My House Tour: Den and Powder Room

At the top of our stairs is this charming little space. With all original heart pine paneling and floors...it kinda begged to be a small den. 

I had my grandmother's sofa recovered in navy velvet and found the bamboo coffee table at an antique mall for $10. The mid century chairs were another steal from an antique mall too...and look totes modern in a fun new geo fabric. 

Toss my zebra hide over a jute rug and I am a happy girl. :) 

Here's a little peek at our powder room too. I used a metallic gold grasscloth on the walls, and some of my favorite Scott's finds.....gray and white oyster plates and landscape watercolors. 

Hope you guys have enjoyed this little tour! I will be sharing a big holiday tour in about a month, too! Can you believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner?!?! 

My House Tour: Den and Powder Room

At the top of our stairs is this charming little space. With all original heart pine paneling and floors...it kinda begged to be a small den. 

I had my grandmother's sofa recovered in navy velvet and found the bamboo coffee table at an antique mall for $10. The mid century chairs were another steal from an antique mall too...and look totes modern in a fun new geo fabric. 

Toss my zebra hide over a jute rug and I am a happy girl. :) 

Here's a little peek at our powder room too. I used a metallic gold grasscloth on the walls, and some of my favorite Scott's finds.....gray and white oyster plates and landscape watercolors. 

Hope you guys have enjoyed this little tour! I will be sharing a big holiday tour in about a month, too! Can you believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner?!?! 

5 days of Mi Casa: Day Three

While I was dying to wallpaper my back hallway, I was also reeeeeaaaaalllly wanting to wallpaper my powder room. I almost bit the bullet and ordered paper for it like 6 different times. I'm kinda glad I didn't do that now, because I am so super thrilled with the way the stencil turned out. Again, the fabulous Molly Brannon did this for me!

Check out the transformation of this room by clicking here. 

Here's what it looks like NOW:

In addition to the pretty spa blue lattice stencil, I updated and edited the accessories. The room doesn't need much, and I like keeping it more simple.

Oh, and the caaaa-uuuutest photog assistant EVER showed up.

There's a nice linen closet behind the door here, but it was difficult to get the bi-fold doors to open, and inside was less-than-pretty metal shelving. A few wooden shelves and lower cabinet doors replaced all of that, and now, it is much more appealing and easy to get to!

I just shopped around the house for extra accessories, and also made some fun flower arrangements for the shelves with stems I gathered from outside.

What improvements have you made to your powder room? 

5 days of Mi Casa: Day Three

While I was dying to wallpaper my back hallway, I was also reeeeeaaaaalllly wanting to wallpaper my powder room. I almost bit the bullet and ordered paper for it like 6 different times. I'm kinda glad I didn't do that now, because I am so super thrilled with the way the stencil turned out. Again, the fabulous Molly Brannon did this for me!

Check out the transformation of this room by clicking here. 

Here's what it looks like NOW:

In addition to the pretty spa blue lattice stencil, I updated and edited the accessories. The room doesn't need much, and I like keeping it more simple.

Oh, and the caaaa-uuuutest photog assistant EVER showed up.

There's a nice linen closet behind the door here, but it was difficult to get the bi-fold doors to open, and inside was less-than-pretty metal shelving. A few wooden shelves and lower cabinet doors replaced all of that, and now, it is much more appealing and easy to get to!

I just shopped around the house for extra accessories, and also made some fun flower arrangements for the shelves with stems I gathered from outside.

What improvements have you made to your powder room? 

My Powder Room - a Fun Update

Powder rooms are a fun place to play with design ideas. Small projects that you may not want to take out into the main parts of your house, but that could really liven up a small space. 

In case you all forgot, here's the BEFORE image of what our powder room looked like when my husband and I moved into our new home last summer. This wallpaper was not my style, the floors were lighter than we'd like, and the metallic mini blinds had to go.

Here's what a fresh coat of cream paint with a great new mirror and accessories will do:

But, I wanted to add a little something more.

So, we recently had horizontal boards added around the bottom circumference of the room and painted the same cream color. Now, the room has a chic bamboo shade and fabric valance, darker stained floors, and a pretty wall color to boot.

And those dark painted doors are still one of my favorite decisions we've made around here. 

My husband and I both LOVE the horizontal boards in this little room - sometimes I think how fun it would be to have them everywhere!!!

I also grabbed my paint brush to recreate some small watercolors of pagodas I'd recently seen to hang in this space. I love the color in them and the grid look with the gold frames.

Aren't they presh?

The colors pull from the rest of our home - blues, greens, with hints of coral and pink.

Hope you like this little update as much as I do!

My Powder Room - a Fun Update

Powder rooms are a fun place to play with design ideas. Small projects that you may not want to take out into the main parts of your house, but that could really liven up a small space. 

In case you all forgot, here's the BEFORE image of what our powder room looked like when my husband and I moved into our new home last summer. This wallpaper was not my style, the floors were lighter than we'd like, and the metallic mini blinds had to go.

Here's what a fresh coat of cream paint with a great new mirror and accessories will do:

But, I wanted to add a little something more.

So, we recently had horizontal boards added around the bottom circumference of the room and painted the same cream color. Now, the room has a chic bamboo shade and fabric valance, darker stained floors, and a pretty wall color to boot.

And those dark painted doors are still one of my favorite decisions we've made around here. 

My husband and I both LOVE the horizontal boards in this little room - sometimes I think how fun it would be to have them everywhere!!!

I also grabbed my paint brush to recreate some small watercolors of pagodas I'd recently seen to hang in this space. I love the color in them and the grid look with the gold frames.

Aren't they presh?

The colors pull from the rest of our home - blues, greens, with hints of coral and pink.

Hope you like this little update as much as I do!