Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Mister Master Part Dos

I don't really know why I started calling my Master bedroom posts 'Mister Master'.. I might have subconsciously stole that from Sarah Richardson.. oh well!

Anyways, here's a long overdue post about our master bedroom progress. I have some smaller touches left to do, like finish up sewing the pillows, make (or buy) curtains, and put up some artwork to fill the empty walls, but here are our 'almost there' shots:


I'm really loving our West Elm extra wide (aka King size) quilt. It's perfect for the warmer weather and there's  definitely not as many blanket wars going on.  I moved the bright yellow flowers from downstairs (where it was just kinda sitting around, not really doing much for the space down there) and machine sewed the throw pillows with fabric I bought from JoAnn's. 



We also painted the inside of our tray ceiling an olivey gray color.. it really defines the feature in our ceiling and makes the whole space feel a little bit more polished..


I also swapped out the dark brown shades to lighter, more natural colored ones, and moved the gray couch up from our living room.

We also did a few more changes that I'll post up soon, like hanging up Miss. Liata the Chandelier (it's such a big deal that it really deserves it's own post.. at least I think it does) More pictures to come soon!

Door Appeal

Lately I've been thinking a lot about how our front door appeals to strangers. Not that I necessarily want it to be super inviting, but at least give an indication that there are people living in the house and we have some taste (albeit we're still trying to define our tastes).

A few things I have in mind:

  1. Get an all-weather door mat (it lends some homey-ness and also wipes the bottom of shoes = dual plus)
  2. Some urns with perennial (yes, I did say perennial) flowers that will at LEAST last through the season. My spring flowers were gorgeous when they first bloomed and I'm guessing that they started their winter hibernation plans wayyy early)
  3. Get a summer wreath (we've got the fall and winter ones down)
  4. Give the side door lanterns a good wipe down cleaning. I don't know if we are really supposed to do this, but they look down right dingy right now.
So I'm on the hunt for cheap and functional pretty front door stuff. Wish me luck!

Here are some pictures to get my creative juices flowing.. (and maybe yours if you are reading this):

poshy and elegant:


modest and neat:


festive:






 I'm loving the wreath in this last picture... and it's totally DIY worthy..

All of the pictures are courtesy of pinterest.. and if you don't know what pinterest is.. boy you are missing out!