Sunday Stroll

My weekly finds of wonderful
decorating inspirations and ideas.
ENJOY!


  Since we are in the midst of fall I have been inspired by the great fall colors found in nature. Burnt Orange, Mustard Yellow, and Chocolate Brown.

Southern Living

Apartment therapy

Sarah's House HGTV

Target

Sarah's House HGTV

Etsy

My loft style.com

Country Living

Country Living

Sunday Stroll

My weekly finds of wonderful decorating inspirations and ideas. Enjoy!

Courtesy of Etsy

Fabulous Burlap pillows

                                                

Pottery Barn

Ticking Stripe

Pottery Barn

Toile 

Paint Schmaint

   A little less than eight months ago we moved into our first home. Yay! What a thrill to be home owners. Of course me being me, I couldn't wait to get started painting and decorating. I set my sights on our master bedroom. My goal being, make it a relaxing retreat at the end of the day. Something similar to this room designed by interior designer Susanne Kessler for Ballard Designs.

Ballard Designs

   So in my spare time between diaper changes, nap time, and feedings I worked on our room. I decorated, bought bedding, lamps, d.i.y.-ed my first dresser. Then all I needed was paint, the white walls had to go, they were screaming at me I'M BORING!!!! OK, a little dramatic but you get the point the white was not cuttin' it. I went to my local hardware store where I picked up some valspar paint in a shade called Cocoa Creamy. I'm a sucker for paint colors that not only look yummy but sound yummy as well :). After painting 3/4th's of the room the unthinkable happened, I ran out of paint. Hmmm, oops lesson learned one gallon of paint is not enough for 4 walls. So I begrudgingly put my paint brush down and told myself I will come back to this project. Uh, four months later I'm still staring night after night at my bedroom with three walls painted and not well I might add.  After thoroughly being annoyed with my bedroom I drove past my town's only hardware store determined to finish my project only to find to my dismay to it had shut down. NNNNOOOOOOO!!!! Now I will have to live with my unfinished room a little longer, what's a girl to do. My room looks more like this: 

   

  And the more I look at my half painted room the more I'm rethinking my paint choice. Maybe something a little more dramatic, and a little less safe. Decisions, decisions, decisions. I will hopefully finish this project someday soon, before my son goes off to college. Time will tell, I'll have to keep you posted on the progress.  

Sunday Stroll

 My weekly finds of wonderful decorating inspirations and ideas. ENJOY!

House Beautiful

House Beautiful

Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs

Interior Express

My favorite time of year

When the leafs begin to change and the air gets a little nippy, it marks the beginning of FALL, my favorite time of year. The season is almost upon us and it makes me think of evenings bundled up by the fire, sipping pumpkin spiced lattes, and hunting down the perfect pumpkin. Not to mention, my birthday is smack dab in the midst of fall, how lucky can one girl get!?!



A bit of Heaven in a cup ;)






The hubs and I have started a new tradition, the past couple of years we go mid-October to a few different pumpkin patches. We sip hot cocoa, eat caramel apples, get lost in corn mazes, and pick out a pretty pumpkin. This year I cant wait to share our new tradition with our little pumpkin, baby E.

Baby E (in utero)and I last year at the patch


Deliciousness on a stick!!!

I can't wait for pumpkin patch season, raking up leafs, trick o' treating, carving pumpkins, rain boots, gray skies, mud puddles, and endless amounts of rain. I couldn't be more of a Oregonian if I tried!

Polyvore: A love story

If money were no object this would be my living room, but this is not a story of fiction, *sigh. This is reality, one income, a dog, an 8 month old, and one husband. But I can dream can't I? Thanks to polyvore I can. Even though I won't be spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on a wing back chair, or amoire anytime soon. I can hunt down similar items for a bargain at thrift stores or craigslist. Woohoo! I love me some thrift shopping, I even found a wing back chair on craigslist I will have to save for another post.

On Polyvore I can take the jumbled mess of ideas in my head put them all together to see if it even looks good. While editing what doesn't without the regret of having spent the dough on a new furniture item. Now all I have to do is get started finding my 'Little Miss Vintage' versions of my polyvore page. Let the sanding, painting, and sewing begin!

And be sure to check out Our Suburban Cottage for a great tutorial on all things polyvore.

Little Blue Dresser

So I was perusing my local Value Village back in mid March and I came across a 6 drawer dresser. It was the perfect size for our master bedroom. Although, it's sad green and white paint and brass knobs did nothing for me, it had great bones and the $25 dollar price tag wasn't bad either! So after convincing the only person I knew who owned a truck to meet me at the store (my grandma) thanks gran! I took this baby home to live with me.



                                                                        Before:

                                    After:






My inspiration for our bedroom was for it to have a beachy cottage feel to it. So naturally I was drawn to a cool grayish blue color for my dresser. I found the perfect shade from Valspar's Seaside Retreat called Atlantic Gray. It's muted tone was PERFECT! for my project. Naturally, I couldn't have it stay just the pretty blue color. I had to put a Little Miss Vintage spin on it by antiquing it with a mixture of black paint and polyurethane I picked up at none other than my town's one store... Walmart, yes my town is that small.



I painted the black color on then took a rag and would wipe some off until it started to have the look I was wanting. This was quite the process, being a novice to antiquing and all. I then took a hammer and nail to it to give it a beat up look to it. But my absolute favorite thing I picked up for my dresser was the glass knobs I got at Lowe's. So cute, I love glass knobs they are the perfect accessory.



Voilà! Perfection. I'm so happy with how this project turned out, I could just squeal with excitement. {Don't worry, I'll spare you the dramatics }. Hope you like it as much as I do.



              Linked to: miss mustard seed for furniture feature friday
                              primitive and proper for piece of work wednesday