5.21.13 Work on Daughter's Room Continues

We've been working our little backsides off the past few days, and have accomplished quite a lot on my daughter's room. We've painted, moved furniture, scrubbed carpet, hung pictures.

And I'm TIRED.

We decided to go with the lighter color of paint.  Here it is in progress:

And completed:

As you can see, in spite of our careful taping, some blue got on the white trim.  Ugh!  I hate that!!  But we didn't have too many incidents like that fortunately.

My next project involves this quite ugly shelf.  I'm going to paint it white, and add some gingerbread trim on the top.  She'll put her tv on the top shelf, then she can use the bottom shelves to store dvds, books, etc.

 

I also bought a dresser and desk that need to be painted, so several more days of work ahead.

I'm looking forward to it. :)  I so enjoy creating a beautiful space.  

I will have many more details to share in the near future.  Stay tuned!

5.3.13 Daughter's Bedroom Transformation Begins

Older Brother moved out of his room, so Youngest Daughter finally gets a room of her own!  She is beyond excited.

She is my little decorator.  She has given me a step-by-step, extremely detailed plan for exactly what she wants.  I pretty much sat there with my mouth hanging open as she explained to me the most minute details.  I was completely impressed at the way she had thought out every inch of the room.  Not bad for a nine-year old. ;)

Blue is her favorite color, so she decided on turquoise as her wall color.  She wants to accent with shades of pink and pops of black-and-white.

We went to Lowes and got a couple of samples of paint. 

She loved the darker shade, but we decided that it might be a little much for the entire room.  So we decided on the lighter shade on three walls, and then on one wall we're going to do wide stripes in both colors.  I'm excited about this!  I think it's going to be a really, really fun room.

She asked me - 'What if the room doesn't turn out as pretty as what I have pictured in my mind?' I told her - 'We'll keep working on it until it does!'  :)

I'm so looking forward to working on this new project.  I'll share the step-by-step process with you as we go along.

4.29.13 Creating a SenseSational Home

This is one of my very, very favorite "home" books.  I've read it through numerous times, and have bought several copies to give as gifts:

 

This book explores making your home pleasing to all five senses.  Instead of covering rules of decorating, it shows you how to make your home a welcoming place, a place that appeals to YOU. 

Often when decorating, we focus solely on the visual.  How does it look?  But our entire body experiences our home.  So if you want your home to be a truly welcoming, comforting place, embrace your other four senses also.  

Touch - do you love to run your hand over the fabric on your sofa, or does the texture bother you? Do your feet hit an icy floor when you step out of the shower, or a deep cushy rug?

Smell - smell is so important. One of my favorite childhood memories is coming home from school and smelling the dinner my mom had cooking on the stove.  Nothing says 'welcome home' like that!  

Sound - stop for a moment and listen to the sounds of your home.  I changed several things when I realized how important this aspect was.  No more yelling from room to room - if you want me, come to where I am.  (or text me - ha!)  No more running the vacuum, washer and dishwasher all at the same time while my family was trying to relax. I don't want the noise level in my home to give my family a headache.  

Taste - of course.  We all know how much 'taste' can say 'home'.  They even named a magazine after that concept - "Taste of Home". :)

The book covers all of these aspects in much greater detail of course.  

The book is out of print and has been for some time, but you can still find used copies all around the internet.  Clicking the picture of the book above will take you to Amazon where they have several used, very inexpensive copies.

I hope you love it as much as I have!