so many projects, so little time

On Friday, I start to get the itch.  What will this weekend hold?  What can I accomplish?!  For my birthday (late October), I've already asked Rush to paint the bathroom.  Not a huge request because the room is about 8 feet by 4/5 feet.  It's tiny.  So rather than stop there, I tacked on the kitchen to my birthday painting request.  This is a bit bigger deal.  We're not planning to paint this weekend, but my birthday wish will apparently be granted because I was encouraged to pick my colors, so off to the paint chip racks I go.   

I have some trips coming up for a rustic wedding party (not a wedding - just the party) and a Vegas bachelorette weekend, and I've spent a few hours shopping for the appropriate attire because my closet tends to lean a bit more J. Crew bright semi-formal cocktail dresses than anything on either end of the spectrum.  However, all I want to do is work on the house.  

Some things I'm liking this week:

Extension table - goes from 55" to 73"

Rush would kill me.  I think he's allergic to chevron.

Extra seating for parties

Found it! I thought...

So I realized I feel like I am living in a boy's bedroom.  We had an orange/white moroccan inspired (though not all that inspired since it was Pottery Barn afterall) duvet which I liked, but it was too much for Rush.  Too much color or busy-ness, I think.  Anyway, I caved and we bought a navy/white duvet from Ikea:

But I don't like it, so I have wasted many an hour (or day) looking for our next duvet.  And I found it and at a killer price for a duvet!

I showed it to Rush, and he doesn't like it.  Colors (what colors?!  it's grey and white) are ok for him, but he doesn't like the big zig zag.  I told him we're going to have to compromise because while I'm not a girly-girl, I occasionally need something with a little more pizzaz than what he would probably choose.  So back to the drawing board, or rather, the web for more inspiration...