good tunes

I thought I'd share some lovely music with you today. It's so perfect and relaxing to listen to :)



Stay tuned next week for some (hopefully) very exciting news!!

living room inspiration

I've been looking and looking and looking for furniture to re-do our living room for a few months now, but I realized that everything I was drawn to was beige, gray, and blah. After spending forever roaming around online looking for just the right inspiration, I think I've found it! 

I came across this room the other day, and I can't stop looking at it. That velvet couch, those hot pink tufted chairs, ikat... I can't handle it!
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I know Charlie won't go for the hot pink dining room chairs (sad face), but I think he'll be OK with one pink ikat chair. Everything in this room was custom designed, and ridiculously expensive, so I set out to find things that were similar and in our price range. 
I would like to re-upholster our existing slipper chair in the pink ikat. My grandma has some mad re-upholstery skills, so this should only cost what I pay for the fabric. I'm going to sit on the for a month or so, because I tend to change my mind quickly... 



i'm melting

As you (and the rest of the United States) may have noticed - It's H.O.T. out there. I ventured out of the house today and when I saw this I cried a little.
Unfortunately, tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter so I have decided to stay at home and force myself to get everything done that I've been putting off for awhile. Besides, the UPS man is delivering my table tomorrow! 

Anyway, I've gotten off track. I have been addicted to Pinterest lately and have been collecting DIY ideas like crazy (tooooootally wish I would have discovered this website when I was planning a wedding). One of them was to make a knock-off version of this overpriced burlap message board from Ballard (love you Ballard, but $79 for a piece of cork and burlap is ridic).
I got the inspiration for the project here, but came up with an even cheaper way to do it. At Hobby Lobby I was able to pick up a piece of cork board that already had backing for $4.99 (eliminating the purchase of a canvas and cork squares), nail heads ($1.49), staple gun ($9.99 - 40% coupon), and picture hanger ($1.29). I used some left over fabric from our wedding tablecloths, wrapped it around the board, and stapled it to the back. Nailed each upholstery tack 1 inch apart, added my hanger to the back and... new message board above our computer desk for less than $15! 
You can see that I only put the upholstery tacks on the top and bottom. Mine kept bending and looking crooked, so I gave up and will try again another day to complete them all the way around. I have to say though, I'm sort of impressed with myself :)