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Spring Sunday Brunch

by Details Blog

First let me just say that we are so blessed with two amazing families.  To have family at our house is the most incredible gift, and not one that we take for granted.  It feels so special to be making memories in our first house.  The emotional aspect of that is not lost on us — we worked so hard for this, and our families had such a huge part that they played by supporting us to create opportunities for this to happen for us.  Being homeowners is so huge for us…to the point that little annoyances like a slightly overgrown lawn or a bunch of dirty dishes after an elaborate meal for just the two of us raises reactions like, I’m so glad I have a lawn to MOW! – My husband, and We’re so blessed to be having dinner in our HOUSE!  Can you believe we have a HOUSE?! — the dishes aren’t even noticed.  We truly feel just completely overwhelmed at this point with our blessings.  Our cups are overflowing, and we’re taking opportunities all day long to give the glory to God and thank Him for all of this.

To have our families at our house, to putter and nest, to fill our house with flowers and plants, to cozy up on the sofa together and watch movies, to occasionally have a pizza night in our pajamas… It’s a wonderful time.  🙂

So we invited our family for a Spring brunch, and we wanted to make it fun and festive.  I made this egg casserole (so good), my mom-in-law made some lemon danish-type treats and a cinnamon roll French toast bake, and my sis-in-law brought this awesome fruit salad with blackberries, grapes, mandarin oranges, etc. — delicious.  All yummy stuff.  🙂

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Trail Mix Snack

Tabletop snacks included mini Cadbury eggs which are ridiculously addicting, and Trader Joe’s trail mix because it is seriously my favorite.

Spring Flowers

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Not like our living room needed any more plants but I found the hydrangeas and the mini orchid at TJ’s and fell in love.

Coffee Station

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Coffee

I set up a coffee bar on a table in our kitchen — that way everyone could get what they needed and I just stayed in charge of refilling the coffee pot.  😉

Mason Jars and Straws

Juice Station

We had cranberry and orange juice at the ready and my in-laws brought over a bottle of champagne for mimosas.  The straws were a little too long when I bought them so I just snipped the ends so that they would fit inside of the mason jars at a good height.

Table

A blog that I love, A Thoughtful Place, was where I first saw the idea of using wrapping paper as a table runner.  LOVE that idea so much and I’ve done it once before for a birthday party.  It’s inexpensive and easy clean-up.  It’s also fun to use that as a starting point for the table design.  I decided to go with gold accents and those blue flowers were a Target Dollar Spot find.  They have adhesive backs so I just stuck them where I wanted them and was able to save them for another purpose — they’re in a craft bin now.

Beads

Which brings me to the beads.  🙂 These were my Gramma’s, and I’ve used them here, too.  I’ve been missing her a lot lately and these beads remind me of her.  She loved to decorate and make spaces pretty, and she made everything special.  She was a beautiful entertainer and I can still remember her putting fresh mint in lemonade and letting me pull the leaves from the stems.  Having this little pop of red added a splash of personality to the table — and reminded me of her wild and free personality that I loved so much.

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Our Bedroom Design

by Details Blog

If there’s one room that is the most undecorated of all in our house, it’s our bedroom…and that’s just not right!  I actually think it’s kind of funny because when we bought our house, I swore up and down that the bedroom would be the first room we would work on, but…yeah.  That didn’t happen.  We’re ready to get moving on this project, taking our time, but alert the media!— We ordered our bed and side tables last week!  That was a pretty exciting day.

So let’s talk about color palette first.  I am basically undecided at this point.  I know that I want to continue the neutral palette of our house in our bedroom — it has been super easy to switch things around in our living room and I want the same for this space.  If I want a new look, I want it to be as simple as buying/making some new pillows, you know?  I am kind of perpetually moving things around and nesting, puttering, etc.  My husband knows that when he leaves for work in the morning, there is a very strong possibility that when he gets home, multiple things will be different around the house, lol.  My point is that I want flexibility.

Color Palette 1

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Color Palette 2

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Design Seeds

So you kind of see where I’m going here… I’m not opposed to color, but I want those colors to be muted with white undertones, almost like pastels.  It’s important to me that this room is really relaxing and not “pop-y” — at least for now.  And that’s the beauty of the way we’re doing this — if in a year I change my mind, I can just switch out the accessories.

