Proper Hunt: February 2012

{Whisper Violet, Iced Lavender, Violet Dusk, & Lavender Ice}
How was everyone's weekend? Mine was great! We finally got started on our nursery and although we still have awhiles to go, can I just say how good it feels to have finally cleared out and vacuumed the room? Last night we continued in our spell of motivation and picked out a few paint samples to see what would work best in the room under various lighting conditions. We picked up Whisper Violet which was on my nursery design board, and also picked up Lavender Ice, Iced Lavender, and Violet Dusk. And yes, there is a different between Lavender Ice and Iced Lavender, trust me.

We need to spackle and sand the walls before we paint them (we've got a ton of wall shelves that we need to remove since they just won't work with the new design) and then we can start adding furniture and all of the other cute little things I've got stored away for the room. It'll be so nice to finally see all of the things that we've collected for our little girl in her new nursery. I even picked up some yellow velvet baby hangers for her already sizable wardrobe, although I still need to buy some more since I ran out.

Oh, and that reminds me. Much to my dismay, Steve is against me wallpapering the inside of the closet (he claims it's too difficult to do ourselves and doesn't want to pay someone to do it), even though I found the PERFECT wallpaper to go in there. Hygge & West' Petal Pusher in Gold/White would be so perfect, but as a compromise, I've found a wall stencil (Rockin Roses Floral Damask) that is quite similar in pattern and scale to replicate Hygge & West' wallpaper. So, now with this compromise, we are planning on painting the inside of the closet white (it's got the cheap flat builders paint in there - scuff marks galore!), so all I need to do is find the perfect shade of gold paint and stencil to my heart's content.

Rockin Roses Floral Damask
I'll keep you posted with our progress since I'm sure we'll be working on it some more this weekend.

benjamin moore - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Gettin' A Move On With The Nursery

{ Whisper Violet , Iced Lavender , Violet Dusk , & Lavender Ice } How was everyone's weekend? Mine was great! We finally got star...

design board - Friday, February 24, 2012

Modern + Mid-Century = Dream Patio

{ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , & 10 .} I know that today isn't exactly a gorgeous day out in Annapolis, but I was so inspir...

Caitlin Creer Interiors
Love the pop of color the green rug provides.
Did everyone enjoy their long weekend? I certainly did. It was so nice to relax the whole weekend and spend time just lounging around the house with Steve. We were so relaxed in fact, that we didn't want to work on the nursery. Well, actually the reason we didn't work on it was that we couldn't find someone to help us move furniture since I can't help Steve lift any heavy objects anymore. I'm hopeful that we can work on it this coming weekend since we have no plans, I just need to bribe my brothers to help us out for a few hours. Fingers crossed that they'll say yes to helping us out!

I also had a phone date with one of my best friends, Alicia, who lives in Atlanta. She's been wanting to redecorate her bedroom for a while now, so we were chatting about the direction in which she wants the redo to go. A gray & green color scheme is what she is aiming for, but she's having a hard time visualizing exactly what she wants. I told her that working on one's own bedroom is one of the hardest decorating projects in my opinion, mainly because it's a place where you spend so much time and therefore you want it to be perfect. Plus, at least for me, I like so many different styles and colors that it's always difficult to decide on anything. Which is why our bedroom is still a work-in-progress.

To help out my friend, I've gathered some images that use the gray & green color scheme along with other color accents and patterns. I hope this helps, A!

The How to Gal
Not your typical gray & green bedroom but this room just looked like you, A!

Houzz
Love how the green lamps keep the room from being too frou-frou.

Decorpad
A subtle green rug really lightens up the space even more.

Pamela Pryce via Decorpad

Emily A. Clark

Better Homes and Gardens

Houzz
Yellow is a great complement to the gray & green color combo.

Houzz
This is more of a dark French gray but it still works with the pops of green.

Babble
Gray, green, and purple - another fav combo!

Houzz
I'm also a huge fan of the gray, green, and pink color combo.

bedroom - Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Gray Bedrooms With Green Accents

Caitlin Creer Interiors Love the pop of color the green rug provides. Did everyone enjoy their long weekend? I certainly did. It was so ...

bulletin board - Friday, February 17, 2012

Bulletin Board: Kelly Wearstler

High Fashion Home Who's happy it's a Friday of a 3-day weekend? I am! Steve and I have plans to relax, go shopping (that's more...

books - Wednesday, February 15, 2012

"Hue" by Kelly Wearstler

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! Steve and I are postponing our Valentine's Day celebration until tomorrow. Reason bei...

Dalton Pratt - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm back to reality after one of the loveliest and most fabulous weekends I've ever had! Over the weekend, my best friend (LWs) go...

Valentine's Day - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Valentine's Day Treats

{ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , & 8 .} Had to throw in #8 for you love birds. I'm not all that big on celebrating Valentine's Da...

This is the Old Lucketts Store. I had meant to take a picture of The Design House, but in the excitement of shopping, it slipped my mind.
Did you guys make it out to The Design House this weekend? I did! And boy what a treat it was. Granted, driving for 2 hours to get out there was no fun, but once we got there I was SO excited to get shopping. Normally, I go to these tag sales with no particular shopping list, but this time around I had a very specific list to follow: two nightstands, two table lamps, some wall decor, and a dresser for my parents' basement guest room. Sadly, I wasn't able to check these off my list because I arrived a bit late and all the pieces that I loved were already claimed (drat!). BUT, I scored majorly with a gorgeous chinoiserie lamp (see photo below, it just needs a little TLC). It was too pretty to pass up even though it wasn't on my shopping list. And at $20, I had to snatch it up before anybody else could!

Even though I didn't make out like a bandit, it was still so much fun to look at all of their goods and to enjoy a nice day out with my hubby looking at things that make me so happy. If you missed out on this sale, no worries, the Old Lucketts Store is open daily so go check it out when you have a chance. And I'll mention this again closer to the date, but the Lucketts 13th Annual Spring Market (May 19th-20th) is another HUGE event that is truly amazing. I highly recommend this market because I was literally drooling over EVERYTHING last year and plan to do so again this year. I'll make sure to have a reminder post on this when we get closer to May 19-20th.

Happy Monday!