Tag Archives: inspired

09/25/12

10 Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

Happy Autumn! I love this season for so many reasons. The weather begins to shift, the leaves start to change colors and the energy settles down from summer. Today I want to share with you 10 Pumpkin Decorating Ideas:

Let’s get started:

Sweet chevron pumpkins from My Sweet Savannah. Ya’ll know my love for chevron anyways so this will be a fun addition.

Here’s an easy no-carve Halloween pumpkin.

If you don’t want to use an actual pumpkin than you can make book page pumpkin! And look, they use a William Shakespeare book for it.

This pumpkin reminds me of the little babies that get dressed up as pumpkins for Halloween. Cute!

For the ultra moderno people, we got the ultra moderno pumpkin decor.  All white: clean, crisp, fresh.

I couldn’t resist the VW bus pumpkin. We are in Nor Cal after all.

This would definitely be a difficult one but it is by far my all time favorite from the one and only Martha Stewart. 

Hello!!! I am in love with you pumpkin tree!

Another way to use book pages for your pumpkin decor.

And finally, a chalkboard pumpkin!! The cool thing about this idea is that you can switch it up every few nights.

Well, I hope you are enjoying the coziness of Autumn time and keep checking back for more fun projects.

08/6/12

Wood Plank Ceilings

Lovebugs! I am so sorry that I have been away for more than a week. Here’s my explanation. It was my birthday, family was in town and then I was in a wedding.

This is a little snip it of the wedding reception.

My friend is an avid DIYer. These were used in the makeshift photo booth. Hold one and take one of the disposable cameras and viola, photo booth!

Alright, so that’s where I’ve been. Completely MIA but I’m back and I’m really excited because I have hired someone to fix up my blog a bit so hopefully in the next week or so you will be seeing some cool changes on here.

So let’s get to it, shall we?!

Wood Plank Ceilings:

The funny thing is that I dreamt about wood plank ceilings last night. Yup, I did.

This is a really sweet kids bedroom with recycled palette wood planks on the ceiling. It just gives the room an extra sweet rustic touch.

These are some reclaimed wood panels.

This is gorgeous. What I love about these ceilings is that you can see how much of an impact they have on the rooms. If you just scroll down on the computer and cut off the ceiling you can see how different the room feels. It just seems like a crisp clean room but adding that architectural element on the ceiling, makes the room seem more loved, more rustic and warmer.

This is a laundry room. I want to live in this laundry room. If the laundry room looks like this, how does the rest of the house look?

This sweet cottage style home gets an even sweeter touch with a small portion of the ceiling covered in reclaimed wood. That’s another thing to think about. If you don’t want to cover a whole ceiling you can create zones with the wood. This one works so well because there is what looks like a structural beam that separates the ceiling already.

I believe this is salvaged beadboard. I love it because it has so many different colors and works so well in giving this room a funkier more artistic feel.

What?! Isn’t this amazing! Herringbone pattern with salvaged raw wood in a recessed portion of the ceiling. My heart can’t take it anymore!

But I will warn you folks to be quite meticulous with your cuts and application or it might end up like this ^

How cool is that for a conference room?!

Well I’m so happy to be back. Thanks for your patience!

Have a Happy Monday!

06/27/12

Painted Murals on Brick Walls

Brick walls.. Aren’t they amazing. They give a space so much character. These days everyone is painting their brick walls or fireplaces and that’s cool and all but how about painting a mural on the brick wall. It’s super tough to do just dealing with how porous the stone is not to mention the texture as well but it looks so damn nice if done right.

Check out some cool painted murals:

La Dolce Vita shares this amazing owl mural on a brick wall inside a bathroom with an incredible soaking tub… I want! Mostly the tub right now but I’ll take the owl with it!

I’m not quite sure where this is because it was hard to find the source but it seems to be part of some furniture store or used to be at least.

Capital Kitchen is a restaurant located in Australia and by getting just a sneak peak inside, I can only imagine how cool the vibe is inside.

I love the painted brick wall inside this bakery because it makes the place seem like it’s been there forever. Combined with the modern design, the weathered painted brick walls gives a nice design contrast.

Of course, my blogger crush AND amazing decorative painter works it out for this restaurant. I’m so jealous of her skills.

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04/25/12

Wednesday Cluster

Heyooo! I just wanted to share a few sweet things that inspire me today:

This nursery is so chic. I love the pale colors against the natural materials, the tall ceilings, the painted stripes on the ceiling and the layered rugs. It’s a refreshing room, isn’t it?

Here goes the coolest cradle by far. I wish they made adult sized ones. You could probably get some good snoozes in there.

I think this is a great kitchen makeover. I love the color on the walls and the painted/stenciled floors. You see how much paint can make a difference?!

This just looks muy delicioso! There’s something really sweet about a bed close to the floor. It feels very grounding and those sheets look super snuggly. Can you tell I’m sleepy?

I love decorating hallways. People get so confused by them and usually leave them blank but there is so much potential that is wasted! I’m super digging the runner.

And last but certainly not least, this gorgeous room that puts me in a meditative state just looking at it. I bet it smells of nag champa and sandalwood…. mmmm.

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