Living room re-do pictures.....

Some more pictures of the living room re-do

we are almost done

still need the coffee table

I want a Balustrade table but they cost anywhere

from $700 to $1700 ..... OMG!

and I'm not paying that. I was trying not to spend too

much on this room as we still plan to sell this home

in 3 years so def not paying that for a coffee table

BUT....found on the internet how to make one for $200

which is way better for me because I want

mine to have a white wash finish

So hoping Johnny and I can get started on that soon

below are the open shelves that are in the foyer

I had them filled with pictures but decided to do something

different....so with Kayla's guidance, found some cute

things to add to them. Was out shopping with Jacquelyn

and she helped me pick a few of the things out

I love the curtain rod going all the way across the wall

another suggestion from Kayla

she did this in her home with the curtains that I made for her

and I loved it....

I made these from a linen blend fabric that I found

on fabric.com  

great place to buy fabric!

another picture on the floor and I'm trying to decide

if I want to hang it there in between those 2 windows

not sure yet....

the home pillow I found at Kohls

had to get it....it has the state of Virginia

so even though we will retire to North Carolina

Virginia will always be our home

the other pillows I found at At Home

This print still needs to be hung....another beautiful

print from my sister Kandi

Also, this floor lamp.....I LOVE!!

and I can't even remember now where we ended up getting it

it is another great find from Kayla

so that's it for now

I'll def put up pictures as we build the coffee table but

that may be a while :)

later.....

New Living Room .....

We've been working on the living room for quite a few months now

When we built our house 25 years ago, the living room just became

a playroom for the kids.

then when they started school, I started sewing full time

with a friend of mine making custom flags and curtains

after we got burnt out on sewing, we bought a desk

and a couple of wing back chairs and it became 

an office.....and also a catch all for everything.

I've always wanted it to become a pretty living room so

we decided to go ahead and do that. Even though we are 

3 or 4 years away from moving to the beach we know that

when the time comes to sell, a nice living room will help

sell our home.

A dear family friend had asked me to sew curtains for her new home.

she wanted to know what I charged for that but for her, nothing! But I

did tell her I was doing the living room and would love her help in

designing the room. I told her my likes and the vision I had and she

put together some mood boards for me to look at. From there, I picked

the things I like and what I didn't like and we ended up with a

mood board that was perfect.

of course the hardest part for me is always the paint color but Kayla

narrowed it down to 2, we got samples and put them up on

the walls so that made it easy.

We just started buying pieces of furniture one at a time

from all over

rug from World Market

sofa from Overstock

chairs from Wayfair

console table from At Home

the paintings are from my sister Kandi

they had purchased a home in the city that is on the historical

register so they wanted to decorate more in the period of the home

so they were nice enough to give me 2 of their beautiful

beach prints.....which fit perfect with my decor

We used to have solid doors here but decided to buy new

french doors to let in more light

another great find from Kayla.....I LOVE this lamp

I have finished the curtains

I'll put up pictures tomorrow of the finished room

later.....

I forgot ....

not really a post

just adding a few decoration pictures from Avery's party

don't want to forget to have these on the blog

one was covered in gold glitter

Jacquelyn decorated all of the mason jars that

were for the pink lemonade

Letter A covered in flowers....

that's all

later.....

More party pictures ......

a bunch more pictures

this little sweetheart has never had baked goodies before

she has an egg, milk, rice, soy allergy

hopefully, something they say she may outgrow by age 3 or 4

so the bakery made her a vegan cake

she loved it

she loves her toy cell phone

this is my favorite photo from the day

she just walked over and laid down in

front of her stats sign.....so cute

later....

Avery Grace turns one ....

We all know that time flies....but dang, Avery Grace

is turning one tomorrow

that truly is way too fast!!

Jacquelyn and Bucky threw her party at our home

and there were lots of family and friends over to celebrate

this little princess turning one

They did an awesome job with the

food and decorations

here's a pile of pictures!

here is her "stats" chalk board

Avery and her daddy taking a nap before the party

he's the best Daddy

lots of pictures of her through her first year

pink lemonade and tea

beautiful cakes

more pictures from the past year

waffle cones filled with fruit...so cute and so yummy!

marshmallows dipped in pink chocolate with sprinkles

beautiful flowers every where

turkey and cheese rolls with a tomato and piece of basil on top

Cousins.....I have 2 little princess'

Jake and Kayce.....bride and groom

sweet family

more pictures tomorrow

later.....