Interior Design: A Stunning Entrance

Look at this amazing entryway!  Are you just staring at it, taking it all in?  I mean, it looks like an amazing Bali resort where you can relax and all of your cares will just melt away. I love the water by the entrance, they huge chandelier and the straight through the house view that shows the landscape of L.A.

Yes, this is a HOME, not a resort.  It's the entrance to Jennifer Aniston's home, which has been featured on Architectural Digest.  AD has an amazing selection of beautiful homes, including those of celebrities.  To see more pictures of Jen's beautiful house, click here.

Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

Decorating for Fall

Simple ideas and updates can be used to decorate your home for the fall.

1.  I love the mantel in the first picture... talk about perfection.  I would love mine to look just like that!  I fell in love with this picture since the minute I saw it.  The garland is amazing.  Just adding it could make your home more fall worthy.  I found it here at Centsational Girl's website.

2.  Who doesn't have a few extra hurricane glasses sitting around?  I know I do.  They are a super easy way to add a little decoration during any time of the year.  Found on Elle Interiors site.

3.  The last picture is from Martha Stewart's website.  It's simple, yet elegant.  Anyone could make a similar table setting in their home which is why it's so great.  

Curtains Behind Your Bed

I love the way the curtains are behind the beds in these designs.  They remind me of this mansion I went to in West Palm Beach.  Several of their immaculate rooms had this setup in the bedrooms.  That was the first time I had seen it done.

 I want curtains behind my bed now.  I didn't even think of them being put into your average house, but I think they look great.  These bedrooms were featured on House of Turquoise.

To see the features of the whole house,  click here.  While you're there, make sure you check out the sun room, master bedroom, and bathroom.

Wall of Frames

This wall is great for those of us who want to display multiple pictures but don't care too much for the collage frames.  I love how the dark paint really sets off the picture frames.   It makes the whole look seem more like an art display.  I would love to do this to a shorter wall that I have in my house.  Click here to go to The House Undone to see more details.

No Paint Diamonds

This room is so pretty.  It fits my style perfectly.  Neutrals, a decorative wall, a chandelier, add a mirror, a decorative chair and even a touch of fur!

I was really surprised when I found out the diamonds on the wall are not painted on.  Seriously?  What a great idea, you can take it down if you get tired of it.

To find out how they did this, go to Nesting Place's website to see the post in full detail.  Click here.   

Picture Frames + Ribbons

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend with their family and friends!

For today's post, I saw this cute nursery on the Pottery Barn Kids website.   I thought it was really cute how the picture frames are hung by silky ribbons.  It's a nice way to dress up your plain picture frames if you need a change.  I have done this before in the past, and was considering hanging a few like this in my office (it's one of the few places where I can have girly stuff).

The bid decal is cute too, as you can have it personalized with your little one's name.  Click here to see the Georgia Nursery details.

Relaxing Outdoor Spaces

School is back in session.  Summer is winding down.  Living in Florida, however, the season for relaxing outside on the deck is coming up.  In summer it's so hot, you really don't have many days that are comfortable sitting outside, unless you get in the pool first.  Fall is the time of year I look forward to relaxing on my patio.  These outdoor spaces above are from House Beautiful.  Don't you feel instantly relaxed looking at these? 

White Room + Purple Flowers

Happy Friday everyone!  I just wanted to share this beautiful living room I saw on House Beautiful.  I love how the purple flowers just pop in the white/neutral color scheme. This beautiful living room is in a beach house in California.  To see all 24 pictures of the house, click here.  Have a great weekend!

Boy's Bedroom: Stylish Safari

I love this stylish safari bedroom from Project Nursery's site.  Tyler's room is currently decorated in a safari theme also.  His room has khaki colored walls with dark brown furniture, and light blue, light green and light yellow accents.

 I love it, but when he grows out of his nursery, I'm not sure if he will still want a safari theme.  If he does, I would love to pull some inspiration from this room.  Even now, I would like to get a similar style of roman shades for his current room. Click here to see more of the details.

Love This!: Casual Yet Elegant Dining Space

 

Isn't this great?  I found this dining room on House of Turquoise's blog.  I would love my dining area to look like this.  It's light and airy and beautiful.  It looks so relaxing to wake up to go into this room and sip on some of your favorite coffee.   Some of the bench seats in dining rooms look country and not my style.  But not this bench!  I love the high back with the pretty fabric/the colors/the seat cushion that also matches the chairs.  It's so perfect!

HGTV Design Star: Blue and Gray Living Room in the Mansion

before picture

Beautiful living room

Did you watch this season's HGTV design star?  I only caught two episodes.  The living room above was in one of the episodes I watched.  If you're not familiar with Design Star, it's the living room in the mansion where the contestants stayed. They partnered up to decorate the rooms in the house for the first episode. 

Danielle and her partner for this project, Luca, created this blue and gray combo.  Blue, being my favorite color, made me love this living room. I think the colors are beautiful and then it was appropriate how the furniture stayed all neutral.  My living room has a neutral color on the walls.  Not sure I would be so daring to do this in there, but I loved seeing this room.

Spring Poem

So I love writing and doing anything creative. Apparently I always have. Below is a poem I wrote when I was only 11 years old. I don't think it's too bad for an 11 year old either. My mom and grandma kept copies of it all this time and they gave me one after my son was born.

Why did they bring it up again? Well, it's the weirdest/coolest thing. My son was born on February 28! The exact date on the poem. I thought it was really amazing so I printed it off in pretty colors and am making a mat to match so I can hang it up in his room. How's that for coincidence? I was sure surprised.

Striped Walls Worth the Time

When they are done right, striped walls can bring a refreshing, elegant, or fun look to your home. Here are a few favorites I found while searching online, plus if you want tips on how to paint striped walls for your own home, click here.

Painting stripes can be time consuming but well worth it (as I think is shown in the pictures below!). It wouldn't be as bad either if you just paint an accent wall.

Love this elegant and soothing bedroom. Found on Young House Love.

This living room area is amazing! The added silver stripes really make it unique and beautiful! From Jonthan Klunk.

I thought this was a cute example of stripes in the bathroom. Like that it's just a touch of it plus the black and white pictures add to the look. I saw this pinned on pinterest, not sure who originally posted it.
Super cute, bright and crisp design for a baby boy's room. Found on Decor Pad, who sites their source from Shelter Interior Design.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I did. Have a good Monday!

paint everything

I like the idea of this video from HGTV's site... Paint the trim and doors also.

I have a light blue master bedroom with white trim, and it seems a little too stark. Maybe painting the trim and doors could help warm it up more.

It may just be a future project. Need to get the den done next though. :)

new home

I took 2 years of drafting in high school and started my degree in college in architecture with a minor in interior design. Without getting into all the details, I will just say I had an experience that discouraged me from finishing that degree.

I wound up wondering aimlessly for a few years until I finished in journalism. Still wish I would've stuck with architecture.

But maybe things are the way they are really supposed to be?

I have a young son and love being home with him anyway. Our family just recently moved into our first house. I am seeing first hand all the work and dedication that goes into making a house a home.

I am loving it, but excited of course to see all of the finished results. I have a million projects to finish, but I'm pretty proud of the ones I've already done.

I love interior design and having a house now makes me totally hooked on new and creative ways to make my house beautiful. I would love to share ideas with anyone who also has interest.