I’m linking up to the handmade home today, as Ashley posed a fun question about color in your home.  What is your latest obsession or inspiration when it comes to color?  I’m in the process of putting my personal stamp on our still-new-to-us home, so here we go…  I have fallen in love with different shades of blue lately, and that is what I have been incorporating in my home.  There is the family room which I painted in Benjamin Moore’s Palladian Blue: And how can you not be inspired by something even as simple as this? We have a goal/plan to paint our kitchen cabinets, and this is a glimpse at the color palette we are planning to use.  Since the space is so open, we want the rooms to flow together. I got a taste of some of the color we’re going to use in the kitchen, when I painted this nook in Benjamin Moore’s Mountain Laurel: A before/after view of the nook too in case you’re interested: In our master bedroom, it’s a soothing grayish-blue, called Mineral Deposit by Sherwin Williams, and I. love. it.  I swear, my blood pressure drops when I walk into this room. In […]

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It’s been a busy weekend, and the game of musical furniture has begun.  The sectional has finally arrived!  Everyone loves it, and it fits into the space beautifully.  Can you guess the spot of lounge-y loveliness that everyone is fighting over? Now that we have it, it is making my goldish comfy chair look tired and sad.  Not to mention that from a style perspective, I don’t think it “fits”.  But, I’m not going to banish it to the basement just yet.  With a new slipcover, it might still work.  I’m also noticing the need for a new coffee table, and side tables.  But, again, patience, patience.    It seems as though new things just spotlight other changes that need to be made, doesn’t it? But wouldn’t one of these look lovely as a replacement for my now dwarf looking ottoman? Awwww yeah. I still haven’t made up my mind on throw pillows yet, but I will say that I am so happy that I didn’t paint the room beige, brown, grey, etc…  Not that I don’t love those colors, but if I had done that, the room would have been a total Sea of Beige.   The Palladian Blue really is a great […]

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I survived the half-marathon, and let’s just say it wasn’t my prettiest race, by any stretch.  But, I finished, and the whole goal was to get some of my running mojo back.  And, as an unexpected bonus, I beat my husband. 🙂 I recently posted about my family room painter’s remorse, and am happy to report that I am no longer remorseful!  The paint is staying, and I have been working on a second coat.  I have mentioned that we’re planning on redoing our kitchen cabinets, and painting them white.  Originally, I was going to hire this out, but now we’re considering doing it ourselves, starting with a small section of the kitchen.  The understanding is that if it’s a huge fail, we will hire it out.  A friend has a heavy duty paint sprayer, and I’ve been researching it, so we’re going to give it a try.  I want to do a glaze of some sort too, and we’re going to paint the island a different color.  This is kind of the grand plan at the moment.  We want to use the black on the island and the cream color on the perimeter cabinets.  These are the samples I’m using. As […]

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So, for awhile now, I’ve been talking about getting my family room painted, and even met with a designer who has helped me with colors in the past – Carla – to try and nail down color choices that will flow with our open floor plan.  We put together the beginnings of a color palette for the main floor anyway.  I had big paint swatches on the walls and everything.  With the help of Carla, I am stepping out of my comfort zone.   You all know that patience isn’t one of my virtues, right?  Well, suffice to say, I went a bit off the reservation.   It all started with the niche around my pantry.  We chose Benjamin Moore’s Mountain Laurel and I. love. it.  It’s so rich and striking – perfect for this area.  It will be going in my kitchen as well and I think it will look fabulous when we paint the cabinets.   I did an artwork change and hung the prints and frames I scored at Ikea.  I thought with such a deep color that I should try to lighten up the artwork a bit. I also painted my breakfast nook and used Benjamin Moore’s Palladian Blue  My original intent was to start small, and […]

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