befores and afters thus far...
the "what not to wear" LIVING ROOM edition.
baby dog.
GUEST. must. have. paint.
MASTER...
the first "look" of the master...more on it's evolution coming soon.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Monday, December 31, 2012
those who can, do! those who can't...COPY!
i don't feel like i am one of those women who can "come up" with stuff.
i'm a musician, but i've never written a song.
i'm a cook, but i don't think i've ever discovered a new recipe.
i am NOT an interior decorator, but i can copy.
3 STEPS TO GETTING STARTED:
1. what do you like? i didn't know. i was stuck with a clean slate that i felt should be filled with equal parts of what my mother told me i ought to like (in a loving and helpful "find yourself" kind of way) and bad advice from a magazine. i really felt like i was an ikea-esque clean lines and super modern furniture kind of girl. that magazine article was a "find your perfect bedroom" quiz. i wanted to be mod, but i was 14. i didn't know who i was at 14. so now at 31...but it was past time to figure it out.
find things you love. pin them, cut them out and be simple and specific. i cut out spreads of living rooms because i liked the lamp, bedrooms because i liked the grouping of the photos on the wall. start small.
2. don't feel bad about copying. i did. i felt at first like nothing was mine, like i was ripping people off.
it is YOURS. it will be YOUR lamp. they will be pictures of YOUR family and friends.
3. spend. don't spend a lot at first, but don't be afraid to spend a little. unless you are so far strapped for money that are you having trouble paying your power bill (but that's another story...)
you might have a tiny bit of buyers remorse if you drop $40 on a lamp for your bedroom, but you will quietly love it. every time you look at it. and if you keep the lamp you bought 10 years ago because there is nothing wrong it and you shouldn't spend money when you have a perfectly good lamp you will walk by that stupid lamp and wish you that had bought that $40 one...
can you tell i had a "moment" about the lamp...
they're similar, too. but that shade is a beauty. and it makes me happy. peonies. and it might not be a lamp. and it might be cheaper than $40. but something will make you happy, too. if you know that you'll regret it-get it.
i'm a musician, but i've never written a song.
i'm a cook, but i don't think i've ever discovered a new recipe.
i am NOT an interior decorator, but i can copy.
3 STEPS TO GETTING STARTED:
1. what do you like? i didn't know. i was stuck with a clean slate that i felt should be filled with equal parts of what my mother told me i ought to like (in a loving and helpful "find yourself" kind of way) and bad advice from a magazine. i really felt like i was an ikea-esque clean lines and super modern furniture kind of girl. that magazine article was a "find your perfect bedroom" quiz. i wanted to be mod, but i was 14. i didn't know who i was at 14. so now at 31...but it was past time to figure it out.
find things you love. pin them, cut them out and be simple and specific. i cut out spreads of living rooms because i liked the lamp, bedrooms because i liked the grouping of the photos on the wall. start small.
2. don't feel bad about copying. i did. i felt at first like nothing was mine, like i was ripping people off.
it is YOURS. it will be YOUR lamp. they will be pictures of YOUR family and friends.
3. spend. don't spend a lot at first, but don't be afraid to spend a little. unless you are so far strapped for money that are you having trouble paying your power bill (but that's another story...)
you might have a tiny bit of buyers remorse if you drop $40 on a lamp for your bedroom, but you will quietly love it. every time you look at it. and if you keep the lamp you bought 10 years ago because there is nothing wrong it and you shouldn't spend money when you have a perfectly good lamp you will walk by that stupid lamp and wish you that had bought that $40 one...
can you tell i had a "moment" about the lamp...
they're similar, too. but that shade is a beauty. and it makes me happy. peonies. and it might not be a lamp. and it might be cheaper than $40. but something will make you happy, too. if you know that you'll regret it-get it.
1000 square feet & a plan
first time home buyer.
i don't really consider myself the "creative" type, and up until this point in my life i had managed to have valid reasons not to decorate anything too much...
shared a house (and 1 bathroom) with 6 women in college, had 3 different apartments and a handful of bad break ups. everytime my mother said, "you should really..." i had a great reason to not spend that money yet.
but now, here I was, single, mortgage approved and all out of excuses for each foot of the slightly over 1000 that lay before me.
big. back. yard. YES.
i don't really consider myself the "creative" type, and up until this point in my life i had managed to have valid reasons not to decorate anything too much...
shared a house (and 1 bathroom) with 6 women in college, had 3 different apartments and a handful of bad break ups. everytime my mother said, "you should really..." i had a great reason to not spend that money yet.
but now, here I was, single, mortgage approved and all out of excuses for each foot of the slightly over 1000 that lay before me.
the awnings were originally there help keep the house cooler.
i have mixed feeling about these awnings. 
it's a jungle out there. i need to rip all of this out and start over,
but the inside must be dealt with first. 
with a pile of magazines, a pair of scissors, sharpie & tape...i begin a plan...
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