Rooms to Reno

It has been soooo long since my last post! With our second son due to arrive in June we have been busy trying to renovate as much as possible before he arrives. We have already ripped the carpet out of our hallway and the two boys rooms, replacing it with hardwood. We repainted too... The boys rooms both are now a gorgeous shade of pale green- Camouflage by Benjamin Moore and the hallway a rich shade of green/brown- Elk Horn also Benjamin Moore. I have taken on several smaller projects for both the boys rooms. Draperies to sew, artwork to create, and shelving to paint in the three year olds room and draperies to sew, a crib to paint, artwork to create and bedding to sew in the babies room. We have made some great progress in the three year olds room- take a look...

Before

Before

After- Well minus the baseboards...

Book Shelves- These were Ikea spice racks I painted out for a splash of color.

A little artwork- I picked these notecards up at Anthropologie and framed them with Ikea frames.

Birthday #3

My son's fascination with dragons this year made them an obvious choice for the theme for his third birthday party. I found a forest backdrop (a cork board cover that teachers use in classrooms), green and silver colored plates, tablecloths, balloons and streamers for decor. My husband and I then created a little knight and dragon foam-core cut outs for cute photo ops. For party bags I found little plastic containers and added some dragon shaped parts to them to create little dragon bags. He and his little friends had a great time.

Autumn Decor

Now that the evening frosts have turned all of the flowers in our yard black, I had to come up with a solution to cheer up our increasingly more drab yard. So... I picked up some gorgeous burnt orange leaves and rich fall toned dried gourds to create little gourd topiaries to flank the door.

Pearly Girly

In search of inspiration for the perfect wedding guest outfit recently, I headed to the trend report on the Neiman Marcus website... What I found was that the runways this fall were filled with gorgeous pearls. I picked up some inexpensive pearl pieces and a black dress from H&M for my version. The dragon was an unexpected accessory- My son insisted we bring it along. Dragon = The new Chihuahua?

Inspiration

My Version

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We decided to stay home to get a few things done at home instead of heading to the lake for the long weekend. One thing I really wanted to tackle was the front step. The front entry is important, and I felt that ours was seriously lacking. After a quick trip to Benjamin Moore I went to work. Here is the progress so far...                                                              

Before

After

Black and Blue

My love affair with the color blue began quite young. Recently however my passion for the color has grown. All it took was seeing it's strength when paired with a little black dress on Roxy of 'The City'. My favorite place to put it now... Nails.

It just tastes better...

After several days of rain I was able to check out the garden today. Everything has grown so much! A ton of peas are ready to be picked and the carrots are now pinkie sized. My son and I did a little mini harvest and sat in the kitchen and feasted on our baby veggies. They definitely tasted better than any other veggies I had had before. Must be little red hen syndrome.