Exercise Room finally in order!

Some of you know I'm an exercise nut and health freak...some of you don't. We had a very busy weekend. We spent a lot of time finishing up some decorating and organizing the house. We have an extra bedroom with our new place and since moving in, it has been the junk room for things we just had no idea what to do with. We tackled it and turned it in to an exercise room.Yay! Will also be great for dance practice. :-)
I just realized the only things missing from the room are our stability balls. They're still hanging out in the garage.

So this is what the room looks like.

 Weight bench in far right corner, used for chest presses/flies, hamstring curls and quad extensions. It can also be used for other things but that's usually what I do with it. We got some padding to put under the rug for extra cushion when doing floor work.

 Mini stepper on the left, weight tower and other free weights on the right. I wanted the candle screen in here for my light exercise days of doing yoga and stretching. The LED candles add more calm and sereneness to yoga workouts for me. LOVE!

 Closet doors were taken off to make extra room and make it easier to access the floor mats, steps, barbells, plates and resistance bands.

 We put padding down to protect the wood floors from the equipment. I will be making and putting up curtains over the closet to make it look better. There's still some random stuff on the top shelf. I will also be using this room for sewing once I get a better sewing table. I also use this closet to hang dry some clothes which is why there's a bunch of hangers.

 Computer used to play my workout DVD's, music and Netflix. I'm looking for a real desk (probably small corner style) to replace the crappy table.

Shot of this side of the room so you can get a feel for how it is set up.

So now that everything is in order, I can get back to posting my workouts for you guys and girls who are interested. I have been working out regularly but it's mostly been the same routine since all my stuff was buried in the garage. It's quite amusing as most people assume the workout stuff is my husband's, but it's all MINE. :-) He does use it but it took me years of harassing to get him to join me. Now he's a Cathe addict like I am!

I know a lot of you appreciate my workout posts and a good lot of you don't. So I was wondering what you think about me creating a separate blog specifically for health/fitness? Lemme know as it would be easy to make a new blog and post there instead of here, if too many people don't want it here with my beauty posts.

~BLIX

My Christmas decorations and first peak into my new house

We don't go all out for Christmas decorating. So we have just the living room with Christmas decor. :-D
More pics of the rest of the house are to come soon.

 Maya is over by the tree and Athan is watching her by the ottoman.

 Mrs. Claus undies and clothes hanging on the fireplace!

 Our tiny fiber optic tree

 This pic was taken standing in the foyer

 Those are the most comfy chairs ever!

 Santa's clothes and undies!

 Christmas bouquet from my mom-in-law (she's so awesome!)

Athan

Hope you enjoyed the pics. 

~BLIX

Decorating - My bedroom, or as I call it, the Lovenasium!

So I'm a huge decorator. It's something that most people do not know about me. So I guess I'm a closet decorator. :-)  Since I am a PIB (person in black), most people assume my place is very dark and drab. But it's not so. I finally got my bedroom looking the way I want. The inspiration for my bedroom came from various things. I love Indian (I mean India NOT Native American) and Moroccan decor so some of it stems from that. I wanted my room to be romantic and look like if you walked in there, you'd greeted by a harem of beautiful women. So lotsa velvet, sheer curtains, candles, roses, lanterns and rich colours. My bed is very low to the floor (Japanese style platform/frame). So other people's beds feel super huge and high to me. Like OMG how do you climb onto this huge thing every night?! Hee hee.

 

Taken from the doorway

 

My bed

 

 
 

  

 
 

My dresser, Jewelry box and perfume

 

Jason's side (the rest of the room is MINE hee hee)

 

That curtain on the left is my walk in closet. We took the door off to save some room. You have to walk through the closet to get to the master bathroom...so weird! Like a secret bathroom!

 

Yes, the skull is wearing a mustache...

So that is my room. It's not super amazing but I spent a lot of time and work on it to make it the way I want. I'm glad Jason is OK with me doing whatever I want too. At least it's not pink right?

 I plan on showing the rest of the rooms I decorated, once I get some pictures. :-)  What does your room look like? I'd love to see!