room tour

April 13, 2017

ROOM TOUR: THE BOYS’ PLAYROOM

It only took me 2 1/2 years to organize my playroom… but it’s finally looking pretty good! All that I needed was a system. Thankfully my besties The Home Edit let me bother them over and over about what to do. They suggested I color code shelves for easy cleanup, and label bins so that everything has a home. I purchased some inexpensive solutions, all linked below! Truly hoping this makes clean up easier for my kids and me!

Board games and puzzles on the top row, books on the middle row, and baskets filled with smaller items on the bottom row. ROYGBIV everything so everyone knows where it goes!

For decor, I tried to stick to 3 colors: mint, golden yellow, and red. Keeps things easy!

CLICK FOR SOURCES:

Shelves under the TV

& Baskets (10″)

Bin clips

Removable tape for bin labels (but I wrote with a sharpie)

Round white and mint bin – Target Pillowfort, only in stores

Shelves under the window (2)

& Bins

Shelves under the artwork

Baskets (ikea, no longer available)

White fluffy chair

Yellow lamp (Target, no longer available)

Mint woven bin

Anyone feed the kids art print

ART WALL:

Let me know if you have any questions!!

Leah

June 30, 2016

ROOM TOUR: LEAH’S MASTER CLOSET

My closet is finished!! I pretty much want to live the rest of my life in here, guys. Bye forever! The Home Edit organized and beautified my closet, nay, my life. I thought I had it organized really well before. Guess what? I didn’t. Joanna and Clea’s brains just work differently. They’ve revolutionized the business of home organizing, and I feel so fortunate to have them in my life! Do yourself a favor and check out their blog and instagram for daily inspiration. PS they’re also amazing human beings and friends, so there’s that.

To top it all off, Chasing Paper so graciously gave us their gorgeous peel and stick wallpaper which gave the room a glamorous pop! I highly recommend Chasing Paper for an accent wall (though dreaming about papering my whole powder room in this print!!). Applying the paper was easy peasy. Sure, you have to work carefully, but the paper is VERY forgiving. If you mess up, simply peel off the panel and just reapply it. I did this multiple times with the same panel, and it 100% held up. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty quickly. It’s awesome if you’re in a rental or if you just change your mind a lot! It peels right off and doesn’t damage the paint underneath.

All photos by The Home Edit.

Scroll down for links!

This antique mirror was Jeffrey’s Grandmother’s. It was the inspiration for all of the gold details.

The shoe wall, you guys, the shoe wall! The Home Edit labeled each box simply with “heels” “sandals” etc. Because if they had labeled by brand, the whole closet would say “Target”.

I found THIS jewelry box at Target to display my Nana’s charm bracelet from high school. Special little details!

That large drawer on the bottom is actually a tilt out laundry hamper! Yes please.

Joanna and Clea found out that I was a jewelry hoarder. They slimmed everything down and organized the crap out of me. Drawer organization on their favorites page.

I love that they found my Nana’s old glasses and displayed them alongside all of my keepsake/antique jewelry.

Organizing shirts by color = instant style

Jeffrey gets one little corner…. ha! He has zero clothes! I need to work on this.

So so so happy with my closet! Thank you The Home Edit and Chasing Paper!!

LINKS IN PINK

Organization and styling: The Home Edit

Wallpaper: Chasing Paper

Closet installation: Closets by Design

Chandelier: Joss and Main

Jewelry displays: Target

Clothing hangers: Joy Mangano

Storage solutions: The Home Edit Favorites

Mirror: Antique

Painters: CertaPro

All photos by The Home Edit

– L

May 19, 2016

ROOM TOUR: ARI’S MODERN BIG BOY ROOM

You know when your kid gets to an age where all of a sudden they have super strong opinions on what their room should look like? Ari is 5 now and wanted rainbows and gold painted all over the walls with Harry Potter posters. This was not going to fly. BUT I think I pulled off a combination of rainbows, Harry Potter, and my love of black and white modern style. Now we’re both happy!! Scroll down for all sources and a free printable of the modern rainbow poster.

Besides decoration ideas, the BIG problem to tackle was organization and storage. This is where Land of Nod came in big time! Jenni and I both fell in love with the acrylic bookcase! It’s just so clean and pretty and perfect for treasures. The Home Edit came over and styled with special books and toys to look like… you guessed it… a rainbow!

Land of Nod also came in clutch with these soft bins perfect for the abnormal amount of stuffed animals my son collects. I absolutely LOVE that they are soft. One or two actually live on my son’s bed so that he can sleep with all of his stuffed buddies without them constantly falling off the bed.

