Dreamy Dining Room

I saw this dining room from A'lamode a while ago and I have been obsessed with it ever since! 

Isn't it fabulous? Someday, when I have a bigger dining room, I am definitely going to find a little upholstered settee like the one in this room. Ideally, it would be great to find a cheap used one that I could recover, but I found a few inexpensive new ones that could work.

Overstock: $251.99

Home Decorators: $239

This one from World Market is a little more pricey, $449.00, but beautiful!



Target has a lot of great options.
Like this: $359.99

And this one for $249.99. I really like this soft blue color.

They even have a chevron one for $423.99. It also comes in green and in a larger black chevron print.

It's always fun to dream a little.

Anyone Looking to Buy A Home...?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I know I did. My husband spoiled me too much this year. On another note, my sister and her husband are selling their adorable 1930's home in Idaho Falls and I wanted to share it with you in case anyone out there is interested. It's a great house with lots of character.

It's been well taken care of and loved. It's has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, an office, and an unfinished basement that could easily be finished. There are lots of big windows and natural light. The living room has a fabulous coved ceiling.

The home has great archways and fun features like this cute dining nook.

My sister has done many updates including newly painted kitchen cabinets, new countertops, and tile backsplash.

Now is such a great time to purchase a house, and this is listed at a fabulous price. For more pictures and information check out the listing.

Clothespin Texture Ball

My friend from design school came up with a fun little group project. Our first semester of school in our Design Basics class we had to do a texture ball project. We could use anything we could think of to create a ball with visual texture. So along with my other classmates we decided to do this project again.

Here is what a started with. A paper mache ball and some clothespins.

I painted the ball and glued the clothespins randomly on it.



The clothespins make the ball versatile. Since Valentine's Day is coming up I decided to add a theme to my ball by clipping some paper hearts and the word "Love" to the clothespins.

And then for a different look I just clipped a bunch of random letters to the ball.

It looks pretty good on my entry table next to my lettered ceramic balls in my apothecary jars.

Now here's what some of the other ladies came up with, and be sure to check out their blogs to find out all the details.

Andrea at Strawberry Chic

Caley at Design By Caley

Sarah at Sarah Dawn Designs

Dawnelle at Home Vestures

Baby Boy

My sister and her husband just found out they are expecting a boy! Now, this is really big news for our family. I have 3 sisters and no brothers, and my daughter was the first grandchild. So, we don't really know what to do with boys. But, as soon as I heard the news I, of course, started thinking about baby boy nurseries. Here are some cute ones I have come across lately.

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Wedding Weekend

Wow, I have been MIA for awhile. I've been busy with projects, which is good, but lately it has been a little overwhelming. I get stressed out easily, as my husband will attest to. :) But we were able to have a fun little vacation this last weekend with family. My beautiful sister-in-law was married on Saturday. As always, it was great to spend time with family. The wedding decorations were beautiful. Sadly, I didn't take any pictures (our camera was too big to fit in our luggage). But I thought I would share her wedding colors since I LOVED them!

They were coral, teal, aqua, and gray. Aren't they so fun! We made coordinating coral skirts for the nieces. Here was E's outfit:

All the sisters wore gray dresses and the men wore gray slacks. It was a wonderful day! I'm so happy for my sister-in-law and new brother-in-law.

Design Boards

I had the priviledge of doing some design boards for a wonderful client. They recently moved into a new home and their entry, living room, and dining room needed some help. My client new she wanted gray walls with accent colors of gold and a jewel tone blue inspired by Organic Bloom frames. Fun, right?! So here is what I came up with for the entry:

ENTRY:

A. Semi-flush light fixture.

B. Coat Rack

C. Pillows: here and here.

D. Bench 

E. Wood Floors

F. Rug

G. Mirror

And the living area:

A. Coffee Table

B. Rug

C. Fireplace mantle - Leaning mirror and pictures. Letterpress art 

D. Pillows: Gold Ikat pillow, Teal Lattice Pillow, Jadite Lumbar Pillow,  Gray Pillow.

E. Entertainment Center: large built-in entertainment center painted dark gray.

E. Roman shades

The dining room:

A. Curtains

B. Fabric for chair cushions.

C. Light Fixture

D. Window treament for sliding glass doors: Window panels.

New Curtains

My Wilmington Multi fabric came last week and I LOVE it! When it arrived I instantly got started on my curtains. Here is my kitchen window before the new light fixture and window treatments:

And here it is now:

I love the simple changes.