Professional Organizer

I always thought this would seriously be the best job in the world.  I love nothing more than organizing.  I create messes simply to clean them up and make them organized.  I always joke (though it's not really much of a joke if I desperately wish it were true) that I would love to set up my classroom and then just keep it like a museum.  Dirty, messy teenagers come in and mess it all up everyday!  I spend so much time putting the desks back in perfect lines and reorganizing my library like everyday.  It's really a sickness.

This being said, I guess my passion for organizing are just going to be utilized in the Brownell 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom palace.  One of my friends, Emily, has enjoyed seeing my obsessive organizing & decorating and has asked for more.  (actually, funny story about how I know Emily.  I hired her as my wedding photographer 5 years ago.  For some reason, Andrew was late to the meeting, so it was just the two of us discussing and exchanging pleasantries.  When Andrew walked in, Emily looked at him all confused and asked if he went to Nohl Canyon Elementary School.  Turns out they had gone to Elementary school together and Emily even had a note that he had written her about 100 years ago.  So crazy!).  So, the bored teacher will now be posting about stuff around the house!

Now, I kind of think that my house looks like a boy set it up, then a girl moved in.  Which is funny, since Andrew and I have never not lived together.  (Right before we moved in together, I painted my bedroom hot pink.  I knew it would be my last chance to have some crazy colors on the wall.....) When we moved in together, we decided that we didn't want any "stuff" sitting around.  This stuck for a while, then I couldn't handle it, it was just too bland.  Our walls are all tan and white (with a 1/2 wall painted red in the office and the bedroom).  We like it when everything matches.  We have the same couch in the office, the same lamps in all rooms, the same furniture, same paint color, etc. One of my friends even joked one time that Maximus matches the color scheme of our house.....ha.  One time someone from our complex told me that our house looks like a model-home.  I couldn't have been prouder.  I think she said it like a bad thing (like it's not lived in), but I took it like a giant compliment!!!!!!!

VERY long story short, here's a few pictures of the casa de Brownell:

Couch in the office (the back light in the office made this picture
impossible to take.  Stupid phone).

Couch in the family room (it's huge, I know.  It seriously can sleep 2-3. )

(The pillows were purchased in Turkey 4 years ago.  BUT, I had only bought 3, so I took them to a tailor and had them cut them in half and put a square of the curtains on the back (so it would all match).  Voila, matching pillows for both rooms.