What Do You Love?

 We always have a room or a piece of furniture that we love in our home. I have many which is my problem! But I love this one piece in my home and I never give it the credit that it was a steal from +Ballard Designs and one of my very first purchases for our home.  I needed a piece to put a few items that I wanted to display that meant something. I do not have a china hutch so it was difficult to put  pieces out and you do not want to display them on just anything. I felt like it I needed a good display piece and this was a perfect fit for our room.

What items do you love in your home? 

Pillow Talk

If you are bored with a room but don't want to change too much or budget is creeping up, there is one quick  fix that will definitely give a room a mini facelift. Change your pillows! If you have a sofa set you have the matching pillows and everything that goes with them.. put those away for a few months and get new pillows or pillow covers to put over them.  This will let you add colors you were thinking of and change the room, without spending tons.  If you have pillows that you love already  try adding a conversational pillow in a lumbar size or one with a saying. 

Weekend Work

What a weekend! We did a lot of work in the yard this weekend and its coming along very nicely. Before we did any purchasing of outdoor furniture I wanted to paint the deck to see what the new look would be. Just painting our deck updated our house tremendously. 

Floral Fun

If your home is not Spring ready.. +Joss & Main can help with their Artist in Residence sale going on NOW! Theses items are just a few of what they have.. but they are sure to make a room. Adding just one pop of color ottoman or chair can really help a drab room.  A colorful bench can go great in an entry way if you have the space for it.

It Starts at the Door!

Change those doormats! No more snow ruining my doormats. We can change out my Valentines day doormat now.. Yikes.... I am loving the doormats that the stores have out they are so welcoming and full of color! Great way to start the entrance of your home.

That Took Forever!

After two years of living in our house we finally decided to get our closet doors put in... this may not seem so exciting to some but I was ecstatic. When we first moved in we got all custom doors for the whole house and whoops just didn't think of closets. We custom ordered these doors so we didn't bother to order the closets just yet. We finally did it and only had to wait 4 months!! Now we just need to finish them off with some knobs. Thankfully +Anthropologie  can help us with that.   The picture below is dark of our wall color but the knobs go perfect with it.

Wall Color

This Can Help!

 When the weather starts getting nice we want to clean out all the winter blues. We prep our house for the winter with candles, heavier bedding, throws, even adding area rugs to certain spaces that may get colder. I was recently asked how someone can lighten up there home for the warmer seasons they said it felt very heavy and dark.  Its easy to change from season to season even on a small budget. Below is just a few small budget updates for a new season change.

Fresh Flowers

Switch Out Dishware

Change Linens

Refresh Your Room!

 Now that we finally are being able to get outside, its always that time where we do our spring cleaning. When we start our what we want to change list.  I always start with the bedroom. The best way to change up your bedroom is bedding, it completes the whole room.  When designing a bedroom it really all relies on fabric in that room, majority of the design comes from your main piece the bed. I love neutral bedding that way you are not stuck with colors that are all in the bedding, you can add a different variety and its not so match matchy. Here are some great neutral bedding assortments that would go great with an array of colors. Don't forget to change up the set add different throw pillows with the color you want to introduce. This is a great way to change up your room for a new season as well!

Bedding

Not as Pleasing!

Take it Outside

Since mother nature is confused about it being spring.. and we keep getting these cold rainy days, We will just have to start planning for when we can actually enjoy our time outside. Patio designing is getting a lot of talk in the designing world, we have clients now asking to design there outdoor spaces. This area lets us continue the design from inside the home to outside but adding just a little more fun to the design. With all the patio accessories and furniture they have in stores, I decided I wanted to take my ideas outside. We have a patio off our family room and its in need of some love. I decided to give it an uplift with a small budget. I am trying to make it a continuation  of my family room but with fun outdoor features.

Picture below is taken on a rainy depressing day.. 

(Railing will be painted white)

Inspiration