on my radar: navy velvet sofas

Take a look at my Pinterest boards and at any given time you can see right away what designs and colors I'm craving for my home. Right now I'm all about lots of white, gray, and navy. I'm especially finding myself drawn to living rooms with navy velvet sofas. Years ago I wanted one for our living room, and even after all this time I've still got them on my brain.

Source: Beautiful Homes via The Girls of Lincoln Park

 One of my all time favorite rooms by Bailey McCarthy features a to-die-for navy velvet sofa. I absolutely love this combination with the coral window trim (sound familiar?), and of course that fab vintage Louis trunk.

Peppermint Bliss / Biscuit Home

Source: Emily Henderson

Once it comes time to make our furniture plan, you bet I'll be scheming up a way I can incorporate one of these babies into our new home!

new pillows and some big news!

I've been holding off on buying more things for our apartment because we haven't been sure if we're staying here or if we would be able to find a home to buy. I've been itching for a little update to our living room, so I've decided on these leopard velvet and blue ikat pillows from Arianna Belle, and the gold scallop pillow from Caitlin Wilson Textiles since they can come with us wherever we end up.

Now for the big news: This weekend we went and looked at houses with our realtor. On Sunday we found one we liked and decided to put an offer in not expecting much since anything semi-decent gets snapped up within a day or two. We put our offer in Monday, they accepted Tuesday, and as of last night we officially have a contract! Everything is still super new and up in the air until the inspection passes. In the next week or so we should be in the clear, and I'll share a little more about our new home (you can see some ideas I've started pinning here). It all happened so fast and was so much easier than I ever expected. I'm nervous to have the responsibility of owning a home, but I'm also crazy excited that I finally get to make a space 100% ours!

house hunt

You guys, I feel like I've looked at every available home in a 20 mile radius. Let's just say... Dallas has a lot of fugly homes. Sometimes I just can't even believe what some people decide to live with. With such simple updates the home could be so fresh and pretty. Alas, we've walked into so many spaces that instantly make my head hurt they are so tragic.

I've stumbled upon one in particular that I love, but so does the rest of Dallas, so our chances are slim to none at getting it.

Isn't she just the cutest? I'm obsessed with the fireplace, arched doorways, ceilings, built-in bookshelves in the entry, and wood floors. It's exactly what I want, but I'm not about to get into a bidding war and overpay, so I'm just patiently waiting to stumble across the right home at the right time. So while I can't start designing yet, I do know that pretty much any bathroom we get will need to be a total gut (people, don't neglect your bathrooms!), so I've started putting together different possibilities for the design. This is the one I'm leaning toward so far.

Imagine with white floors and subway tile all the way up to the ceiling in the bath. So good. I'm purchasing these mirrors today, and until I have a bathroom to put them in they'll have a home above our nightstands in the bedroom.