House of Hydrangeas

In general, I enjoy a clean and crisp designed space.  However, when it comes to children's rooms and playrooms, I think the opposite yields the most magic.     Here's a look at wallpaper done right.  A child's room is the perfect place to let your imagination fly!  Mustard floors, blue floral print wallpaper and a fuchsia sombrero...why not?! Designed by Jennifer Jansch This playroom/bunk room was designed by Lisa Sherry.  I love how deceptively simple it looks.  Plus, she knows how to make storage look good! Designed by Lisa Sherry The textures and greens in this room had me swooning.  What little girl wouldn't want to lay her head here? source unknown

That's how long it's been since Jon and I said "I do." I know everyone always says it, but it really is hard to believe it's been three years.  Three years is a long time; yet, it still seems like it was just yesterday that we were standing on those windy shores of Inlet Beach, FL. I think a lot of the "just yesterday" memories are because I had such a hands-on experience with my wedding day.  I can still remember me and my sister putting together my bridesmaids bouquets, my mom and her best friend helping arrange the table centerpieces, my friend Emily making my table visions a reality on the day of the wedding and the list goes on.  It was quite a family affair, and I honestly wouldn't have changed it one bit.  Our special day was made even more special by the people who had their hands on it, and I will be forever grateful. I was looking through old albums last night and found some pictures from my sister's camera showing the beginning p...

When we first moved into our new home, these are the lights that hung over the bar in the kitchen.  Not horrid to most, but way too small for me.  And they screamed "builder grade." Here's another shot showing their small size and wrong height. After some research and oogling, I finally decided on some beautiful Regina Andrew globe pendants .  Thankfully, I was able to order them through work so the pricetag wasn't AS haunting.  But even still, I'd say the pricetag was well worth the transformation. via Tracery Interiors I opted for this darker finish to compliment our existing cabinet hardware. Here they are in action!  I absolutely love them and couldn't be happier with how they've transformed the space.  Now I just need to replace three other lights in the home!  Jon will be a master electrician before I'm done :) Here's one more before and after.  What do you think of the change?

 Here is a shot of the room in all of its coral glory.  Great for a teenager, not for a soothing guest room. And here is the Healing Aloe after.  Healing Aloe is a color by Benjamin Moore. It was hard to get a good shot of the true color, but it is more of a seafoam than gray. Aside from painting the walls and buying a new white quilt for the bed, everything else in the space we already had--most of which are hand-me-downs (bed and dresser) or thrift store finds (lamp and side table).  It will all be sufficient for now, and hopefully a space that our guests will love. I'm very happy with the outcome and the progress of one more room in the house coming closer to completion.  One down, three to go (at least in the painting department!)

Here's a look at one of my recent purchases from Piperlime .  I love this site because of their free shipping and free returns.  You can't go wrong with that!  Here's what I put in my bag.  I didn't buy all of the items as an outfit, but upon arrival, I saw how great of a team they'd make :)  And it helps that I saved 20% on all of them with a promo code.  I love Piperlime! (And no they didn't give me anything to write this.) 1- The little black dress.  Business in the front.  Party in the back. 2- You had me at fringe...and statement necklace.  I'm a sucker for a good statement necklace. 3- The perfect dressy black sandal, complete with a gold zipper in the back.

While I loved a lot about our home before we bought it, there was one thing that I knew I would be changing after moving in--the paint colors!  All three guest rooms and our master bathroom will be getting new coats of paint, as well as the open living room that I mentioned yesterday. The largest guest room belonged to the previous owner's teenage daughter....hence the coral pink walls. This next room was a former nursery, and since we plan to use it as such one day as well, we're not worried about painting it just yet.  We'll wait for a baby to come first :) The last guest room was a safari room for a little boy, complete with bamboo lined walls.  It will be transformed into Jon's man cave. And last but not least on the "to paint" list is our master bath.  It's a little hard to tell in this picture, but the walls are actually faux finished in a sage green over a beige.  The faux has to go. So here's what I'm thinking for the new ...

Our living room is slowly but surely coming together.  The biggest To Do's are ordering a new media console, painting the room (which is unfortunately open to the dining room, kitchen, office and breakfast area which means lots of painting to be done!), order a few lamps and a console for the long wall behind the couch. I realize I haven't shared any pictures of our "new" house (we moved in at the end of last October) with you guys.  So here's a glimpse of the living room before we moved in. This is what you see when you walk in the front door.  The dining room is on the left, the living room is straight ahead and the office on the right. A closer look at the living room.  Florida loves their plant ledges...I do not.  You win some.  You lose some.  I also want to replace the tile around the fireplace.   A view from the back of the living room looking toward the front corner of the house. The room behind the half green wall is the o...