Plate Wall Inspiration

I'm collecting white plates and buying some plate hangers to make a plate collage in our kitchen.  Here's what is inspiring me...

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What do you think- all white plates or a mix of colors (teals, greens, whites)?  We have off-white walls so my only concern is the white would not stand out very much.  But then again I like white on white.  I'd love your opinions!

Here's a picture as a reminder of what our kitchen looks like- our table is now turned with the short end against the wall, and the plates will be hung directly on the wall above it. 

Slipcovered Ottoman

Somehow Jeremy and I “inherited” a storage ottoman from Jeremy’s college roommates.  Jeremy used this ottoman for several years in college and it ended up being moved with all of our stuff to our new house.  Jeremy likes it and of course wanted to keep it and I of course thought it was ugly and didn’t match our furniture.  But I did enjoy having it to prop up my feet on so I decided to make a slipcover for it. 

            























I just used canvas drop cloth and first created a plain cube slipcover (which you can see in the picture below)


But I wanted to spruce it up a little more so I sewed on a pleated bottom and then hot glued a white trim piece around the seam.  I picked up the trim at a local thrift store for only 20 cents and the fabric was leftover from another slipcover project I’m working on.  Since we didn’t even pay for the ottoman, the total cost was only 20 cents!

This was a quick and easy project and I love the finished results.  I saw these same ottomans at our local Wal-Mart last week on clearance for $7 if you are interested in recovering one!



I was inspired by this slipcover from Dear Lillie.  She has a great tutorial up on how she made her slipcover!

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Laundry Room

I have yet to show you photos of our laundry room because, well, there really isn't much to show.  We didn't have a washer and a dryer and so I hadn't really started organizing or sprucing up the room yet.  BUT yesterday we went and bought a washer and dryer and we're going to pick them up today!  Whoo Hoo!  I can't tell you how excited I am to do laundry this afternoon... weird right?  Laundry is actually my favorite household chore- I love the smells and the feel of warm clothes coming out of the dryer.  Sometimes I don't even mind ironing...sometimes.

So here is our laundry room, waiting for our special delivery today.

Not that our laundry room will look like any of these photos anytime soon, but I love some of the laundry room inspiration pictures I've pinned on Pinterest.  Here are some of my favorite.

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Hoping to draw some inspiration from these photos and incorporate baskets, glass canisters, bottles, open shelving and fabric into our laundry room.  Time will tell what I come up with!

To see what else is inspiring me on pinterest click here

Fall Wreath

 

Last year I bought a fall leaf garland at JoAnn’s on clearance after Thanksgiving and hot glued it onto a grapevine wreath to make this wreath.  I had forgotten all about it until a few weeks ago when I went up into my parent’s attic to get something and saw it.  I told my mom, “that’s such a pretty wreath, where did you get it?”  She was like, “It’s yours.  You made it!”  Oh well, at least I still liked it a year later, even if I had forgotten that I had made it! 

One of the first things I did when we moved in to our new house was put up our fall wreath.  I love being able to decorate for fall!  I love coming home to our house and knowing it’s just me and Jeremy.  I love being able to decorate however I want. 

Come back tomorrow and I’ll begin to show you around our new house!

 

House Tour- Bedroom

This past weekend Jeremy and I stayed at my grandparents house while they are away on vacation out West.  My grandmother and I share a lot of the same taste in decorating and I love their house.  While we were there I took some photos and this week I’ll be sharing some of those with you!

“My” room at their house is this beautiful upstairs bedroom.  My grandmother and I picked out the furniture and décor together when I was in high school, and it was such a fun project.  I’ll let the photos speak for themselves about the room…. 


























*The majority of the furniture and accessories are from Pottery Barn. The bedding was ordered from the interior design shop where my grandmother use to work. 

My Favorite House in Savannah

I've had this post written for a month but just forgot to post it!  Better late than never. 

While on our honeymoon in Savannah, we kept driving by this beautiful house

The two circle side porches and the blue porch ceilings just kept calling my name and eventually I had Jeremy stop on the side of the road so I could get out and take pictures.  The house had a For Sale sign on it so I took a picture of the sign so I could look it up and see some inside pictures. 

The house is on the market for right at 2 million dollars!  You can see the online listing here.

The pictures on the realty website are gorgeous!

Yep, I love it as much on the inside as I did on the outside! 

Fall Dreaming

Today was a slight bit cooler and the breeze was gently blowing and it has got me wishing and dreaming about fall!  Fall is such a fun time of year and I’ve been collecting some fall inspiration on
Pinterest lately.  Fall decorating, fall food, fall clothes….I’m ready.

Here are some of my favorite decoration ideas:

 

Here are some yummy looking fall recipes:

Apple Butter Cupcakes

Pumpkin Donuts

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte

 

And here are some of my favorite fall fashion ideas:

 

 

Are you ready for fall?

 

All photos can be found on my Pinterest boards