I enjoy living in our home and I like for it to look nice. I know that when you add children (especially young ones) into the equation, then you've also got to be realistic when it comes to decorating. But even so, it just makes me happy to look around and see the personal touches and little things that make our house our own. For instance, the drapes in our living room make me happy every time I walk through the room or glance over at them. They were a perfect find for us. The bright yellow sunflowers against our red kitchen walls are a great pop of color and really cheer up the area, and I love seeing the wrought-iron frame with sepia-tone pictures of my cute babies on the wall above them.
(Don't get me started on the hideous circa 1993 phone jack smack in the middle of the wall though. Grrrrrr....) We recently de-purpled our basement (and yes, after you've lived in our house, "de-purple" is indeed a word) and I enjoy the time we spend down there immensely more with the warm golden-brown we now have on the walls. And more pictures of my sweet kiddos are always an added bonus. ;-D
But anyways, I spend a lot of time in our house and it gives me a certain peace to be able to look around and like,
really like, what I see. Now I will tell you though, I don't have a terribly good eye for decorating. I can look through pictures in a magazine or see things on HGTV and know right away whether I like them or not, but something gets lost in translation between what I see on TV and what I try to do in my home. Thankfully, my hubby has a very good eye for these things matched with an ability to make them happen, and he and I have similar tastes, so more times than not I just defer to his judgment and I'm almost always happy with the results.
But now to the whole point of this blogpost in the first place...my friend
Danielle over at Living out Loud has a great eye when it comes to interior decorating. I mean, like, utterly fabulous. And she's been
sharing some of her ideas each Wednesday which I have really enjoyed. So after reading
last week's tip - and feeling as if I were in the exact same boat...done with snowmen and pine-needles, but not quite ready for bunnies and flowers yet - I decided to take some of her advice. I bought some green split-peas at the grocery store for a buck, used a glass candle-holder I already owned, and got a candle for free (with coupon with my other purchase) at
Bed Bath and Beyond. I put it all together and set it next to my little "love" angel on our mantle and voile! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. THANKS Danielle!!
I enjoy living in our home and I like for it to look nice. I know that when you add children (especially young ones) into the equation, then you've also got to be realistic when it comes to decorating. But even so, it just makes me happy to look around and see the personal touches and little things that make our house our own. For instance, the drapes in our living room make me happy every time I walk through the room or glance over at them. They were a perfect find for us. The bright yellow sunflowers against our red kitchen walls are a great pop of color and really cheer up the area, and I love seeing the wrought-iron frame with sepia-tone pictures of my cute babies on the wall above them. (Don't get me started on the hideous circa 1993 phone jack smack in the middle of the wall though. Grrrrrr....) We recently de-purpled our basement (and yes, after you've lived in our house, "de-purple" is indeed a word) and I enjoy the time we spend down there immensely more with the warm golden-brown we now have on the walls. And more pictures of my sweet kiddos are always an added bonus. ;-D 
But anyways, I spend a lot of time in our house and it gives me a certain peace to be able to look around and like, really like, what I see. Now I will tell you though, I don't have a terribly good eye for decorating. I can look through pictures in a magazine or see things on HGTV and know right away whether I like them or not, but something gets lost in translation between what I see on TV and what I try to do in my home. Thankfully, my hubby has a very good eye for these things matched with an ability to make them happen, and he and I have similar tastes, so more times than not I just defer to his judgment and I'm almost always happy with the results.
But now to the whole point of this blogpost in the first place...my friend Danielle over at Living out Loud has a great eye when it comes to interior decorating. I mean, like, utterly fabulous. And she's been sharing some of her ideas each Wednesday which I have really enjoyed. So after reading last week's tip - and feeling as if I were in the exact same boat...done with snowmen and pine-needles, but not quite ready for bunnies and flowers yet - I decided to take some of her advice. I bought some green split-peas at the grocery store for a buck, used a glass candle-holder I already owned, and got a candle for free (with coupon with my other purchase) at Bed Bath and Beyond. I put it all together and set it next to my little "love" angel on our mantle and voile! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. THANKS Danielle!!