The Nursery

I  love this room!

It is definitely my favorite room in the house. 

I think the reason why I love it so much is because I did every single thing in this room by myself! 

First of all here is a before shot of this room when we bought it. 

Plain white walls, scuff marks everywhere and lots of holes were in the wall.

The first step was to paint the walls. 

I painted the whole room with a semi gloss the color of sky blue.

Then I painted stripes in the same color but with a high gloss instead.

Before I started this room I found a picture from Pottery Barn that I used as my inspiration.

The tree was exactly what I wanted for my baby boy's room. 

So I got out my brushes and craft paints and went to town. 

 

After the walls were done it was time to add all the little details.

I made the curtains, pillows, and growth chart.

 I put up shelves to display a few keepsakes.

For the 4th of July all of the neighboring elementary schools made these firecrackers for the new moms in the hospital. 

This boy loves his room, almost as much as I do :]

Living room face lift

Before we bought our home we lived in a 2300 sf townhouse. So moving into a 4500sf home was a bit of a shocker when the only furniture we had (besides beds and a kitchen table) fit perfectly in our tiny front room.

 Ever since we moved into this house this room bothered me.

I always had a million other projects to be done that I never got around to making this room mine. So I now finally did a few things to brighten this room up. 

 I only changed a few things but it was enough to make me truly love this room.
First I put up some silk drapes.

 

 Next I made some pillows cases and covered up the ugly brown and green pillows from before.

I love the chrysanthemum pillows. 

They were fairly easy to make and they really brighten up the room. 

Here is a link to the pattern for the mum pillows. 

Amy Butler designed them! 

I love fake flowers. 

Actually I love real ones but I hate that they die, so I only buy fake flowers. 

These are probably my favorite one, peonies!

 

There is my living room. Not much but definitely a start.