Dining Room

House Tour: Emily and Todd’s Dining Room

I looooooove Emily and Todd’s dining room. The picture rails? Perfection. (Coming up next is the kitchen!) “I was shopping for our first dining room table before we even moved into our house (I took measurements when we walked through before making an offer). I needed a square or round table to fit the room…

I looooooove Emily and Todd’s dining room. The picture rails? Perfection.

(Coming up next is the kitchen!)

“I was shopping for our first dining room table before we even moved into our house (I took measurements when we walked through before making an offer). I needed a square or round table to fit the room which limited my options. I also wanted a table that was indestructible and we would have for the next 20 years. I almost bought a round pedestal table by Martha Stewart for Bernhardt but when I asked to salesman to lift up the table cloth, I saw scratches all over and the dark stain showed a ton of dust. No go. Whenever I’m in the midst of researching something I consider a “big” decision for our house, Jenny just happens to post the solution at the same time. I was getting a bit desperate to find a table and then Jenny wrote about Stable Tables . They had never shipped anything before especially not a 54 inch square table, but I used my favorite shipping service, uship.com and we were able to ship the table for only $150. The original table we chose was going to have the antique porch posts that were six inches in diameter, but when they went to prep them they found out the posts were rotten. So we went with these eight inch turned legs and I’m so glad we did. The only drawback is it’s hard to find chairs that will comfortably fit side by side and are easy to pull out.

“My only regret is that we didn’t get the 60 inch table. Side note: About a month after getting our table, it started to split between two of the boards. We think it had to do with the climate change and it wasn’t reinforced underneath. There wasn’t much we could do about it until just recently, when Carolina Farm House opened for business. Sam and his team not only fixed our table but they also reinforced it underneath so it won’t split ever again. Thank you Sam! Every time I walk by the table I don’t see a one inch gap stuffed with raisins and play dough I think of you!

“We got our table two days before our first Thanksgiving in this house and we were hosting, yikes! There wasn’t much time to figure out the chair situation. I tried the Craigslist route but I couldn’t find six matching chairs that didn’t include arm chairs. We decided to go with simple Windsor chairs from the unfinished wood shop for $45 each.

(before shot, at Thanksgiving time)

“We painted them a light gray and I sewed chair pads using an Amy Butler home décor fabric. On one side of the table, we’re using a bench because it keeps the room open to the living room and it’s easier for Parker to sit at the table and get up and down. The first bench we used for a while was a CL find for $30 that we painted the same color as the chairs; it also had a long covered pad with the same fabric. I was naïve and thought I wouldn’t mind washing the bench cover when it got stained. Not only was it annoying, but the repetitive washings significantly discolored the fabric. I eventually gave up and let it get covered with ketchup stains. Home Goods came through for us though.

For $80 we got the new bench that you see in the pictures. I added a thick piece of foam to the top to make it extra comfy (Parker can kneel on this bench for an hour – it’s that soft) and recovered it with a laminated fabric, found here. We tackled this project only a couple of months ago and the laminated fabric selection have grown a lot since then. Joel Dewberry just released a great line of laminated fabrics.

“My dream chairs are Tolix chairs, mostly because they are indestructible with kids and I like the industrial mixed with the farmhouse table. Our Windsor chairs turned out beautiful but they do require some maintenance like paint touch-ups and regular dusting between the spindles. If I’m ever able to get Tolix chairs I will probably make new chair pad covers and recover this bench with a my own laminated fabric. This company will laminate up to 10 yards of fabric for $75. When I spoke to the owner he said that Premier Prints fabrics turn out really well in the lamination process, just FYI.

“The pendant above the table is the first light I ever bought. It shocked us how much pendant drum shades are. To save some money we bought the pieces to make this pendant from two different shops on Etsy. We ordered an 18 inch wide, 9 inch tall drum shade for $70 and a three light pendant fixture for $110. Unfortunately, both the shops that made these are no longer in business.

I love the pendant, however, it made it really hard to figure out the art for the wall behind the pendant. It couldn’t be a single piece of art (I was planning on handing Court of the Fairies that’s in our office here) because the drum shade was right in the middle. But Jenny saved us once again when she posted about picture rails.

“We spent about $10 at Home Depot on picture rail moulding and painted with our trim paint. The hooks came from here and the wire from a local hardware store (Home Depot only had silver wire). The frames were found at thrift stores, Home Goods, and Target. If you decide to tackle this project you should know there is a party going on behind the frames to get them to hang right.

“My seamstress friend helped me make the triple pleat curtains out of the Braemore Fioretto in the blue colorway. I found the best prices for this fabric at Mary Jo’s at $18/yard. (Ed. Note: When two rooms are open to each other like Emily’s living room and dining room are here, it’s a really good idea to use the same curtains in both rooms, even if you want the rooms to have a different feel.)

“We recently (after these pictures were taken) added vintage crystal sconces to flank the curtains. I love the way they look when turned on. These range in price on ebay and some even go into the thousands. I was determined to find a pair for less than a $100. Finally this pair came up on ebay and I was able to get them for $85. They required lots of cleaning; each crystal was covered in dust. I also had to rewire the crystals and order a few extra since some were missing.

It sounds a bit tedious but it was actually kind of fun. The tedious part was figuring out the electrical. Todd gets the hero award for this project. He spent seven hours on a Saturday, mostly in the crawl space, wiring these sconces to work with the main lighting in the room. Overall, the project cost around $150.

“I have to thank Jamie Meares for saving my dining room. I was really stuck on painting a china cabinet but when Jamie dropped off the wardrobe for our room she suggested a vintage buffet. The table is such a big piece that adding a large china cabinet would have over crowded the room. We found this vintage Thomasville buffet on CL. The owner even had the papers, it’s from the 50’s and is in perfect condition. It holds all of my serving pieces, cake stands, vases, table clothes, and other linens.

(before shot)

“On top of the buffet is a tray my sister got for me when she went to the Gien Factory in the south of France. I had nowhere to put my small white milk glass collection so this seemed like the best place.

“Above the buffet is a pair of pedigree charts framed in simple wood gallery frames I found at Michaels. The inspiration for these came from this MS article. I wanted to do both Todd’s and my pedigrees so Todd created the fan charts and we simply turned them on the side.”

DINING ROOM SOURCES:
Room Color: First Snowfall, Benjamin Moore
Table: Stable Tables, but fixed by Carolina Farm House
Chairs: Wood Quarters in Cary, NC
Spray paint on chairs: Warm Gray, Valspar Interior/Exterior in Satin
Fabric on chair pads: Amy Butler Nigella Home Decor
Bench: Home Goods, recovered with laminated fabric
Fabric on bench: Ty Pennington Impressions Laminated Cotton Angel Wings
Curtain fabric: Braemore Fioretto
Vintage Thomasville Buffet: Craigslist
Paint on buffet: Pewter, Benjamin Moore
Bird house: Thrift store
Dish in bird house: Anthropologie
Tray: Gift from sister
Pot: Home Goods
Pedigree Chart Frames: Michaels
Picture Rail Moulding: Home Depot
Picture rail clips: House of Antiques
Pendant: Etsy, sellers are no longer in business
Crystal Sconces: ebay
Milk Glass: flea market, thrift store
Large bowl: Pottery Barn

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.

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Living Room

House Tour: Emily and Todd's Living Room

Here’s Emily, sharing her beautiful living room!! We were going to combine her living room and dining room in one post, but it was just too long, so I’ll post the dining room separately a little later today (Thursday). “The first piece we bought for the living room was the couch. We went back and…

Here’s Emily, sharing her beautiful living room!! We were going to combine her living room and dining room in one post, but it was just too long, so I’ll post the dining room separately a little later today (Thursday).

“The first piece we bought for the living room was the couch. We went back and forth trying to decide what was more important, buying a couch that was smaller but fit the space or buying a larger scale, comfortable couch that we’ll have for 10 to 15 years (and go with us to the next house). This living room is also our family room so we wanted it to dress up when we needed it to and dress down when we needed it to. We ultimately decided on a Bernhardt couch. The couch is very well made and I’ve been impressed with how well it has held up.


“Above the couch is a series of botanicals prints cut out from this book and framed in Target gallery frames (spray painted charcoal gray).

“Remember the little pedestal table in my master that I mentioned used to be in the living room? It got moved upstairs when I found this fantastic garden stool at the flea market. The colors are amazing. I found the floor lamp for $20 at the same garage sale as the chair in my master bedroom. Again, Todd rewired it for a couple of bucks.

“I made two pillows out of Kelly Wearstler’s Imperial Trellis, two peacock blue velvet pillows (Parker’s pillow of choice when laying on the couch) and a middle lumbar pillow with orange pleated trim. My local fabric store sells this trim, but I needed at least 2.5 yards and wasn’t about to spend that much on trim, and they didn’t have it in orange. So one night I got out the iron and made my own pleated trim. This project was very tedious and when I told my seamstress friend what I did, she said I should have used her pleat tape. Classic.

“Todd doesn’t ask for much so when he told me he really wanted a leather “dad” chair I couldn’t say no, even though I would have preferred two matching upholstered chairs flanking the couch or one of these. We found the beautiful leather chair at Whitley Galleries in Zebulon, NC. It’s made by Alexander Taylor, it’s also a 10 to 15 year piece. I made the pillow using a simple cream linen and gray grosgrain ribbon.

“Since this room does double as our family room, the “perfect” layout isn’t really being applied here. If you center the sofa with the fireplace there is nowhere to put the chair and it makes watching T.V. awkward.

“I found the ottoman at World Marketplace only it was covered in a black Suzani fabric. I loved the shape and the base. We recovered it in a minty velvet material found at a fabric warehouse. Someday I would love to have it professionally reupholstered with the traditional deep tufts. When researching how to do tufts I found out that it’s actually very technical and way too complicated for my little brain.

