Before and after

All in all I like how everything turned out. The green lamps are my favorite. I’m not totally sold on the stars. They’re looking more emerald green than teal. I think I need to go back to my original plan and do a solid coat of the teal and sand parts off to reveal the green. We’ll see how long it takes for it to bug me enough to change it.

homey

I had a burst of inspiration last week on how I wanted my apartment to look. It's something I've struggled with since I got married basically.

I know what I like but I didn't know how to make it come together for a whole cohesive 'look'. Well that and how to do it on a budget. Slowly but surely I've been perusing home magazine and more and more I can describe what it is I like. ( knowing myself and my tastes as I get older probably helps alot, my 20 year old self did not know herself all that well) I still couldn't tell you what particular style it is.

Homey,cozy,pretty,unfussy,cheery,bright,livable.

Whatever that equates to.

Yesterday I went to goodwill and salvation army and found some pieces I just love for my dining room. Some awesome tea cups and plates to hang on my wall.

I sorted my buttons by color and put them in some votive holders I have. it makes me smile

What about you? Have you always known what your design aesthetic is for your home or have you struggled like I have? If so what has helped you figure it out along the way?

Design wall

For Christmas my husband made me a design wall. It's taken him a while to get it done but finally its up.

He modeled it after one I had seen at PIQF last year and I'm so happy with the results. It's even nicer than the one I had seen.

Here it is hanging up in my dining room, you can see a little bit of the actual design wall peaking out, its flannel attached to a vinyl privacy shade.

The empty space below it will eventually be a plate wall. The picture's that were there before wont look right. I need to figure out what I have that will look ok there in the meantime. I also need to figure out what will go on top of the shelf.

Here it is up close. Look how pretty the trim is. It makes me happy. My husband rocks

Mini Vacation

My Husband and I are on a mini vacation,it's glorious.

Thursday night to kick it off we went on a proper date: Sushi and saw The Adjustment Bureau. We got done with the movie and we still wanted to do something. Seeing as it was 10:00 and we're not drinking folk our options were limited. We settled on going to the 24 hour CVS in Oakland. Come to find out it is no longer 24 hour but we did manage to get there before it closed.

I found this mug, I also got another one with a green interior and

some awesome paper goods for 75% off. I got luggage tags,blank postcards,business size cards and a great set of blank linen cards in pastels all for .50-1.00!

We're also working on some home improvement projects this weekend. Last weekend we found these 3 lamps for a great price at Goodwill. Yesterday we meandered to Lowe's and I got some spray paint to paint these babies. The tall black one will soon chocolate brown for my living room and the two smaller ones will be a nice light green for bedside lamps in our room. I also got some paint for these metal stars I've had. They're currently red and I haven't know what color I wanted them. I've settled on a light green base coat and a teal top coat. I'm then going to sand parts so the green shows through. I hope it turns out. We'll see if any of the painting gets done though since its been raining.

This was last weekends little project. I got this awesome vinyl wall art for my birthday and finally decided where to put it. It's on the over hang between my living room and dining room. I'm going to put some photos on either side but I haven't decided which ones yet.

So far a very good mini vacation. Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend.

I'm still here

I've been working alot. And not getting any sewing done. Even my block for the swap is late. Fortunately my partner for February is understanding.

All of my closest friends live out of state, by hap-instance they're all in the state of California at some point in late February or March so March will also be busy.

I do have a four day weekend coming up very soon and I couldn't need it more. It's one of the weekends we don't have company so it will be very nice to just relax.

I did manage to go to my favorite quilt store in my home town and pick up some fabric as well as Amy Butler's birdy sling pattern. I've been eying it for over a year and I'm so excited. I may not even let my fear of things not quilt related get the better of me on this one

Hopefully soon I can get working on stuff I have so many ideas floating around my head right now that I want to see materialize.