Light it Up {decor}

If I'm honest, choosing lighting/lamps for home decor is hard for me.  Almost so hard that it's annoying... because I'm extremely picky (just ask my husband;).  There are so many fun and and different style lamps out there, and I think picking out the "right" one is important to the ambiance of the home!

Wayfair has just about any style you could look for - modern, traditional, contemporary, rustic.  I'm more of a contemporary gal myself.. a good mix between modern and traditional.  They're a fun way to add pops of color to a room as well.. here are some of my favorite lamps from Wayfair..

If you're in the market for some new lighting in your home, I highly suggest searching around on Wayfair first.  They have a great selection, with so many different style.. and they are providing my reader a 15% off promo code for lamps, which is valid 11/6 through 11/10.  Just enter the code WFLAMPS15.  Happy shopping!  :)

This post is sponsored by Wayfair, but all opinions are 100% my own.  :)

Custom Upholstery with Wayfair

I have to say... I love Wayfair.  They have all kinds of fun home decor items that I just "have to have".. great toy selections for kids, which has actually been helping me with my Christmas shopping list for Clara.. and great things for baby too.  I have my eye on a couple of their gliders for the nursery!

But what I'm loving at the moment is their custom upholstered furniture.  Whenever we get to move into a different house, I need a set!  Particularly the Felicity collection.  They have at least 8 different collections in their custom upholstery line, and your really can't go wrong with any of them in my opinion.  The Felicity collection is just the one that spoke to me.  ;)  I love how cozy and casual it is. 

I ordered some of the swatches from this line (they'll send you swatches for free, by the way), and I love the different textures and color choices.

I would love to have a white/off-white couch.  I love the look of it, however, I know that is is a horribly bad idea when you have a kid (about to have two!), and a dark haired dog.  So that I'd have to nix.  I am actually loving the swatch on the right.  It's a gray-blue color.. called "Lizzy Graphite".. and has a nice linen type texture to it.  Yep.. love it.  And right now you can save 10% on a piece of custom upholstered furniture if you use the code WFCustom10.  This code is good until October 20th.. and I'd use it while you can because Wayfair hardly ever offers up coupon codes!

The Felicity Sofa in Lizzy Graphite.

What do you think?  Do you have a favorite collection from their custom upholstery line?  Let me know!  :)

I am a Wayfair Homemaker Featured Blogger and I received compensation for writing this post. All opinions and love for this furniture is my own.  :)

Parson Tower Desk // Craft Room

We've been doing some house redecorating the past few weeks - one of the things we've done is started redoing the guest room/craft room.  I sold my old desk so my husband could create a bigger desk for me... I needed something with a lot of space on top for doing my Project Life.  I sat down and went through plan after plan, and eventually ended up choosing to go with the Parson Tower Desk from Ana White.  He actually finished it for me the night before Valentine's (while I was sleeping.. he was up until 2am!) so it would be in the garage when I went to work the next morning.. it has my favorite chocolate candy on it.. and flowers... so sweet.  :)

I was so excited to get stain picked out and get it finished.  I decided to stain rather than paint, because I did not want to paint it white and I thought I would get tired of a color fast... so I stuck with something a little more classic and timeless.  Stain it was.. and I knew I wanted it dark!  So we went to Home Depot and picked out a few samples to test.

I know these stains look so similar.  But two of them had a little bit of an orange tint than the other.  I ended up using Mixwax 'Jacobean'... it was the most solid brown of the three and it gave a really nice, rich color.

This last photo was taken with my phone, but you get the gist of the finished product.  I'm absolutely in love with the desk.  It's nice and long, which give lots of room for all of my projects.  I bought two wire baskets for the shelves at Home Goods, and then I hung up those clip board with sticky tack.. for now.. until I decide if I want that to be more permanent.  Excuse the mess of the photo.. I know it's not too much to look at right now, but I'm going to be updating you with progress photos as I get shelving, etc, up on that wall.. and get the rest of the room decorated.  It's not only my craft area, but also the guest area (my parents are coming to visit next month!).