“The console under the T.V. was made a local carpenter. I found him on Craigslist. He made the console with 100 year old oak, which is so cool to me. The basket underneath holds blankets and Todd loves the fact it is only possible to have this basket because we don’t have a cable box or any TV components by the TV. We were fortunate enough to have a crawl space and Todd has wired all of our “boxes” to the pantry on the other side of the house. So the mess of cables you might expect are all hidden behind the wall and under the house. He has asked that I emphasize that this is a very “hi-tech” home, but great effort has gone into hiding that fact. :)

“On top of the console Todd has been allotted his only personal space in the house…a 5 by 20 inch box for personal items and the remote.

“If you look closely you’ll see that he drilled a hole through the box to run the power cable for the charger underneath the box. You’re probably catching on that my husband will do anything to hide a cord. In fact, he would love nothing more than to write a crazy long post on how to hide all of your cords.

“I was whining to Jenny about decorating my mantel and how I couldn’t find anything to decorate it and make it my own. This post she did on mantels helped a ton. There are two things that made this mantel hard to decorate. First, it’s not very wide, like six inches. Second, it competes with the top of the bookcase to the right.

“I found the brass birds at the flea market for $3, which are also in the principal’s office on Glee, how cool is that?!? The glass candle sticks are from our wedding, I like the look of glass in small doses and they fit on the mantel, check. My mom always has orchids in her kitchen, so I’m very partial to them. I’ve actually told Todd I prefer an orchid to flowers, they live longer (3-4 months if you take good care of them) they’re simple and gorgeous, and Lowes sells them for $10 to $15. Remember the Davenport floral shop I mentioned in Parker’s bedroom post? I’m thinking of having them make me a faux orchid arrangement for the mantel. It’s impossible to beat the real thing, but it’s expensive to replace these even if it is only once a quarter.

“The small painting is another James C. Christensen called St. Brendon the Navigator. I actually won this painting in a drawing that an online gallery held a couple of years ago. I never win anything so to win this painting was kind of awesome. The vintage brass easel is from ebay. Easels are a great way to display little pieces of art or favorite framed pictures, I have several of them. The vase in front of the fireplace was a flea market find and the antique rice bucket is from a boutique in Utah. The beautiful mirror is this one at Ballards.

“You can’t see it very well, but to the right of the fireplace is an antique lawyer stack. Remember when I said my mom was a book hoarder? Well, my dad is a bookcase hoarder. When he was doing his residency he secretly bought and stored these stacks in their attic (at the time each stack was about $25). When it came time to move, he started pulling out all of these stacks and of course my mom was shocked. He thought she would be mad but she thought they were great. He restored them all and now my siblings and I all have at least one in our homes. But my parents have the most; I think there are at least eight more of these bookcases in their house. On top of the bookcase is a large terrarium from Davenport floral, personal pictures, and this little vase (I want all of these vases). To the right of the bookcase is a pair of Carl Bloch etchings.”

Living Room Sources:
Couch: Bernhardt
Ottoman: World Market
Art above Couch: Botanicals, Butterflies & Insects by Leslie K. Overstreet, frames from Target spray painted charcoal gray
Leather Recliner: Alexander Taylor, Whitley Galleries
Antique Chinese Garden Stool: flea market
Mirror: Bellesol Mirror, Ballards
Console under T.V: local carpenter, can’t find his name and he’s not posting on CL anymore, but Carolina Farm House could make a very similar one
Lawyer Bookcase Stack: gifted
Brass birds on mantel: flea market
Small painting on mantel: St. Brendon the Navigator by James C. Christensen, won in a drawing but available through art galleries
Floor lamp: garage sale
Decorative bird cage: Gatehouse in Orem, UT
Decorative balls in bird cage: Pier One
Green pedestal tray on console: Gatehouse in Orem, UT
Brass easel: ebay
Orange Planter Box: Home Goods
Curtain Fabric: Braemore Fioretto
Rug: Green Front Interiors

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.

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House Tour: Emily and Todd’s Living Room

Here’s Emily, sharing her beautiful living room!! We were going to combine her living room and dining room in one post, but it was just too long, so I’ll post the dining room separately a little later today (Thursday). “The first piece we bought for the living room was the couch. We went back and…

Here’s Emily, sharing her beautiful living room!! We were going to combine her living room and dining room in one post, but it was just too long, so I’ll post the dining room separately a little later today (Thursday).

“The first piece we bought for the living room was the couch. We went back and forth trying to decide what was more important, buying a couch that was smaller but fit the space or buying a larger scale, comfortable couch that we’ll have for 10 to 15 years (and go with us to the next house). This living room is also our family room so we wanted it to dress up when we needed it to and dress down when we needed it to. We ultimately decided on a Bernhardt couch. The couch is very well made and I’ve been impressed with how well it has held up.


“Above the couch is a series of botanicals prints cut out from this book and framed in Target gallery frames (spray painted charcoal gray).

“Remember the little pedestal table in my master that I mentioned used to be in the living room? It got moved upstairs when I found this fantastic garden stool at the flea market. The colors are amazing. I found the floor lamp for $20 at the same garage sale as the chair in my master bedroom. Again, Todd rewired it for a couple of bucks.

“I made two pillows out of Kelly Wearstler’s Imperial Trellis, two peacock blue velvet pillows (Parker’s pillow of choice when laying on the couch) and a middle lumbar pillow with orange pleated trim. My local fabric store sells this trim, but I needed at least 2.5 yards and wasn’t about to spend that much on trim, and they didn’t have it in orange. So one night I got out the iron and made my own pleated trim. This project was very tedious and when I told my seamstress friend what I did, she said I should have used her pleat tape. Classic.

“Todd doesn’t ask for much so when he told me he really wanted a leather “dad” chair I couldn’t say no, even though I would have preferred two matching upholstered chairs flanking the couch or one of these. We found the beautiful leather chair at Whitley Galleries in Zebulon, NC. It’s made by Alexander Taylor, it’s also a 10 to 15 year piece. I made the pillow using a simple cream linen and gray grosgrain ribbon.

“Since this room does double as our family room, the “perfect” layout isn’t really being applied here. If you center the sofa with the fireplace there is nowhere to put the chair and it makes watching T.V. awkward.

“I found the ottoman at World Marketplace only it was covered in a black Suzani fabric. I loved the shape and the base. We recovered it in a minty velvet material found at a fabric warehouse. Someday I would love to have it professionally reupholstered with the traditional deep tufts. When researching how to do tufts I found out that it’s actually very technical and way too complicated for my little brain.

“The console under the T.V. was made a local carpenter. I found him on Craigslist. He made the console with 100 year old oak, which is so cool to me. The basket underneath holds blankets and Todd loves the fact it is only possible to have this basket because we don’t have a cable box or any TV components by the TV. We were fortunate enough to have a crawl space and Todd has wired all of our “boxes” to the pantry on the other side of the house. So the mess of cables you might expect are all hidden behind the wall and under the house. He has asked that I emphasize that this is a very “hi-tech” home, but great effort has gone into hiding that fact. :)

“On top of the console Todd has been allotted his only personal space in the house…a 5 by 20 inch box for personal items and the remote.

“If you look closely you’ll see that he drilled a hole through the box to run the power cable for the charger underneath the box. You’re probably catching on that my husband will do anything to hide a cord. In fact, he would love nothing more than to write a crazy long post on how to hide all of your cords.

“I was whining to Jenny about decorating my mantel and how I couldn’t find anything to decorate it and make it my own. This post she did on mantels helped a ton. There are two things that made this mantel hard to decorate. First, it’s not very wide, like six inches. Second, it competes with the top of the bookcase to the right.

“I found the brass birds at the flea market for $3, which are also in the principal’s office on Glee, how cool is that?!? The glass candle sticks are from our wedding, I like the look of glass in small doses and they fit on the mantel, check. My mom always has orchids in her kitchen, so I’m very partial to them. I’ve actually told Todd I prefer an orchid to flowers, they live longer (3-4 months if you take good care of them) they’re simple and gorgeous, and Lowes sells them for $10 to $15. Remember the Davenport floral shop I mentioned in Parker’s bedroom post? I’m thinking of having them make me a faux orchid arrangement for the mantel. It’s impossible to beat the real thing, but it’s expensive to replace these even if it is only once a quarter.

“The small painting is another James C. Christensen called St. Brendon the Navigator. I actually won this painting in a drawing that an online gallery held a couple of years ago. I never win anything so to win this painting was kind of awesome. The vintage brass easel is from ebay. Easels are a great way to display little pieces of art or favorite framed pictures, I have several of them. The vase in front of the fireplace was a flea market find and the antique rice bucket is from a boutique in Utah. The beautiful mirror is this one at Ballards.

“You can’t see it very well, but to the right of the fireplace is an antique lawyer stack. Remember when I said my mom was a book hoarder? Well, my dad is a bookcase hoarder. When he was doing his residency he secretly bought and stored these stacks in their attic (at the time each stack was about $25). When it came time to move, he started pulling out all of these stacks and of course my mom was shocked. He thought she would be mad but she thought they were great. He restored them all and now my siblings and I all have at least one in our homes. But my parents have the most; I think there are at least eight more of these bookcases in their house. On top of the bookcase is a large terrarium from Davenport floral, personal pictures, and this little vase (I want all of these vases). To the right of the bookcase is a pair of Carl Bloch etchings.”