I designed this abstract rainbow poster and have it for you as a FREE download! Yippee! I sent the file into Kinkos/FedEx and had them print it in an 18×24″ frame ready size. Scroll down for the link to download.

This might seem crazy, but I really wanted to make an art installation out of books. Ari loves books (and so do I!) but his old book shelf cubbies were getting a little crazy looking. I saw blogger, Freckles Chick‘s book shelves she used for her daughter’s room and knew that was the solution. I bought the 3.5″ deep shelves and installed them in rows. 6 of the 36″ and 3 of the 24″ shelves. Each row had one long, one short, one long to make three 96″ shelves. Then of course The Home Edit styled it for Ari so it looked like yet another rainbow!!

Our family is a BIT Harry Potter obsessed. Okay a lot obsessed. Luckily, we’ve passed our obsession to Ari. We came up with a “magic spell” to put him to sleep… and it really works! Dixie & Twine graciously made this “FALLIO ASLEEPO” sparkly banner for above his bed!

SOURCES:

The Home Edit – bookshelf styling and organization

Acrylic Book Case – Land of Nod

Tall blue bin – Land of Nod

Small colorful bins – Land of Nod

Fallio Asleepo Banner – Dixie and Twine

Modern Rainbow Poster – FREE DOWNLOAD 🙂

Bedding – Target Pillow Fort

Long book shelves – Clear Solutions Displays

Dresser – Joss & Main by Dwell Studio

Bed frame – Pottery Barn Kids

Bedside table – Pottery Barn Kids

Lightening Bolt Marquee – Hapa

Rainbow stacker – Arcade Nashville by Grimms

“A” wall letter – Ebay

“a” red letter – vintage

Gumball machine – vintage (my husband’s!)

Matchbox car holder – vintage printers box

Black paint – Behr Broadway

White paint – Behr pure white

FALLIO ASLEEPO!

-L

February 29, 2016

ROOM TOUR: LAUNDRY ROOM + MINTED ART

I finally finished my laundry room!! This project was my baby. The project that my husband definitely didn’t understand at first but who now thinks it’s the best room in the house! Anyone else feel like they spend half of their life in the laundry room? Well I did, and mine was a sparse, sad, blah, beige room with no window. Luckily I was able to bring the outdoors in with a partnership with MINTED! Their art became my own little window.

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We LOVE Minted! Their art is curated from independent artists which is SO cool. Minted prints the art in every size and even frames it for you. It’s incredibly easy to pick your art. You can search by color, style, medium, theme, etc. and make an art board to just try out the pieces you like together. I wanted cheery pieces with bright greens, pinks, and yellows. A mix of photography, paint, and prints give the gallery wall an eclectic look, but the color palette keeps it cohesive.

I chose standard art paper, and I opted to have the artists’ signatures on the prints. The frames are all Natural Premium Wood to give the room a little warmth.

I got the cabinets and countertop from The Home Depot, who installed it as well. If there’s one thing we’re not, it’s handy. I wanted a totally clear counter for folding and drying but for some ease I have one basket for detergent and dryer sheets. Everything else is stowed away in the cabinets.

This was a robe/coat hanger that was peeeeerfect for the ironing board and other drying items! It’s always good to think outside the box and look for pieces that have multiple uses.

I had my (very confused) handyman instal an L-shaped pipe in the wall to use as hanging space. It gives it an industrial look that I wanted and takes up no space so that I have full hanging for dresses, shirts, sheets, etc.

I got these soft baskets to transport clean clothes. I’m a little OCD and using the same basket for dirty and clean clothes is not an option. No no no no no. Scroll down to see where the dirty clothes hide!

The sink is clutch in a laundry room. Eventually I’d like to get a sprayer faucet…more OCD tendencies here.

One of my favorite parts of the laundry room are the hidden laundry baskets in the drawers! It is not okay in my book to mix dirty and clean clothes in the same basket. #issues. I had my handy man convert two cabinets closest to the mudroom to pull-out drawers. I found narrow trash bins for the dirty clothes! Even my kids like to put their clothes in there.. they think the secret bins are cool. Anything to help out, right?

LINKS:

Rug- sold out but similar here

Striped Laundry Baskets

Wire Laundry Basket

Wooden Hangers

WASH wall letters

Trash bins used for dirty clothes

MINTED ART LINKS left to right:

Landscape, 11 x 11″

Abstract, 18 x 24″

Glass Bottles, 11 x 14″

Hexagons, 11 x 14″

Green Woodshed, 16 x 16″

My little “window” in my laundry room! If anyone needs me, I’ll be hiding in here 🙂

-L

May 18, 2015

ROOM TOUR: LIVING ROOM

I had to capture the one moment in time my house was clean by photographing it! This is my living room which opens up to the kitchen (not clean enough to photograph). It’s not particularly “styled” with design pieces and plants (I wish) since my 1.5 year old would destroy it, but it’s just enough so it feels like home.

