While we were in Utah for the summer all I heard from Ella was "can I have my own bedroom?" I mean, I am sure we talked about other things. But what really stuck out was her asking me that question. Every. Day. I want my own bedroom. I would tell her our house doesn't have a spot for you to have your own bedroom and reminded her how much she loves sharing a room with Lola. Also she sleeps so much better having her sister in the room with her. She would stop. Then start again about the bedroom. Or she would ask if we could "decorate it". Like it isn't decorated already? I ... Read More
Answers to Most Asked Bedding Questions
Bedding is one of my favorite subjects to chat about. I am pretty passionate about making the bed. I make my bed every morning, as soon as I get out of bed. Sheets get pulled up, quilt, duvet fluffed and pillows punched. Best way to start your day with something accomplished. But not all bed making is equal. Sure any bed looks better made. But if you want it fluffy I have a trick for you. If you want it simple and to make a statement, I have your back! I asked for you to share the bedding questions you have been dying to have answered. And you all delivered! I got 100+ questions all ... Read More
Bedding and Bedroom Makeover-Simple Tips
We were in St. George Utah for the week, it is about a three and a half hour drive from Salt Lake City Utah. We went down to swim, hike and to see a play at a Tuachan that has an outdoor theater (which ended up being canceled). I have a client that I have worked with for over 10 years and designed three homes for. She has become a great friend. This was the very first home that I helped her with. It is a vacation home for them. They are generous and let us we stay here when we go to St. George, making it the perfect time to finish up some projects. This past week we changed up three of the ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Target Tops and Warm vs Cool Lightbulbs
You know the saying "There is not one right way to do something?" I agree with that 100%. That can go into my bucket of favorite sayings along with- "Done is better than perfect". I thought of that saying today as I was writing this post because it was proven to me twice today (and I am sure even more than I realized). One was with lightbulbs and another with a Valentines Day Project. I am going to share both for my Friday Favorites and some new tops I bought online from TARGET, that just got in the mail and love. TARGET Do you feel like you dress like your house? I think my style ... Read More
Our New Modern Ceiling Fans
As soon as we moved into this home we immediately took down the ceiling fans. There were three fans in this 1950's house. Two in the bedrooms upstairs and one in the kitchen. They were really outdated. I couldn't get them out of here quick enough. I replaced the ceiling fans with chandeliers. Summer came and we learned that we might need the ceiling fans. The home does not have central air. So we had to buy the ugly window units and I really hate those the those most! So I was thrilled to partnered with Hunter Fan because they have the most stylish and modern ceiling fans I have seen. I am ... Read More
New String Art- For Christmas
I love the look of String Art and I had been wanting to try my hand at it- honestly it seemed really hard just looking at the images I saw on Pinterest. Most tutorials I saw required that you use an overhead projector to make the design, I don't know about you but I don't have one of those laying around. I shared how I made the first string art design I ever did HERE. Christmas is getting closer and I wanted to give the string art a seasonal change too. Sadly the first design I tried was a #fail. I didn't give up, I tried again and ended up with a really cute Christmas Design. I took ... Read More
Ceiling Makeover
Thank you for all the love on my post yesterday on all our new bedding details. We are really enjoying our fluffy bedding. We also enjoy the view laying in our bed looking up at the ceiling. Our old ceiling was hard- literally. They were square tiles. But they were not tiles that you could push up and they would move. It was like sheetrock that was imprinted with a tile stencil. We kept debating on what we could do to makeover the ceiling. Everything seemed like too much work or too messy. With a small house there isn't room to take things out of the bedroom and tear down the ceiling. So we ... Read More
Fluffy White Master Bedding
I have blogged about our master bedroom more times than is probably "normal." Every time that I have shared our master bedroom you have never seen the ceiling. It is always strategically cropped out. That is because I was hiding a secret. The ceiling was bad. But now is the day you get to see the ceiling in all it's glory- be excited. And a new ceiling leads to new bedding, fluffy white bedding to be exact, from Boll and Branch. Because I had another secret, that white duvet that we were using was close to 7 years old and starting to show it's age. It was time for something new. Of ... Read More
Kids Space Boys Americana Room
Ashley from House of Five recently made over her sons bedroom, and it stopped me in my tracks. I had to ask her to share it with us! I asked Ashley how she came up with the design idea for this darling "Americana" themed bedroom. She said that her husband is a prior service Marine and is currently enlisted in the Army National Guard. He has been in the military as long as she has known him and they have gone through several deployments. They are a military family through and through. When they found out that their second child would be a boy Ashley knew she wanted an "Americana" themed room to ... Read More