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This is the view when you walk into the room.  Yes, we’ve been sleeping on a mattress for four months, lol.  Making the bed every day helped it to feel more like a bedroom.  A little bit…  😉

Our Bed

Side Tables

This is the bed we bought and we will each have a set of these nesting lucite tables next to the sides of the bed.  I’m really excited about these — I’m all about negative space and these will allow us to have a lot of things on each side of the bed without having the visual bulk of a solid nightstand.

Side Tables Styled

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This is a bit more styled than I will probably have our tables, but you get the idea.

Window Treatments

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This is how we will dress our two windows on either side of the bed, much like we did in our living room.  I’m thinking we’ll keep the drapes cream but I may add some kind of banding to them eventually — wouldn’t a light-colored Greek key be so pretty?

Mirrors

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Above our bed I’m thinking we’ll do three sunburst mirrors like this.  I’ve had a picture of something like this on my inspiration board in our office for a couple of months.  I’m thinking HomeGoods will be a good resource for this — I’ve checked some of the catalogs I get and $$$$$.

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Honestly, I don’t love the mirrored closet doors, but the room is small and the doors do wonders for making the room feel larger than it actually is.  The closet is surprisingly big for a reach-in and spans the entire length of the wall, even though Grey and I have to use separate closets lol.  #girlproblems  On the left side there is a small area that could accommodate a chair.  I would love a place to put my shoes on and I’m thinking something sort of traditional, like a French-inspired piece.

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The Cross Decor & Design

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This wall has given me pause because it is so big but there really won’t be space to have anything sticking out, like an etagere, etc.  My in-laws were over at our house on Sunday and I asked my mom-in-law about what she thought — she has an incredible eye for design.  She mentioned that Ikea has inexpensive frames — white ones! — with matting, and presented the idea of framing coordinating wrapping paper pieces in those frames, which I think is perfect.  They’ll be easy to change out, will take up a lot of space, and it won’t be expensive.

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We’ll do a grouping of probably eight large frames — four on top, four on the bottom.  I’ll probably pick out two different papers to coordinate, possibly three.

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This corner will get a little update, too.  That framed print is something my Gramma always told me was going to be mine when I was little, and for a special reason.  I want to get a better frame for it, and change out the hardware on the dresser, which is something my dad built for me before I was born.  I’m thinking something like this:

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A bunch of decisions at this point are sort of riding on two questions — What exact color will the bed be?  and What color are the nailheads?  Everything looks different in pictures, you know?  This is a project we’ll be working on and I’m excited to have another room to start decorating!

Thanks so much for following along.  🙂

Balancing Curves & Lines

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A couple of weeks ago when we took our trip to Ikea, we came home with a new chair and I moved some of our furniture around to accommodate the space for that.  A week after that, I spotted the perfect side table at HomeGoods, and it came home with me to make our little nest seating area in the living room complete.

When I got home with the table and put it where I thought it was going to go — next to the new chair — it was all wrong.

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This is the space before I brought the side table in.  The new table is a square, and next to that sort of boxy-shaped chair, with the right-angled entertainment center, and all of the other sharp angles in this vignette, it just didn’t look right.  This got me thinking that a post might be in order about balancing curves and lines…and there really is no formula for this.  You just want to have some of each.

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This is that same corner now.  The curvy ghost chair works better with that side table than the other lucite chair did, and then I moved the bench to the other side of the entertainment center to add even just another element of curve to this area.  The basket is a round shape, but the pillows inside are squares.  This corner has a healthy balance of curves and lines.

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This corner is more balanced now, too.  The chair back and seat are square in nature, but they do have some fluidity to their shape.  The bench is now behind the chair, but that side table gives a good dose of curvature.

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Take a look around this vignette and spot the curves and lines.  There’s some of both — and that’s what makes a room look put together and allows it to flow.  This is where I very strongly recommend not selecting a furniture set with matching chairs and sofa, entertainment center, side tables, etc. — you lose all of your control that way to choose things that work better together.  Plus it’s more fun to find things piece by piece and create a more collected-over-time look, right?

New Thangs

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Hey there, everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Ours was full of family time and that’s pretty much the best way to spend a weekend, yes?

There’s some fun new stuff at our house that I’ve been excited to share.  Just little bits and pieces that are making our space come together the way I hoped it would.

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This little table was on deep dark dirty discount at HomeGoods — it was $22!  I knew that I wanted a side table for our new chair, just to kind of balance the room out, but I had to play a game of musical furniture to figure out the room (more on that tomorrow).

