Framed
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
In an effort to clean up some of the clutter (of frames!) in our apartment I decided to finally tackle the white expanse that was our guest room. I seriously had a stack hiding out behind the door. The last time they toppled to the floor after shutting the door I gave in and decided [...]
Tags: asymmetrical picture wall, guest room, picture frames
Pillow Talk
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
After adding the color green into our living room I was on the hunt for cute throw pillows. I didn’t really want to spend a ton of money and hadn’t found the perfect fabric to whip some up myself. While at Walmart on the hunt for DMD I found some really cute, affordable pillows. Now [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, better homes and garden pillows, throw pillows, walmart
Bring the Green
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
After much debate I finally swapped out our wedding pictures for the green prints I picked up for $10.
After switching them out and adding a new lamp shade I’m really liking the new set up. Luckily, we easily hung these pictures on the nails holding our old pictures. We only had to remove one [...]
Tags: Decorating, ikea prints, picture frames
Shady Business
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
This past weekend we were inspired to do something about our lighting situation in our living room. We don’t have any overhead lighting which is a bummer, so we rely heavily on our little side table lamp.
We were gifted this little Target lamp for our wedding. We still really like it but the shade [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, lamps plus, quick fix
Go or No?
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
We hung our 11×13 frames above our couch the first month we lived here. They held our wedding pictures but we soon anticipated swapping them out for a more living room friendly vibe and a little more color.
I recently received a comment saying they liked the photos above the couch. My Mom is [...]
Tags: design dilemma, hanging pictures
Map it Out
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness, Decorating
I was on another kick to find a way to add some fun, inexpensive art to our new home. My brother dutifully delivered an Iowa road map to me on his vacation to visit us.
I simply rolled it out, used the mat as a guide and cut it out. Wha-lah!
In only 10 minutes I [...]
Tags: DIY, easy projects, office, road map art
Urban Jungle
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
I’ve never been much of a gardener. I’m excellent with hostas and annuals in flower boxes. That is the extent of my talent. So moving to an apartment didn’t leave me too sad about leaving behind yard work and garden tending. We thought our place needed a little life added to it but Matt wasn’t [...]
Tags: house plants, outdoor spaces
Floating Space
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
In the theme of getting the office put together we tackled another project this week. Installing floating shelves. I’ve had my eye on a pair from IKEA. The $20 Lack Shelves. I must be a trend setter because those babies were sold out everywhere. I even called the warehouse and they tried to ship me [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, floating shelves, office
Good Reads
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating, Random Musings
My Dad and step-mom are moving so they’ve been going through all of their things and downsizing (I feel their pain!). I got a nice little surprise in the mail the other day. A couple of decorating books they had in their stash that they decided to pass on to us. Their trash was our [...]
Tags: coastal, decorating books, inspiration photos
This Little Light of Mine
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
I am loving living so close to IKEA. Matt and I stopped over a couple of weeks ago on the hunt for a guest room lamp and some delicious cinnamon rolls. We found the PERFECT lamp. I love lamp (name that movie? Anyone?). See how sad and under-lit our room was before?
Here she is in [...]
Tags: guest room, home accessories, ikea lamp
