Spring Goodness...

In a few short weeks... Spring will have sprung. And you know what that means-- wonderful pastel colors that will take over my house, beautiful fresh flowers in every room, and the glorious Easter with family. Oh yeah... and we cannot forget yummy foods and some DIY projects.

First up are the painted mason jars with gorgeous flowers-- my favorite ! I am sure you can guess where I saw these beauties... good ole Pinterest. I know they sell mason jars by the dozen at Walmart, so it'll probably be my best bet to purchase the entire dozen. If you've ever read or seen my previous DIY projects, then you would understand.

Pastel Mason Jars and Yellow Mason Jars 

What is a season without a new wreath ?! I love wreaths ! So when you had pink, flowers and butterflies, well... I become obsessed and makes me want to run to the nearest Michael's. I am not sure which of the wreaths I will attempt to make, but you'll find out soon enough... Or I might cheat & pick up one that I have been eyeing in the Easter isle at Target.

Whats a holiday/season without some yummy goodies ?! Lucky for you... every holiday/season in this household comes with some festive food. Whether it be breakfast and/or snacks... I think I am covered. 

It is really times like this when I wish I had the TV [in this case a computer] like the one on Willie Wonka, so I could reach in and take a bite.  

Breakfast 

Snacks

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Okay... so now to decorating eggs. Pinterest has so many awesome ideas for decorating eggs, that I wish I would've thought of years ago. Who would've thought that Kool Aid would work in the place of stinky vinegar ?! Brownie points for whoever came up with that genius idea !! 

Spotted | Floral | Ombre | Striped 

As you can tell I am super excited about anything & everything Spring !! Longest post, ever... thanks for baring with me ;)

Home Accessory Tour-- Kitchen

Yet another Home Accessory Tour, bet you're super excited !! [insert sarcasm!] I love being able to document the progress of our home and how much it has come along in a little over a year. For two years, when we were living in our apartment all I wanted to do was decorate; but there really didn't seem to be a point because we wouldn't be there very long. So to be able to decorate our house the way that I want to is awesome! Also the feeling of our house finally becoming a home feels amazing.  

By now, I am sure you noticed that I am obsessed with all shades of white, tan, and any neutral colors. So expect that in the kitchen because that is exactly what you're going to get. Like it or not... I do! 

So on to the kitchen accessories... 

DIY Wall Art-- See here for more details on the how to... 

Almond KitchenAid Mixer and West Elm Owl Cookie Jar 

Pottery Barn Canister 

IKEA 

Williams-Sonoma Towels 

Things are coming together nicely. Everything is so clean and not too cluttered... Clutter seriously makes me cringe! 

Guess what?! There are currently no items that I need/want for the kitchen when it comes to decorating. Are you shocked ?! [[surely my husband is if he is reading this.]] I honestly have everything I want in the kitchen when it comes to decorating... Now I just have to learn how to cook more, so I can enjoy the kitchen. 

Living Room Wish List...

Well... if you you know me or read my blog before then you know I am the Queen of Wish Lists (aren't we all ?!). I just always have different home decorating ideas running rampant in my head all the time. 

I just want our house to be exactly what I want-- I know it will take time and not over night, so that's why I have about 82 wish lists (my husband is thrilled about this...). So anyways, when we first purchased our living room furniture about three years ago- we have every intention on only keeping it a short period of time & moving on. We did just that... our new gorgeous sectional & ottoman will be here this weekend and I could not be more excited! 

Isn't she a beauty ?! Yup !!

When we moved into our house we had a decent size TV, then my husband got this genius idea to purchase a 55", but we never bought a new TV stand (bad idea!). It looks so hilarious because a 55" is clearly way too big for the stand now. So, that brings me to my next Wish List item...

Oh my goodness this makes my heart skip a beat !! It is completely, utterly perfect for our living room. I love it and I think it is such a good investment for the future... with all of the storage it will be fantastic to hide little ones toys some day. Cannot wait to check this off my wish list-- hopefully sooner than later. 

We are doing away with all of our living room furniture, so we need an end table to be replaced... and good ole IKEA has done it again. I found these cute, simple end tables. I like the brown but sort of leaning towards white because of the entertainment center I am dying over. So we will see... 

Now on to living room accessories that I want...

Anthropologie Vase 

West Elm Creatures  

You're probably thinking... that's all for accessories?! Yup...that's all, for now :) [West Elm Creatures have been purchased-- excited!]