We love this room for two main reasons: the rug and the beams! The oriental rug was passed down to us from Jeffrey’s Nanaw (she truly was a fabulously glamorous lady), and I love every little detail on there. It makes the room warm and cozy, and we love thinking of Nanaw each time we look at it!

This room, being a double story felt a little too open and cold, so we added beams a couple months ago. It’s changed the whole feel of the house to us- we are obsessed! The Tenneessee Barn Project found these 100-year-old hand hewn beams in an old barn. We love all the beautiful inconsistencies in these beams and the iron supports that hold them up. Industrial chic at it’s finest! I still have plans for a laundry room makeover and a new kitchen table from them eventually!

Thanks for taking a peak! Click links below for sources.

-L

SOURCES:

Beams – Tennessee Barn Project

Fan – Lumens

TV console – Restoration Hardware

Leather club chair – Restoration Hardware

Coffee table – Crate & Barrel

Glass jugs – Haven

Couch – Havertys

All throw pillows – Ikea

Blanket – Jonathan Adler

Glass lamp – Ikea

USA map print – Alison Hardcastle

Nashville print – Rock Paper Scissors

Buffalo print – Animal Print Shop

Entry way light fixture – Joss & Main

Door wreath – Target

Kitchen bar stools – Restoration Hardware

Metal orbs (similar) – Target

May 7, 2015

MY OFFICE (SO FAR) + FREE PRINTABLE

You guys, I’m soooo excited that you’re not looking at crazy hoarder piles of crap all over my blah tan room right now! I’ve been slowly working on my office since we moved into the house, and I finally have a little work space that doesn’t stress me out! I’ll update you once I finish the rest of the office and my craft closet (weeeeeee!!!) but wanted to show you a peak! Scroll down for sources.

Also wanted to share this little free print I designed for my desk below.

I am constantly quoting Jessie Spano and thought I needed to include this in my office. Just to remind myself that I’m being ridiculous. “There’s never any time! I’m just so so… scared!”. I’m usually more of a Kelly Kapowski but lately I’ve been all about that crazy caffeine pill poppin’ mama.

Download print HERE

This is my little inspiration wall. I have SO many more prints I’m coveting, so I’ll just continually add to it when I can. Absolutely love this black paint, Behr Broadway. It’s only on this accent wall while the rest of my office is white. The black is a chalkboard black- not too harsh, not too soft, juuuust right.

I kept this card (download HERE) for myself because it makes me smile and cringe all at once. Little pink hippo is a hoarder leftover from Ari’s party HERE.

SOURCES:

(click for links)

Treat yo self banner

Cougar print

Jessie Spano quote print

Tina Fey quote print

I’m Pretty Lucky card

Black paint: Behr Broadway

Thanks for checking out my space! More to come (when I feel the motivation to organize… could be a while).

-L

February 16, 2015

FEATURED: DEVAN’S WINTER WOODLAND NURSERY

She did it again! Our dear friend Shara (remember her Shark Party HERE?!) is blowing our minds with her son’s dreamy gray and aqua nursery. It is styled. to. perfection. We’ve been ~~stalking~~ gently convincing her to let us show her whole house! One day, Shara, one day…. mwahahahaha!

SHARA:

When I was pregnant with my second, I was so sure I was having a girl that I went ahead and bought crib bedding and started planning out a perfect baby girl nursery. I was just SURE. Halfway through my pregnancy at the big ultrasound, the tech waved her magic wand, paused, and then asked me if I still had the receipt for that bedding… I was having another boy! I was shocked and kind of in denial, so I decided I didn’t need to do up another room for baby boy – he would just share a room with his big brother once he was old enough to move out of the bassinet in my room.

Fast forward to a month before my due date. The urge to nest suddenly kicked in haaaaaaard and I just HAD to have a nursery. Jenni had thrown me the most perfect “snowy sprinkle” baby shower (see it HERE), and I worked from that idea to create a gender-neutral winter woodland nursery. The room was already painted grey (Valspar’s “Cement”), so I left it as is and used that as my starting point. Anyone who has been to my house knows how much I love the color aqua, so I (unsurprisingly) decided on a grey/aqua/white color theme, accented by warmer tones here and there to keep it from being too matchy-matchy or cold. It took more than a year to finish up the room – I had my hands kind of full with two little ones! – but I think that the extra time allowed the room to evolve into something even better than I had originally visualized. Now it’s one of my favorite rooms in the house!

