Because I can?

Ryan somehow convinced me that we needed another dog because Karl needed someone to play with during the day... Joan is the result.... She is REALLY cute and cuddly, but we'll see how long that lasts... 

Advise... I need it!

So Ryan has given me the go ahead to start buying furniture to decorate our new (5 month old) house. The problem now is that I don't know where to start. I'm going to start with buying new night stands for our bedroom because I literally have been using a Home Depot box since we moved in and its a cheap and easy first step...

So I have some choices to make. One I could go the really simple route and order one of these choices from Ikea, 

Two, I could get unfinished furniture and stain it how I want:

This is an example from store around here, I'm not loving the feet or height of this one...

Or C I could take some initiative and find some antique or vintage store around Salt Lake to find something that I love. But who knows how costly that will be... The mind reels...