A Little Celebration!

This week we celebrated being Home Owners for 3 years! Wow time definitely goes by fast. I went back and looked at what the house was before we made it ours. It really is crazy how much work you can put into a place and still have a list that goes on.  I think we updated every room except of course the kitchen that is on my BIG list of TO DO! As much as a headache all renovations are, I love the way it all came out and have a story to go along with each room and the bumps in the road we overcame to get it the way it is.

After Pictures to Follow!

Window Treatments

Window treatments have become a favorite of mine for a room. I do not know why but I love when I see great window treatments and it makes a difference for a room. As I am going through what window treatments I want to add to the nursery I wanted something fun and different and I always wanted this look in a room in my house but it but never went for any of the spaces. I have the white bamboo shades in our bedroom and I can not say enough how much I love them.  I wanted a similar look for nursery but a more natural look. I finally put it together and made some purchases with hopefully some time to spare!

Does it Make a Difference?

Crown Moulding its a wonderful thing to add to a room but for many not the easiest to install.  We came to this bump in our road with the nursery. We have crown moulding through out the house but obviously left some spare bedrooms without since it can add up in the beginning of house renovations. Now that we are putting the room together for our new family member there was no question his room would have crown moulding. My husband has been working on putting up the crown molding with no shortcuts and the occasional question of does the room really need it? YES! If you don't have crown molding up I honestly suggest looking into it really does make a world of difference to any room. Of course its not cheap and not easy to install. But with a lot of patience and some time our nursery has crown molding and it really does look amazing! I think my husband is getting more and more into home design  uh oh!  With that being said he shouldn't have done such a great job I have (3) more rooms that need it! Here is a glimpse.

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. 

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

Functional And Pretty!

I am always so into getting organized but it never happens. I am the type I go nuts the first week and then I am done after that. I have been really trying in the new year to keep up with it and I think maybe if my organizing decor is pretty it would help! (That's what I have to tell myself) I found these great items on +Target for functional wall decor. I would buy them all but I am not that organized yet.

Maybe a Project for this weekend?!