home tour {bella's room}.

bella's room has been a work in progress for about a year.

not even joking.

when we first moved into our house, she was still in a crib... once we transitioned her into a big girl bed, we switched her to this room; the former "den" when my grandparents lived here, that once was bordered with floral wallpaper and had old white carpet.

i had a vision in my head of what i wanted for this room.  vintage-eclectic, with lots of color and a touch of whimsy.  first, it got hardwood floors with the rest of our house.  next, we scraped off the wallpaper border and nick painted it a lovely aqua (aqua glow, by valspar).  i found sheets i loved at target and ordered a few sets, the colors and birdhouse pattern was just perfect.  after an urban outfitters rug, the room stayed at that point for about a year.  bella was in a bit of a rambunctious, destructive stage and i didn't trust that she wouldn't tear apart what i wanted to do.

so, we waited.

i sewed fabric birds, painted birdhouses from the craft store, gathered picture frames and little treasures for her room.  i knew i wanted to use a picket fence for her headboard, and one day i spied that our neighbors had put one at the side of the road to be collected with the trash.  i ran over and asked if they minded if i snagged it (they happily turned it over) and we kept it in our garage until we were ready.  finally, a couple of weeks ago, we decided it was time to decorate it and get the room finished.  we made a superrrrr big deal out of it to bella, that she was going to have a special, beautiful room.  nick&i took a few days and worked on some of the projects in the room, and then our amazing babysitter took she and emmy for a day so that we could complete it.  it was fun getting to work on it together; we worked all day long, and we were so happy with the end result!

whimsical, eclectic and colorful

bed with picket fence headboard

circo brand sheets from target with the perfect colors: aqua, pink, red and coral.

vintage nursery rhyme prints: "twinkle, twinkle little star" and "mary had a little lamb"

the quilt on the foot of the bed was made by nick's grandmother

nightstand

i made this framed art using a cricut and some scrapbook paper; "oh how i love jesus" was one of my dad's favorite hymns

chevron rug from urban outfitters

a family heirloom rocking chair spray painted "coral isle" by krylon

patchwork pillow i sewed from my fabric scrap stash

gold gallery wall with some of my favorite photos of my girl

another wall hanging i made with our special saying

this was the scrapbook paper i used in the artwork in her room; i loved the print and the colors

tree branch curtain rod

dresser

antique lamp, dollar birdhouses i painted, pinwheels in a chicken wire basket

pinwheels made by my sister; the colors worked perfectly!

i love old books and this one was found at our old family camp, with my maiden name in the title

fabric birds on a branch

perched above bella's closet

view from the doorway

bella is so happy with her big girl room.  it was really fun for nick&i to get to surprise her with it after all of our work.  i'm glad that we waited until now to decorate it all and make it special for her; she's old enough to enjoy it and she gets really excited and proud to show it off to everyone who comes to our house.  i'm also thankful for the time i took collecting items for her room and thinking about how i wanted to put it all together.  i tend to not be the most patient person, especially when it comes to decorating.  in the past, i've rushed to get things done, but haven't really loved how they came together.  i've been careful not to do that with our house, and bella's room is a great example.  i made sure i had things that i really loved and knew worked well with the overall scheme of the room.  it pays to be patient... even though i'm really bad at it!

i'll post some tutorials soon of the picket fence headboard, tree branch curtain rod and the fabric birds.  stay tuned ;)

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home tour {emmy's nursery}.

i've posted on emmy's nursery before, but i have a new camera and changed a few things in her room, so i decided to post another little "tour".  and i wanted to include it on this "home tour" portion of my blog.  so... here;s another little look-sy.

i was a week before my due date--bulging belly and all--when i finished decorating emmy's nursery.  i had a vision in my mind of what i wanted for a while... but it took me months to get the gumption to complete it all. i can still remember standing on her rocking chair in the corner with my huge belly, hanging those blasted tissue poms from the ceiling.  i was really hoping the whole ordeal would put me into labor.  but alas, it did not.

i had so much fun with my sweet pea's room.  i went super girly (as you can see).  lots of pink with pops of turquoise.  ivory lace curtains, white furniture and plush cream bedding.  vintage and elegant.