I can't wait to get going on the rest of it.. the desk was the 'big' project.. now it's all just starting to come together.  :)

Feelin' Bright

There's just something about fresh flowers that make everything more bright and cheerful.  So every week, or couple of weeks, I try to go out and get some fresh ones.  They make me happy - don't they make you happy?

I love how they look on the beautiful table that my husband made, in front of our big kitchen window.  Makes everything feel more airy.  One of my favorite rooms in the house!  :)  Happy Saturday!

Also, please excuse my extremely wrinkly table runner. 

Jewelry Organization... it's about time.

I'm slowly, but surely, redecorating our bedroom.  There are a ton of things I want to do around the house, but I find it most important to start with the bedroom.  It's my favorite room.  It's our space.  It should be beautiful and relaxing - and it's well on it's way!

One of the things on my list was to organize my jewelry!  We have a beautiful bedroom set and all of my jewelry and things were just scattered across my long dresser.  Something had to be done.

That was just part of it.  It was pretty much a nightmare every time I wanted to find something.  I needed a simple way to organize my jewelry.  So this is what I came up with...

I bought three little wooden boxes at a local store for about $2.  They had some super weird designs on them, so I painted over it with some acrylic paints so they match the rest of our bedroom - blues, tans, whites, and accents of yellow.  They work perfectly.  The top one holds my rings, the middle one holds bracelets, and the bottom one holds stud earrings and other miscellaneous things.

And then there were the necklaces.  Oh, the necklaces!  For these, I took two wooden frames and spray painted them white.  Then I bought some screw hooks and, with the help of my lovely husband, screwed them into the top of the frame.  Ta-da!  It doubles as some pretty neat "wall art", as well.  I made two of those for my necklaces.

Then I made a small one for all my fancy dangling earrings, which I don't own too many of.  So the small one was just perfect.  I strung two pieces of twine across the frame and my husband nailed them in for me.

And now I have a pretty cute little jewelry corner!  I might do a couple things to spruce up the frames, but I'm not sure yet.  I'll keep you posted.

Next up I'm re-working a lamp for my bedside table.  Things are coming along in our bedroom and I'm getting pretty excited about it!

20 Weeks... the nursery planning begins!

Halfway there already!  Time really does fly by.  My husband and I had the pleasure of seeing our little one for a full hour during my 20 week ultrasound.  Oh ya, and we found out we're having a GIRL!  She's healthy and very active... we couldn't be happier.  :)  We were able to see her little fingers moving, her opening and closing her mouth, and sucking her thumb.  She was kicking like crazy and just completely all over the place.  It's so amazing that all that is going on in my tummy!  I feel her kick every day now, especially at night time.  It has to be one of the most incredible feelings in the world.  My belly just keeps growing and growing and it's become extremely difficult to wear normal clothes now.  There are a few people who are generously going to give me their old maternity jeans, etc, so I don't have to pay $30+ for a pair of jeans.  I mean, within the next few months I'll be wearing summer dresses all the time anyway, I'd hate to waste my money on maternity jeans to only wear them for a few weeks!

 

Hooray for baby bumps!  I just love it.  Until it's time to go to sleep at night and I can't get comfortable and my husband gets annoyed because I'm flopping around the bed all frustrated.  :)~

Now that we know we're going to have a beautiful, bouncing baby girl it's time to really get started on the nursery.  A couple weekends ago my darling husband put together the crib, changing table, and the glider.  I love them - they're very classic and simple.  And I'm really excited about the glider... I can't wait to be able to rock my baby girl to sleep.  

Our options were very limited being over here in South Korea.  There were only a hand full of choices at the BX, and I was still having a hard time choosing!  With much deliberation, we decided to go with the Graco Lauren Classic Crib Collection, the crib mattress is a Sealy Perfect Rest, and the Graco Avalon Glider & Ottoman (which I don't have pictured) in cherry and it matches the espresso crib & changing table perfectly!

The past few days I've been searching for the perfect bedding set.  I'm having a harder time picking this one out than I did my own!  I put together this little inspiration board...

I'm really loving these colors right now.  But I'm having a hard time finding a bedding that I like that matches what I like.  All these color ideas may change... but for right now..... I am just loving the deep yellows, pinks, and creams with the dark furniture.

Well, it's movie and ice cream time here in my house.. hope everyone has a good week!