Showing posts with label interiors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interiors. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2014

Wallpaper, patterns, and paint...oh my


Hello friends...It's been awhile.
Over the last few weeks, I took a bit of a blogging break. In those few weeks we sold our house #yay, found out our new house was not only behind by a month but also over the original budget...by a lot #boo, packed many boxes of kitchen gadgets (who needs three juicers btw), leased a small apartment so we are not living out of a Uhaul truck during the interim in Texas, and spent a lot of time with friends, since we leave for Dallas in a month...yes a month. 
So to get you up to speed quickly, we found out a couple weeks ago that our new house's price was miscalculated by our builder....again, by a lot. We decided to explore other options, but realized quickly there were none. So we are waiting now to find ways to cut the price down. In the meantime we will be living in a small apartment (we never expected our house to be done when we got down there, so we were planning this long ago), and deciding what to do.
With all of the commotion, my saving grace has been Pinteresting and Houzzing design ideas for my new home (where ever it might be). My newest obsession? Wallpaper...that's right ladies and gents, I've gone madd-hatter crazy for wallpaper. A few of my favorites? I thought you'd never ask...

Untitled #32






Coral, Mint and Navy Ikat Chevron - sparrowsong - Spoonflower
spoonflower.com


The Blue Ikat and Waves pattern will definitely make an appearance in our new home at some point, and possibly the rest of them too. We'll see. How about you? What have you been crushing on lately? Any other wallpaper fans out there?

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Fabulous and cheap lighting...

After sharing with you my latest splurge (which in a huge plot twist I actually cancelled, in an attempt to DIY my own...more to come on that later) I decided to keep a tight string on my lighting budget. Since we decided to go with the freebee lighting package from our builder (more on that here), I have taken it upon myself to pick out new lights for every room in our house to replace those ugly freebees. I'm realizing how quickly lighting adds up, so I put together a little roundup for you guys. Here's a few options all under $100.

Fabulous and cheap lighting...


How about you? Do you have a favorite lighting source, with great prices? Do tell..

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

A nod to nautical...

Lately, all of my favorite home decor stops have been leaning more and more towards the nautical theme. My cousin's cousin (you read that right) is redoing her kids playroom (a loft space upstairs) and gave me carte blanche to do as I please. With our new home being in a "resort style" and somewhat tropically/nautical themed neighborhood and only a few miles from the marina, I've definitely been dying to add some of this style to a room. 
Here's what we came up with: 
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Cotton duvet
modcloth.com


New york wall art
williams-sonoma.com




Leather ottoman
$235 - superette.co.nz






Her only request was that this space be a room her 3 kiddos could grow with. 
They had the gray sofa (one very similar to this one from Ikea) and gold lights already.
We wanted to create a little reading area in a small nook in the space, inspired by this idea:
The baskets will lend itself as easy/soft toy storage. The table and chairs (from Restoration Hardware) will be a great art center/game area, and the silver kitchen cart from Ikea, will be great arts and crafts storage space. The media unit is well over the original budget for a piece of furniture for this space, but not only will it grow with the kids, but with the family as well. They were so in love with it, it may eventually find itself in their family room, where the investment is much more worth it. The pouf and pillows will be thrown in the reading nook (where the art and lights will hang). 
This is where we are now. 
Most of the pieces are bought and now we are searching for kid friendly accessories, such as these:


And there you have it, a playroom for any of you sea dwellers.

Peace, friends.


Just a feeling...

Friday we leave for Dallas to spend a day picking out every last detail in our new home. AKA...the second best day of Ashli's life. Usually, you do this over several visits to the builder's showroom, but since there are 500 miles between us and the showroom itself, we are hoping to get everything knocked out in one day. We've been preparing over the past couple weeks. We even spent an evening walking around Home Depot and a tile store, discussing what we liked and didn't like, basically finding out if we were on the same page....
Spoiler alert: we actually were. 

