Starting on the Guestroom

Before we can start painting the poop brown walls in our guestroom, we have to get it all cleaned out and organized. Well that has been a hot mess! I feel like a hoarder...where did all this stuff come from! Luckily, we are going through it and had a large trash bag filled with unnecessary items. Plus, we started a big box for Goodwill. There is still so much! Basically the guestroom held my boxes from my old office that we have needed to unpack for awhile, wedding stuff and random items we didn't know where to put. We bought a shredder and filing cabinet to help with the cleanup and organizing. There were so many old bills and letters that needed shredding - I seriously hate mail that you feel obligated to keep, but should just toss.

This is the disaster of a room that we started working on yesterday (yes, I'm publicly shaming myself):

Epic Disaster

We are heading in the right direction, but with organizing comes a little chaos because the boxes are unpacked and we have a lot laid out to see where it should go. I know Dustin has been hiding some unwanted items in that closet too - needs to go!

On a happier note, I have decided how I want to decorate the room... There is light at the end of the tunnel!

My inspiration:

Pinned from Effortless Style Blog

I love the combination of the light blue and greens. We are going to paint the room the same color as our living area: Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams. Then for the green aspect, I am ordering this beautiful duvet from Pottery Barn Teen:

I want to get the duvet cover and pillow shams.

I also have this emerald rug on it's way:

Lattice Green rug from Rugs USA

For the bookshelves I cannot decide if I want to paint them the same color as the room, white, green or wallpaper them. If you know of any cool removable wallpaper companies, please let me know! I've looked at some on Etsy and might go with one on there, but not sure.

I'm excited to get the room cleaned up, so I can start working on it! Unfortunately I'm going to be traveling this week for work, but we shall see what miracles we can make happen today. It will be nice to have a welcoming place for our guests to come and stay in!

Lots of Love, 

Mom's Bedroom Inspiration

My fabulous Aunt Mary is in town and of course that means fun shopping trips. I took the afternoon off to run around with her, my mom, cousin Kelly and baby Leni. A miracle happened, my mother finally found inspiration for her bedroom! We were at Social Manor (a great little store!) and their newly painted green wall sparked an idea into her head. We asked for the color and found out it was called Talipot Palm from Sherwin Williams. The swatch does it no justice so I found an example:

Photo via Eclectic Charleston

How fun is that color! We got a sample and we loved it on her walls. That checked a very big item off of our list. She has already found her bedding from Pottery Barn:

Love the Pearl Embroidered collection at Pottery Barn - looks great in person!

Now she has to decide what headboard she likes. She loves the tufted headboards, but can't decide what color goes with her bedding. What do you all think: white, ivory or linen? Here are some examples of the options we like:

Buckwheat Headboard from Amazon

White headboard from Amazon

White headboard from Target

Ivory headboard from Wayfair

I honestly keep going back and forth, but I think I'm between the white and the ivory. Once we get that figured out we will be on a good track.
We found some really fun decor at Social Manor, like trays, jewelry boxes and a side table. My Aunt Mary and I also suggested that my mom get these really fun curtains from Serena and Lily:

I'm so excited for my mom to finally get her dream bedroom and we are going to have so much fun putting it all together. We are going to get fun new stuff and we are also going to revamp her old stuff. There will be lots of project updates on the blog to share!

Lots of Love,