Summer Sideboard

I've got one more closet to share some pictures of later this week (we haven't wallpapered it yet but we made it a little more functional) but I still have to finish going through those pictures so today I thought I would share what our kitchen sideboard looks like in the summer. We kept the hot cocoa stuff out through late spring but once the very very hot (yuck!) weather arrived we put that stuff away in the pantry and just kept out the different coffee syrups we use and added a few of the disposable cups we found at HomeGoods in some black and white polka dots and stripes that are fun to use for snacking. Then we generally keep fresh cut flowers from the yard on here. Despite the fact that we've planted quite a few hydrangea bushes the last couple of years we've only had a few blooms this year. At least that's better than nothing, though! And seeing how the bushes are growing like crazy we are hoping next year we will have a lot more to cut. 

Oversized Chalkboard - made by me, you can read more about it here
X Sideboard - made by me, you can read more about it here

Top of Sideboard (left to right): 
Candle Sticks - Balsam Hill
Creamware Bottle Holding Hydranges and Greenery from Yard - Painted Fox
Marble Cutting Board - Gift, Think it was from Sur La Table? Crackled Planter - Birch Lane, spheres in planter - can't remember, have had them for forever
Black and White Disposable Bowls - HomeGoods
Sugar Bowl - World Market
Hot Chocolate Cups and Saucers - L.A. Burdick (anniversary gift years ago)  
Chalkboard Canisters with Copper Tops - Target
Dark Wooden Pedastal - Pottery Barn
Little Mercury Glass Votive holding hydrangeas - Painted Fox
Owl Canister - Target

Middle Row (left to right): 
Coffee Syrups and Waters - World Market, HomeGoods, Fresh Market 
Saucers - Pottery Barn
Microwave - Target
Cup Holder - World Market
Cups - Heritage Lace

Bottom Row (left to right):
Cookbooks - miscellaneous gifts
Metal Tub - HomeGoods
Silver Chargers - Pottery BarnWhite Plates - Mikasa
Blue Plates - HomeGoodsBowls - Pottery Barn, Emma Collection
Aqua Colander - Painted Fox White Dinner Plates - Pottery Barn, Emma Collection
Gray Salad Plates -  IKEA
Aqua Jars - World Market 

I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! 

Wallpaper For The Guest Room Closet

I know it will probably seem strange (and probably a little crazy) to a lot of people to bother wallpapering the inside of a closet, but I have to say I love having the little surprise element of opening a closet and seeing a fun and unexpected print inside, especially in a guest room. We had this paper that I absolutely love from Wallpaper Direct hung in here last week and then added a few baskets and metal storage boxes from HomeGoods along with some other storage items we already had and got it all cleaned up for our guests. We have tried to keep this closet relatively empty so that our guests can hang things and use it when they are visiting, but we also needed it to store a handful of our things. Here is what it looked like before. It had the original coat of peachy colored primer on the walls that I am pretty sure was from when this house was built many years ago, and some random things scattered around in here. 

There are about 17" on either side of the closet that you can't see so we stored some of the more colorful things over to the right, (like most of our winters coats, vests, etc.) and then hung a few of the nicer coats near the front.

We also keep things like the girls' suitcases over in that corner and our pack and play is hidden down under the coats. Those items are all still easy to grab but a little tucked out of the way seeing how they aren't things we use on a daily basis. 

Over in the other corner we keep things like my suitcase as well as some random binders and frames and then we have some extra hangers ready for guests to use. The baskets help store things (like fans and other items that are nice to have on hand for visitors) and still keep things visually appealing.  

Source List for Guest Room: 

Wall Color - Graystone by Benjamin Moore in Matte Finish
Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss
Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss 
Bed - Skyline Furniture about six or seven years ago
Horse Picture - HomeGoods

Mirrored Dresser - Haynes Furniture about six years ago

Silver Chest - TJMaxx about six years ago
Duvet Cover and Euro Shams - Jardin Toile from Ballard Designs
Quilt and Standard Shams - Audree Pom Pom from Ballard Designs
White Linen Center Bed Pillow - IKEA
White Framed Mirror - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA

Frame with Print - Frame is from World Market, Print is from Dear Lillie
Bench - We made it, tutorial can be found here 
Tall Mirror - HomeGoods 
Mercury Glass Jug - HomeGoods
Metal Sphere - HomeGoods
Chair - on clearance at The Loft Outlet in Williamsburg 
Pillow - Target
Gray Throw - HomeGoods
Drapery Panels - Ritva Panels from IKEA
Curtain Rods - Home Depot
Chandelier - Restoration Hardware Baby and Child
Rug - Rugs USA - Edison in Nickel
Shades - Lowe's
Tray on Bed, Notebook and Tulips - HomeGoods

CLOSET:

Wallpaper: Wallpaper Direct

All Gray Baskets - HomeGoods

White Storage Boxes - IKEA

Metal Boxes - HomeGoods

Metal Bucket - Antique Farmhouse

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

"When I Saw You I Fell in Love..."

