Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts

Sunday, November 30, 2014

A Hunting Lodge Themed Christmas




Hi friends!
I am really excited to share with you what our main Christmas vignette looks like. The "theme" of it wasn't planned at all, it just so happened that the parts just fell into place. I used things I already had and just tweaked them to make it work. It's nice when that happens, isn't it?! :)  My theme is very lodge-like, rustic, and just a whole lot of fun!  This area I am showing you is in our living room near the television and what the seating faces, so it's the main show. In another post I'll show you decorating around other parts of the house. Beware, this post has a whole stinking lot of photos. I hope you enjoy. :)



























Phew! If you stuck around through all that, I thank you! :) I really like how vintage boxes of ammo, antlers and plaid luggage get me in the Christmas mood!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is having fun getting ready for Christmas. Take care!


-Leigh



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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Fall Inspired Ladder + Wreath


Hello folks! I was doing a bit of summer cleaning today and started pulling out my boxes of fall decorations to play with. I feel late to the party with all the gorgeous fall home tours around blog land, but living in very hot and humid Florida, it's sometimes hard to get into the spirit of the cooler seasons. (At least at first!) :) 
A few days ago a made a 6 ft. tall ladder with the intentions of using it in the living room to put various decorations on. I made a similar but shorter one for our bedroom months ago and just loved how that one turned out.
I dug around in my fall stash until I could accessorize my new ladder for the living room and this is how it turned out: 



I added the wreath to it then wrapped a cute patterned piece of fabric around the wreath and accented the ladder with a cornbread pan. Simple but makes a great autumnal statement. 

I'll show you the full house tour in the coming days. :)
Here's a sneak peak of what's to come...

Thanks for stopping by!
-Leigh



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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Styling Shelves

Hi folks!

I  recently picked up a glass cloche from Hobby Lobby (80% off sale, woot woot!) and wanted to restyle our shelves to make room for it. :)  I really like how it all turned out so I wanted to share it with you.









Thanks for stopping by!
-Leigh





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Friday, June 6, 2014

Kitchen Shelves and A Coffee Station


Hi folks!

This week, I did added a little somethin' somethin' to a blank wall space in our kitchen/dining room between the window and where the kitchen cabinets start. Using this Ana White plan I made 2 two foot shelves to fit the space. I shopped the house and found things to put on the shelves but I am excited for the prospects of holiday decorations going up there when the time comes. (And can I say that this Florida heat is making me want to fast forward to fall!) 
It took me about 3 hours to cut, prep, paint, put together and hang. I am very pleased with the outcome and it ended up being a super cheap project as well; I found some nice looking pieces of lumber for cheaper than I thought would work just as well as the higher priced lumber. The paint I used was Valspar Mark Twain House Brown. (Shout out to the freebie sample coupon in the BH&G mag! ;)) It's a very pretty brown with the slightest smokey taupe hint.
I also wanted to show you my coffee station. I use the Ikea cart for extra storage and to house my K-cups in the top shelf basket. And, I am in love with that mug rack from World Market!
 The shelf after I hung it up. It has four inches of room to put stuff on.










Thanks for taking a look and I hope you enjoy your weekend! :)
-Leigh



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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

A Hallway Light Update

Hi folks! We have some big projects in the works, but while that is going on, we did a simple light fixture update. Enter cheap-o and boring builder light in the hallway:

 And, we updated it to this beauty:



It's from the allen+roth collection at Lowe's and the Edison bulb is what really sold me. :) It's amazing something as simple as a light can do for a space!




Take care!
-Leigh





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