Guest Room Ideas

So last summer we finally decided to paint. The only color that we really agreed upon was to paint the living a light yellow color. Other than that, we had the two other bedrooms to paint and weren't really sure what color to go with. My husband decided to paint his man cave the navy blue of his school colors. I decided to paint the guest room a purple color, I guess because my sister said that would be her room when she came to visit.

After browsing some blogs, I came upon this fantastic guest room on 7th House on the Left.

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It's just so pretty and my kind of colors! I love the grey and yellow with turquoise. It's feminine, but not overly so, and yeah...swoon.

Bookshelves that Inspire

To say that I'm a bibliophile is probably and understatement. I love, love, love books. However, I probably don't have as many as I could. But I do love me a freshly printed book. There's just something about that new book smell, the crispness of the pages, and the dreaminess of the content (depending on the book, of course!). I really would love to have some built in bookshelves for books, collector's items, and accent pieces. I love the idea of having a wall of bookshelves.

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Ah, dreamy bookshelves, you'll be mine one day. One day...

Window Seat Envy

Since I was a kid, I've ALWAYS wanted a window seat. From the time that I was old enough to know what a window seat was, I've been in love with them. However, I still do not have a window seat. Every time that I went house browsing with my parents, I'd always swoon over the window seats in the model homes. Because, clearly, model homes are the bomb.

And since joining Pinterest and finding this beauty (in fact, I made a whole board of JUST window seats), I can't help but still want one. It's the perfect spot to hide away to read or write or simply contemplate the world. It's perfect for those rainy days when all you want to do is curl up with a book and read. 

 

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One day. One day I will have a window seat in my home. I will sit there and read and write and contemplate the world. It will happen.

Gallery Walls

I absolutely love the idea of gallery walls. In fact, I'm in the process of getting a wall (or maybe more!) of these together. I love how it is clustered together with a variety of photography and art. We recently had anniversary photos taken and can finally hang some non-wedding photos. I'm not sure what art we'll intersperse....but it is sure to make our blank living room walls look like someone DOES live in this house! I will share once it's done.

 

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Newlywed thoughts: Setting up home

One of things that I have always dreamed about growing up, before I ever had a boyfriend, before I ever had an inkling that I would ever get married is setting up my future home.

I'm a super HGTV junkie. A big fan of interior home design. I have aspirations of being an organized person with an organized home. Not necessarily OCD super organized, but one where clutter doesn't gather unreasonably, and living is as close to effortless. Dream world right?

When I realized that we'd be able to buy a house so much sooner than later (I found a goals list that said 6/2011 was my goal for buying a house), I got really excited about the decorating aspect of owning a home. I even got excited about the home improvement side of it. I've refinished cabinet, scraped popcorn ceiling and re-textured it, and painted, painted, painted.

I'm so excited about getting started on OUR house!

The last few days, the focus of my blog stalking has shifted from wedding planning and inspiration galore to a relatively new concept -- "Nesting", just another word for setting up a home together and making it yours. I've been reading about recipes, home organization, home DIY projects, and so much more. Thank God for the internet!

Here are some of my new favorites:

• The Pioneer Woman
• Living Locurto
• I'm an Organizing Junkie
• Simple Mom
• Joy the Baker
• Young House Love
• Simple Nest
• The Nest

Happy Monday!