PS. I never did return that girly bedding… it’s packed away carefully in hopes that maybe one day my pretty pink nursery will become a reality 😉

SOURCES:

Tree decals – WallDecorative

Arrows – Mineral and Matter

Feather mobile – DIY

Dreamcatchers – DIY

Crib – Babyletto “Hudson”

Bedding – skirt from Land of Nod, sheet & chevron knit throw from Target

Aqua book cart – Land of Nod

Rocking moose – Ikea

Chair and ottoman – Little Castle “Charleston”

Polar bear blanket – Land of Nod

Polar bear “skin” – eBay

Lamps – Target

Squirrel nightlight – Modcloth

Tree wood bead puzzle – Skip Hop

Bird mobile – Boon

Changing pad cover – Land of Nod

Curtains – Amazon (blackout lining added DIY)

Dresser, end table, book ledges – Ikea

“Things” organizer – Land of Nod

Grizzly bear wood block calendar – West Elm

Fox, raccoon and owl art – Sass and Peril

Antlers – White Faux Taxidermy

Clock – Target

Rocking bird – West Elm

Ceramic fox figurine and white fox speaker – Target

Moon globe – Urban Outfitters

Marquee arrow light – Target

Forest Love screen print – Sass and Peril
Young & Brave print – Billy and Scarlet
Paper deer – Template from French Melody
Name letters – DIY
Woven baskets – Walmart, spray painted teal
Owl vase – Target

September 23, 2014

FEATURED: GEORGE + HENRY’S SHARED TODDLER ROOM

Can we say “perfection”? Tamie, mommy to George and Henry, created a black and gold oasis for her boys that we can’t stop staring at…. or wishing that we could have a sleepover in. Is that weird?

We truly feel like simplicity wins in this particular space. A basic color palette, minimal (but meaningful) artwork, soft white walls, and no clutter is definitely the way to go in our book. We are going to quit blabbing so that you can tour this space already. Scroll down for sources.

TAMIE: I’m from the Black Hills in South Dakota. This room is a nod to where I grew up. Gold mining was huge, and my great uncle actually built, owned, and ran his own gold mine for years. The Stand By Mine was an iconic piece of architecture until it had to be torn down. Everyone in my family was either directly or indirectly involved in supporting the industry.

TAMIE: I’m not someone who can go to a thrift shop and refinish a dresser. I don’t have that skill set. I knew I wanted something more substantial than what a big box store could offer (two little boys CLIMB!) and that meant something mid century and sturdy. The dresser is stout and was half the cost, including white glove delivery, than major retailers. It’s perfect. And those pulls? Forget it, I’m in love.

Photographs are printed from Prinstagram and affixed with gold washi tape.

SOURCES:

(links in bold)

Beds: Land of Nod

G & H Wall Letters: Land of Nod

Bedside Table: Pottery Barn

Clock: Kit Cat Clock (the first time I saw Henry he was swaddled and his eyes were darting around the room checking everything out, I immediately thought of the clock!!)

Dresser lamp: Target

Gold lamp: Target

Mirror: Target

Rug: IKEA

Silhouettes: Disney world souvenir

Dresser: Etsy

“I love my family” Print: Etsy

”Be you bravely” Print: Etsy

Quilts: Etsy

Box spring cover: West Elm

Photographs are printed from Prinstagram and affixed with gold washi tape

Paint: Benjamin Moore Tundra (walls), Day’s End (in chalkboard paint on the ceiling), Modern Masters Gold Rush (ceiling border)

Stunning job, Tamie! All of your hard work certainly paid off. We know George and Henry will have many adventures in this room!

April 22, 2014

ARI’S TODDLER ROOM

We’re putting our house on the market this week which forced me to go through all of our junk and clean it to perfection. I’ve been wanting to post Ari’s big boy room transformation from his nursery for some time now and thought… it’s now or never! So, disclaimer… it’s never this tidy!

I wanted to do a room that would grow with Ari from baby to little boy, so I chose a more mature paint color but paired it with bright colorful accents that can be easily changed. We had a double mattress already in a guest room, so we just put it in Ari’s room when we gave his crib to Max. Having the larger size has been extremely helpful lately, as Ari has been going through a ‘sleep in my bed’ phase which I only indulge in extreme cases out of desperation. I know, I know, terrible parenting! It’s one of those things that I always judged other parents on, and now I’m that parent. Gah!

I’m in love with this paint color – Martha Stewart Brook Trout – which in person looks a bit more gray than brown. It’s the perfect background for artwork. Really makes colors pop!

