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| Photo via DecorPad |
See that nice TV, and that comfortable sofa? I would really love to be doing nothing watching a no brainier HGTV show or getting hungry watching Food Network, but THEY DELETED THOSE CHANNELS FROM MY SERVICE!!
UVerse Got Rid of My Favorite TV Shows!!
See that nice TV, and that comfortable sofa? I would really love to be doing nothing watching a no brainier HGTV show or getting hungry watching Food Network, but THEY DELETED THOSE CHANNELS FROM MY SERVICE!!
Gorgeous Family Rooms
It's FALL {I know I have already mentioned this a time or two} and this means in the upcoming months we will be spending lots more time indoors. I absolutely love the thought of sitting in my warm house next to the fire with a hot cup of joe watching the brisk morning air outside. What better way to do this than in one of these charming rooms?
The ottoman in this room is amazing and look at that bamboo mirror! This living room has such sophistication and yet still feels like you could kick up your feet. Not to mention that my "mommy mind" {not sure that is a real term, but it feels real to me} goes straight to how safe that ottoman would be around the baby. It's got me thinking how I can accomplish this.
Coastal Living
I love each and every one of these rooms for different reasons. Don't they just make you want to stay there forever?
Inexpensive Exterior Makeover
So for the last few months I have been working on painting our exterior {yes I said months}. You may remember that I started with the garage and decided to move to the back of the house since I can reach the whole area without needing scaffolding or a super tall ladder. Well, then we went on vacation and I lost most of my motivation. So last weekend I finished most of the back of the house, but then it got super cold and rainy this whole week. I am hoping to finish up the weekend if the weather holds up for me.
Here is a picture of the original color of our house. Most of the house is brick, but here at the back has a lot of siding and there is siding on the eaves. It is a little hard to tell from the pictures, but that is mint green... Yuck!
This is the color scheme that we are going for. The truth is that this gray/green color was in the garage, and the previous owners had used it on the shutters and front door. They WAY over bought the paint and thus this is how we landed on this color ;).
We also have the original aluminum windows. I would love to get new windows, but they are just not in the budget right now :( So I am trying something out, I am painting over the aluminum {Yikes, I'm scared}. The window frames already had some paint on them from the previous paint job, so I thought "it can't make them any worse", and then I thought "people paint wood windows". I am trying it on this window, and we'll see how it holds up and then maybe do the rest of the windows.
So hopefully I can finish up the back of the house this weekend, wish me luck!!
Here is a picture of the original color of our house. Most of the house is brick, but here at the back has a lot of siding and there is siding on the eaves. It is a little hard to tell from the pictures, but that is mint green... Yuck!
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| Sherwin Williams Happy Valley {couldn't find the actual sample, so this is close} |
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| Glossy Black |
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| Behr Swiss Coffee |
We also have the original aluminum windows. I would love to get new windows, but they are just not in the budget right now :( So I am trying something out, I am painting over the aluminum {Yikes, I'm scared}. The window frames already had some paint on them from the previous paint job, so I thought "it can't make them any worse", and then I thought "people paint wood windows". I am trying it on this window, and we'll see how it holds up and then maybe do the rest of the windows.
So hopefully I can finish up the back of the house this weekend, wish me luck!!
I Have a Thing for Wing Back Chairs
I have been painting, painting, painting for the last couple of days {I blame it on my husband for being out of town}. Our office/guest bedroom is the last room in the house to get painted, and I'm almost done with adding the horizontal stripes around the room.
But instead of finishing up, I have been dreaming of wing back chairs. I'll admit it, I have a thing for wing back chairs. I have long been trying to find a pair on Craigslist that I can recover, but I am a little intimidated to take the leap! I love how they are no longer exclusive to stuffy formal rooms. They are popping up in every style of home from feminine to masculine, cottage to modern and country to urban. With fun prints and dramatic shapes they are sure to make a statement.
Modern Custom Plates & Platters
If you haven't heard of Etsy than you have been living under a rock ;) What you may not know is that Etsy has this great way to search products locally through their Shop Local feature. I can't tell you how many countless hours I have spent just "window shopping" Etsy. Anyway, I digress, while doing the above stated pa rousing I found this great shop in the Dallas area. r o u g e & c o. modern home accessories makes custom melamine plates and accessories. You pick the product, the pattern, the color and then they customize it for you. I just love how modern the patterns are.
{photos via r o u g e & co}
Growing up we had a "You are Special Today" plate that would be brought out on special occasions such as our birthdays, for school achievements or anything that was extraordinary. Being the middle child I would sometimes feel lost in the pack, but it was so fun to get recognized apart from my siblings. I have always wanted to do this in my family, and these plates would be perfect for that {although I have a few more years before I think I will be in need of it}
Here is a picture of The Original Red Plate just for nostalgia sake.
Happy Friday
Happy Friday everyone!
This bedroom screams cozy to me! It is the coldest day we have had since last winter, and this bedroom is calling for me to curl up with a book and some hot coffee!
I am linking up to Remodelaholic's Anonymous, so come on over :)
This bedroom screams cozy to me! It is the coldest day we have had since last winter, and this bedroom is calling for me to curl up with a book and some hot coffee!
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