T.G.I.T - Bedrooms

I searched the web for a few of the prettiest, most soothing bedrooms I could find as inspiration for my own. I was thinking I wanted green as my accent color- but after choosing these pictures, I think it's pretty obvious what color I'm drawn to!



This first room is precious. My favorite two things are the horizontal boards behind the headboard (just like my Guest Room!) and the darling little chandelier. I love the thought of a really fancy chandelier over a bed.
I am SO anti ceiling fans. I mean, really, who wants a four foot by four foot appliance that's shaped like a gigantic spider hanging from the ceiling? It looks like a helicopter crashed into the roof of our house! >:-P
I am ripping down every one by the time I'm done here.
Mark my words, it won't be long before someone finds another, less bulky way to circulate the air in our rooms, and then we'll all look back and go, "Gosh, remember when we all had those HUGE PROPELLERS hanging down in the middle of the room!?"



This second bedroom is one of my favorites that Candice Olson has ever done.
Again, LOVE the chandelier. The treatment she did on the ceiling is to die for.
The palette is so soothing and the amount of space is perfection. Lucky homeowner!!




You can't see too much of the room on this last one, but I was really drawn to the windows. There's something so dreamy about having two windows butted up to each other in the corner like that. And all the little panes make me despise my "modern" windows. The glass float on the bedside table is such a neat idea. I must remember to do that, somewhere. The table itself is incredible too. Don't ya just WANT it!?

Dining Room - During

Hey ya'll!
Finally got some pictures to show you where I'm at, as of today, in the Dining Room.
But I must start off by saying-
The apple green curtain covering the opening to the future pantry is a temporary fix. (I'm determined to get an old screen door!) I still haven't purchased new lighting, curtains, or installed the picture ledge on top of the beadboard wainscoting I recently put up. And, last but not least, the dining table and rug are both going to be replaced too.








And here are some extra shots. The flowers are courtesy of my Mom :-)





Here's what I have planned for on top of the picture ledge. The frames I drew in are not the right sizes, but you get the idea. I plan to install recessed "wall washer" lights in the ceiling, to illuminate the black and white photography. :-)



Which fixture(s) do think would look best? I really like these from Pottery Barn. Keep in mind, the new (100 year old) dining table I'm inheriting is longer, rectangular-shaped and dark brown wood.

Lettered Olive Weekend

My mom is coming up today- yahoo! We plan on spending some time looking at the cottage next door. (It's STILL for sale!) We'd love to buy it (at the right price) and fix it up, and then put it back on the market all spiffied up. We're also going to work on Lettered Olive biz, and I'm SURE we're going to laugh a lot. For some reason, we ALWAYS do that when we get together. Most of the time we don't even remember why we're laughing, or don't even know why it's so funny to us. It's the best feeling in the world. :-)
Been working on the Dining Room...I'll post some pics tonight or tomorrow.
Stay tuned!

Layla

My Street

I wanted to show you WHY we bought our ugly, little cinderblock house.
Check out some of the other houses on our street...

HOUSE 1


HOUSE 2


HOUSE 3


HOUSE 4


HOUSE 5


HOUSE 6


HOUSE 7


HOUSE 8 (the house directly across the street)



HOUSE 9 (the house across the street, to the left)



HOUSE 10 (the house across the street, to the right)



...I LOVE THIS STREET! :-)

Living Room Comments

Thanks for all the sweet things you all had to say about my Living Room!
This was one of my favorite ideas:

"...I think that the mantel could use some great salvaged brackets corbels what ever you like to call them , it would add some bulk with that amazing mantel..."
-Chris

Isn't that GREAT? I am DEFINITELY going to do that Chris. Thanks for planting the seed!

And this comment was such a treat too-

"...simply add some rich and spicy colors-
dark burnt pumpkin, saffron, dark oregano, indigo, claret,
brandy or copper, for a change during the cooler months..."

-Jan at Rosemary Cottage

Truth be told, orange was my first inclination. But after a thorough search for throw pillows and rugs, I'm just not finding what I like. So, I'm now leaning towards mossy green or navy blue. And I'd love to switch it out with red around the holidays.

So many of you said I should keep the mirror up. But are you SURE three of these wouldn't look better?



That's what I had in mind. I just LOVE em. The thought of something really, really old and crusty-looking hanging behind that deliciously glossy black piano is so intriguing to me.

I'm all about a wonderful blend of old and new. When you get it right, the mixture is magic!