Kitchen and Living room update {with loaner furniture}

Hi there! I’m excited to have something in my house to show you today.  Monday I shared our Okinawan rental home but it hadn’t been furnished yet.  Our first shipment of belongings arrived but it only contained toys, kitchen and bathroom items, and linens.  Until our furniture comes, we get to borrow government issued furniture.  So I’ve been doing a little shopping!I love how big and bright our living/dining/kitchen area is.  I knew right away that I wanted a cool rug with a bohemian feel.  When my friend and I went shopping yesterday and found this aztec rug on sale, we each snagged one up.  The mint and pink in the rug compliment the wall and trim nicely.  It actually improved the look of our loaner furniture. Perfect.

We also needed curtains since there are permanent pinch and pleat rods in our house.  Curtains can get pretty pricey out here but after searching a few stores, I found cute, white sheers that I could live with.

One of my favorite things about our kitchen, is a built in china cabinet that holds all of our dishes. The storage is from the floor to ceiling so all our serving ware, lunch boxes, pots and pans, and mixing bowls fit in this one unit.

Since we have been here, I’ve been itching to have fresh flowers and plants in our home.  The foliage in Okinawa is just beautiful.  I already snagged up a little house plant for our kitchen window.

The new kitchen towels from IKEA that I bought in the middle of our move two months ago finally have a home.  Ah! Life in the military.  I want to add more copper to the kitchen to warm it up a bit.  I also plan on doing something with the cabinet hardware.  😉 

The wine bottle holder that I painted gold for our last house (to hold towels) looks really nice in the kitchen, so I think it will stay.  It just needs to be stocked. 😉 The kitchen and living room have a long ways to go but for now, it’s way better than living at the hotel, and it’s starting to feel like home. All of the furniture you see is government issued.  Yuck! Luckily I planned ahead with our first shipment and made sure to include throw pillows and blankets.  😉  If we were to keep either the chair or couch I would make slipcovers for them.  We do have our couch coming though. YAY!

Right now, the loaner dining set is in the living room but eventually my piano will go in that corner.  So I’m sort of in the market for a cute, little round kitchen table to live in the kitchen.

There is plenty of space in there and you can see the ocean and our cute backyard from the sliding doors.

This is the back of our house, complete with steel doors to cover all of the sliding doors during typhoon season.

Well, there you have it! Furniture in the house.  I’ll show the bedrooms and bathrooms soon and also inspiration boards for future plans.  We are so blessed and lucky to have this opportunity.  I can’t wait to share more of our Okinawan adventures.