We are finally to bedding. I had a heck of a time finding bedding for Eleanor's room. Once I decided on the inspiration, drapes from World Market, I needed some pretty plain jane bedding. The bed is positioned near the drapes and I didn't want the two competing for attention. Something simple and solid is hard to come by. I ended up finding this ruffle quilted number online at Walmart. Plain in terms of color and pattern, but it has a little texture to give it some oomph! Plus, I thought ...
Home Decor
Its All About the Hardware
My life is moving faster then I can write about it. We have been crazy busy and it just keeps going all the way up to d-day. This weekend we rearranged the living room, took a mini road trip to Ikea and I co-hosted a baby shower for my twin brother and his wife. I keep thinking, once I finish x we can slow down. And then a new project pops up. Today I want to talk about Eleanor's big girl room. I have a few more posts to share and one more project to finish, but Eleanor is sleeping up in her ...
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 ...
Spring Mantle With Nest Specimen Art
Yay! It's spring! Okay, not really. We have a fresh 7-9 inches of snow outside and the ten day forecast doesn't even hit 40 degrees. In my head: December, January & February are winter, but that is it. After that, I am all about spring. Four seasons, 12 months means each season only gets three months (cue laughter from every.single.person who lives in Wisconsin). Needless to say, regardless of the weather, Easter is right around the corner so it was time to get my Easter/spring shelf ...