what the presence of one chair can do. I can't explain it, but I just felt like the gang was all here; I felt like it was OURS!
Welcome home Oliver!!!
NOTE TO READER: For your chance to make a little piece of Su Casa YOURS enter the YOUR PICKS contest by clicking HERE to get started.  You have 5 Chances to enter to Win a Su Casa baby duck!

Till next time,
Bon Voyage

Your Picks GIVE AWAY: Let's Take a Peek Into the Bedroom - Baltimore, MD. - June 2012

This is the 3rd of 5 chances to enter to win a Su Casa Baby Duck.
HOW TO ENTER
For each category that you post your favorites in the comments section of that day's post you'll get one entry for the Duck GIVE AWAY. 5 Days, 5 Chances to enter to WIN!

BONUS ENTRIES
(Lets keep it simple)
1.) Subscribe to this blog using the "Join This Site" button to the right.

2.) Post about this GIVE AWAY on your Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and/or Penterest Be sure to let me know in your comments below which you've done.

NOTE TO READER: If you missed the first 2 chances to enter, click the links below:Living Room

TODAY WE'RE TAKING A PEEK INTO

Shortly after we got married almost 7 years ago we happened upon an estate sale and purchased our bedroom set. It was the most wonderful find and for $550.00 it was a steel, especially for twenty something newly weds just starting out. Although we LOVE the set I can still remember our conversation as we attached the frame to the head board.

The Hub: "This will be great for our apartment days, but when we have a house this set will go in our guest room."
WanderingLili: "Why?"
The Hub: "Because I wanna get a KING bed."
WanderingLili: "Why?"
The Hub: "You hog the bed."
NOTE TO READER: If you haven't seen me lately or ever, I'm seriously right at 5 feet and 110 lbs. In a "bed hog contest" I would, and DO, loose every time!!!
But I digress, as I scooted around Su Casa Baltimore's Bedroom furniture section of their website I fell in love with THIS!
(In fact, I LOVE the entire Shutter series!)

YOUR PICKS
(Click HERE to see all of Su Casa's bedroom offerings.)

Just as with Living rooms there's a lot to choose from, but,

What piece of BEDROOM furniture would you have chosen to Test, Blog, and Win?

Till next time,
Bon Voyage!