Living Room Sources:
Couch: Bernhardt
Ottoman: World Market
Art above Couch: Botanicals, Butterflies & Insects by Leslie K. Overstreet, frames from Target spray painted charcoal gray
Leather Recliner: Alexander Taylor, Whitley Galleries
Antique Chinese Garden Stool: flea market
Mirror: Bellesol Mirror, Ballards
Console under T.V: local carpenter, can’t find his name and he’s not posting on CL anymore, but Carolina Farm House could make a very similar one
Lawyer Bookcase Stack: gifted
Brass birds on mantel: flea market
Small painting on mantel: St. Brendon the Navigator by James C. Christensen, won in a drawing but available through art galleries
Floor lamp: garage sale
Decorative bird cage: Gatehouse in Orem, UT
Decorative balls in bird cage: Pier One
Green pedestal tray on console: Gatehouse in Orem, UT
Brass easel: ebay
Orange Planter Box: Home Goods
Curtain Fabric: Braemore Fioretto
Rug: Green Front Interiors

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.

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Musings

One Kings Lane Blogger Tastemaker Tag Sale

I’m super excited to be a part of the first One Kings Lane Blogger Tastemaker Sale! It was such a pleasure to round up about 25 really special items for the event. I love the hot pink velvet gold-leafed bamboo bench (above) a lot, but I also really REALLY love these tomato red klismos chairs….

I’m super excited to be a part of the first One Kings Lane Blogger Tastemaker Sale! It was such a pleasure to round up about 25 really special items for the event.

I love the hot pink velvet gold-leafed bamboo bench (above) a lot, but I also really REALLY love these tomato red klismos chairs.

There are so many great pieces that I can’t wait to show you! And I’m absolutely dying to see what the other bloggers picked!

Don’t forget to log in on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9pm EST/6pm PST. One Kings Lane is a by-invite membership site, so if you need an invite to set up your account and shop the sale on Thursday, here you go!

(pssst…come back later today for Emily’s living AND dining room tour. It will be inspiration overload!)

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House Tour: Emmett's Nursery and the Boys' Bathroom

Here’s Emily on Emmett’s sweet room: “This is the one room in the house that has not been re-painted yet. This was Parker’s room when we first moved into this house and he was still in a crib. No, I don’t like the tan. But I wasn’t ready to make any room color decisions when…

Here’s Emily on Emmett’s sweet room:

“This is the one room in the house that has not been re-painted yet. This was Parker’s room when we first moved into this house and he was still in a crib. No, I don’t like the tan. But I wasn’t ready to make any room color decisions when spring came and it became urgent to cover up the windows so Parker would take his afternoon nap. I decided to find the cheapest fabric possible to make panels that worked with the room color and then wait and see what our next baby would be. I found this upholstery weight fabric at a fabric warehouse for five dollars a yard so we were able to make the panels for about $50 total.

“When we found out we were having another boy we decided to put more money into Parker’s new room instead of the nursery, especially since you only spend about 20 minutes total in the nursery. Don’t get me wrong, I love a perfectly decorated nursery. I just couldn’t justify the cost of changing what we already had even though my tastes have changed since doing Parker’s nursery 3.5 years ago. If we ever have a girl there will be a complete redo of this room.

“I don’t mean to sound negative about this room, I think it’s a nice room, I just don’t like tan walls. :) It’s classic, peaceful and simple which is what a nursery should be. The crib and dresser is Munire. When we bought this crib and dresser set I knew nothing about wood and dismissed the fact that they were made with pine, a soft wood. In the two and half years Parker used this crib, he tore it to pieces. There were bite marks everywhere! It was funny to see in person, but not funny enough to keep it! While I was out of town with the boys this summer, Todd sanded and stained the tops to match the rest of the crib. Good as new. (but to those of you crib shopping now, steer clear of pine!)

“The frog chair is from the Pottery Barn outlet. This is where Parker sits when we’re hanging out in this room. The crib bedding is Dwell for Target, and the chair is from Best Chairs’ nursery line. Don’t’ be fooled by the cheesy name of the company. This chair is amazing!

“I still love the blue and green paisley fabric, it hides everything and has held up wonderfully. It was also very affordable for a custom job at about $550 for the gliding chair and ottoman, it was also a gift. :) My sister in law made the beautiful quilt when we had our first baby. The lamp base is from Pottery Barn and the shade is Anthropologie.

“The sail boat painting is an original piece of art by Todd’s grandma, Virginia. I asked my MIL if we could have this when she was going through some storage and I’m so glad I did. The Chinese rice bucket is from a home décor store in Utah called Tai Pan Trading. I wish I bought five of them. We use it for books.

“The mobile is by BlaBla and the framed English and French alphabets are actually wrapping paper sheets by Cavallini and Co. I found at a boutique in Chapel Hill for $4 each and framed in Ikea frames (painted orange).

“Isn’t that vintage lamp of the lemonade stand on the dresser so cute! I found that at an antique shop in Wake Forest, NC. The painting is a canvas by James C. Christensen called The Iron Rod. It’s our anniversary, Christmas, and my birthday all within a week (poor Todd). But the year this painting was released I told him all I wanted was this painting. It was issued at $300 and four years later it is now worth $3,695! Todd says we should sell it, I say “NEVER.”

“The airplane is from a home décor shop in Utah, I can’t even remember the name of the place, but I’ve seen similar airplanes at Home Goods.

“In the hallway, on the way to the kids’ bathroom, we hung a gallery wall of family photos. I just spray painted some inexpensive, mis-matched frames to keep the look cohesive.

“And here we are in the boys’ bath. I have to be honest here. Yes, it’s the “kids bathroom” but in reality, Parker takes all of his baths in my bathroom because it’s easier for me watch him and get things done in my room. My husband actually is the main user of this bathroom because he gets up in the morning before me and doesn’t want to wake me up by getting ready in the bathroom attached to our room (it’s an open ceiling between our bedroom and bathroom).

“I still wanted to make it fun though because it is supposed to be a kids bathroom. The biggest change to this bathroom is the paint color. I bought the Dwell for Target shower curtain and from there chose the wall color – Benjamin Moore Antigua Aqua. The clock is from college, it’s a Martha Stewart for Kmart. We made the typical changes you make when trying to update a bathroom without changing any of the “big” stuff. For instance, we changed out the mirror, the vanity hardware, faucet, light, shower curtain and towel rods. The waste basket is from Home Goods as well as the little wooden stool. Using this tutorial I made fabric covered boxes found at Michaels to organize all the odds and ends in the medicine cabinet. It was a fun and cheap way to add some more color and patterns.”

Sources for the bathroom:
Wall color: Antigua Aqua, Benjamin Moore
Vanity knobs, towel rods, curtain rods, shower curtain: Target
Waste Basket, wooden stool, mirror: Home Goods
Bath Rug: Costco
Clock: Kmart
Tray on toilet: Boehms Chocolates in Spokane, Wa

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.

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House Tour: Emmett’s Nursery and the Boys’ Bathroom

Here’s Emily on Emmett’s sweet room: “This is the one room in the house that has not been re-painted yet. This was Parker’s room when we first moved into this house and he was still in a crib. No, I don’t like the tan. But I wasn’t ready to make any room color decisions when…

Here’s Emily on Emmett’s sweet room:

“This is the one room in the house that has not been re-painted yet. This was Parker’s room when we first moved into this house and he was still in a crib. No, I don’t like the tan. But I wasn’t ready to make any room color decisions when spring came and it became urgent to cover up the windows so Parker would take his afternoon nap. I decided to find the cheapest fabric possible to make panels that worked with the room color and then wait and see what our next baby would be. I found this upholstery weight fabric at a fabric warehouse for five dollars a yard so we were able to make the panels for about $50 total.

“When we found out we were having another boy we decided to put more money into Parker’s new room instead of the nursery, especially since you only spend about 20 minutes total in the nursery. Don’t get me wrong, I love a perfectly decorated nursery. I just couldn’t justify the cost of changing what we already had even though my tastes have changed since doing Parker’s nursery 3.5 years ago. If we ever have a girl there will be a complete redo of this room.

“I don’t mean to sound negative about this room, I think it’s a nice room, I just don’t like tan walls. :) It’s classic, peaceful and simple which is what a nursery should be. The crib and dresser is Munire. When we bought this crib and dresser set I knew nothing about wood and dismissed the fact that they were made with pine, a soft wood. In the two and half years Parker used this crib, he tore it to pieces. There were bite marks everywhere! It was funny to see in person, but not funny enough to keep it! While I was out of town with the boys this summer, Todd sanded and stained the tops to match the rest of the crib. Good as new. (but to those of you crib shopping now, steer clear of pine!)

“The frog chair is from the Pottery Barn outlet. This is where Parker sits when we’re hanging out in this room. The crib bedding is Dwell for Target, and the chair is from Best Chairs’ nursery line. Don’t’ be fooled by the cheesy name of the company. This chair is amazing!

“I still love the blue and green paisley fabric, it hides everything and has held up wonderfully. It was also very affordable for a custom job at about $550 for the gliding chair and ottoman, it was also a gift. :) My sister in law made the beautiful quilt when we had our first baby. The lamp base is from Pottery Barn and the shade is Anthropologie.

“The sail boat painting is an original piece of art by Todd’s grandma, Virginia. I asked my MIL if we could have this when she was going through some storage and I’m so glad I did. The Chinese rice bucket is from a home décor store in Utah called Tai Pan Trading. I wish I bought five of them. We use it for books.

“The mobile is by BlaBla and the framed English and French alphabets are actually wrapping paper sheets by Cavallini and Co. I found at a boutique in Chapel Hill for $4 each and framed in Ikea frames (painted orange).

“Isn’t that vintage lamp of the lemonade stand on the dresser so cute! I found that at an antique shop in Wake Forest, NC. The painting is a canvas by James C. Christensen called The Iron Rod. It’s our anniversary, Christmas, and my birthday all within a week (poor Todd). But the year this painting was released I told him all I wanted was this painting. It was issued at $300 and four years later it is now worth $3,695! Todd says we should sell it, I say “NEVER.”

