{Get This Look} Cheery Bedroom

I've been searching for bedroom ideas so that I can redecorate my master bedroom and also my guest bedroom.  My hubby might think this is a little bright for the master bedroom, so I'll be taking tips for the guest room from this photo.  I love a bright, cheery room.  Especially on a cold, winter day!

What I love/ideas to steal for your own home:

1. A patterned rug on the floor adds a fun pop of color, defines the sleeping area, and adds soft comfort on those tootsies in the morning.

2. White walls, trim, sheets and bed skirt keep things bright and neutral.  Add that pop of color on the duvet, pillows and curtains.  This makes it easier to change your color scheme whenever you'd like.

3. Add another pattern with the curtains.  Make sure to mix the scale of your patterns and keep them in them same color family.  ie:the pattern on the rug is large, so adding a smaller scale pattern in the curtains looks better and an even smaller scale like the check pillow on the bed ties the whole thing together.

4. Love the dash of black in the lamps as well as the mirrors and one pillow.  Black keeps the room grounded and from looking too candy coated.

5. An unexpected item:  the front pillow on the bed does not necessarily "go" with anything else in the room.  It adds a fun unexpected twist, but doesn't look out of place.


Image from Canadian House and Home

Silver Sparkle

Here's a little peek into the mini silver tree that I set up in my living room.  We put the larger tree in our family room and it's not quite finished so I'll just show you this one for now.

 I used a small side table that I normally keep up in my guest room to set the tree on.

 

For the tree skirt, I just grabbed some leftover linen fabric I had and wrapped it around the base of the tree to cover up the unattractive parts.  I'm pretty happy with it.

What do you guys think of it?  Do you have more than one tree in your house?  Anybody use non-traditional trees like this silver one or do you just stick to the green variety?

Color Infusion

I'm loving these bookcases with navy blue painted on the back of them.  This is a great way to showcase color in your home without painting an entire wall with it.  The blue looks great here with the green walls as well.  Take note that all the furnishings are neutral.  If your wall colors are bright and colorful, then stick with neutral furnishings so the room doesn't look too crazy and colorful.

Image from Canadian House and Home

Stuck

Hey guys!

I'm busy working on content today for my new website and am feeling a little writer's block.  Anyone have any good recommendations for help on writing web content?  Any good book suggestions or interesting websites to check out?  Any ideas you all have would be welcomed!  Thanks!



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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree...

Well today is the day that I have decided to go ahead and pull out all the Christmas boxes out from under the stairs and start decorating.  When you have a five year old little friend around who is so excited about Christmas and decorating the tree, it's hard to say no.  So we'll have a busy day today going through all the boxes and adding our favorite decorations on the tree.

It probably won't end up looking as pretty as this tree, but we'll do our best!  How about the rest of you?  Have you decided to finally put up your Christmas decorations?  Or will you be putting it off a little longer?  It is snowing here today so I figured the holiday season has begun!  :)

Trying to get in the mood

Everywhere I look, Christmas decorations are popping up.  As soon as Thanksgiving is over it seems like people(and retail stores) are just hopping to get the Christmas spirit going.  Now, although I love the Christmas season, I'm not really in the mood to rush Christmas this year.  It's probably because there hasn't been snow on the ground yet really and I need that to feel Christmas-y.  And this year has flown by so fast that it just doesn't seem right that I will be turning 28 already in January.

But since many of my friends and family are already putting up those decorations, I figured that I better get in the mood for Christmas ASAP or I'll be too late in putting up the tree when I get back home.  I was browsing through some images to get my Christmas ideas flowing so I thought I'd share some inspiration with you!

 

 

 

Hopefully these images will spark your decorating imagination as well as mine!

Images from here.

Hot Cider to warm my soul and cold feet

Well, I'm still in Arizona and unfortunately the weather has been a bit chilly the last few days here.  Much warmer than back home in Minnesota, of course, but still quite cool for my idea of Arizona.  It's been about 64 degrees and cloudy during the day and down to about 30 degree at night.  Similar to fall in MN.  So, I've been thinking about ways to warm up and this cider recipe looked so simple and yummy and easy to do that I thought I'd share with you all.

Hot Spiked Cider

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

6 oz. hot apple cider
3 whole cloves
1 stick of cinnamon
1-1/2 oz. bourbon

Hope you enjoy!


Recipe from here.