Around the House

While browsing around Pinterest this morning, I came across a few images from my house and decided I should collectively put together a post of our home.  It's a fun place for us to live.  

We own a small cape cod that had little to no character when we purchased it.  It was your basic builder grade home that was just fine and dandy, but we prefer a little more charm(and you will soon learn, color) in our environment. 

Our very first project was the kitchen.  We pretty much completely overhauled the kitchen the day we stepped foot into our house.  I'm already itching to re-do my kitchen, but for now, this is what we are living with.  We painted the maple cabinets a creamy white, the walls a buttery yellow, new stainless appliances, sink, faucet, counter tops, and wainscotting on the walls.  See our wallpaper backsplash tutorial here.

The next project we did was the installation of wallpaper in our guest bathroom.  I hired a professional for this job since it would be a fairly costly mistake if I tried it myself and it didn't turn out well.

wallpaper by Thibault

Next was our guest bedroom that is one of my all time favorite rooms.  It's super bright and cheerful.

Our living room has seen a few makeovers, and is currently soothing shades of aqua and lime.

Since I work from home making jewelry, my husband and I put together this studio on a shoestring budget using clearance cabinets from Lowe's.  Love my little space!

Most recently, we shared our master bedroom makeover.

And of course, Mason's nursery!

Our house is ever-evolving and I'm sure will see many more changes by the time we move on from here.  What can I say?  I enjoy the projects and putting my personal touch on my space.

Master Bedroom Redo...Finally!

As if we didn't already have enough on our plate, we decided to go ahead and continue the hardwood floors into our master bedroom.  Might as well get it done before the baby arrives because heaven only knows when we would be able to get to them at that point.  Last year we installed them in our entire downstairs living area, then three weeks ago we carried them up into the nursery, and now they are sitting pretty in our master bedroom.  Again, my husband is my super hero!  He and a friend did our entire bedroom, start to finish, in one weekend!  Amazing.  I couldn't be happier with the results.

(garden chair turned vanity stool.  details on that later.)

Everything in the room stayed the same, with the exception of a new rug, but I think that the hardwood floors add so much character to the space. 

A little flashback of what the room looked like before the new flooring.  Yup, grayish blue carpet.  Oh, and months and months ago I painted the headboard bright white.

My man in action!

Progress!!

And now that the room is done, I can check it off of my mental checklist.  Thank goodness!  One less thing to obsess about before little man gets here.

Some of my favorite art from Etsy and a collection of my go-to jewelry in an apothecary jar brighten up this little nook in the room.  

So there you have it!  Our master bedroom all finished.  And for fun, how about a little bump shot?!  30 weeks preggo and growing.

I'm back with a bedroom plan

This winter has run me ragged(in a good way) and I am finally back to share some plans for a much needed master bedroom touch-up.  We've had the same quilt for too many years now, so my sweet husband agreed to get me a new duvet for Christmas, which then of course got the ball rolling for a few other spruce-ups! 

Here's a little refresher of what my bedroom looks like: 

I got rid of those awful, dated lamps long ago.  I did a post about the new lamps I had picked up.  I was worried that they were too "white" next to my off white cane headboard, but the more I lived with them, the more I couldn't give them up.  So they stayed and here they are now:

The more I live with them, the more I love how "mismatched" they are in comparison to the headboard.  So now the next layer is the new bedding.  I don't have a current photo of the bedding on my bed, but it's there!  Here's the actual bedding so you can imagine it:

I got the pink colorway and I love it!!  It's a Lilly Pulitzer duvet from Garnet Hill.  No longer available and I had to wait a month for the backorder to finally arrive.  I will say it was a bit shocking when I first got it, but I've grown to really enjoy the bright, happy print and it is super comfy and warm.  I also added these amazingly soft Kate Spade sheets to the bedding ensemble(love them!):

I ordered this gorgeous boho print from a great etsy artist (here) I plan to frame in a vintage painted frame I have had hanging around for the longest time. 

I love the colors and she has so many other whimsical prints I have to have!

Last on the list of things to do is new window treatments.  This is the most exciting because I am a firm believer that window treatments will change the whole feel of a room.  It's the icing on the cake.  I chose this pink and white ikat-ish(not a word but you get it) print.  It's bright and cheerful, but still has a little bit of a modern flair as well.

So that's the plan!  Can't wait for it to all come together.  In other news, I've got tons of new goodies in the shop now!  Start thinking spring, it'll be here before we know it!  Thank goodness.

I know it's wrong, but I want it to be right!

I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend.  We got tons and tons of rain so my husband and I ended up having a very low key night with fast food, a trip to Target, and lots and lots of T.V.  It was good ;) 

Over the long weekend I made it my mission to find new lamps for my bedroom.  I absolutely hate the lamps I currently have, which were my very first pair of lamps 8 years ago when we got our very first apartment.  They were fine then.  Now-not so much.  Anyway, I have been casually keeping my eye open any time I go anywhere with lamps but haven't been able to come up with the right pair. 

I came across a pair this weekend that I fell in love with, but deep down I knew they wouldn't be right.  They are too white, too modern, and too big, but I knew if I didn't take them home and at least try them I wouldn't be able to get them out of my mind.

Please excuse the messy night stand cubby!

The more I live with them, the more I really, really love them and really want them to work!  I just know they don't.  I'm also really starting to want new night stands, but we are restricted on space here and it's hard to find night stands that will fit.  That will eventually be on my to-do list.

I am actually kicking myself about another lamp I found over the weekend that I didn't pick up and when I went back to Home Goods the next day it was gone!  The base was a whitewashed branch/twig and the shade was a natural/creamy color with a white bird appliqued on it.  I think it would have been perfect but I hesitated because there was only 1 anyway.  I take it as a sign I guess that I never would have found the pair anyway.

So what are your thoughts on these lamps?  Love them?  Hate them?  I think I need something more neutral like the branch one I missed out on.