Peach Goes Green...

 Well over a year ago, I posted about an ongoing project. My then 'den.'  It was a room that was going to be an office/reading room. I painted it peach, and had black and white accents.  I was debating those accents, getting a slipcover for my big chair, and I was baffled how to make that chair fit into the style of my house, the rest of the decor... Then, after Dominic moved in, we decided to give it more of an old study feel.  This is how it started to look as we found furniture and accents for the room... 

For months, we've talked about painting the peach.  We debated colours, greens, browns, blues... and finally decided dark green was the way too go, as it's right off the living room which is mint green, and the colours would still look nice together. Friday, Dominic picked up the paint, and we tackled this project on Saturday.

The first thing I can say is this: Expensive paint is really worth it! It took us just over a gallon, and only two coats of paint, to go from peach to forest green.  I was skeptical, and thought it would take way more paint and coats, but the salesman spoke true. It really is worth the money. We had the whole room painted and put back together by supper time Saturday!

(before/after)

The room definitely has that manly, old english study feel to it now, which is what we were going for. Or as I like to say, the episode from The New Girl when Nick goes into Russel's house... and describes the room as:

“I just came in here and it smelled like Shakespeare. Shakespeare and a cowboy.”

“I want to sit at that desk and veto a law. . .  This desk makes me feel sexually proficient for the first time in my life. It smells like leather. Teddy Roosevelt. Wistfulness.”

Modcloth's for Home Decor...

modcloth recently launched some new home decor items, which i'm loving.  i've fallen in love with so many, i had to create a whole new wishlist, "home decor", just to keep it all organized!!

the Medley in the Meadow blanket is absolutely perfect for our picnic dates!! I feel like he may end up with this under the tree ;)

The Coaster is Clear coasters would look great in our living room!

This Soda They Say cutting board would look great in our kitchen, with the vintage tin cans we have on top of the cupboards!

Admittedly, the last thing I need are more cups in the house. Our cupboards are practically bursting with them now. But these Hero Till the End of the Pint ones just speak to my inner geek!!

This Memories Made Anew floral quilt could be a good replacement option in the master bedroom!! I think the red makes it more masculine... :)

I'm not sure I actually need a napkin dispenser... but this Give Me Some Sugar dispenser is just too fun! Whether it would find a permanent home in my kitchen, or just be hauled out for parties... either way, it would be a fun addition!

 And lastly, the Fairy Home Companion sign would look amazing in my wardrobe!! (sitting on the non-existent shelves that i'm still trying to find...)

Click on over to Modcloth to find some favourites of your own!! ModCloth Retro & Cute Apartment Decor! Shop Now!

furniture shuffling & a vintage dress...

last weekend, we bought quite a bit of 'new' furniture.  we just seemed to hit the jackpot, and i'm hoping to hit it again this weekend! while we already had the sofa and matching chair in these photos, we did find the new chair i'm sitting in, among other things.  that basically lead to us shuffling around our existing furniture.  finally (FINALLY!!) the 'peach room' as we call it, is starting to feel like a study.  you can see some of the original look of the room over here.  we plan on painting it this summer as well, so that'll really help it feel more masculine.

so where did this lovely sofa move from? the porch. which now has a new dresser and chair added to it, and another chair that we shuffled out of this room. i'm telling ya, lots of shuffling happening! i'm debating between adding a bed in the corner of the porch (similar to rachel's), and creating a cozy nook, which would be great for reading, or even sleeping on the hot summer nights... or finding another couch or loveseat.  it definitely needs something more substantial than the four chairs that are currently in there (which will lead to more shuffling!).

 it's been almost a year since moving into our house, and it's definitely come a long way. i love how cozy it is, and how it's so 'us'. adding finishing touches and finding the perfect pieces to finish a room is so satisfying. i'm not sure what i'll do once it's all finished. but as they say, a house is never done. but i don't mind :)

     dress: etsy (allyhoot vintage)
     belt: forever 21
     shoes: ruche (old)

an updated wall...

 you all may remember from my house snaps that i put up an instagram photo wall last summer.  i had lots of instagram pics, and i wasn't sure what to do with them, and i had a lot of bare walls at the time, so the instagram wall was a perfect temporary solution.  but that's what it was. temporary.  while i liked the look of it, and having an assortment of photos up that were easy to change, i found the idea of taping photos to the wall just a bit 'studenty'.  not something to find in a home of a 30+ year old. not to mention that we decided to put up a family photo wall going up the stairs, which you can see a glimpse of in the photo below, so it looked quite busy.

so after thinking it through, and taking down the instagram wall to force my butt to find a better replacement, we agreed on another idea... 

a plate wall.  due to the slanting wall from the stairs, it's hard to find one or two large photos that would work and flow with the wall shape.  plates are easy to hang in any shape or form you wish.  so then we were off to find some plates that we liked and worked with the decor of our home.

 success! the local antique shop had lots of options, and we quickly found enough to start our wall. once they were up, we realized there were some we liked more than others (surprisingly, we BOTH prefer the floral patterns to the blue ships/homesteads).  so as we find new ones, we'll add to and replace some of the current plates.

we both much prefer the plate wall to the instagram wall.  it's another step to making a house that was briefly just mine, to a home that's ours.