Decor refresh for spring

New growth always brings with it hope and energy for life.  Once the snow goes I always get a hankering to make changes inside my home.  Now don't get me wrong, these aren't major changes.  I'm more into ten minute additions.  Sometimes I'm willing to commit an hour or two to a special project.
If you get the spring  hankerings perhaps there's inspiration in these ideas.

Use a tray to organize a vignette

Perhaps you have a blaw wooden tray you could spray paint and then organize a colourful spring vignette in it.  Think about what you might already have to add and then buy several filler items.

 

 A small tray on a bathroom counter adds a fresh look.  Placing a grouping of cut  flowers always adds to any vignette.

I particularly love groupings of white and muted colours and then a big splash of colour with cut flowers.  Yes,  my biases are showing.  Fresh flowers rule in my life. 

 Plant spring bulbs

Tall glass vases allow you to see the roots growing .  You have to be on top of the watering if you are going to adopt this idea. Repetition of the same shape always looks good in an arrangement.

This simple twig wreath adds  additional detail and texture and also helps to cover the pot the bulbs are set in.

Paint something

 You don't have to repaint a whole room.  There are so many simple painting projects for your home.  If you have a bed perfectly centred on a wall, consider adding a painted headboard all the way to the ceiling.  Simple and very eye catching.

 Bring a simple bookcase to life by repainting the back of it.  A fresh colour like this yellow (which is a hot 2013 spring colour) adds a simple focal point and shows up the grouping of objects and books .

 I love highlighting a porch or entry  door with paint.  You can be brave in your colour choice when you want to add a cheery accent to a small space.

 

 Coloured islands with light cabinets are everywhere lately.   This is such a fresh look if you have enough nerve to go there.

 

 Not artistic?  Don't worry.  Choose sculptural artificial flowers and lay them on a canvas painted in a solid colour.  Trace around the shapes with a white coloured pencil .  Fill in the shapes with white paint.  Presto!  Fresh art for your wall.  The simplicity and off center composition of this work makes it. 

Consider textured wallpaper

 

 Textured wallpaper is underutilized.  There are so many patters and textures that cover the gamut from very traditional to modern.  No doubt there's something for you.  I like the use of textures to reinforce a dresser make over. This is a great idea for a little girl's room.

Check out these links and more ideas on  my Pinterest Spring Refresh board.

Our Living Room with a Few Spring Touches

I hope you all are having a lovely week! Today I wanted to share a few Easter/spring touches that we added to our living room. We've been working on quite a few other projects lately so we kept it pretty simple:

Because of the new gray tufted chairs our gray tufted ottoman just did go anymore in this room - a bit too much tufting for one little space.  I sent it back up to NH with Jason and will show you how it looks in it's new home at some point this summer! Or maybe even in late April. I moved our coffee table from the family room in here for about two weeks, but didn't love it. It was a little too rustic looking and I like it so much better in the family room. I few days after I took these pictures I ended up doing a bunch of rearranging in here, and I finally painted and waxed the legs on the chairs and will show you that soon. This is how it looked in here, though, for most of March. =)

Sorry - I should have painted the legs on the chairs BEFORE I took these pictures. Oh well, at least this is the last time I will have to give a disclaimer about the chair legs! They drive me crazy, though, looking at them in these pictures. =)

If you look on the right side of this picture you can see a tiny bit of our newest chalkboard that we will be introducing next week. It took forever, but I think it's my favorite one. I hope you all have a wonderful afternoon!

Lola's Room with some Spring Touches and a New Pillow

We added a few simple spring touches in what we still refer to as Lola's room. We haven't changed anything in here yet because we have some other big projects in the works that I will share with you soon, eventually, though we will most likely be changing this room up a bit seeing how Lola and Lillie are now sharing Lillie's room.

 

 

This new girl pushing stroller pillow cover is now available in our shop! 

Wall Color - Alexandria Beige by Benjamin Moore

Ruffled Lamp Shade - Made By Us (See Tutorial)
Dresser - Simply Shabby Chic at Target
Hanging Branch - Made By Us (See Tutorial)

Moss Mushroom and Nest - Savvy 

Pillows - Dear Lillie

White Bunny - Target

Girl Pushing Stroller Cutout - Coming very soon!

Toy Pram - Gift from Michelle

Little White Eyelet Vase - IKEA

I hope you all are having a wonderful Tuesday!

Fresh colour schemes

 Traditionally many homeowners get the re-decorating bug in spring.  I'm no exception.  I am planning a major painting job for the downstairs of my home.

As I age, I seem to want less and less colour on my walls.  My choice for living room, dining room and hallways is  Ben Moore Acadia White OC 35 (#5)  to  replace Elephant Tusk (#6). Acadia White is a warm white without being too yellow.  It is darker (not by much) than Cloud White which is the colour on my trim.

If you love colour here are some crisp, fresh combinations for spring updates. 

Spring Features

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I don't know about you, but I am so ready for spring! It snowed here in Virginia last night. Yes - snowed! In January or even February I might have enjoyed that but I'm ready for some warm weather now. So in honor of the spring weather that I hope is coming very soon I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite entries from last weeks "It's a Spring Thing Party". And tomorrow I'll be back with Lola's room decorated for spring and a new item in our shop.

First, I love this spring entry from Common Ground:

Everything Lucy at Craftberry Bush does is gorgeous including her spring mantel:

This simple centerpiece by from Eclectically Vintage is so fun and pretty:

I love this pot and topiary from Town and Country Living:

I hope you all have a fabulous Monday!

Chalkboard Prints Available in 8 by 10

I hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that some of our prints are now available in an 8 by 10 size!

I'll be back tomorrow! Have a lovely weekend!

Whatever Souls Are Made of...Chalkboard Print and Download

A couple of months ago I showed you this chalkboard I did in our family room. Well, we finally have it available in our shop now as both a print and a download! We've had this up in our home for three months now and probably will have it up a while longer because I love this quote. We used this quote (along with some other ones) in our wedding program.

Here is the 11x14 print  (please note the price on this right now is the same as all of our other prints, but we will be increasing the prices on all of our prints at some point tomorrow):

And here is the download:

I hope you all are having a wonderful Thursday!