I hope you all are having a wonderful week! I finally got our two closet makeovers photographed yesterday and I am hoping to share one of them this weekend and the other one next week. For today I just wanted to pop in to share our newest print and give you a little peek of our new wallpaper.

First, here is our newest print, "When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew...":

and here's a little peek at the new wallpaper in one of the closets:

and also we are restocking our "May the road rise up to meet you..." oversized wood signs this morning at 10AM EST:

I hope you all have a fabulous Thursday!

Some Finishing Touches to Our Powder Room and Hand Carved Measuring Spoons

We finally added the finishing touches to our powder room. We added this bird print in a circular metal frame that we found at Savvy above the toilet and another piece of art that we've had for years to the wall opposite the sink but that wall is basically impossible to photograph so I gave up. It's nice finally having something hung on the walls in here. Below is a photo from last year's post and taken at another angle. You can see more of those photos here. 

I also wanted to share some images of some beautiful hand carved figured walnut measuring spoons that Polder's Old World Market sent us. Each one is a piece of art! They arrived Friday and yesterday we used them to make pancakes and chocolate chip cookies.

And here is a source list for our powder room.

Sources: 

Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-gloss Finish

Wallpaper - Graphic Trellis Wallpaper (can be found here)

Beadboard Wallpaper - Allen and Roth from Lowe's
Vanity Color - Shenandoah Taupe (think it was in a matte finish because that was what I had on hand, if I were purchasing it new would have gone with semi-gloss for this)

Hardware for Vanity - Home Depot 

Vanity top and sink - Evercor in Aspen from Lowe's

Faucet - American Standard from Lowe's 

Mirror - HomeGoods

Bird Print - Savvy Home and Garden in Williamsburg

Soap and Lotion - HomeGoods 

Sconces - they were the original ones here just spray painted with oil rubbed bronze

Pitcher with Flowers - Pottery Barn

Jar with Cotton Balls - Juliska

  

I hope you all are having a wonderful week!

A Little Tiered Ice Cream Station

We've had quite a bit of ice cream lately thanks to the really hot weather we've been having and we had lots of fun setting up this little ice cream station using our new tiered stand from The Painted Fox.  We found some really cute floral patterned paper cups at HomeGoods and we filled some little blue creamers that we found there earlier this year with caramel and hot fudge and then added some fresh cut roses from our yard to some little mercury glass votives that were also from The Painted Fox. And then we filled our Pottery Barn Emma bowls with miniature Reese's, Kit Kats, Heath Bar Crunch, Walnuts, M&M's and some mini marshmallows (clearly we like chocolate -ha!)

And guess what! The lovely ladies from The Painted Fox are giving away one of these fabulous stands on their Instagram page! Hurry over to their instagram page to find out how to enter! 

Source List 

Wall Color - Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore in Matte Finish

Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish

Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish

Beadboard Wallpaper - Allen and Roth from Lowe's

Chandelier - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA

Farmhouse Table - I made it using this plan from Ana White's site. Stained with Rustoleum's Weathered Gray and Minwax's Provincial

End Chairs and Side Chairs - World Market

Tufted Bench - Home Goods

Side Chairs next to Sideboard - Joss and Main

Mirror - Restoration Hardware (six or seven years ago but I think they still sell it)

Lamps - HomeGoods

Horse - Joss and Main

Drapery Panels - IKEA Ritva Panels 

Drapery Rods - Lowe's

Sideboard - The Velvet Shoestring (consignment shop - then painted with AS's French Linen chalk paint)

Three Tiered Stand  - The Painted Fox

Floral Paper Cups - HomeGoods

Blue Creamers - HomeGoods

White Bowls - Pottery Barn

Mercury Glass Votives holding Garden Roses - The Painted Fox

Runner - World Market

Clock - Joss and Main

I hope you all have a fabulous week!