Guest Suite

In our new house I was so excited that it has a Guest Suite, and I have to say the owners of the house did a great job laying out the floor plan. You see, our house has an addition off the back of it. The addition includes the Family Room, a Guest Bedroom and a Guest Bathroom. We love this part of the house and spend a lot of time there.

Here is what it looks like on plan.

Fireplace - we love that it has a corner fireplace, but honestly it surprises me that they included it. You enter the Family Room off of the Living Room which also has a fireplace so I am surprised they put one in here as well, but we are very happy that they did.

Patio - The double doors off of the family room go to our patio which is covered and was also part of the addition. We spend so much time out here in the summer and it is a perfect place to grill, relax, and the girls to ride their bikes.

Storage Space - They were able to include a closet in the bedroom and a linen closet. I have never had a linen closet before and I absolutely love having it, especially to stock up on guest essentials!

Layout - Have I mentioned I love the layout?!?! All the rooms are the perfect size, not too big and not too small. They also included a huge window in the back of the Family Room and Cathedral ceilings. I could obviously go on and on. 

Well, now that the Family Room is done, I am ready to tackle the Guest Suite.

Here is what it looks like now.

I still really like the bedding in this room and I am not planning on changing it.

I just bought the lamp and nightstand accessories, so those are staying as well.

so here is how the To Do list for this room looks.

Guest Bedroom

Project List:

• Upholstered Headboard

• Paint Ceiling White

• Paint Walls - PPG Atrium White (focal wall behind bed?)

• Wall Decor

• Doors or a curtain on closet?

• Change out ceiling fan?

I am envisioning the headboard to be upholstered in a black and white fabric, something like this.

or this...

I think if I did a focal wall it would look like this.

or I have toyed with the idea of pineapples:)

and as for a light fixture I would definitely go white and I have been dying to use this one, but honestly it may not make it into the budget.

I wont even get into the guest bathroom on this post because thats a whole nother post for a whole nother day:)

but i do have a sneak peek!

YAY!

this happened....the ceiling was all sorts of shades of yellow and blue before so the white is SUPER refreshing.

Master Escape.

The master bedroom has always proven to be a tough one in our house.  My husband and I have different ideas of what a master bedroom should look like.

my idea.

his idea.

hmmmm. do you think there is a compromise between minimalism and an eclectic comfy interior?

im thinking something like this might be a compromise:)

thoughts?

Happy Pinning.

I am a trader, YUP, I said it.  I have been spending more time on Pinterest than my Blog, I AM GUILTY.  So at least I can share my guilty pleasure with you on my blog:)  That makes it okay, right?!?!?!

We held our wedding, two years ago (my has time flown), in the small county of Indiana that we both grew up in and because of this our venue selection was very slim.  We had the reception in a hotel in Santa Claus, Indiana and it was not the prettiest location.  Pretty plain.....  It needed some LOVE.  As you know, I am an Interior Designer, so I pulled some strings to get some wallpaper to "temporarily" hang in the venue.  Lucky for me I was tight with the Designer's Guild sales rep, best product EVER!  So she donated some magenta and gold flocked damask wallpaper, GASP!

You can see it here in these wedding photos.

Anywho....  I saved it and I have been looking for something to do with it.  I found these photos and LOVE this idea:)

DIY Felt Rosette Pillow

Courtesy of Etsy's Handmade blog, The Storque, I found an AWESOME felt pillow design.  I have not worked with felt in a couple of years but for those of us who are not pros at sewing, felt is a savior!

Photo via The Storque

This pillow is so cool.  It's design totally goes with the trends, with the rosette/ruffle effect on the front and it is ORANGE, I LOVE orange:)  Alright, so lets get right into this.

Materials/Supplies Needed:

• 
  
  10" x 18" Feather Pillow Insert
• 
  
  23.5 x 19" Orange Felt for the Pillow Cover
• 
  
  20" x 18" Orange Felt for the Rosettes
• 
  
  Matching Sewing Thread
• 
  
  Basic Sewing Kit
• 
  
  Sewing Machine

Photo via The Storque

1.  Cut two peices of felt that are 11" x 19".  To make the rosettes you will need to cut out 60 circles that measure 3" in diameter.

Photo via The Storque

2.  Pinch each felt circle in the middle and fold the edges to form the rosette shape.  Hand stitch the base of each rosette so it will hold its shape.

Photo via The Storque

3.  Starting at one end of the front pillow panel sew on each rosette neatly at the base of each one and close together.

4.  Continue adding rosettes positioning them close together and in a straight line.  Make sure there is the same amount of blank space on the pillow above and below the rows of rosettes.

5.  Make up the pillow back using directions below.  Insert pillow form into finished cover.

Photo via The Storque

1.  Lay the two peices on top of eachother making sure the edges are perfectly in line.  Pin the peices together on three sides, leaving the fourth side open.  Make sure not to pen too close to the edge so you have room to run your sewing machine along the edge.

2.  Using a matching thread and your sewing machine, sew along the three sides to join your peices together, removing the pins as you sew.  Cut off the corners on the diagonal, making sure not to cut your stitches.  This will create a neater pillow.

Photo via The Storque

3.  Turn the pillow right side out and insert the pillow form.  To close the fourth side, fold the felt inside 1/2" and pin the edges together.

4.  Sticth the sides together keeping the thread as invisible as possible. 

Find this pattern and other felt ideas in Anne Kyyro Quinn's book, Felt Furnishings. 

Happy Felting!

Fun and Funky Interior Spaces

HAPPY TUESDAY!

Sorry I missed out on blogging yesterday:( Today I thought that I would just share some photos that I have collected over the past month of blogging, AKA time to clean out the "My Pictures" File........

How cool does this collection of photographs look above this wild print sofa!

One of my favorite rooms by Suzanne Kasler, the colors and patterns are SO PLAYFUL!

LOVE the pink wall between the black bookcases and the horns on the mantle!


This room is so fun and seems so easy, I like that!

WOW! What to look at, this room is adorable!


Again with the horns on the mantle! This room is so cheery, the blue is AWESOME!

I think I am IN LOVE with the white:)

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!!