We FINALLY have a desk. A real life, adult size work surface in our home… & we built it ourselves! Kinda makes you a little prouder when your own blood, sweat & tears are in something. Well, to be honest, there were no tears on this one & only a little bit of blood. The desk is only part one. We will be building a hutch to go on top of it in the next few weeks & it is going to be ah-mazing.… Read More
As I posted in my 2012 Goals post we are going to be doing a budget friendly Kitchen Redo this year. Well, it’s February & we have already started! I’m feeling pretty good about the direction we are heading in too. The kitchen will be fairly neutral light grays, whites, gray washed wood tones (think Restoration Hardware) but I have vowed to add more color into my life as well.… Read More
Well a plan for a desk at least. If you have been following me for any amount of time whatsoever, you’ll remember a few ideas I’ve had for a desk in our home, especially having one in the bedroom. Well now that I am working more & more { keep it coming } Staying up late on the computer while the hubs is sleeping would not be the ideal situation for us.well.him.… Read More
Happy Groundhog’s Day! While Punxsutawney Phil predicts a longer winter, General Beauregard Lee here in Georgia says bring on the Spring! With a 94% success rate & the fact that I am personally willing spring to arrive at any second, I am going with Beau on this one. Plus, he lives in a more stylish house. Seriously, he lives in a Plantation inspired Groundhog sized house.… Read More
Room inspirations do not have to come from Design Magazines, Shows or Blogs for that matter. Creating a solid color palette from any image is a great way to start a room. This image is everything I want for my daughter’s new room. It’s bright, fun, girly but still chic. The colors that I have pulled from this beautiful bouquet will act as inspiration for fabric, bedding, accessories… All without being literal.… Read More
Being an Interior Designer, I pull together Inspiration Boards or Mood Boards a lot. These help the clients see the potential of what their space could be! The majority of the time not every item on the board ends up in the space due to budget, style, opinion, etc… So I couldn’t help but laugh at an episode of one of my favorite shows, Happy Endings (I mean, really, his food truck is called Steak Me Home Tonight.… Read More
I have been on the hunt for the perfect upholstered headboard to DIY for our master bedroom for months now. If we were going to go to the trouble of making our own, I wanted it to look custom. Finally, I ran across this image on Centsational Girl:
I scoured the blogosphere for the best DIY headboard tutorials & we took bits & pieces of each one to make our own. { These were the tutorials we found most helpful: Southern Exposure & Addicted 2 Decorating }All I want to know is… where are y’all getting your wood? Every post I found was cut out of one sheet of plywood or mdf. We got the largest they had at the Depot & had to attach another one. Apparently we are making the largest headboard ever!… Read More
