Nautical/ Rustic Inspired Summer Living Room

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to change things up design wise. So what better way than to have have a "summer" living room?? I think that if I can change it up slightly for summer & winter, then I would be happy. The base pieces will always stay the same. Just changing up the pillows and some decor pieces will help me do that!

Here is my idea:

Living by impatientremodeler featuring bamboo blinds

I have already ordered the red ticking stripe pillow covers. I have the vintage Canada travel posters too!
I have been trying to hunt down some of the items from Target's Nautical Collection. But our Target's here don't have most of the items :(

Our next order of business is building the Ana White Rustic X Coffee Table. I think the weathered grey stain will look amazing!

Then eventually we can do side tables as well!

I would love to get rid of the brown leather couches but that just isn't going to happen anytime soon. There is nothing really wrong with them and they sure hide mess that my kids gets into!

So stay tuned for more updates!!! I am super excited!!

Master Bedroom Makeover....FINALLY!!!

Master Bedroom Makeover... Finally!!

So, I have never really liked our master bedroom decor. I have mentioned it a few times. I have tried to work with what I have, but it never felt "right". Last month I sold our entire bedroom set. We have been sleeping with our mattress on the floor ever since. It sucks!

Last week, I sold a few more things and we got started on building a farmhouse bed from Ana White plans. It is looking amazing!! Hopefully we can finish and put it all together very soon.

But seeing the beautiful bed made me realize that I needed to change a few more things. i think that I will have to paint the room one shade darker. Right now it is SW Comfort Gray but I need to go to SW Oyster Bay to get some contrast with the white bed. I REALLY do not want to re-paint but we will see I guess.

I also now want to build two night stands like these from Ana White. I want to bring in the warm wood tones and the rustic element.

Then on the other side of the room I would like to sell my existing console table and build these instead.

I am beyond ridiculously excited for how it would look if we get it all done!!

Now I just have to convince my hubby to help me out :)

Here is the Master Bedroom Mood Board for what I am thinking. It has a rustic but nautical vibe to it.

Master by impatientremodeler featuring tab curtains

Master Bedroom Makeover Ideas

I should start out by saying that I have started to re-do our bedroom several times in the last two years. My husband rolls his eyes when I mention anything about out, he is sick of it. But it has never felt right and I am determined to fix that.

This is what it looked like a few months ago. It was just a bunch of things from other rooms in our old house. 

The bedroom set we bought for our last house. I never liked it and I am not sure why I agreed to spend money on it.

I was going to sell the furniture and start over. This morning Aiden broke one of the slats on the foot board. Now it's the perfect excuse to get rid of it!

I haven't decided if the night stands will stay. I feel like they are too short and dark. But I need to see how high the bed will be once we have a metal bed frame (I want an upholstered head board).
I have other night stands in the basement. They are tall and skinny but they need to be painted something lighter first.

Two weeks ago I re-painted our room Sherwin Williamns Comfort Gray (mixed at Lowes).
I love it, it's the perfect colour.

So here is my Master Bedroom Mood Board for my ideas.

Master by impatientremodeler featuring colored furniture

What do you think?? I think it can be done easily! I already have the red table that I will use to do my make up. We need to make a head board. The night stands need to be painted. I already have the bedding.

Hopefully I will start making some more progress on it soon!!

A Makeover for My Birthday Girl

So my baby girl is turning three this weekend. I have been racking my brain as to what to get her. She has a ton of stuff already. Since she is my second she got most of her brothers toys as well as so many amazing hand me downs from an amazing family members daughters.
Since we moved to our house a year ago her room has stuff in it but just hasn't felt "right " to me.

Here is what it looks like right now:

We painted it a purple with a touch of gray to it, given to us by a friend. It is a beautiful colour but I find her room a bit dark. 
So I figure now is as good as times as any to give my girl a special room of her own.

Here's my idea:

Abby :) by sherrymiser on Polyvore

I plan on keeping the wall her bed is on the purple colour. I want to paint the other three walls Autumn Haze by Glidden to brighten things up.
I would love these turquoise curtains because they are super cute and they keep the light out. The girl is a terrible sleeper, I will do what I can to keep her sleeping ;)
I found the cutest comforter set at Target. We just got Target in Canada. So I will check and see if we get that set, if not a trip to the states is in order.
I saw this set of paper lanterns done here and I think it would be a great idea.
We already have two of the pink petal lights from Ikea.
Tonight I plan on making these bookshelves for a reading corner and I need a beanbag chair for that corner as well (her brother has one already and she loves it).
So I have no idea how long it will take to come together but what a great present I think it would be to have a special room. Since she slept in our walk-in closet for the first two years of her life, it only seems fair.
The only problem is that knowing me, I may change my mind a few times along the way. Kind of like this...