reading corner

tissue pom cluster

frame wall

wall hangings i made with songs and scripture that are special to us

dresser and vintage sleeping baby print

one of my fav photos of emmy taken by a good (and very talented) friend of mine when she was a few months old

crystal lamp: one of my best target finds

absolutely love this print i bought from my favorite antique store

emmy's letters

crib

i bought this sweet little rose bathmat from anthro to use by her crib

my old baby blanket

love, love, love this handmade pillow accenting her crib.  so special.

a close up of the crib bedding: carter's soft dot bumper in ecru

pink and cream floral circo crib sheet from target

family heirloom table with pretty accents

another one of my favorite photos of my girl in pearls and  tulle

changing table

wall vases i first made for bella's nursery

and the princess herself, happy in her little abode

one of my favorite things about decorating my home is seeing a vision i have come to reality.  i also love (if you haven't noticed) incorporating touches of things that are special to us.  emmy's room is full of family heirlooms and things i loved when i was a little girl.  one of the songs my dad sang just hours before he went to be with the lord was "his eye is on the sparrow".  i have an excerpt of that song on the wall hanging i made especially for emmy's room.  "i sing because i'm happy, i sing because i'm free, his eye is on the sparrow and i know he watches me."  special words for my sweet little girl.

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home tour {our master bedroom}.

let me just start off this post by saying: our room barely ever looks like this.  usually, the bed is unmade, piles of clean clothes are waiting to be put away and the girls blankets and dolls litter the floor.  

i do love our bedroom.  i have visions for a few things i'd like to change over the years... i found a tutorial for long, ruffled, white curtain panels i'd like to make for the windows.  our bedroom furniture (bedframe, nightstands and dressers) are from ikea.  they're too modern and dark for my taste, but it's what we have for now.  ideally i would love to find a scrolly, white antique wrought iron bedframe but i don't think they have them in a king size!  and i'd love to find nightstands and an old dresser at a yard sale to refinish myself.  someday.  there's also a large, empty wall to the right of our bed i can't wait to decorate.  i have several ideas in my head for a gallery wall filled with everything that encompasses nick&i.  but that is another project for another day.

nick told me yesterday that i'm obsessed with turquoise.  i really do love it.  and i also love the combination of turquoise and mustard yellow.  we bought our bedding at target years ago, and i love it.  i'd been trying to figure out for a few years what color i wanted to pair with it.  we decided to paint our walls a light grey (smooth stone by glidden).  the accents of turquoise in our room add extra punches of color throughout.

our bed is honestly the most comfortable place on earth.  i'm not even kidding.  we bought this pillow top king sized mattress from friends of ours who had just purchased it and didn't love it's softness.  i remember the first morning we woke up from a night's slumber on our new mattress.  nick said "we slept like a king and queen!"  it seriously is like sleeping on a cloud.  we used to look forward to staying in hotels to sleep in a king sized bed.  now i can't wait to get home and sleep in our bed.  i also love that on saturday mornings it is filled with two little girls, dolls and blankets.  we love bringing the girls in bed with us on weekends or snow days and all snuggling together.

view from the hallway

our bedding: dwell studio "foliage" for target

we bought a set of flannel sheets from target for extra warmth this winter!  love the turquoise ticking stripe

paper bag wreath and frame modpodged with paper doilies for texture

refinished lamp: spraypainted base and paper doilies modpodged to the shade

pretty pillows.  pom pom trim and fabric flowers: two of my true loves.

view into our half bath

yard sale table i refinished

i love the turquoise color, vintage accents and pretty crystal knobs

antique plates

an old shutter given from a friend, birds, thrifted frames and a pretty vase

turquoise accents

love our  bird & floral printed shower curtain: tj maxx

dresser and framed fabric

framed wedding photo and vintage creamer

love this vintage inspired photo of nick&i in this floral tj maxx frame

looking into the hall from our room

 there you have it.  our master bedroom/half bath.  i'll be sure to post updates of my gallery wall project and ruffled curtains whenever i get around to accomplishing those!

thanks for stopping by :)

* if you missed the first stop on our home tour, here is our living room and why i felt inspired to share our home.