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It’s really small, and I feel like that’s what’s so great about it.  It’s petite but can still hold a sizable bouquet of flowers or an appetizer plate.

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I moved these pillows outside onto our bench.  Eventually I would love to get another seat cushion for this — this one is kind of worn and pretty dirty.  This bench is special to me, though — it was in my Gramma’s apartment before she passed away last year and she loved to sit on it.  I love having it in our yard!

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Our new Spring wreath.  I had planned on making one but I just haven’t had the time lately and I wanted something on my naked door.  😉 It’s from HomeGoods.

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The succulent that was in this little bowl was very, very dead.  But you wouldn’t know because I avoided having it in the frame of any of my photos!  😉  I was so excited to find this drapey succulent at Home Depot…I went there with a picture in my head of what I wanted to find, and they had just what I pictured!  I love when that happens.

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New lamp and framed art.  The lamp is from Target and I will tell you that it looks really nice up close.  The light it gives off is very bright, too, so it’s perfect for task lighting.  The art is, where else, a HomeGoods find, and my husband was the one who found it because he’s awesome.  It really complements the colors in the room, and I love how the metal finishes of the art and the lamp look together.

I hope you have a great Monday!

What To Do When You Feel Uninspired by Your Space

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We live in a world in which we are saturated every day with photos of beautiful homes, beautiful things, and people who are living lives that sometimes feel so much more grand than our own.  Sometimes this can make us feel uninspired by our own spaces, or things, or lives.  We compare ourselves to others and we compare our houses to what we see on Pinterest, and we feel discontent with what is around us.  We want more.

So what should you do when you are looking around your home, feeling dissatisfied, like something is missing, like you want it to be fresher or brighter, or more organized and less cluttered?  What should you do when the budget is tight and a room makeover is not realistic at that time, but you feel you like you want to do something, anything to make you feel inspired by your space again?

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Can you forego the fancy coffee this week and buy yourself some flowers instead?  Or, even better yet, can you take a walk in your backyard and cut some flowers that speak to you, that inspire you?  Bring some life inside your space!  Take a dusty vase out of your cupboard and toss the flowers in and let the flowers be beautiful.

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Can you move your furniture around, and breathe new life into your space with every moving part?  Can you layer things and putter and turn some music on that you love and enjoy shopping your house while rediscovering things that you forgot you had?  Maybe you like cleaning — what about dusting and wiping places that you normally forget about, like lucite chair backs and ottoman feet?

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What about finding some cozy elements from other rooms and bringing them into new spaces, thinking about how these items might be used by the people you get to welcome into your house?  Things like a cozy throw blanket for crisp, cool Spring mornings or a basket with pillows for loved ones to perch on.

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Sometimes the answer to our feelings of being uninspired is not to add, but to take away.  Are there places that you can declutter?  Are there things that no longer bring you joy, but that you know could bring someone else joy?  Things like an old pitcher, table linens, or picture frames.  Donate the things that no longer speak to you, and when you do this, feel your house take a breath with the release.  Sometimes we need to clear our space in order to find our direction again!

There will always be times in our lives when we feel like our spaces aren’t what we want them to be.  There are seasons where it feels like a dream to live in our homes and then there are seasons where we lose our way and we don’t really know how we want them to look — we just know we don’t want it to look like this.  But every season comes to pass, and by perpetually nesting and puttering, we can make our inspirational droughts last for a lot less time.

How do you bring back the inspiration when you are feeling uninspired by your space?  Let’s help one another!

Drapery Update & Spring House Tour

by Details Blog

Happy Monday to you!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  🙂

Last week, Grey and I went to Ikea, which is what prompted this post.  After moving in back in November and then getting settled, the house projects kind of came to a lull, and we were craving the feeling of getting things done around here again.  We decided we’re going to start tackling some things when the budget allows, and we made a list (my favorite thing).  Something that was high on my priority list was getting window treatments for the living room.  I had been fine with the room but the harsh lines of the windows really started bothering me.  We also have a sliding glass door off the kitchen where we had hung drapes back when we moved in, but the rod was bowing in the center because it is such a long window and we didn’t grab a bracket when we were at Ikea.  They were still functional, but I really didn’t like the way they looked — and like pretty much everyone in America, Ikea is not exactly close to our house, so taking a trip there is a little bit more involved than running to Target.