“The airplane is from a home décor shop in Utah, I can’t even remember the name of the place, but I’ve seen similar airplanes at Home Goods.

“In the hallway, on the way to the kids’ bathroom, we hung a gallery wall of family photos. I just spray painted some inexpensive, mis-matched frames to keep the look cohesive.

“And here we are in the boys’ bath. I have to be honest here. Yes, it’s the “kids bathroom” but in reality, Parker takes all of his baths in my bathroom because it’s easier for me watch him and get things done in my room. My husband actually is the main user of this bathroom because he gets up in the morning before me and doesn’t want to wake me up by getting ready in the bathroom attached to our room (it’s an open ceiling between our bedroom and bathroom).

“I still wanted to make it fun though because it is supposed to be a kids bathroom. The biggest change to this bathroom is the paint color. I bought the Dwell for Target shower curtain and from there chose the wall color – Benjamin Moore Antigua Aqua. The clock is from college, it’s a Martha Stewart for Kmart. We made the typical changes you make when trying to update a bathroom without changing any of the “big” stuff. For instance, we changed out the mirror, the vanity hardware, faucet, light, shower curtain and towel rods. The waste basket is from Home Goods as well as the little wooden stool. Using this tutorial I made fabric covered boxes found at Michaels to organize all the odds and ends in the medicine cabinet. It was a fun and cheap way to add some more color and patterns.”

Sources for the bathroom:
Wall color: Antigua Aqua, Benjamin Moore
Vanity knobs, towel rods, curtain rods, shower curtain: Target
Waste Basket, wooden stool, mirror: Home Goods
Bath Rug: Costco
Clock: Kmart
Tray on toilet: Boehms Chocolates in Spokane, Wa

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.

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House Tour: Parker's Big Boy Bedroom

Here’s Emily’s son’s room. I love the colors! Come back later today for the nursery and their sons’ bathroom… “My three year olds’ bedroom was by far the funnest room for us to plan and decorate. We held off doing any planning until we found out we were having another boy. Once we got that…

Here’s Emily’s son’s room. I love the colors! Come back later today for the nursery and their sons’ bathroom…

“My three year olds’ bedroom was by far the funnest room for us to plan and decorate. We held off doing any planning until we found out we were having another boy. Once we got that news we knew the room could be all boy since our second boy will share this room with his big brother someday.

“For inspiration I love to look at boys bedrooms at Serena and Lily. My favorite bedding collection is this one. To start off the room we had to pick a bed. After seeing a post on jentrified of her son’s bedroom, I decided to do the same for Parker’s bed. Another hunt started for a spindle poster bed on Craigslist and we finally found one for $80. We spray painted it navy blue. (Ed. Note: Emily used Rustoleum’s Enamel spray line – my favorite. The navy blue is a really, really great color!)

“For the bedding I bought the Dwell for Target cars pattern when Parker was only 18 months because it was on clearance and I knew it was perfect for his future bedroom (yes, Todd raised his eyebrows at that one).

“To balance out the pattern I decided to make a solid quilt like the one at Serena and Lily. I ordered swatches of the Bella Solids from thefatquartershop.com so I could find the perfect combination. Once we settled on the right gray blue and a charcoal gray I ordered the fabric and the rest is history. The total cost was about $60 with batting.

“I really love the color orange and tried to incorporate it anywhere I could. I picked up a yard of an orange/cream check fabric by Denyse Schmidt and made another pillow. The bolster is a piece of selvage Jenny had. Next time I try to make a bolster, I’m consulting a seamstress. They are really hard to get perfect, as you can see I didn’t do a very good job. Oh well.

“We use the closet in this room for bedding storage, our vacuum, extra toys, etc. This meant that Parker needed a dresser. A campaign dresser came up on Craigslist for $15 so that solved the problem, kind of. I came to find out that there are “real” campaign pieces made out of wood and then there are fake ones made with particle board. Unfortunately, this one is the latter. But once again, Todd saved the day. He has been fixing each drawer as they start to break and it’s been great. Luck struck again a couple of months ago when I spotted another campaign dresser with the same dimensions on Craigslist. I went to check it out and sure enough it’s a real campaign (stamped and everything!) for only $30. It’s sitting in the garage waiting to get painted. Anyone want to buy a fake campaign dresser? :)

“I know we’ve seen it everywhere but I still love the Keep Calm Carry On print, it’s a great history story and we love to tell Parker to “stay calm” when he starts to spaz out (he’s really into signs these days and always asks us what the words say). However, we’re changing it up this week. It’s not done yet but we have all the ingredients to make this mirror to put above the campaign dresser and replace the Carry On print. Jenny recently did a round up of her favorite mirrors and when I saw this one I thought it would be wonderful in Parker’s room. I really wanted a mirror for his room but they all come off kind of girlish. This one, however, has great texture and is all boy.

“We found the lamp at Home Goods on clearance for $25 and the tray is a John Derian for Target. I love the Curious George lunch box with the little world globe on top (from ebay). The terrarium idea came after visiting the Davenport floral shop in Raleigh. If you live in the Raleigh area and haven’t been yet, I highly recommend it. This tutorial is really great. My one regret was not buying a taller piece of glass, it’s really hard to find plants that small. We recently replanted this terrarium since it died while we were on vacation this summer and turned off the AC. The new arrangement has a similar plant but now includes a pine cone, and a stick with a dead blue beetle on it (Parker found it while we were planting the terrarium – it was already dead). No surprise, Home Goods has the best selection of glass. I tried the thrift store route but couldn’t find any with lids and this is really important for creating the right environment for a terrarium. Hint – a terrarium will thrive anywhere there is a shadow. You don’t need sunlight or anything, just as long as there is a shadow. If you’ve been to Anthropologie lately, you’ve probably noticed the displays of succulents in mason jars. If you want to plant a succulent and have it live, you need to plant it on the surface, not down in the jar. Succulents need air and can’t have a cover like a normal terrarium. This is a great option for the winter when fresh flowers from the garden are not available.


(image by Emily)

“We found the activity table on Craigslist for $60. It was custom made for the family we bought it from and is solid. As I was checking it out and deciding whether to buy, the mom commented that her boys have been jumping on it for years. Sold. As you can see we painted it white on top, but painted the legs orange. I thought painting it all orange would be a bit too much. We also had a new surface cut and Todd added handles to the corners so it would be easy to move for when Parker wanted additional surface area. We use plastic bins underneath to keep the toys organized, kind of. Parker actually really loves dividing his toys between the three boxes but who knows how long that will last. I would love to get these rolling crates from Serena and Lily to put under the train table but that price is ridiculous. Instead I’m going to have my carpenter (aka Todd) build something similar to these.


“I am SO happy with the roman shades! They’re blackout lined and the fabric is absolutely perfect for a boys room. You can get the fabric here. You only need about 2.5 yards of fabric for a standard roman shade so these are super affordable. Just remember to take your 40% coupon to Joanns when you buy the blackout lining. Another great secret from a professional seamstress is to fabric glue the hems and sides! In fact, she told me that most seamstresses do this with their roman shades, very sneaky. FYI, Rowley Fringe Adhesive is the BEST fabric glue, at least my seamstress friend says so and I totally agree.

“I always wanted to use a chair as a bedside table but it always seemed unrealistic since we believe strongly in nightstands with a lot of storage. I found a set of vintage children’s Windsor chairs at the flea market for $8 each. The chair has actually been perfect as his bedside table. We usually keep his favorite books on the seat so they’re easy to grab while we’re lying in his bed. I thought we would sit on the chair to read books to him in bed but he prefers that we lay down with him.

“Finally, the book case. It was an antique when my parents bought it about 30+ years ago. It was my sister’s when she was a little girl and has been in my mom’s T.V. room for the past 20+ years holding all of her favorite books. I begged to have it when my mom re-decorated her T.V. room recently and they were happy to oblige. We had it shipped all the way from Washington state using uship.com. Has anyone else ever used this service before? It’s awesome, but you have to be flexible on dates to get the best price. The couple who delivered this bookcase was passing through my home town and were only there for three hours, my poor dad had to rush home from work and get it emptied and ready in time. A week later it was in North Carolina. It still cost $200 to ship but considering the distance, the fact that the piece was gifted, and is a sentimental piece, I easily justified the cost.

“We’ve since added about 100 more children’s books that my parents sent us. If there was a show for “Book Hoarders” my mom would be the star. She loves books and has been collecting them all her life. We tease her that we’re going to have a huge bonfire someday with all of her books but it really is one of her most charming traits. The book case is decorated with various trinkets from my childhood bedroom such as a kaleidoscope, decorative boxes/bowls and one of my grandpa’s farmer hats.

“The lamp is a three dollar thrift store find. The shade is from Target recovered in the same Thom Felicia fabric I used in our master bedroom, just in another colorway. If anyone has any ideas on what color to paint this lamp I would love to hear it. The cream is kind of boring, maybe orange?

“The print is a family tree we saw in Martha Stewart Living. You can find the template here.


The ceiling fixture is from eBay, but IKEA sells something very similar.

