We go together like

dip da-dip da-dip doo-wap da woo-bee doo

well i finally did it, i took the plunge into dipped furniture that is all the rage right now. 

we have been in our house for two months now and i have done my fair share of projects but for some reason i am just now getting around to start sharing. yesterday i did a revamp to our work space area in the living room library (yes my husband calls it our library)!

TA-DA!

Before, err kinda:

I gotta get better at this before picture thing. At this point I had already done the following

• changed out desk hardware
• taped off two of the legs
• removed chair seat
• cut in on those horrid blue walls

After:

I am trying to be real here and not cast some make believe home, so please ignore my lovely wires that are strewn about below the desk.

Alright, so here is what I did:

• Artwork: This was in the Dining Room of our previous house. The size and scale of the painting and frame are rightbut I am not sure if those are the colors I want in this space - there may be plans down the road to paint over that painting and/or to paint the frame. 
• Chair:  I gave it a new coat of white spray paint and recovered the seat with some scrap Kravet fabric I had lying around.
• Desk: I taped off the legs and painted the bottom portion with gold leaf to give it the dipped leg look. I also changed out the hardware.
• Wall: This room was a horrid country blue before with creamy yellow ceilings. Painting the ceilings with a fresh coat of white paint made a huge difference. Now I am tackling the walls one at a time with Porter Atrium White and it really makes the rrom more clean and fresh feeling!

I can't wait to keep working on this space and share photos of the progress!

Simply Irresistible

Well after talking about it for what seems like FOREVER I am finally posting the photos of the Sweet 16 party that we did!  By we, I mean Gretchen and I, owners of Simply Irresistible event + design.  Later I will attach the custom invitations I created for the event.  This Sweet 16 was SO MUCH FUN, I hope that we get to do another one VERY SOON!

Hailey's Club H 16

the guests stepped onto a purple carpet and faced the paparazzi

The Sweet 16 theme was "branches" and Hailey requested the colors; purple, silver and black. The theme went all the way from the invitations to table centerpeices and even ICE SCULPTURES!

Kiddie Cocktails were served!

I think it's safe to say that they had a little bit of fun:)

Photos courtesy of KT Moon at Fidamo USA

Ghost Chairs.....

Everybody loves a Chiavari Chair, a MUST HAVE for weddings and events.

Now they have came out with an acrylic collection! They are to die for! Put some lighting on these acrylic beauties and BA-BAM! Your work is done.

How COOL are these?!?!?!

And a bar stool too!

Gretchen and I were fortunate enough to see these bad boys in person at the Sweet 16 we coordinated and planned on Saturday! Professional photos coming soon.......

I LOVE my grandparents!!!!

So my Granparents, being the wonderful people that they are have totally let me raid their home. Well, not really but REALLY!

A little over a year ago they invited my husband and I over for dinner. They told us that they had something to discuss with us. Next thing I know, Grandma has a brochure for a new subdivision in Fishers, Indiana. She opens up the brochure, shows us a beautiful home and floorplan and proceeds to tell us that they are building a new home and moving in May. WOW! This was a huge shock to us. They had a beautiful home in Indianapolis and I never thought they would move. They had been talking for years about updating the house they lived in and I was waiting for that news....but no! They were so excited like kids in a candy store to build a home together and make it everything they had ever wanted.

Well a little background on my husband and I.......I am an Interior Designer at Z&R Design in Fishers, Indiana and I like to call myself an amateur artist, while my husband Mike owns his own Home Remodeling company, Clean Feet.

They were basically getting ready to share with us our plans for the next year of our lives! We are so grateful to have such wonderful grandparents that were willing to put the fate of their new home in our hands! We have had so much fun with the house and now it is DONE! I am so excited to share these photos, this home makes me smile every time I am there, and not just because I get to see my grandparents :)

Thanks Lu, for your wonderful photography skills!!