So we headed out to Ikea, snacks in tow, and Greyson navigated the crowds while I followed him with a deer in the headlights expression that I wear only when I am visually overwhelmed and frantically searching for the nearest exit.  We grabbed the drapes and rods, ended up picking up a Tobias chair on a whim, and a $2 hotdog special because we’re fancy like that.

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With the center bracket in place, we were back in business.  We added another panel on each side of the window for fullness — I wanted these to look really luxurious!  I’m still undecided on whether or not to hem these.  Part of me likes the casual puddles, and another part of me wants them more tailored.  And another part of me is just lazy, lol.

Naked Window

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These were our naked windows.  See how that wall just needed something?  Not art, but something.  Our windows have nice wood blinds on them so we’re fortunate in that regard, but I am thinking that at some point I would like to add molding around all of the windows in our house.

Spring Kitchen

I stopped into Trader Joe’s for some flowers (and trail mix – because they have the BEST trail mix evah!) and these tulips were calling my name.  They’re pink perfection!

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Here are the drapes!  And the Tobias chair which is surprisingly comfortable and kind of bouncy, too.  This room is on the small side so while I originally thought that I was going to go with an Eames-style rocking chair in this space, I am thinking I will save that for the office.  The negative space in this room serves it really well.

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Because the windows were each very close to the sides of their respective walls, I didn’t want to make the window look smaller by flanking each window with panels.  Instead, we opted for side panels but have the rod hanging across the entire window so that we can pull them shut if we want to.  Again, each window has two drapery panels for fullness.  One per side looked too whimpy so I sent my husband on another voyage to Ikea the following day  to pick up a couple more.  Isn’t he the sweetest?

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I’ve got a Pinterest board full of Spring ideas but I’m opting for simple this year with fresh flowers, greenery, and cleanliness!  This is the most festive thing I’ve put up and I got it in the Target Dollar Spot last year.  It lived on my in-laws’ mantel last Easter.

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We got this black and white striped blanket at Ikea, too, and I’m loving the contrast with the rest of the room.  Which got me thinking…should I add some sort of contrasting banding to the drapes?  Should I paint my interior doors black?  This blanket has me all kinds of befuddled now!

Sofa Vignette

Pillows Close Up

I’m just a tiny bit craving new accent pillows (really the floral ones are the ones I’m thinking I want to update).  Shhh…don’t tell my husband!  Those pillows have moved around a lot in this house already — they used to live on our bed.

Coffee Table

That’s a fake HomeGoods plant and I’m really loving having festive cocktail napkins around lately.  It’s the little things…

Spring Pillow

Happy Spring to you!  Thanks for indulging me in such a photo-heavy post!  🙂

Initial Room Design Plans

by Details Blog

Happy Monday to you!

First — I have moved blog locations/domains.  To make a long story short, I started Details on Wix in 2014, and while I loved the freedom on that site to really easily customize everything, when it came to the actual hosting of my blog, it was kind of lame.  So, for the past few days I have been transferring over all of my content (not fun, but worth it) and here I am…on WordPress.  Insert thumbs-up emoji here.  🙂

During the few weeks of the actual home-buying process, I was busy pinning away ideas for the house and I also came up with some mood boards.  These were all made before we even got into the house, but they kept me busy during the nail-biter that was Is this really happening?

I never shared these mood boards on the blog, and to be honest, during the four months or so that we have been here, it’s looking like a lot of this is going to change.  But I thought it might be fun to take a look and do a little recap.

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This is our living room, and so far we’re sticking to a lot of this.  The feeling in this room is very similar to the feeling of this board.  There is no art on the walls yet, which is starting to get to me, but to be fair, I haven’t really looked for any at this point.  I am desperately wanting a hide rug like that one but am waiting for the one that I want to go on sale.  The Eames-style rocking chair is something that I do really want, and those can be found at great price-points, so we’ll get it in time.  The IKEA media console is amazing and we purchased it literally the day that we moved in.  It’s one of my favorite pieces in the whole house.

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I really have no idea if this is what our bedroom will look like.  We have the bed picked out that we want but real life — we’ve been sleeping on a mattress since we moved in, lol.  Well, a mattress and a box spring, so it’s a little better than sleeping on just a mattress.  😉 . I’m not sure if I want the accent color in this room to be red, but I do think that I want it to be a fun bold color . We shall see!  I’m hoping that we will buy the bed next month at the latest.  Let’s just say our bedroom is not my favorite room right now, and I want that to change!