New House Mood Board






Shaw 3/8 in. x 5 in. Hand Scraped Maple Edge Ash Engineered Hardwood...
homedepot.com



I quickly came up with this mood board. Basically, just an idea of the feel I wanted. Classic lines and details; such as white molding, a chunky white mantel, and banisters. Light walls, dark cabinets and floors, and a lighter granite and back splash. We're thinking open shelving or a chalkboard wall in the butler's pantry (something we will probably do on our own later). The outside of the house will be brick and stone, and for the balcony, I'm thinking white (although the hubby likes natural wood). The houses in the neighborhood are all a cape cod style, so I want our home to reflect that on the interior. 
Light and airy, much like our current home.
This is where we are now, which could change within a few hours, honestly. 
I will be back next week, with all of our choices, and probably hundreds of bad Iphone pictures for your viewing pleasure. See ya then ;)


For more sneak peeks of what I'm dreaming about in our new home, follow my board on Pinterest!

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The Story of a Room Part Dos

You may remember here when I discussed a project for my good friend Leesa, where we decided to turn the sitting area off of her master bedroom into a nursery for her new baby girl (due in September), and then I went off to Texas (twice since then actually) and bought some dirt, and had about a billion other things to do. So now I'm back, and shamelessly spreading out this project for as much blog content as I can possibly get from it #winning
Last we left off with an inspiration board of sorts, not an official design board, but it gave us a good idea of whether we were on the same page. It looked like this:
We combined our ideas, and took it down a notch on the "collected over time" look at Leesa's request.
 We came up with this:


The Story of a Room Part Dos


Jamie Young aqua light
laylagrayce.com


Polka dot bedding
landofnod.com


Sunburst mirror
landofnod.com



Weave basket
target.com



White furniture
landofnod.com




HEMNES
ikea.com


I finally convinced her to go with the pure white walls (Benjamin Moore's White diamond for anyone curious), and to paint the inside of the tray ceiling Gem Turquoise (by Behr). The light is my absolute favorite part of the room. It was a splurge for sure, but it brings so much of the charm back into this vintage room and it will stay in here when this room is transformed back into a study for Leesa. We ordered the bedding and mirror from Land of Nod, the glider was from Land of Nod originally as well, but we found a very slightly used one on Craigslist. The side table is not actually the one on the board, but VERY similar, I actually stole it from her basement. The pillows are from Etsy and the baskets (that will soon be filled with baby toys!) are from Target. The Hemnes is from Ikea, and the plan is to switch out the knobs for something more vintage looking, and have her hubby frame it out with molding, hopefully giving it a built-in look. We found a dresser, similar to this one on Craiglist, that she will use (with a lipped pad of course) as a changing table, and it just adds so much storage. The rug (which I want to make out with) is the Leila Rug from Joss and Main, and I have already place-marked a spot for one in my new home too. 
As far as decorative accents go, we are going to fully stock those shelves and bookcases with toys and baby books, and I'm hoping those will shine as the art/decorative accents in the room. 
Now we wait, not only for the room to come together but for the baby to come too. 
What do you guys think? I feel like it's a little too monochromatic, but I know once those shelves are full the room will be spilling with color. 
Now you go. What projects are you currently working on? Do tell.  

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Radiant Orchid


I don't know about you all, but I was pretty pleased when I heard that Pantones Color of the Year was Orchid......or maybe you don't spend hours a week pondering the strengths/weaknesses of different paint colors...like a normal person. I've always loved this color, and feel it's underutilized. Check it our for yourself:
Radiant Orchid

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

H&M...

Well I planned on taking about a week and a half off, but the universe had other plans. After a week long bronchial infection (that I wrongly assumed was allergies) and a week of getting the house ready (it goes on the market next weekend!), I ended up taking about a 3 week unplanned blogging break. I'm back now, and ready to hit it hard...
I've always loved H&M's clothing options...I feel like it's the Forever 21 for people over the age of 21. When I found out they had a home line, I knew it would be nothing short of amazing....and I was right. Everything is so well priced and they have things from every spectra of the design world. Check it out for yourself:
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$42 - hm.com


$25 - hm.com


$22 - hm.com


$12 - hm.com



$17 - hm.com


$12 - hm.com




hm.com

What do you think? Are you as enamored as me? What are your go to "cheap" decor stops?