Sources:
Bookcase: gifted from parents
Bed: Craigslist
Navy Spray Paint: we’re out so I don’t know the exact color, found at Ace Hardware
Room Color: Horizon, Benjamin Moore
Frame for Family Tree: Target
Family tree print: Available here
Classic Children’s Books next to lamp: Anthropologie
Vintage children’s Windsor chair: flea market
Vintage fisherman’s pendant: ebay
Lamp: Thrift Store, shade is from Target, fabric is Thom Felicia
Prints above bed: 20X200, frames from Target
Car Duvet and sheets: Dwell for Target
Extra pillow: made with Denyse Schmidt fabric
Solid quilt: made with Bella Solids fabric, fatquartershop.com
Activity Table: Craigslist
Dresser: Craigslist
Paint on Dresser: Sweatshirt Gray, Benjamin Moore
Lamp on dresser: Home Goods
Bird Tray: John Derian for Target
Curious George lunch box: Home Goods
Vintage World Globe: ebay
Terrarium: glass is from Home Goods, rest of materials are Home Depot

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.
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House Tour: Parker’s Big Boy Bedroom

Here’s Emily’s son’s room. I love the colors! Come back later today for the nursery and their sons’ bathroom… “My three year olds’ bedroom was by far the funnest room for us to plan and decorate. We held off doing any planning until we found out we were having another boy. Once we got that…

Here’s Emily’s son’s room. I love the colors! Come back later today for the nursery and their sons’ bathroom…

“My three year olds’ bedroom was by far the funnest room for us to plan and decorate. We held off doing any planning until we found out we were having another boy. Once we got that news we knew the room could be all boy since our second boy will share this room with his big brother someday.

“For inspiration I love to look at boys bedrooms at Serena and Lily. My favorite bedding collection is this one. To start off the room we had to pick a bed. After seeing a post on jentrified of her son’s bedroom, I decided to do the same for Parker’s bed. Another hunt started for a spindle poster bed on Craigslist and we finally found one for $80. We spray painted it navy blue. (Ed. Note: Emily used Rustoleum’s Enamel spray line – my favorite. The navy blue is a really, really great color!)

“For the bedding I bought the Dwell for Target cars pattern when Parker was only 18 months because it was on clearance and I knew it was perfect for his future bedroom (yes, Todd raised his eyebrows at that one).

“To balance out the pattern I decided to make a solid quilt like the one at Serena and Lily. I ordered swatches of the Bella Solids from thefatquartershop.com so I could find the perfect combination. Once we settled on the right gray blue and a charcoal gray I ordered the fabric and the rest is history. The total cost was about $60 with batting.

“I really love the color orange and tried to incorporate it anywhere I could. I picked up a yard of an orange/cream check fabric by Denyse Schmidt and made another pillow. The bolster is a piece of selvage Jenny had. Next time I try to make a bolster, I’m consulting a seamstress. They are really hard to get perfect, as you can see I didn’t do a very good job. Oh well.

“We use the closet in this room for bedding storage, our vacuum, extra toys, etc. This meant that Parker needed a dresser. A campaign dresser came up on Craigslist for $15 so that solved the problem, kind of. I came to find out that there are “real” campaign pieces made out of wood and then there are fake ones made with particle board. Unfortunately, this one is the latter. But once again, Todd saved the day. He has been fixing each drawer as they start to break and it’s been great. Luck struck again a couple of months ago when I spotted another campaign dresser with the same dimensions on Craigslist. I went to check it out and sure enough it’s a real campaign (stamped and everything!) for only $30. It’s sitting in the garage waiting to get painted. Anyone want to buy a fake campaign dresser? :)

“I know we’ve seen it everywhere but I still love the Keep Calm Carry On print, it’s a great history story and we love to tell Parker to “stay calm” when he starts to spaz out (he’s really into signs these days and always asks us what the words say). However, we’re changing it up this week. It’s not done yet but we have all the ingredients to make this mirror to put above the campaign dresser and replace the Carry On print. Jenny recently did a round up of her favorite mirrors and when I saw this one I thought it would be wonderful in Parker’s room. I really wanted a mirror for his room but they all come off kind of girlish. This one, however, has great texture and is all boy.

“We found the lamp at Home Goods on clearance for $25 and the tray is a John Derian for Target. I love the Curious George lunch box with the little world globe on top (from ebay). The terrarium idea came after visiting the Davenport floral shop in Raleigh. If you live in the Raleigh area and haven’t been yet, I highly recommend it. This tutorial is really great. My one regret was not buying a taller piece of glass, it’s really hard to find plants that small. We recently replanted this terrarium since it died while we were on vacation this summer and turned off the AC. The new arrangement has a similar plant but now includes a pine cone, and a stick with a dead blue beetle on it (Parker found it while we were planting the terrarium – it was already dead). No surprise, Home Goods has the best selection of glass. I tried the thrift store route but couldn’t find any with lids and this is really important for creating the right environment for a terrarium. Hint – a terrarium will thrive anywhere there is a shadow. You don’t need sunlight or anything, just as long as there is a shadow. If you’ve been to Anthropologie lately, you’ve probably noticed the displays of succulents in mason jars. If you want to plant a succulent and have it live, you need to plant it on the surface, not down in the jar. Succulents need air and can’t have a cover like a normal terrarium. This is a great option for the winter when fresh flowers from the garden are not available.


(image by Emily)

“We found the activity table on Craigslist for $60. It was custom made for the family we bought it from and is solid. As I was checking it out and deciding whether to buy, the mom commented that her boys have been jumping on it for years. Sold. As you can see we painted it white on top, but painted the legs orange. I thought painting it all orange would be a bit too much. We also had a new surface cut and Todd added handles to the corners so it would be easy to move for when Parker wanted additional surface area. We use plastic bins underneath to keep the toys organized, kind of. Parker actually really loves dividing his toys between the three boxes but who knows how long that will last. I would love to get these rolling crates from Serena and Lily to put under the train table but that price is ridiculous. Instead I’m going to have my carpenter (aka Todd) build something similar to these.


“I am SO happy with the roman shades! They’re blackout lined and the fabric is absolutely perfect for a boys room. You can get the fabric here. You only need about 2.5 yards of fabric for a standard roman shade so these are super affordable. Just remember to take your 40% coupon to Joanns when you buy the blackout lining. Another great secret from a professional seamstress is to fabric glue the hems and sides! In fact, she told me that most seamstresses do this with their roman shades, very sneaky. FYI, Rowley Fringe Adhesive is the BEST fabric glue, at least my seamstress friend says so and I totally agree.

“I always wanted to use a chair as a bedside table but it always seemed unrealistic since we believe strongly in nightstands with a lot of storage. I found a set of vintage children’s Windsor chairs at the flea market for $8 each. The chair has actually been perfect as his bedside table. We usually keep his favorite books on the seat so they’re easy to grab while we’re lying in his bed. I thought we would sit on the chair to read books to him in bed but he prefers that we lay down with him.

“Finally, the book case. It was an antique when my parents bought it about 30+ years ago. It was my sister’s when she was a little girl and has been in my mom’s T.V. room for the past 20+ years holding all of her favorite books. I begged to have it when my mom re-decorated her T.V. room recently and they were happy to oblige. We had it shipped all the way from Washington state using uship.com. Has anyone else ever used this service before? It’s awesome, but you have to be flexible on dates to get the best price. The couple who delivered this bookcase was passing through my home town and were only there for three hours, my poor dad had to rush home from work and get it emptied and ready in time. A week later it was in North Carolina. It still cost $200 to ship but considering the distance, the fact that the piece was gifted, and is a sentimental piece, I easily justified the cost.

“We’ve since added about 100 more children’s books that my parents sent us. If there was a show for “Book Hoarders” my mom would be the star. She loves books and has been collecting them all her life. We tease her that we’re going to have a huge bonfire someday with all of her books but it really is one of her most charming traits. The book case is decorated with various trinkets from my childhood bedroom such as a kaleidoscope, decorative boxes/bowls and one of my grandpa’s farmer hats.

“The lamp is a three dollar thrift store find. The shade is from Target recovered in the same Thom Felicia fabric I used in our master bedroom, just in another colorway. If anyone has any ideas on what color to paint this lamp I would love to hear it. The cream is kind of boring, maybe orange?

“The print is a family tree we saw in Martha Stewart Living. You can find the template here.


The ceiling fixture is from eBay, but IKEA sells something very similar.

Sources:
Bookcase: gifted from parents
Bed: Craigslist
Navy Spray Paint: we’re out so I don’t know the exact color, found at Ace Hardware
Room Color: Horizon, Benjamin Moore
Frame for Family Tree: Target
Family tree print: Available here
Classic Children’s Books next to lamp: Anthropologie
Vintage children’s Windsor chair: flea market
Vintage fisherman’s pendant: ebay
Lamp: Thrift Store, shade is from Target, fabric is Thom Felicia
Prints above bed: 20X200, frames from Target
Car Duvet and sheets: Dwell for Target
Extra pillow: made with Denyse Schmidt fabric
Solid quilt: made with Bella Solids fabric, fatquartershop.com
Activity Table: Craigslist
Dresser: Craigslist
Paint on Dresser: Sweatshirt Gray, Benjamin Moore
Lamp on dresser: Home Goods
Bird Tray: John Derian for Target
Curious George lunch box: Home Goods
Vintage World Globe: ebay
Terrarium: glass is from Home Goods, rest of materials are Home Depot

Our thanks again to Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the images.
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House Tour: Emily and Todd's Office

Next up is Emily’s office! I wish I had an antique filing cabinet like hers to keep all my little office supplies organized! Looks great. Come back tomorrow for Emily and Todd’s adorable boys’ rooms. I’m ALWAYS getting questions about how to make little boy’s room fun and functional and cute (but not girly). (Spoiler…

Next up is Emily’s office! I wish I had an antique filing cabinet like hers to keep all my little office supplies organized! Looks great.

Come back tomorrow for Emily and Todd’s adorable boys’ rooms. I’m ALWAYS getting questions about how to make little boy’s room fun and functional and cute (but not girly). (Spoiler alert: Emily nailed it)Here’s Emily on her office projects and decor. And thanks again to JJ Horton Photography for the images!

