Tag: DIY

DIY: Bridal Proposal Box

img_5812img_5756After getting engaged, I took some time to think about the important ladies in my life and how I would ask them to stand by my side and be a part of this next chapter in my life. I knew I wanted to do a little more than just ask.. I wanted to give them something that I spent time on — that I put thought and effort into.

After a lot of procrastinating (I had 10 different ideas!), I finally settled on ‘popping the question’ with “Proposal Boxes”. With my wedding being set in Europe and all of my bridal party living in the states, I decided to decorate little wooden suitcases and fill them with (more…)

Turn a spare bedroom into a Walk-in-Closet

img_6543fThe closer you live to the city, the smaller your yard gets (if you even have one!), the smaller your parking spot gets, (if you’re lucky enough to have one!) the smaller your master bedroom gets and most importantly, the smaller the closet space gets! I was able to live with all the above, minus the closet space! After 3 years of folding and refolding clothes that were all displayed on the guest bed, closing the door from embarrassment of the mess it was when we had company, never being able to find a purse, a shirt, an accessory when I needed it, we decided it was time to invest and turn that guest room into a walk-in closet. We figured that if in the 3 years of owning our condo, we only had a handful of guests stay the night, turning the room into a walk in was a no brainer!
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Where do you begin?

First, (more…)

Rustic Chic- Home Decor Ideas

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Rustic Decor is all the rage- well at least for me it is! I can’t get enough of hydrangeas, mason jars, washed out wood and plaid!

I have mason jars with hydrangeas spread out through my house- 1 on the dining room table, 1 on the living room table, 1 on the nighstand, 1 on the bar island in the kitchen and 1 in the bathroom. It adds such a cozy, girly, yet manly (if flowers can be manly?- lets just say yes for Nicos sake!) touch to the rooms.

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How simple is that? I love the pop of orange and the light brown accents.

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I love this idea for pumpkins. I mean I wonder if these would of been safer to have around the puppy? I came home from work and the white pumpkins I got had missing stems and half of the side was missing off one of them….

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We have a rustic headboard in the Master bedroom – We didn’t got as far as a DIY project like in the photo -(Bernie & Phyls had a great one on sale), but it defiantly is something I would do for a beach/lake house one day!

Loving the chandelier idea for the bedroom. I’m going to need to do some vintage hunting this weekend!

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This table from Pier 1 is great. Wait for my next post- I’m doing my own little DIY project with Chalk Paint for our dining room table makeover!

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Kind of loving all these picture frames. A look we are trying to achieve for our hallway at home. I’d like to fill it with tons of photos and memories and experiences.

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French Country Elegance with a Rustic twist – just need Freddy in the photo and it’s perfect. Make a pizza in that brick stone? LOVE

raw-rustic-table-houzz-5And to tie in my mothers style with my own. I think a great compromise – not that I need to do that anymore! (Nico lets me decorate how ever my heart desires!)  would be Modern-Vintage/Chic:

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Clean-modern-rustic… pretty all over.

 

 

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