PICTURE OF THE DAY

Just saw this on Pinterest a moment ago and absolutely love it! It would be so cool to have the chalk portion in different colors too.

Found on Pinterest via Hammers and High Heels

WEEKEND PHOTO INSPIRATION



via Dreamy Whites



I would not consider myself into 'french farmhouse' design, but I must admit that there is something beautiful and charming about Dreamy Whites' blog and style. The simplicity of style makes me wanna design in 'french farmhouse'! Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

MORE HOMEMADE ART!

Lately Aaron (my boyfriend) and I have been talking about how much stuff we have...me mostly though. Most of the stuff I have is scattered around the house and is for crafting. I have gathered quite the collection of crafting supplies and fabrics over the past year. So I have decided to put what I have to use in any way possible. This is where more of my homemade art comes into play.

I took some left over fabric from a previous project and decided that it would work in my blue, black, and white bedroom, but I had to figure out how to display them.

So I took two extra sewing hoops and spray painted them black, stretched the fabric into it and BAM....its done.

How easy was that? And look how cute they are! They also match perfectly with my previous homemade art for the bedroom!

More pictures to follow showing the completed wall of art as my headboard!

S'MORE ETSY

My mother has been a creating machine and has posted more items in her etsy shop. So I thought it would only be right to update you on some more of her items.

Perfect for the 4th of July

All of her products with the exception of the fabric puffy wreath are found in the Pacific Northwest, which makes each item unique and one of a kind. If you like what you see go to her shop to see more and stay tuned for more items to come!

PILLOW MADDNESS

Sorry its been so long since there was an update on the living room redo. I have mentioned in some of my other posts how expensive accessories for your house can be, so I decided to make some of my own pillows for my couch. I will never claim to be a master at sewing, in fact I am more closer to beginner than master, but I found sewing my own pillows suprisingly easy.

Remember the inspiration fabric? I made it into a pillow!

If you look closely on the blue and brown damask pillow (which I made!) it is the back of the pillow and you can see the top part of the pillow envelop.

I basically sewed the fabric into an envelop so I wouldn't have to sew the pillow shut because that would have been a disaster! Plus this way if anything gets on the pillow or I want to change the fabric I can easily slip it off and save it for another time. Hope you like!

GREEN WITH ENVY

I have still been working on redoing my living room, slowly but surely. I got a new job which has made the process even slower!

I decided that I wanted to inject some color into my space, but instead of doing it on the walls I was going to do it through some pieces of furniture and accessories. The ok was given by my boyfriend to paint his lamps that he has had since he first went to college. So I picked a color from my inspiration fabric and went to town spray painting them. I also went and bought new drum lamp shades since the originals were a yellowish cream color and no longer matched.

Here is a reminder of the inspiration fabrics:

Before:

After:

What do you think?

HAPPINESS...

I don't know why, but this pillow makes me sooo happy! =) Maybe its cause its starting to finally feel like spring.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

{Image: Urban Outfitters}

CURRENTLY IN LOVE WITH...

I'm not usually a fan of painted wood floors, but when I saw this photo I fell in love. The painted parquet flooring adds another element of interest to the room and just works!

What do you think of the painted floor?

{Image: Brides} 

CLOSET ADDICTION - FLUORESCENT BRIGHTS

**WARNING!!!** You might need some shades to see some of these pictures.

You gotta be bold and brave to pull some of these looks off...How fun!...Are you brave enough???

Which one is your favorite?

Images: Fuck Yeah Home Decor, Interior Design and Decoration, Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge

LIVING ROOM FABRIC PROGRESS...

I have slowly been making progress on my living room redo and have finally found some fabric that goes with my inspiration fabric that I am using for the colors.  This is what the inspiration piece looks like for a reminder:

Image courtesy of Linen House

The two fabrics that I have found are going to be made into pillows, but I still need to find some fabric for curtains.  Here is what I have so far:

Once the pillows are made and more fabric is found I will post again later! Bye for now!

LIVING ROOM INSPIRATION

I recently have been working on redoing my living room to be lighter and brighter.  This is very difficult for me because I am in love with very bold saturated colors, which doesn't work very well for my current small cramp living room. 

So I have painted most of the walls in a neutral color and after much debate about what colors would go with the current furniture and accessories, I found this pillow from Linen House as a source of color inspiration. Hopefully when everything is complete the room will be light and airy, but also satisfies my need for pattern and color! More pictures to come!!!

CURRENTLY IN LOVE WITH

I have always been a fan of fun area rugs, but have been too afraid to risk trying something out of the box in my own space. So when I saw these fabulous rugs by Madeline Weinrib Atelier I fell in love! There are tons of different patterns and colors to fit any type of space. Now I just wish I had the guts to put one in my space...hopefully one day it will happen!



Image courtesy of http://www.madelineweinrib.com/