“The day after we moved into our house a huge parsons table appeared on Craigslist for $60. The desk anchored the room and helped us come up with a layout so the office can have multiple functions including play room, sewing room, and guest room.

“We bought the book shelf from a Pottery Barn outlet the first year we were married. It has been an incredibly useful piece as you can see. The top shelf has all of my cooking and sewing books while the second shelf is lined with baskets for additional storage.

“The third has a nine-drawer piece from Ikea that we painted and added silver label plates to for all of my sewing notions. This sits next to all of my binders filled with home décor ideas, articles, recipes, etc. The next holds our color printer and sewing machine. The bottom shelf has two huge fabric covered baskets that hold all of my fabrics.

“We painted the parsons desk a pale mint and the console a peacock blue. The chair we found at TJMaxx, I love the velvet and silver nailhead.

“To the right of the computer is a large tray given to us from my mom. She got it at Anthropologie on sale for $10 a few years ago. It holds a couple of special art books, a painted elephant that was a Father’s Day present from our now three year old, an antique lamp from my parents, etc.


“On the other side is an antique wooden planter that my mom gave to me. We use it to hold mail, pens, etc. In front of that is a special piece of art very dear to me resting on a vintage wooden easel (found on ebay). My brother Jeff painted this picture of me reading a book on a family trip to Belize. I had gotten sun burned pretty bad but still wanted to enjoy the sun so I set up a reading station under the balcony so only my feet were out in the sun. My family thought it was funny and took a picture. A couple of years later my oldest brother surprised me with this painting during his first year of dental school. You can’t see in the picture but next to my feet is a pair of tiny frog feet, he’s a funny guy and is the one I can attribute my love of James C. Christensen to. There are a million things I am so grateful to my parents for and one of them, which is very small in the grand scheme, is a love of art. They filled their home with art and filled our rooms with art. For big events like graduations, 16th birthdays, we were given a new piece of art. And what’s really incredible is that my parents let us take our art with us when we left home.

“Across from the desk is an antique filing cabinet that my parents gave to us years ago. My dad has a slight obsession with antiques like these and has had them all restored. Surprisingly, this little piece is also very useful. It holds almost all of our office supplies/cords/chargers/batteries/computer paper, etc.

“I found the blue console for $40 during my first trip of many to the Raleigh Flea Market. I think the guy thought I was nuts for wanting it but obviously I didn’t say anything. I originally planned on putting it under the T.V. in the living room but the shape didn’t work so off it went to the office. On a snowy day when everything shut down in Raleigh, because that’s what you do in the South when it snows an inch (no joke), I spent seven hours sanding that console.

“I was so close to giving up! It was the first piece I ever bought and painted, and not knowing anything about paint at the time, I bought a piece that was covered in oil paint. Not smart. But we painted it blue, added some wonderful pulls from Anthropologie and ebay, and now it could easily be my favorite piece in the whole house.

“We also made new doors, thanks to my wonderful husband, who I think we’ll now start calling by his first name, Todd. Behind those doors is more fabric, of course. :) Under the console are baskets, one with Lego Duplos and the other with wooden blocks that my father in law makes for all of his grandchildren. The labels on all of the baskets are dollar frames I found at Joanns in the checkout line that we painted turquoise and painted the glass with chalkboard paint. Word to the wise, when you do these little projects make extras because you never know when you might add more baskets and it’s annoying to repeat.

“On top of the console we mixed a couple of pieces of my white milk glass with picture frames. I know the Bose isn’t very pretty but it sounds great and I have to remember it is an office. The yellow lamp was a $5 thrift store find, but the shade is from Target.

“Above the console are two fabric-covered cork bulletin boards. If you decide to do this project, yes it is easy, but one little hint – cut a piece of cardboard to fit the back and staple it to the back. Otherwise, the nail heads poke out. I also recommend spraying some adhesive so the fabric stays in place while you’re putting those nail heads around the border.

“You’ve probably noticed that there are not a lot of cords going on for an office, especially one with an open desk. Todd deserves all the credit on this one. He cleaned up all the cords and stapled them up under the desk and then they go behind the legs and down under the carpet to the computer.

Sources
Wall color: BM Harbor Gray
Bookshelf: Pottery Barn outlet, spray painted cream
Court of the Fairies by James C. Christensen: Available at art galleries
Woven Shades: Home Depot, DesignView
Baskets on bookshelf: Target
Chalkboard labels: painted Joanns frames
Nine Drawer Storage Box: Ikea
Fabric Containers: Bed, Bath and Beyond recovered with Amy Butler fabric
Pink Binders: Target
Parsons Table: Craigslist, painted Behr Pensive Sky
Chair: TJ Maxx
Pillow on chair: Anthropologie
Painting on desk: gift
Wooden easel: ebay
Flower pot: Target, Liberty of London
Tray on desk: Anthropologie
Antique children’s chair: flea market
Blue Console: flea market, painted Behr Blue Danube
Console hardware: pulls from Anthropologie and ebay
Statue: gift from husband while he was serving a two year mission in Bolivia
Milk glass: flea market, thrift store
Lamp: thrift store
Polka dot cloth basket: Pottery Barn Kids
Bulletin Board Fabric: Amy Butler Nigella Home Dec
Nailhead: mjtrim

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House Tour: Emily and Todd’s Office

Next up is Emily’s office! I wish I had an antique filing cabinet like hers to keep all my little office supplies organized! Looks great. Come back tomorrow for Emily and Todd’s adorable boys’ rooms. I’m ALWAYS getting questions about how to make little boy’s room fun and functional and cute (but not girly). (Spoiler…

Next up is Emily’s office! I wish I had an antique filing cabinet like hers to keep all my little office supplies organized! Looks great.

Come back tomorrow for Emily and Todd’s adorable boys’ rooms. I’m ALWAYS getting questions about how to make little boy’s room fun and functional and cute (but not girly). (Spoiler alert: Emily nailed it)Here’s Emily on her office projects and decor. And thanks again to JJ Horton Photography for the images!

“The day after we moved into our house a huge parsons table appeared on Craigslist for $60. The desk anchored the room and helped us come up with a layout so the office can have multiple functions including play room, sewing room, and guest room.

“We bought the book shelf from a Pottery Barn outlet the first year we were married. It has been an incredibly useful piece as you can see. The top shelf has all of my cooking and sewing books while the second shelf is lined with baskets for additional storage.

“The third has a nine-drawer piece from Ikea that we painted and added silver label plates to for all of my sewing notions. This sits next to all of my binders filled with home décor ideas, articles, recipes, etc. The next holds our color printer and sewing machine. The bottom shelf has two huge fabric covered baskets that hold all of my fabrics.

“We painted the parsons desk a pale mint and the console a peacock blue. The chair we found at TJMaxx, I love the velvet and silver nailhead.

“To the right of the computer is a large tray given to us from my mom. She got it at Anthropologie on sale for $10 a few years ago. It holds a couple of special art books, a painted elephant that was a Father’s Day present from our now three year old, an antique lamp from my parents, etc.


“On the other side is an antique wooden planter that my mom gave to me. We use it to hold mail, pens, etc. In front of that is a special piece of art very dear to me resting on a vintage wooden easel (found on ebay). My brother Jeff painted this picture of me reading a book on a family trip to Belize. I had gotten sun burned pretty bad but still wanted to enjoy the sun so I set up a reading station under the balcony so only my feet were out in the sun. My family thought it was funny and took a picture. A couple of years later my oldest brother surprised me with this painting during his first year of dental school. You can’t see in the picture but next to my feet is a pair of tiny frog feet, he’s a funny guy and is the one I can attribute my love of James C. Christensen to. There are a million things I am so grateful to my parents for and one of them, which is very small in the grand scheme, is a love of art. They filled their home with art and filled our rooms with art. For big events like graduations, 16th birthdays, we were given a new piece of art. And what’s really incredible is that my parents let us take our art with us when we left home.

“Across from the desk is an antique filing cabinet that my parents gave to us years ago. My dad has a slight obsession with antiques like these and has had them all restored. Surprisingly, this little piece is also very useful. It holds almost all of our office supplies/cords/chargers/batteries/computer paper, etc.

“I found the blue console for $40 during my first trip of many to the Raleigh Flea Market. I think the guy thought I was nuts for wanting it but obviously I didn’t say anything. I originally planned on putting it under the T.V. in the living room but the shape didn’t work so off it went to the office. On a snowy day when everything shut down in Raleigh, because that’s what you do in the South when it snows an inch (no joke), I spent seven hours sanding that console.

“I was so close to giving up! It was the first piece I ever bought and painted, and not knowing anything about paint at the time, I bought a piece that was covered in oil paint. Not smart. But we painted it blue, added some wonderful pulls from Anthropologie and ebay, and now it could easily be my favorite piece in the whole house.

“We also made new doors, thanks to my wonderful husband, who I think we’ll now start calling by his first name, Todd. Behind those doors is more fabric, of course. :) Under the console are baskets, one with Lego Duplos and the other with wooden blocks that my father in law makes for all of his grandchildren. The labels on all of the baskets are dollar frames I found at Joanns in the checkout line that we painted turquoise and painted the glass with chalkboard paint. Word to the wise, when you do these little projects make extras because you never know when you might add more baskets and it’s annoying to repeat.

“On top of the console we mixed a couple of pieces of my white milk glass with picture frames. I know the Bose isn’t very pretty but it sounds great and I have to remember it is an office. The yellow lamp was a $5 thrift store find, but the shade is from Target.

“Above the console are two fabric-covered cork bulletin boards. If you decide to do this project, yes it is easy, but one little hint – cut a piece of cardboard to fit the back and staple it to the back. Otherwise, the nail heads poke out. I also recommend spraying some adhesive so the fabric stays in place while you’re putting those nail heads around the border.

