Leah's Colorful Home Tour...

Leah from 'The Way We Are' blog sent over some pics to of her home after I told her I wanted to share them with all of you! I saw her living room before both her & her husband tackled the upholstery on those chairs and reupholstered them in a stunning black & white fabric! Don't they look great?

Can you believe she actually SCORED those chairs on Craigslist!?!  It always amazes me what a little paint & fabric can do to a space.  I hope you'll enjoy this tour of her home, you can also visit her blog here.

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   Below: our ABC Love Print design hangs in her daughter's room.

I've REALLY been wanting to re-upholster something in a black & white fabric....just haven't decided what just yet. It makes such a statement and adds a great amount of interest to a home! LOVE it!

images via The Way We Are

Caitlin Wilson's Home Tour....

Interior Designer, Caitlin Wilson of Style Files blog was gracious enough to share her lovely home in Dubai with all of us!  I always LOVE to peek into homes of Interior Designers, it always inspires me.  They always have the best fabrics and furniture pieces.....it must be because they are able to access home furnishings that are only for the trade.... lucky them! 

On another note, Caitlin is hosting a FREE storyboard room design GIVEAWAY on her blog! For those who don't know what a storyboard is: It's a virtual design scheme based on your needs & style inspirations integrating your existing furniture and/or new pieces selected by Caitlin for your space.

Caitlin's home is filled with sooooo many pretty items that 

I've asked her to list them here. Are you ready? Here we go:

living room- circular side table IKEA

coffee table- EXPEDIT IKEA

sofa table- Besta Burs IKEA

entertainment center- Expedit IKEA

sofa- Index living

lamps- chinese, from local dubai market

dining table & chairs- index living

moroccan rug- local dubai market

olivia's room- dresser hemnes ikea

side table hemnes ikea

crib- mothercare in uk

lamp- the white company, london

                              Child of God print -persimmon and pink

images by caitlin wilson

Alaina's Home Tour (Live Creating Yourself)

Hello everyone! How's your Monday so far?? It's been cloudy & sprinkling here in Las Vegas, definitely very unusual weather for this part of the country. However, this post below has made my day a little sunnier! I'm so excited to bring you this home tour by Alaina from Live Creating Yourself.  She has allowed me to share her cozy Chicago home with all of you!  Below she explains the details of her lovely living space.

"I've been collecting pieces for the past two years. The only store-bought, full-priced items my boyfriend and I bought that are not from IKEA are the vertical bookshelves in my office. They are from West Elm and no longer available. Same goes for the tree branch end table in the living room which is from Target and is available. The West Elm tripod lamp in the living room was a gift from a friend. The rug and sofa in the living room are ALSO from West Elm, but we bought them used on Craigslist. Other rugs are IKEA and the zebra rug in the bedroom was on sale at Pottery Barn."

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Dining Room & Living Room:
The dining room chairs cost me $70 - I painted them grey and reupholstered them myself. The dining room table is an antique & cost only $50 - also CraigsList. The bar is IKEA Expedit.  


Most pillows and accessories are West Elm sale items with a few thrift store items thrown in the mix. The place settings are a mix of Williams-Sonoma Apilco Traditional and West Elm Pure Square.

below: her colorful inspiration board

Below: Living room Art by Alaina 

below: her stylishly decorated home office

  images by Alaina

Interior Designer Julie Richard's Home Tour

I'm so excited to share Julie Richard's home with all of you. She is an Interior Designer based out of Salem, MA & was gracious enough to send some pics my way.  I feel very drawn to her work, she's got such a great eye for design & color!  She'll soon be launching her interior design site, Shelter and I'm very much anticipating it's arrival online!  

Julie also teaches ID at two area colleges in Massachusetts. Lucky students! I took a few courses in Interior Design in the past & I can assure you my teacher didn't have a portfolio that looked anything like Julie's.... or I probably would have stuck to the program! You can also view her blog, which is filled with all kind of goodies! 

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images by Molly Ferguson