The “a” wall letter was a vintage find from my sister- love it!

Bed and sheets from Pottery Barn Kids, striped comforter and lamp from Target, garland by Oeuf.

Ari’s little spot to ~~read~~ zoom cars all over the chair. Usually just in his skivvies.

I found this old printers box in my Nana’s garage and turns out it’s the perfect size for matchbox cars.

LOVE this felt garland from The Bannerie, graciously given by Gilit of Shoes Off Please– love her!

The print was given to Ari from his Aunt Lauren of Rock Paper Scissors.

If you peek to the right, that’s Ari’s closet! We took the door off and created a little playroom in there in addition to his clothes.

My favorite spot. Books upon books, fav toys hidden in the baskets, and plenty of natural light.

Love these alphabet flashcards from Tweed.

Toddler-height dress up spot.

Coolest growth chart ever, also from Tweed. Looking forward to adding Max’s stats on there too!

What’s on a three-year-old’s nightstand you ask….

…pics of his BFFs, magic rock and crystal to keep away bad dreams, and a huge stack of fav bedtime books. Especially loving “Hank Finds an Egg”, and “What Does the Fox Say” lately.

Jelly bean jar used for potty training only! Or if I need a secret treat.

Loving Ari’s new wiener dog pillow by Kate Durkin. Max got a teeny raccoon pillow and is OBSESSED with it! Ugly doll and crazy chicken given to Ari from our non-ugly and very crazy friend, Carlye, of Awkward City. She always gets the boys the coolest toys! Kitty and Watson by BlaBla Kids.

DIY- I made Ari’s pennant from his 1st birthday party out of felt and the polka dot picture from leftover garland from my baby shower.

That’s it! Now time to pack all of it up and re-do in our new pad… oy.

-L

January 3, 2014

AMARA’S SIMPLE WHITE TODDLER ROOM

I just recently did a wall of gold dot decals from urban decals. I am totally in love with all of their designs. The customer service is awesome as well! (my product plug for the day! 😉 Moving on….

This is not the room we started with when my daughter was born. She was in a different room in our house, there was a lot of pink, a chevron wall, and it was right at the top of our staircase with two french doors. As Amara grew, I realized it wasn’t the most practical room to have her in. So, I decided to start fresh in a new room with white paint (Glidden’s parchment white color matched in Behr). It is the “perfect” white. I even have it as my dining room color. I love fresh white walls with pops of color.

Overall, I just wanted to create a simple, sleek space for her. It is one of my favorite rooms to be in!

^The kitchen was a DIY gift from our dear friends for Amara’s first birthday! I fell in love with Vivi’s kitchen from Lay Baby Lay , so that is what they mimicked! Amara loves it!!! ^

Gotta have a place for tea parties 😉

^ There is no really great shot of the curtains due to the lighting in this room, but they were my first real sewing project that I did on. my. own! I splurged on some of the most beautiful white linen fabric and some seafoam pom pom trim. I even lined them with a blackout liner. I followed this tutorial if you are ever interested in giving it a try. Take it from me…I can’t even sew a straight line. You might surprise yourself! There is no way I could have afforded the curtains that my little beginner skills made me. ^

^ These wooden photos from Picture Bungalow are one of my favorite things in the room. I love these photos so much, and was so happy with the print quality! ^

^ I found a pedant shade at West Elm for $15 dollars. I knew I wanted something yellow against all of that white, and I scooped it right up. My husband installed it using a light kit and I simply wrapped the cord in fuschia pink yarn! ^

^ I ordered a pack of felt balls and strung them myself to create this garland. Easy Peasy, and half the price if you do it yourself. I don’t remember who I got them from, but they are allllll over Etsy! ^

^ Amara’s first piece of artwork she created at the top is my favorite! ^

^ I saw this idea on Pinterest and totally copied it! 😉 I just cut some little plastic animals in half, spray painted them, hot glued them to card stock and voila! ^

^ I wanted something with Amara’s birth details on it, and I found this cute little alphabet print (you can customize your colors) on Etsy! ^

^ Found this old french provencial looking dresser on Craigslist. I painted it gray and added my own handles. I lined the drawers with Snow & Graham wrapping paper from Rock Paper Scissors ^

^ Hooks for hanging and a toddler height mirror, which I found at Goodwill and spray painted! ^

-J

December 23, 2013

MAX’S NAVY AND GOLD NURSERY

Very excited to show you all Max’s nursery! I had so much fun finding little details to personalize the room. Max loves looking at all of the animal-themed artwork and the shiny gold details, and I love the cozy retreat from the chaos of toddler-world.