We finally wrapped up Eleanor's room. Since starting her room our living room got a bit of a makeover, we renovated our bathroom, worked on an nursery and welcomed a brand new baby boy. Needless to say, I have left you all hanging. I have been sharing with you the process of Eleanor's room makeover starting with the prepping, the reading nook, the low down on the reading nook, everything you need to know about carpet tiles, how the room was inspired, the hardware, and the bedding . Before the ...
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Spruced Up Living Room & New Arrangement
Call it spring fever, or extreme nesting or in this case---just being me, but I had the urge to change things up. It isn't always about one being better than the other, but just needing something new. Kind of like a hair cut. Sometimes you just need a change. I already shared the bookshelf we added, including how we got that fun pop of color in the back (check that out here). If you aren't familiar with my digs, check out our home tour to see the old layout/color scheme. Our living room is ...
Dressing Up the Walls In the Big Girl Room
Now that tearing out the carpeting, painting trim, painting walls, and putting down new carpeting are done, we can get to the fun part: DECORATING! This is my favorite part of any project. Putting a room together. I just want to say I am a bit sad about moving Eleanor out of her room, the nursery. We worked pretty hard to make it special. We wanted to incorporate as much of her former room as we could, without being married to it. The mirrors and the picture frames above the chair made ...
Its All About the Windows & How a Room Is Inspired
I often get the question, Where do you get your inspiration from? And that is a hard question to answer. Inspiration is a combination of things for me. The space, my budget, what is available, how I want the space to function and what makes my heart sing. Sometimes I get stuck on an idea and the rest of the world isn't aware of my genius. I will run from store to store trying to find whatever it is I have envisioned, only to find out it doesn't exist. Sometimes you can fix that with a DIY and ...
Big Girl Room Reading Nook and Cutting Edge Stencil Giveaway
I am so flipping excited to show you Eleanor's reading nook. Last week I shared a mood board, AKA- my plan for her reading nook. The Cutting Edge Stencil- Herringbone Allover is the key piece to this reading nook. It defines the space and is that little extra something special. And because EVERYONE loves a good before. I absolutely love, love, love how it turned out. I cannot wait for little E to see it. She is going to love hiding away in there and looking at her ...