St. Patty's DIY Garland

The St. Patty's Day decorating has begun in our household & the DIY garland has been completed. I picked up all of my supplies at my go-to store, Michael's (25% off entire purchase- yippee!) 

I got two different color greens and  gold, sparkly papers. I traced and cut each & every one out. Then I used the hot glue gun to glue them along the string. It is a bit time consuming, but it always turns out super cute !  

Pretty cutouts

Not so pretty chunks of glue, which you'll never see...

Taped up on the mirror, looking sparkly and beautiful

Sparkly goodness... 

I am not going to go too overboard, but I want to make one more strand of garland (rainbow). I mean why not it is the easiest decoration, ever ! 

Home Accessory Tour-- Loft

After a year, the U-HAUL moving boxes have been replaced by white shelving units; bare walls covered with cute matted frames, and the plain carpet with a fluffy white faux fur rug ! And I freaking love it ! I really wanted to make sure that there was enough storage space in there because one day it will a little ones play room. I also wanted to make sure that all the colors were neutral colors-- for no reason other than because I love them and it is easy to mix up accessories with it. Also because even though some day it will be a play room, I hate for open space to be completely kiddie looking, with blues and pinks (eekk!!). 

Anyways, kids are a few years away... so I am making this space something I like ! There are still accessories that I want to buy & I really am thinking about rearranging things, but things are looking good for now. 

Pictures of my loves, love for owls, & childhood books... 

Books & Owls 

...More owls (Kirkland's)

Felt Target Basket 

Target frames & Owl (Kohl's)

Chalkboard Basket (Target)

Faux Fur Rug (Home Decorators)

Now I just need to continue working on finishing the collage wall (you can see it here) and pick up an awesome light from IKEA... I have my eye on one in particular and I think it will look great in the loft. 

Well I'll keep ya updated on the progress... 

  

Lovely and Oh So Pinteresting...

Here's to another Lovely and Oh So Pinteresting post... And it'll be the wall collage. I love the look of wall galleries, especially the white & black over-sized mat frames. I've been on the prowl for some good frames and Target and Pottery Barn have awesome ones! 

Here are some of my favorite frame collages that I have found on Pinterest lately. 

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After seeing these amazing walls, I knew that I wanted to create something like this in our loft on the completely bare, white wall. So I purchased 3 black and 2 white matted frames from Target; they're are well made and very inexpensive. I also want to mix in some brown frames too, but unfortunately they don't make them at Target. Lucky for me though, they make they at Pottery Barn and are currently on sale (sorry bank account).

Here is what the wall in the loft looks like thus far... 

Warning: This is a work in progress & at this point it looks a bit awkward !

Waiting to be hung my  hubs... 

Awkward phase and in need of more... 

Up close & personal 

I was going to wait until the end to post the wall pictures because lets be real-- it looks a bit ridiculous. But I figured what the hell... it can be a work in progress post to look back on. 

I have a vision for the wall just sometimes it takes a bit to put it all together. Hubs and I went to Town Center this weekend to pick up some zinc letters from Anthropologie, but the only ones they had were a bit damaged, so I am making a trip back this weekend to pick some up [cross your fingers]. I'll pick up a J and a K and someday when we have little ones we can add their initials to the wall too.  

I also want to pick up some brown mat frames from Pottery Barn too since they're on sale. Chances are I will be ordering them from online since I didn't see them in store last weekend, but we will see. 

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Well please stick around for the final wall collage... It is going to be great !!  

Home Accessory Tour- Bedroom/Bathroom

When we first moved into our house it took me forever to decorate !! My plan was to decorate one room at a time, but that didn't happen. It is a lot of this and that in every room... Although there is a lot more decorating that needs to be done...there has been a lot of progress. I am sure it'll take a while for it to be exactly what I want, but I am good with that because I love shopping & decorating !  

Our bedroom/bathroom is the room that is coming along the most when it comes to decorating, although there a few accessories here and there that need to be purchased. 

Warning: This is my own personal style, I am not a decorator and I have an obsession with baskets...  

Etsy Prints in Ivory frames from Target 

Chalkboard basket 

Chalkboard Basket and Glass Luminary Holder 

Hallmark Owl and IKEA glass lamp

Target Shelf and hydrangeas

I really like the way that things are coming together... Lots of creams, white and a tiny bit of color-- just how I like it ! Only thing I would change would be that I really wish that we had some paint on the walls, but we've done things ass backwards. 

Here are some things that I would love to add to our little love nest... 

IKEA full length mirror 

PB Shower Curtain 

Other than those few items I think our room will be good to go !!