“You’ve probably noticed that there are not a lot of cords going on for an office, especially one with an open desk. Todd deserves all the credit on this one. He cleaned up all the cords and stapled them up under the desk and then they go behind the legs and down under the carpet to the computer.

Sources
Wall color: BM Harbor Gray
Bookshelf: Pottery Barn outlet, spray painted cream
Court of the Fairies by James C. Christensen: Available at art galleries
Woven Shades: Home Depot, DesignView
Baskets on bookshelf: Target
Chalkboard labels: painted Joanns frames
Nine Drawer Storage Box: Ikea
Fabric Containers: Bed, Bath and Beyond recovered with Amy Butler fabric
Pink Binders: Target
Parsons Table: Craigslist, painted Behr Pensive Sky
Chair: TJ Maxx
Pillow on chair: Anthropologie
Painting on desk: gift
Wooden easel: ebay
Flower pot: Target, Liberty of London
Tray on desk: Anthropologie
Antique children’s chair: flea market
Blue Console: flea market, painted Behr Blue Danube
Console hardware: pulls from Anthropologie and ebay
Statue: gift from husband while he was serving a two year mission in Bolivia
Milk glass: flea market, thrift store
Lamp: thrift store
Polka dot cloth basket: Pottery Barn Kids
Bulletin Board Fabric: Amy Butler Nigella Home Dec
Nailhead: mjtrim

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House Tour: Emily and Todd's Bedroom

The goal of my blog is to help readers feel like they can be their own decorator. This is probably a subject for another post, but I truly believe not everyone needs to hire a professional decorator to have a beautiful home they are proud of. This blog is great advertising for my interiors business,…

The goal of my blog is to help readers feel like they can be their own decorator. This is probably a subject for another post, but I truly believe not everyone needs to hire a professional decorator to have a beautiful home they are proud of. This blog is great advertising for my interiors business, but I mostly do it because I’m an over-sharer. I like to talk about the ideas I’ve got brewing, what’s worked for me (and what hasn’t), and hopefully share some ideas that educate and instill confidence about tackling the decoration of your home. Emily, who is in the PR field and is a busy mother of two boys, is the perfect success story!

Emily lived in the dorm across the hall from me our freshman year of college. A few years later, she ended up marrying one of the really great guys in our group of friends, Todd. We only get together every couple years, but we definitely have one of those friendships that picks up right where we left it. I love hanging out with Emily!

She and Todd moved to North Carolina recently and it’s been fun to hear about their projects in their new home. I pop in over the phone or email with ideas every now and then, but mostly this beautiful house, which I’m super excited to share with you this week, is a result of Emily’s blog and magazine reading and her and Todd’s hard work.

First up is the master bedroom! Come back in a couple hours today for Emily’s home office. This is going to be such a fun week!

(and a huge thanks to NC-based photographer Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the beautiful images!)

From Emily:

“The master bedroom was the hardest room in the house to decorate. We wanted a retreat that didn’t have to bend to the rules of decorating with little kids like the rest of our house. I also had no idea what color scheme to go with.

“Lucky for us, Jenny posted about this Barbara Barry bedding right after we moved in and that gave us a starting point. From there, we chose a pretty mint coverlet and sham from Restoration Hardware similar to what they show with the BB bedding collection. We bought it when RH was getting rid of all the old stuff to make way for the company’s recent facelift so it was a huge discount (I think around $75 for both the sham and quilt), especially since the quilt they sell with the original bedding is $300.

“I liked the pop of color that the yellow flower pillow gives. This pillow is everywhere so if you’re reading this and own this pillow, I highly recommend putting a new pillow form inside. The one that comes with the pillow is way too small and doesn’t have any oomph. Another trick I learned from a professional seamstress to make shams look like the professional pictures was to wrap the inserts with batting and then put additional pillow stuffing between the insert and the batting (the batting just keeps it looking smooth). I also sewed twill strips to the back of my shams and tied them together to keep the shams tight around the insert.

“The layout of our room is awkward with a vaulted ceiling and slanted walls. When the bed was against the wall like the owner did before us it threw everything off and made it impossible for any other furniture to look right. Nothing seemed to work.

(before, from the previous owners)

“When Jenny posted about what to do when you need to put a bed in front of a window, I knew that was the solution. Next, we needed nightstands. I really would have preferred to do a small desk on one side and a nightstand on the other but there isn’t enough room. In order to keep us organized and clutter free I wanted nightstands with a lot of storage (we even added baskets underneath because we filled up the drawers!). After checking Craigslist religiously, finally on Christmas Eve a pair of vintage Baker nightstands came up for $140. If you’ve ever searched for a pair of matching nightstands you know how hard it is to find, especially on their own without an eight-piece bedroom set to go with them. We painted the nightstands Benjamin Moore White Dove and replaced the hardware (not original) with these wonderful knobs I found on ebay for $8 with shipping. They’re unique and little on the tacky side but I love them.

“To accessorize the nightstands (and the rest of our house) I went to Home Goods almost every Friday night after the kids were in bed. It became a ritual and if my husband could he will make sure that our next house it at least 60 miles from a Home Goods. The lamps are from Home Goods. The only problem was they came with a silver base which I thought clashed too much with the hardware on the nightstands. We ordered acrylic bases from here. However, if you ever try this just beware it is a lot harder than it looks. You basically have to unglue the balls and
then get them to fit back perfectly and glue them together again. Luckily I was about 8.5 months pregnant when my husband tackled this project so he couldn’t get frustrated at me.

“I struggled with decorating these nightstands and I’m still not sure I love the arrangement. I really like having personal things out but I also like to keep it simple. My nightstand (the one on the right) has a mirror, a couple of favorite Jane Austin books, and a small set of French Limoges boxes that are part of a bigger collection (my mom started a collection for my sister and I almost 20 years ago when they took us to France) hidden away where my three-year old can’t find them.

Parker loves these boxes. Every morning when he comes to wake me up he opens and closes these boxes. I’m always surprised what he can fit in them. For a while a fireman lego was in the glass box (he was hiding from the fire?).

“On my husbands’ side is a python tray from the wonderful Furbish, a plant, and a picture of us when we were engaged.

“Furbish opened around the time we were moving in and when I saw the picture of the blue armoire with all the pillows I knew I had to have it. I had always wanted an armoire and this one is perfect. On top is a canvas by James C. Christensen (my favorite artist) called Touching the Hem of God. In front, is a glass jar from Home Goods and a restored antique tool box from the flea market.

“Next to the armoire is an antique quilt rack I got for $8 from the flea market that I use to put my clothes on at the end of the day because who puts their clothes away every day?? I like to let them build up and when it’s about to finally fall over I put them away.

“The chair is a garage sale find that we painted the same color as the nightstands. The fabric is made by Lee Jofa (you can buy it at Ethan Allen for around $60/yard) but lucky for me I found it at a local fabric warehouse for $12/yard. I bought the fabric before I had a project in mind knowing it would work somewhere. So when I found the chair and ottoman it was the perfect fit. I had big plans to reupholster it all myself but after researching I realized this was one specialty I was not really up for.

(chair before)

So off they went to Agello’s Interiors in Raleigh, NC. They were wonderful to work with. Nito’s work is beautiful and the turnaround time is only two weeks! They do upholstery for Hunt & Gather and Antiques at Five Points.

The lamp is a flea market find for $10 that my husband rewired for about $2. A while back my husband had told me to find a storage piece that we could put against the wall between the doors to our bathroom and closet. The plan was to mount a small T.V. where the painting is and the piece would hold the cable box and other equipment. I found this little piece at Home Goods for about $60 but it was an awful color with painted flowers all over it.

(before)

I painted it a pale mint to go with the bedding and replaced the hardware. But when we got the chair back this piece didn’t look right on that wall anymore and it made it really hard to get to the closet. So it got moved to the other side of the chair and I decided to create a small vanity-style area for all my jewelry.

The little pedestal table from Z Gallerie used to be downstairs in the living room but got replaced with something else (you’ll see in the living room post) but it’s so cute that I just had to make it work somewhere. We’ll see though. I may need to retire it for a while. My eight month old is about to start crawling and he already tipped it over once.

“The vintage travel posters are from ebay from this seller. I got them for $4 each (looks like his prices have gone up a little) and the frames are ikea.

At the local flea market is a discount framers that took the existing mattes and re-cut them for free! In researching this I found out that a lot of framers have the ability to open up mattes, it’s a lot cheaper than buying a new custom matte, usually around $4-5 depending on the size. These are some of the places we want to visit someday. We originally got the idea of this series from Jenny but her post was about putting them in the entryway. I would have loved to put them in our entry but our room needed some big art to fill the high walls and this was the best, cheapest, and most colorful way to do that.

“Finally, the windows. We decided to go with this fabric from Dwell for the panels and this one for the roman shade. The fabrics speak for themselves so I really don’t have anything to say about them. When I told my husband we would be doing blackout lined panels and a roman shade I wasn’t sure of the reaction I would get. His response was “you mean, it will be like a hotel in here all day?” He was on board. So I got to work on sewing the panels and learning how to make roman shades. By the way, this book is an awesome resource if you’re interested in learning how to sew home décor. I have a good friend who is a seamstress and has been so kind to help me with questions. This book is my back up for when I don’t want to bother her.”

