Saturday, April 11, 2015

Entry Way Project Ideas {Shirley's Home}

In an attempt to redecorate my mom's entry way, I've come up with a few design ideas, but am struggling to decide which one would look best in her home. 

The wall color was recently painted Behr Marquee White Lie. 


I also purchased a bench for the entry room from Wayfair.com for a great price.

Monarch Specialties Bench with Storage 





But other than that, there is nothing really in that room or anything that I feel is really crucial and needs to be in that room. Here are some ideas of what I am thinking would work well with the fresh paint and new bench.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Kitchen Makeover Part 2

In my last post, Kitchen Makeover Part 1, we painted the oak cabinets that had come in the house when my parent's purchased it. However, we had only painted the bottom cabinets. Before painting the top cabinets we wanted to paint the walls to get clean line around the cabinets when we taped them.

The walls, as I had mentioned in the last kitchen makeover post, were some awful tint of orange. 
We decided to paint the main wall in the dining area white to brighten the room since the wall would reflect the natural light coming in from the sliding glass door. On the rest of the walls in the dining area/kitchen, we thought a light gray would be a nice neutral color {other than white} that would reflect a good light in the room. 

The white wall we painted in Behr Ultra Pure White in a satin finish. 

For the gray walls we chose Behr Sterling in satin. 

Once again, it's amazing what a little paint can do. 

I won't show you the walls until the cabinets and all the other little details are complete, but here's a little preview. It's the coffee corner were working on {its not complete yet still has a few details to add}




Stay tuned for the complete Kitchen Makeover reveal! 

http://lianachristine.blogspot.com/2015/04/kitchen-makeover-part-1-kitchen-cabinets.html?m=1

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Beautiful, Light & Airy, Pink & Blue Whitewash Living Room


I usually say I do not like grainy wood in furniture, cabinets, etc., but I think I can make an exception when it comes to whitewash wood. I LOVE it!  As I was messing around on Polyvore, I was looking at a bunch of different pieces of whitewash furniture at reasonable prices and this is what I found. 

Lanini Whitewash Accent Table from Lampsplus.com
This is probably my favorite piece of whitewash furniture I found. It's $300 of beautiful! 
 
There is also a matching coffee table that is spectacular!

Lanini Whitewash Coffee Table from Lampsplus.com


The coffee table featured in my polyvore collage is from ONEKINGSLANE.com and costs $1,599. A little bit more pricey compared to the coffee table from Lampsplus.com, but it is BEAUTIFUL!


I think one of the reasons I don't like natural wood usually is because I don't like the dark feel to it. I love light and airy spaces. That might also be why I don't mind whitewash wood. It is a natural grainy wood with lighter features so it doesn't darken a room the way a cherry or oak wood would. 

To pair with the light look of whitewash wood furniture, I would pair a white couch. Something more traditional and less square and edgy. I found this sofa from Kathykuohome.com

Seda Denim White Cotton Costal Style Feather Down Slipcover Sofa fom kathykuohome.com



I would add some accent pillows and a throw  like the ones I found on Zincdecor.com, Esty.com and Potterybarn.com.

Elegant Gold White Trellis Lumbar Pillow from Esty.com

Caicos Starfish Embroidered Pillow Cover from Potterybarn.com


Sunbrella Devin Ikat Indoor/Outdoor Pillow from Potterybarn.com

Surya Tilda Salmon Throw Blanket from Zincdecor.com


Ideally I would have hardwood floors in the living room, but nothing too dark. Since I would have whitewash furniture in the room already I wouldn't want to have whitewash hardwood floors. Instead, I would go for something a little darker {not too dark} to compliment the white sofa and whitewash coffee table and end table. 




Adding a rug to soften all of the wood in the room but nothing too bright or flashy. 

Dash & Albert Trimaran Stripe Platinum Ivory Indoor Rug from Zincdecor.com {prices would vary depending on rug size} 
 

I would add some color with the window treatments 

Sonali Cutwork Curtain from Pier1.com

The final touches I would add would be some colorful floral arrangements. Now I say colorful, but I don't mean 'bold colorful' I mean something colorful but subtle so it doesn't clash with the pastel and light colors of the rest of the room.  

The flowers found on my polyvore post are just examples. The floral arrangement from Ethan Allen is a little pricey for me {$379!!!} but you could easily find something similar and just as beautiful that is much cheaper. 

White Hydrangea Water Garden from Ethanallen.com

Bougainvillea Pink Hydrangea from Ruelala.com


That pretty much sums up my Beautiful, Light & Airy, Pink & Blue Whitewash Living Room. To check out this {and all of my room inspirational ideas} posted on Polyvore visit my Polyvore Page http://lcterry.polyvore.com 



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Golden Elephant Office Ideas and Inspiration

Office Ideas


I'm starting to plan out the office I'm putting together in the basement of my house and I'm really leaning towards a light pink and mint color theme with a few golden elephant accents! Here are a few inspirational ideas.


Round wall mirror
lampsplus.com

Jewelry bowl
zgallerie.com

Desk
homedecorators.com

Gold shelve
laylagrayce.com

Living Room Inspiration {Shirley's Home}

Shirley's Living Room Ideas

Monday, April 6, 2015

Awesome Elephant Decor


1. Ceramic Elephant Bowl Jonathan Adler
2. Utopia Elephant Table Lamp Jonathan Adler
3. Polyresin and Stonepowder Elephant Jewellery Dish Sass & Belle
4. Fauxidermy Fake Taxidermy Resin Mounted Animal Replica Decor Decorative Mount Art Wall Charmers
5. Ceramic Elephant Ring Holder Pottery Barn
6. 1144w Ceramic Elephant Emissary
7. Elephant Bookends Dot & Bo
8. Thailand Elephant Garden Stool Safavieh 

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Kitchen Makeover Plans


We recently painted the cabinets in the kitchen and they are looking AMAZING! However, now that the cabinets are bright white {painted with Behr Marquee Ultra Pure White} everything else in the kitchen is looking a little dull and yellow aka dirty. I have starting planning for the kitchen renovation and here is what I have come up with.