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This is the office, and this room is going to pretty much completely change from the ideas on this board.  The chandelier makes me laugh, because just a few days of 90-degree weather in this house and we definitely need all of the fans in the rooms.  This room is fine as it is, and is sort of my last priority at this point.  We’ll get to it, but I’m not really sure what I want yet.

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Our kitchen is another room that I’m not sure of.  The chairs have since changed from this idea – they’re an Eames style and are working out really well.  We do have the chandelier, which we love.  I’m having slight regrets for not getting the bigger one, I will admit to that.  The cabinetry is what really has me stumped.  Originally I thought white, then I thought black, then I thought leave it, now I have no idea.  Our appliances are black, which definitely would not be my first choice (or even my second, or third, ha!), but they are really functional so I am thankful for that.  Anyway, I’m still on the fence about this and will not paint anything until I know I won’t be filled with regret.

That’s kind of where we’re at right now.  The bathrooms need a little bit of help – they are fine but I want to paint the cabinets.  Possibly frame out the mirrors, add some fun accessories, change out the fixtures.  Lighting in the house is really okay, but I want to add some better, more updated ones.  All in good time.  🙂

Wishing my brother a happy birthday today!  I love you!

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Simple Valentine’s Day Decorations on a Budget

by Details Blog

Good morning to you, and happy Monday!  Well, it seems that with an awesome new job comes an awesome new schedule, which is somewhat different than I’ve been accustomed to in recent years.  I am loving my new position and the designer I am working for, and I’m feeling more inspired than I have in so long.  I meant to get this post up last week, or really the week before (lol), but we all know how that goes.  So today, almost an entire week after Valentine’s Day has passed, I’m showing you my Valentine’s Day decor.  😉

We’re new homeowners, and with that, of course, comes a tight budget.  I shopped the Target Dollar Spot every time I went, grabbing things for a few dollars here, a few dollars there.  I started doing this as soon as the Valentine’s Day things started to appear, which was really right after Christmas!  I thought of it as replacing my coffee budget with little Target treats.  And so, little by little, our house became a cute little V-Day decorated space.

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I have a whole Pinterest board of printables, but do you think I’ve ever used one?!  No!  This was the easiest thing and it added a really sweet layer to the decorations.  I just switched out the print that is usually in the gold frame for this ‘love’ printable.  It took about five minutes and one sliced finger because man, that glass is sharp.

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 This is the printable I used, although yours will probably come out differently because I’m guessing that you are not currently running out of printer ink!  I like it, though.  It still looks like a watercolor and it’s a simple design.  It makes me happy.

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 This garland also makes me happy.  I’m always up for a good pom-pom detail.  This is kind of dumb, but it took me a long time to figure out how to hang this up.  Mostly because we tried tape, but the finish on the mirror started to come off.  So, that was a no.  I ended up just tucking the ends behind the mirror.  This made my husband very happy.

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 This is our little kitchen table vignette.  The mirror was a hand-me-down from my Aunt Lulu and the geometric sculpture was a HomeGoods find a few weeks ago.  I’m not really sure what I’m going to do with it yet, but this worked short-term!  These blocks have fallen over about a hundred times since I made this little creation.  Don’t tell my husband but it’s secretly been hilarious hearing him knock it over because he always carefully and perfectly places the crystals where they originally were and it’s kind of the cutest thing ever.

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Hey, that’s our wedding menu!  My brother illustrated this for us and for Christmas a couple of years ago, he preserved the chalkboard so that it would be permanent.  Best gift ever.  I just added a couple of garlands because they were too adorable to pass up!

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 This was the first little scene I added to our house for the holiday, and it’s my favorite because those beads were my Gramma’s.  🙂  Looking at them makes me happy and I thought they added just that little something that the pedestal needed. 

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This little pillow was good for tiny tiffs and arguments.  Grey and I each had moments when we held it up to one another and every time it made us laugh.  It served an important purpose besides looking cute!

How do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? 

The Best Easy DIY Valentine’s Day Wreath Ideas

by Details Blog

Good morning and happy Monday to you!  I hope you all had a great weekend.

Our house has been decorated for Valentine’s Day for the last few weeks so I have a bunch of fun things to share, but I thought that I would start out with this super simple and festive wreath I made…all in about 15 minutes.