Sources
Bed: Pottery Barn, Valencia (husband bought it for me at a PB outlet for our first Christmas married)
Nightstands: Craigslist, vintage Baker
Knobs on nightstands: ebay, vintage
Armoire: Furbish
Jewellery cabinet: Home Goods
Hardware on cabinet: Anthropologie
Mirror above cabinet: Target
Bedding: Barbara Barry poetical
Coverlet and Sham: Restoration Hardware
Yellow flower pillow: Target
Pedestal table: Z Gallerie
Lamps: Home Goods
Mirror on nightstand: Gifted
Limoges and glass box: from childhood
Python tray: Furbish

Basket under nightstands: Home Goods
Jewelry tree: Urban Outfitters
Beaded Jewelry Box: Anthropologie, about 10 years old
Miscellaneous vintage trays and dishes: flea market
Glass jar on top of armoire: Home Goods
Wooden Tool Box: Flea Market
Wooden quilt rack: Flea Market
Touching the Hem of God painting by James C. Christensen, can be found at art galleries
The Lost Sheep by Minerva Teichert painting, can be found at art galleries.

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House Tour: Emily and Todd’s Bedroom

The goal of my blog is to help readers feel like they can be their own decorator. This is probably a subject for another post, but I truly believe not everyone needs to hire a professional decorator to have a beautiful home they are proud of. This blog is great advertising for my interiors business,…

The goal of my blog is to help readers feel like they can be their own decorator. This is probably a subject for another post, but I truly believe not everyone needs to hire a professional decorator to have a beautiful home they are proud of. This blog is great advertising for my interiors business, but I mostly do it because I’m an over-sharer. I like to talk about the ideas I’ve got brewing, what’s worked for me (and what hasn’t), and hopefully share some ideas that educate and instill confidence about tackling the decoration of your home. Emily, who is in the PR field and is a busy mother of two boys, is the perfect success story!

Emily lived in the dorm across the hall from me our freshman year of college. A few years later, she ended up marrying one of the really great guys in our group of friends, Todd. We only get together every couple years, but we definitely have one of those friendships that picks up right where we left it. I love hanging out with Emily!

She and Todd moved to North Carolina recently and it’s been fun to hear about their projects in their new home. I pop in over the phone or email with ideas every now and then, but mostly this beautiful house, which I’m super excited to share with you this week, is a result of Emily’s blog and magazine reading and her and Todd’s hard work.

First up is the master bedroom! Come back in a couple hours today for Emily’s home office. This is going to be such a fun week!

(and a huge thanks to NC-based photographer Jessica of JJ Horton Photography for the beautiful images!)

From Emily:

“The master bedroom was the hardest room in the house to decorate. We wanted a retreat that didn’t have to bend to the rules of decorating with little kids like the rest of our house. I also had no idea what color scheme to go with.

“Lucky for us, Jenny posted about this Barbara Barry bedding right after we moved in and that gave us a starting point. From there, we chose a pretty mint coverlet and sham from Restoration Hardware similar to what they show with the BB bedding collection. We bought it when RH was getting rid of all the old stuff to make way for the company’s recent facelift so it was a huge discount (I think around $75 for both the sham and quilt), especially since the quilt they sell with the original bedding is $300.

“I liked the pop of color that the yellow flower pillow gives. This pillow is everywhere so if you’re reading this and own this pillow, I highly recommend putting a new pillow form inside. The one that comes with the pillow is way too small and doesn’t have any oomph. Another trick I learned from a professional seamstress to make shams look like the professional pictures was to wrap the inserts with batting and then put additional pillow stuffing between the insert and the batting (the batting just keeps it looking smooth). I also sewed twill strips to the back of my shams and tied them together to keep the shams tight around the insert.

“The layout of our room is awkward with a vaulted ceiling and slanted walls. When the bed was against the wall like the owner did before us it threw everything off and made it impossible for any other furniture to look right. Nothing seemed to work.

(before, from the previous owners)

“When Jenny posted about what to do when you need to put a bed in front of a window, I knew that was the solution. Next, we needed nightstands. I really would have preferred to do a small desk on one side and a nightstand on the other but there isn’t enough room. In order to keep us organized and clutter free I wanted nightstands with a lot of storage (we even added baskets underneath because we filled up the drawers!). After checking Craigslist religiously, finally on Christmas Eve a pair of vintage Baker nightstands came up for $140. If you’ve ever searched for a pair of matching nightstands you know how hard it is to find, especially on their own without an eight-piece bedroom set to go with them. We painted the nightstands Benjamin Moore White Dove and replaced the hardware (not original) with these wonderful knobs I found on ebay for $8 with shipping. They’re unique and little on the tacky side but I love them.

“To accessorize the nightstands (and the rest of our house) I went to Home Goods almost every Friday night after the kids were in bed. It became a ritual and if my husband could he will make sure that our next house it at least 60 miles from a Home Goods. The lamps are from Home Goods. The only problem was they came with a silver base which I thought clashed too much with the hardware on the nightstands. We ordered acrylic bases from here. However, if you ever try this just beware it is a lot harder than it looks. You basically have to unglue the balls and
then get them to fit back perfectly and glue them together again. Luckily I was about 8.5 months pregnant when my husband tackled this project so he couldn’t get frustrated at me.

“I struggled with decorating these nightstands and I’m still not sure I love the arrangement. I really like having personal things out but I also like to keep it simple. My nightstand (the one on the right) has a mirror, a couple of favorite Jane Austin books, and a small set of French Limoges boxes that are part of a bigger collection (my mom started a collection for my sister and I almost 20 years ago when they took us to France) hidden away where my three-year old can’t find them.

Parker loves these boxes. Every morning when he comes to wake me up he opens and closes these boxes. I’m always surprised what he can fit in them. For a while a fireman lego was in the glass box (he was hiding from the fire?).

“On my husbands’ side is a python tray from the wonderful Furbish, a plant, and a picture of us when we were engaged.

“Furbish opened around the time we were moving in and when I saw the picture of the blue armoire with all the pillows I knew I had to have it. I had always wanted an armoire and this one is perfect. On top is a canvas by James C. Christensen (my favorite artist) called Touching the Hem of God. In front, is a glass jar from Home Goods and a restored antique tool box from the flea market.

“Next to the armoire is an antique quilt rack I got for $8 from the flea market that I use to put my clothes on at the end of the day because who puts their clothes away every day?? I like to let them build up and when it’s about to finally fall over I put them away.

“The chair is a garage sale find that we painted the same color as the nightstands. The fabric is made by Lee Jofa (you can buy it at Ethan Allen for around $60/yard) but lucky for me I found it at a local fabric warehouse for $12/yard. I bought the fabric before I had a project in mind knowing it would work somewhere. So when I found the chair and ottoman it was the perfect fit. I had big plans to reupholster it all myself but after researching I realized this was one specialty I was not really up for.

(chair before)

So off they went to Agello’s Interiors in Raleigh, NC. They were wonderful to work with. Nito’s work is beautiful and the turnaround time is only two weeks! They do upholstery for Hunt & Gather and Antiques at Five Points.

The lamp is a flea market find for $10 that my husband rewired for about $2. A while back my husband had told me to find a storage piece that we could put against the wall between the doors to our bathroom and closet. The plan was to mount a small T.V. where the painting is and the piece would hold the cable box and other equipment. I found this little piece at Home Goods for about $60 but it was an awful color with painted flowers all over it.

(before)

I painted it a pale mint to go with the bedding and replaced the hardware. But when we got the chair back this piece didn’t look right on that wall anymore and it made it really hard to get to the closet. So it got moved to the other side of the chair and I decided to create a small vanity-style area for all my jewelry.

The little pedestal table from Z Gallerie used to be downstairs in the living room but got replaced with something else (you’ll see in the living room post) but it’s so cute that I just had to make it work somewhere. We’ll see though. I may need to retire it for a while. My eight month old is about to start crawling and he already tipped it over once.

“The vintage travel posters are from ebay from this seller. I got them for $4 each (looks like his prices have gone up a little) and the frames are ikea.

At the local flea market is a discount framers that took the existing mattes and re-cut them for free! In researching this I found out that a lot of framers have the ability to open up mattes, it’s a lot cheaper than buying a new custom matte, usually around $4-5 depending on the size. These are some of the places we want to visit someday. We originally got the idea of this series from Jenny but her post was about putting them in the entryway. I would have loved to put them in our entry but our room needed some big art to fill the high walls and this was the best, cheapest, and most colorful way to do that.

“Finally, the windows. We decided to go with this fabric from Dwell for the panels and this one for the roman shade. The fabrics speak for themselves so I really don’t have anything to say about them. When I told my husband we would be doing blackout lined panels and a roman shade I wasn’t sure of the reaction I would get. His response was “you mean, it will be like a hotel in here all day?” He was on board. So I got to work on sewing the panels and learning how to make roman shades. By the way, this book is an awesome resource if you’re interested in learning how to sew home décor. I have a good friend who is a seamstress and has been so kind to help me with questions. This book is my back up for when I don’t want to bother her.”

Sources
Bed: Pottery Barn, Valencia (husband bought it for me at a PB outlet for our first Christmas married)
Nightstands: Craigslist, vintage Baker
Knobs on nightstands: ebay, vintage
Armoire: Furbish
Jewellery cabinet: Home Goods
Hardware on cabinet: Anthropologie
Mirror above cabinet: Target
Bedding: Barbara Barry poetical
Coverlet and Sham: Restoration Hardware
Yellow flower pillow: Target
Pedestal table: Z Gallerie
Lamps: Home Goods
Mirror on nightstand: Gifted
Limoges and glass box: from childhood
Python tray: Furbish

Basket under nightstands: Home Goods
Jewelry tree: Urban Outfitters
Beaded Jewelry Box: Anthropologie, about 10 years old
Miscellaneous vintage trays and dishes: flea market
Glass jar on top of armoire: Home Goods
Wooden Tool Box: Flea Market
Wooden quilt rack: Flea Market
Touching the Hem of God painting by James C. Christensen, can be found at art galleries
The Lost Sheep by Minerva Teichert painting, can be found at art galleries.

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