Boys Room and Master

 So the boys room is probably my favorite room in the house right now. I am such a sucker for stripes! I really wanted a room that cold grow with them and was not too "themed". I found these comforters on sale at Target for $19.99 and I knew that I HAD to have them and I went from there.

 

 The giant star on the wall was a find from a local store here in town that I am in LOVE with. I get probably 50% of the stuff for my house from there! I had looked at for a couple of months and then when we moved, I knew that it would look great in the boys room!

 The letter are from my other favorite place Hobby Lobby. Oh and that amazing trunk is from that same local store!

I found that old bed spring and just knew exactly where and what I wanted to do with it. The lady at the store and my husband both thought I was crazy... but I LOVE IT! It adds so much character and charm to that side of the room. I plan on just continuing to add random pics of the boys as I take them. And the lights, who doesn't love big white Christmas lights. They just make me smile!

 The built ins are so great and a huge reason we bought the house, but keeping those little fingers from destroying them every five minutes is a challenge! So at some point I am sure they looked neat and clean, but not for very long!

Our master is very cozy and classic.

When you walk in you are greeted by an eclectic gallery wall and a beautiful view to our back yard. 

 That end table is from World market, and I just love it! It is a blue gray color and is just so charming.
Please excuse the cord and books, once again, little fingers are EVERYWHERE in my house!!

I am working on Grace's room and then headed towards Harper's room. I have so many fun ideas...
 

Fall Mantle

Here is our fall mantle for this year.




The newest addition is the metal J up top. It is awesome and really added some rustic
charm to the mantle.

Fall Porch

For some reason I was dead set on having a fall porch... I am not quite sure why?
Maybe it is my sub-conscious knowing that I will probably not be able to decorate for Christmas as much as I like to with having a baby due.. who knows?

For a great before you can read my post on re-doing the front door HERE.

I just love burplap and fall colors so that was my inspiration for the porch...

And here it is...
I really really do love it!




I do plan on adding some real pumpkins once they start coming out. Now if we could just get some cool crisp fall weather to go with my porch that would be even better!

I am linking up at:

Fall Wreath and Front Door Redo!

Our front door was so BORING!
It did not add anything to the curb appeal of our house and it was time for a change!
This is what it looked like before:

When I decided that I was going to paint the front door, I was also inspired to make a fall wreath. So off I went with all 3 kids to the store...so fun :) and got some supplies.
I found a great chunky wood frame from the craft section and spray painted it white.

Next I found a J for James and some moss and then I got out my hot glue gun.

I know this is all pretty self explanatory, but then I just hot glued the moss all over the J...

I could not figure out how I was going to hook my J onto the frame because I could not hang it onto the frame... then I saw that the backing of the frame was just a very thin piece of wood and so I figured I would paint it and then glue the J on.

Striped just seemed very "fallish" and very much my style so I painted very simple and very imperfect stripes onto the wood. It really does not matter if they are super straight or crisp because the letter will cover most of it up.

Then I distressed the white frame with some brown ink... to give it texture and character.
And then I just put it all back together and hung it with some orange burlap on my freshly painted door...
I am really so in love with how it all turned out.



It gives our house so much more character and helps it to stand out.

Happy Fall!!!!!

A Few Changes!

So, lately I have just been in a design slump. Not really wanting to do much

around the house, but not really loving everything that was done.

I took some great advise about shopping the home and made a few very cheap changes.

First, this is what the stair wall looked like before:



I took every thing off and moved most of it into different rooms. It was just too cluttered for me and did not really give off the feeling that I was hoping for.
This is that wall now:



I love the simpleness of it and the calm feel it showcases now.
I recovered the lamp in new fabric, got rid of all the chaos going on on the wall and
added some flowers.

When you walk into our house there is a hallway that goes into the living room. It was a great place to add some drama, so I added some STRIPES! I really really love this, it took like 30 min and was totally free and makes such a huge difference.



This was our mantle as of fall, boring and a little impersonal.



This is our mantle now:





It is more funky and casual and goes well with the rest of the room.

There are a few more things that I am hoping to do soon:
1. I really want to get rid of our huge tv cabinet thing and get a long dresser to put the tv on.
2. I want to add a desk somewhere in the house for me to keep my computer and books and stuff on. Maybe in the master? Not sure yet...

Spring Wreaths

My sweet neighbor is about to have her second baby boy anytime

and I decided to make her a diaper wreath.

I had great plans of making a tutorial and all that jazz but in my attempt to get it done

I completely forgot...

So here is the finished product...

It is pretty self explanatory and the possibilities are ENDLESS!

I tend to go towards the more sophisticated ideas, but you could take it anywhere.

All you need is a foam wreath form, some diapers (I used size 2 because the small ones don't quite make it around). Ribbon and any other embellishments you want.

Just wrap the diapers around the wreath and tie with a smaller ribbon until you cover the whole thing and then add bows, letter, rattles, binkies, flowers, really anything...

Make sure you put some ribbon on the top so that it will hang from a door hook

If you are anything like my husband, and are wondering why you would want or need a diaper wreath, well, you don't need a diaper wreath, but it is sweet to get to hang it on your hospital door and then when you

come home you can hang it on your door to celebrate your sweet new baby!

And just for Fun, here is a look at my front door for spring...

I just bought a grapvine wreath from Hobby Lobby and added some of there easter garland to it. I wanted to add some wording somehow, so I just grabbed an extra little chalkboard that we had lying around and put a word from the season..."Rejoice"!

Super easy and super cheap!

Dining Room COMPLETED!

Well, after half of my family down with strep and hopefully no more...

I have finished the dining room!

If you are just now reading about the dining room transformation you can see some of the process here, here and here!

It is exactly what I had imagined in my mind...

Here is one more before to show you the earlier color scheme: black, white, and grey.

BORING! ( no offense...)

I really, really LOVE the color of the walls, it's WOODSMOKE by Glidden. It is a true grey with some green undertones...it goes with everything!

Here is the room totally cleared out...

Notice the black lamp and black shelf...

I tried really hard not to buy much for this room, but

to re-purpose a lot of the decor that I had.

So keep an eye out for all the "new" stuff!

Here is another quick look at the dining room table before...

In the process of becoming BEAUTIFUL!

Finally, here are WAY too many after photos!!!!!

The whole feel of the room is so much more comfortable and inviting.

Which is exactly what I was going for...were not exactly the "formal" type.

I have always loved this Van Gogh painting and I was so excited to get it into the room.

The colors matched wonderfully!

The two pictures on the wall are just framed scrapbooking paper.

I actually found the frames for $1.80 at Hobby Lobby!

Sweet!

I love the simplicity of the buffet, I was feeling too cluttered...

The flower base was black and then got a fresh coat of spray paint, along with the lamp.

The curtains were a great find at Fabric.com, it was actually

only 4.95 a yard, you really can't beat that!

All of the blue plates, I found at Target and added the perfect

amount of texture to that side of the room.

One final angle...

I hope you enjoyed our dining room. It was way too fun to tackle

and hopefully next will be the kitchen!