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 Aren’t grapevine wreaths the easiest?!  All you need are the “ingredients” and then you just get to sticking!  I purchased everything from JoAnn’s since I had a coupon, and all I needed was one stem each for the flowers.  The little banner was on sale and I knew I wanted something like that to show off hearts or a Valentine’s Day saying on the wreath.

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I think that grapevine wreaths are awesome because if you’re not set on saving the exact wreath for the next year, you can just take everything out and use it for the next season.  There is no hot gluing required, you just need to use wire cutters to cut the faux blooms to the right size and then you just stick ’em in until they feel secure.  The banner was very long but I cut off just what I needed and tied it to the grapevine wreath.

Seeing this on my front door when I drive up to our house makes me happy.  🙂  I thought I would round up some other fun wreath ideas in case you felt like tackling a little DIY project!

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Original Source Unknown

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I Heart Naptime

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Fynes Designs

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Rustic Romance Crafts

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Country Prim

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The DIY Mommy

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Our Sentiments

What is your favorite material to craft a festive wreath with?

Catching Up

by Details Blog

Well, happy Saturday to you!  Can you believe that Christmas is so close?  Grey and I got all of our shopping done this week and it was so much fun.  All of the presents are wrapped and underneath the tree, making it really feel like Christmas in our new home.

All I have to say about this post is: Get ready for picture overload.  Instead of breaking all of these photos up into different posts, I want to get all of our little decorating pictures on the blog so that starting January things are fresh — no backlogged posts!  😉  I’ve got some vignettes from before Christmas decorations came out and, of course, after I decorated for the holiday.

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A couple of weeks after we moved in, I found these awesome chairs for a steal on Amazon and we bought them right away.  So far I couldn’t be happier with this purchase — they are really comfortable and look great.

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 Typically on the table I had flowers in a fun vase and my non-refrigerated veggies when we first moved in.  I think that with each changing season/holiday I will do a pretty centerpiece, though.  The areas that I have to decorate in my home are minimal so I want to maximize the festiveness!

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 Here’s a view of our living room before Christmas decorations went up and before things moved around a bit.  I’m looking forward to adding some color into the house once HomeGoods gets their Spring pillows!  Every color they have right now is a bit too warm for what I want in this space.  But the neutral feels really clean and cozy.

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I’m loving having this huge coffee table to style!  This was also before Christmas.

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 This is a lucite tray from CB2 that I got a few Christmases ago, and layered on top of it is the DIY marble tray that I made.  Then there are a bunch of my favorite things, which I talked about in a past blog post.

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I just love this succulent that my brother’s girlfriend got for me and it has moved around a lot in our house, but it works perfectly with the rest of the decor.  The coasters are marble with an agate center and are from HomeGoods.  We have a marble theme goin’ on.  😉

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I love having silver bowls and trays to corral things that might not be super pretty on their own.  I find mine at antique stores — they’re everywhere!

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 So far my SureFit slipcover is holding up well.  It could probably go in for a wash at this point but it was kind of a pain to get it on the sofa and there is an ironing process as well, so I’m thinking that after Christmas I will throw it in there and see what happens.

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 Now we’re getting into Christmas!  🙂  These are just acorns from my Aunt Lulu in New Jersey that I put in a white bowl.

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 These are thumbtack trees that I made a very long time ago.  They were super easy — just styrofoam cones and then get to sticking!  I like to place them on candleholders and then in this vignette I just set them on a silver tray and draped the beads.

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 Candlesticks are versatile… they can hold pinecones, too!

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 There’s my Gramma’s “tall Santa” that she loved so much.  🙂  And our tree.

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 On our tree we have an array of purple ornaments, flowers, birds, and Santas…

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Also plenty of other pretty ornaments.  When Grey and I first moved in together, my mother-in-law gave us all of these ornaments for our first tree.  It was a fancy first tree!  🙂

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 We plan to transition out the purple slowly and have gold, silver, and neutral ornaments eventually.  But this tree has served us well for six years!

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 Here’s a little peek at the living room as I snapped it yesterday.

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This table has already moved around a lot but I really like it in this spot.  This was a HomeGoods find — I love the quatrefoil detail.

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 …But, I clearly need a gold/mirror intervention.  😉

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Here’s the last picture I have for you… Our coffee table as of yesterday.  Don’t you love bud vases?  I had some roses that were going bad in a bouquet with these carnations and I just snipped a few healthy red flowers and threw them in a small vase.

I hope you have the best weekend!