Color Moods: Spring, is that you?!

It's 65 degrees outside. I hope this is not a tease, I love this sneak peak of spring weather!
It's got me thinking, about my home and my wardrobe. It's time to bring in some color.
I get the Fossil catalog, I have never bought any clothing from them (just a watch) but I really do like their style. They've inspired me and my Color Moods post.

Great pairings:
Deep blue and a mustard yellow

Pink coral and a light blue-green
Sherbet orange and misty gray

(I added the little color strip on the right)

I spy a Valentine's Day gift!

1,2, and 3 from Fossil

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How about some great abstract art against a rich blue wall? Jamie Meares over at Furbish  knows how to do it right!

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Look at all those Spring colors just popping all over the place!

Elle Decor

Another Furbish pretty.

Are you feelin' these colors?

New Dresser Makeover

Good morning! Well, I have great news, the big brown beast from our living room is gone! You can see a little peak of it here. I thought I had more pictures of it, but why take pictures of something so big and  hideous. ("Hideous" is my niece's new favorite word, as Will was driving her back to our house over the weekend, she was looking out the window at a field of pine trees, and he asked what she thought, and she said "it's hideous!"....she's four by the way!) 

Okay, back to the dresser. I bought a dresser a while back to put in our future nursery, but I decided to use it in the living room in the mean time.
It was in pretty bad shape.

I know this is a fairly simple makeover, I wanted so badly to add color, I tried it several different ways, but in the end, all white took the vote. 

It's a little small... but it will work for now! It's a whole heck of a lot better than what was there before.

I used the original dresser pulls on the four bottom drawers and added pearl knobs on the top.

It was a fun little makeover. The wall behind the TV is my next project. I'll show you more pictures of that later in the week. 

Have you done any makeovers lately, I would love to hear about it, or share your links!

Correction!

I've made a mistake..

I must have been in a blogging fog yesterday..I made a few mistakes in my last post. 

First here are the correct links to the two blogs I found, there was a typo in the link..

The Vault Files

Little Glass Box

Also, Gaby's blog The Vault Files, I found through a blog from the House of Fifty issue, but she should have been in the issue! She's very talented!

Let me off with a warning, please!

(via Claire.Belliard.free.fr from pinterest)

Things I loved...

This week.... I found a few great blogs through the House of Fifty issue (which is quickly becoming my favorite online magazine!)

Here are two talented women that I really liked....

This is from a giveaway she did this week, I LOVE this necklace from Colorsplash. Very neon-ish jewelry if you're feeling wild!

Color Block via The Vault Files

This is from her etsy shop, The Vault Jewels.

 

 

And we have Courtney from Little Glass Box, she's a clever little lady, very creative.

 

It's been pretty quiet around here this week..I hope you haven't given up on me and moved on! (:

 

Have a wonderful weekend friends!

The escape place in your home

There is one space in your home that should always be a calming escape from the rest of the world.

Your bedroom..the master bedroom.

Will and I have discussed our bedroom and pondered over why ours isn't so "cozy". We've kept it romantic with reds and blues, we don't keep a tv in our room, and we definitely don't bring bills or just random stuff that collects over time into our room. Sometimes we'll sleep in the guest bed and it's such a treat, we say "eww, lets sleep in the guest bed tonight!"

That's sad. I want going to our bedroom to be a treat. So we've decided that it's the mattress. When I worked for a designer right out of college, I got really sweet deals on things, and the mattress was one of those deals. It's too big for our bed, so we keep it in the guest bedroom...my head is turning up some ideas as I type of ways I can switch out beds and get that amazing mattress into my room!!

There are other ways to bring comfort to your bedroom. You can't go wrong with candles (scented of course), soft throws, shaggy soft area rugs, heavy lined curtains (to keep it dark when the sun comes up, for all you lazies out there!), lighting..a dimmer, table lamps or wall mounted lights.

 

House of Turquoise

Colors, of course can bring certain moods to a space. If you want calming like a spa, go for blues and whites.

Where Love Resides+ Pinterest

There's your soft rugs to comfort your weary feet after a long day at work.

This is our bedroom, we need some kind of shaggy rug..all that hard wood is not cozy!

Jessica Steinberg

Design Darling

Elements of Style

I really like the colors of these walls paired with the ivory colored panels and and bed spread.

So dreamy.

What do you add to your bedroom that creates a cozy, peaceful retreat for you?

Using the unused spaces and My Wingback Chairs

Good morning! I've been trying to do my posts in the morning when I wake up, which is about 5..so please excuse my typos or wondering rants, I might not be aware of what I'm saying yet..I can barely open my eyes!

A few weeks ago I told you about my chairs that I sold on craigslist from my kitchenette table in order to get new chairs from a local antique store. Well, when I went back those chairs were gone, so I moved my wing back chairs to the table.

Now we use this space SO much more, and when we have guests over they always sit there, where as before no one ever did.  I love that. I think it's important to find ways to make every space in the house completely usable, whether that be adding comfortable chairs, adding a work space, or adding extra lighting. I've pretty much found ways to do that everywhere, except for the "study". That's a room that has been completely untouched since we moved in, but that makeover is quickly approaching.

So, now about those slipcovers. They're pretty awful, so baggy, and they constantly have to be retucked. What do you suggest? Where should I go to get more custom fitted slipcovers?

Bring on the suggestions!!

This is an antique bowl I got for Christmas, it matched so well with the plate wall. Really love it.

Design Boards... for free!!!

Im so excited to announce that I'll be offering free design boards here at Design Blooms! 

So spread the word! If you have a room that is puzzling you and you can't figure out where to start, these boards are designed to get you started on the right path. They allow you to see the whole plan put together in order to make the decision process a lot easier!

Send me an email if you're interested to ntmdesignblooms@gmail.com