Feb 09' (is it spring yet?)

I hate the winter, and I hate snow even more.



My husband and I haven't done anything around our house all winter. We are just so sick of doing "projects"! I am going to redecorate our guest bedroom. Even though I really like it the way it is. My husband doesn't care much for the butterfly theme. I can't say I blame him. The new theme will be love & guns. Here is my inspiration board ~



.....I know not everyone will like this "theme", but hey, I love the Andy Warhol guns prints. This is a great way for me to get all these random pieces that I love, that I have no other place in the house to put them. My husband will enjoy this much better than butterflies. lol

We have been spending the winter months trying to think up ideas for our hall bathroom also. It is also going to be black and white.



All I know is I can't wait to destroy the ugly green tile walls. Yuck!!! We plan to do white subway tile and black painted walls. As much as I love COLOR, sometimes I think its best to keep some rooms simple. Someday we will finish our basement, so I will have all that to decorate also. (more color) I know I keep promising photos of my master bedroom. It still needs finishing touches, so I am delaying photos as long as possible. lol

I have been working on my photo collage in my office!



Only problem is,....I am out of magazines. :(


I took the closet doors off and put a vintage desk in the space. Instead of painting the closet pink like the rest of the room, I decided to collage it.

Here's Chloe! She is 6 months old now, and her ears are picking up radio stations. lol


Here is the worse thing that happened in this month. My custom framed Monroe print fell off my dresser..... I cried.


On a brighter side though, I finally got an IPOD and I LOVE IT!!!!!


I have already painted the green bedroom white for the new decor!! (guns and love theme)


This month I also went to my favorite antique mall in Indianapolis, Midland Arts and Antiques Market! Which is where I found this....

Which I wanted for the new guns and love bedroom! I was so excited! Its hanging in the kitchen though,.....and I like it in the kitchen, so it may stay there instead. ;)

I have lots of projects planned for March and the spring! So, hopefully I can keep motivated! As always thanks for stopping by my blog!

January 09'

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING FOR A YEAR!!!!

I was reading through my own blog last night and realized how into blogging I used to be. I miss it! :( I can't believe the way my house used to look, and all the hard work we have done. Just looking back at the pictures make me tired!!! (link)

Now with my husband and I both working full time, house projects got pushed to the back burner. We have lost motivation. :( We look at projects that still need done and think, "Gosh, why can't the house just finish itself!!!" lol

Our red house, is now a white house...

This was a hard decision for me. I was so attached to the red, but I was not attached to the idea of scrapping and repainting the house. We spent all summer putting new white vinyl siding on the house. We have all the front of the house done and the back where our patio is, I just don't have any pictures yet.

The gross hot tub is gone. It actually had a dead animal under it when we moved it!!! Once the hot tub was gone, I bought us a cute patio set. Some day we hope to paint the concrete, and a rug would be nice.

My favorite thing about spring time is going plant & flower shopping with my mom.

No, I didn't buy this awesome plant, but I would like to! My husband and I love this tree. I think its priced around $400,....that is why we do not owe it. Come spring I hope to buy plants to finish the front of the houses landscaping FINALLY. I have to paint all the window trim, facial board, and landscape the front. I have alot of work ahead of me. I plan to try red colored mulch instead of the white gravel I have down now. When I put the white gravel down I thought the house was going to be red. I want some kind of contrast!

Now on to the inside of the house.....

*My Hallway*


My Kylie poster has been hanging in the hallway for about 2 years! I got a new Marilyn Monroe poster to hang next to Kylie! I love the way it looks.

hallway photo collage... I had all these miscellaneous photo frames sitting around, so I tired to use them all up by making a picture wall in our hallway!

I plan to paint all the black frames white. I like white frames in the hallway because it doesn't feel so "busy" or cramped when walking down it.

Retro Clock ~ one of the million things I have bought this year! lol It came from my work.

I got this great table and chairs from my work also!

It needs alot of work! I need to recover the chairs, and maybe someday I will get a nice round rug for my dining area. I love the big red round one that is $299 at IKEA!

*MY OFFICE*

I have lots of new collections now that I work at the antique mall. Its branched out into Marilyn Monroe, Pink Teddy Bears, Vintage Flowered Items, and More Hello Kitty....


I bought this doll house basically because it was a heck of a deal, and in hope that someday I might have a little girl to play with it.





*MY LIVING ROOM*

My living room basically looks the same, just a few new pieces. I finally have a few houseplants! I haven't killed this peace lily yet!

I just thought these pictures were cute. The pets love to lay on the heat vents to keep warm.







*MY BEDROOM*
sneak peak...

I hope to be posting pictures of my bedroom soon. Its getting there....finally. :)

Here is a photo of my pink & black booth at the antique mall.

If I am not working, I am usually working on my booth or out searching for stuff to sell in my booth. (not working on my house or decorating my house) This is why nothing ever gets done anymore!! I make a little extra cash selling items. Plus, its just fun!


Thanks for stopping by!!! Hopefully it won't be another year before I post again. lol

*LINKS*

*My Favorite Blogs*

Desire to Inspire
Sparkly Like A Holiday
bijou kaleidoscope
Creative Influences
Absolutely Beautiful Things
Its A Mod Mod World
Whatever Dee Dee Wants
Hello Kitty Hell
Making it Lovely
Another Shade of Grey
A Browner Brown
Design Anxiety
Jennyology
black and white bliss

*My Favorite Websites*

Chiasso
Crate&Barrel2
Eurway
Fulcrum Gallery
Funky Fabrix
Hive Modern
IKEA
Modern Seed
POP ART PETS
Repro Depot
Tonic Living


*Harry Potter Stuff*

MuggleNet
Harry Potter - the official site
Harry Potter Movie Trailer


*Other favorite things...*

Fringe - tv series

*Marilyn Monroe*

I have always liked Marilyn Monroe. I love the Andy Warhol prints of Marilyn. That is basically where my "collection" and "love" for her started.





There is a photo of Marilyn in almost every room of my house. The inspiration piece for my bedroom is my orange Marilyn Warhol print. I have been working on decorating my bedroom for over a year now. I am excited to say that I finally took my Warhol print and had it framed. I can't wait to share my photos of my bedroom!!!

Puppy ~ Little Chloe

*I have fallen off the face of the earth*




But I got a new cute puppy! :) Meet Chloe! She is only 8weeks old in these photos. They were taken in October 2008.




I never even check my email anymore! My job the last year has consumed my life. I hardly spend anytime working on my projects around my house. So, sitting down to type a long blog entry and uploading pictures just doesn't happen anymore. :(
I do miss it!!!! Hopefully someday I can get back to the interior design/blog world.

IKEA FEVER

I waited, and waited, and waited.....

Its finally here!!!!! My own IKEA! (Only 9 miles from my house!) Going to IKEA has helped me to get back into the "decorating spirit"! We finally get to furnish our Master Bedroom. I ended up NOT liking the orange and white IKEA bedding in person. I did fall in love with this though.....

HOT PINK!

In the photo above, I have black MALM furnitire from IKEA. Well, we aren't getting black. We went with white. That is what I really wanted. My bedroom is a mess right now. Once I start getting it together I will snap some photos. Here are some cute little chairs that I have bought from the antique mall where I work.

My work will be having its GRAND OPENING the weekend of April 25th. All I do is work. I have no time to blog anymore. :( I am enjoying my new job though. (and my IKEA store!)