Farmhouse Kitchen

This past week my husband and I met with a good friend who is helping us with our floor plan. We are getting closer to having a final draft, but there are a few kinks that we are working out and one of those is the Kitchen.

I love to cook and entertain, so I want to make sure we get this room perfect. In order to get an idea of whether or not our current floor plan works, we headed to IKEA to get a better understanding of what I want in a Kitchen and the trip was extremely helpful.

The moment my husband and I saw it we both knew it was perfect. We loved everything about it: the color, the cabinets, the island, the cook top and the lighting. I've always known that I wanted gray cabinetry with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances and this Kitchen has it all. 

I took several pictures that day, but unfortunately they didn't turn out very well do to lighting. I was able to find some similar pictures on IKEA's website.  

Image from IKEA.com

Image from IKEA.COM

In the demo Kitchen at the store they used different lighting over the island and I liked this other option much better. So much that we went ahead and picked two of these lamps up.

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Another thing that I loved about this kitchen is how well it will go with some European fabric I bought several years back after seeing Sarah Richardson use it in her farmhouse. 

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Isn't it gorgeous? Now if only we were ready to start building. 

As we get the floor plan finalized I'll make sure and post it here, so stay tuned. 

  

Christmas- Better late than never

I know it's a little late for a Christmas post, but I'm getting ready to take my Christmas decor down and I knew I'd regret it if I didn't share it now. 

We kept the decor pretty neutral this year to go with the other decor. The little skis were a new addition this year. I found them for $3 each at Target.

I've been collecting this nativity set since Daniel and I were married in 2001. It's always such a joy for my girls and I to set up each year. This year we added some tiny little lights from Anthro and they were perfect.  

Here's a shot of the sofa and all the decorations. Very small changes were made, we swapped out our Pottery Barn pillow for the sweet Bear pillow from Target. Added some mercury glass, a silver tree and a sweet little "Baby It's Cold Outside" sign. 

Here's a close up of the Bear pillow from Target. He was way to cute to pass up!

Now for a close up for the sign. My sweet friend Kristy from The Painted Nest made this custom sign for me. I plan on leaving it up all winter. 

I guess one of the reasons I wanted to make sure and share this years photos is because we will be putting our house on the market in the summer and you never know this might be our last year here. Fingers crossed! 

Living Room Update

Hey Y'all...long time, no see. Back in July, I started giving our Living Room an update new furniture, new wall color, new curtains and we finally got around to hanging the rest of the trim. We've been in our house for almost 12 year now and this room has changed several times, but this will be the last. You see, we are planning on putting our little house on the market in 2016, so I needed a nice neutral look that would show well and I got it!

Over the last year, I have found myself drawn to more neutral palettes and the warmth and coziness they bring. I've shared a couple of my inspiration pins awhile back and I couldn't be more pleased with how the space turned out.

We added a new sofa,throw pillows from H&M, as well as Pottery Barn, a cozy faux fur throw from World Market, a new coffee table, drapes from Target and this over-sized tray from DecorSteals. 

All of the items on this wall were pieces that I already had, but I just arranged them in a different way.

This beautiful sign was a custom design from House of Belonging. Although the words are simple they are full of truth and something I aspire to. 

On the other side of the room is a beautiful sign by Between You & Me. Tara Lowry makes the amazing signs that you see Joanna Gaines use on Fixer Upper. This one is the song lyrics of "Below My Feet" by Mumford and Sons. This sign is very large but I love it. 

This last photo shows the chair from Target that we added last minute. Before the update we had a sofa and love seat and although the new sofa is larger than the previous one, we were still short on seating. I'd love to add another one of these chairs, but unfortunately we don't have the space.  

I'm so happy that I made the choice to go with a neutral color scheme for the Living Room and I've even carried it over into the majority of our home. I'll share pictures of the other rooms in future posts.

Favorite Pins Friday- Living Room Update

Happy Friday! I am so thankful that the weekend is almost here. This has been a crazy week and my housekeeping has defiantly fallen by the wayside. Right now my house is a wreck...dishes piled up in the sink, laundry everywhere and toys scattered all over the floor. I'm just keeping it real folks. 

Today we are going to do Favorite Pins Friday a little differently. Just a few short days ago, my house wasn't a disaster zone and I took a few quick pictures of some of the new accessories that I have recently purchased to give our living room a quick update.  Here's a look at my living room. Some of the changes have included new pillows, a new metal Ampersand sign, and a few previous Favorite Pins Friday items. 

Sources for new Favorite Pins included in this picture: 

Medallion Pillow, Teal Swirl Pillow and Yellow Pillow

Sources for previous Favorite Pins included in this picture: 

Between You & Me Sign and Whitewash Wood Finished Birds

Sources for previous Favorite Pins included in this picture: 

 DIY Chevron Arrows

Sources for new Favorite Pins included in this picture: 

Ampersand

Over all, I am pretty happy with the way things have turned out. I still plan on adding a few new items here and there, but for now I like where the design is going. 

Thanks for stopping by!