Green Curtains

After sitting at home and spending a lot of time feeding Archer, my curtains have started to really bother me. Every day I sat staring at them, I disliked them more and more. They are rather dull. (plain white) I think white drapes are great, but they just dont do anything for this room. Our living room tends to stay a little dark and something is needed to brighten it up!

When we first moved in, I had visions of putting up green drapes on the two big windows. I told Brad and he said "green??" In that tone that only a husband can do... (you know the one!) I decided to play it safe and go neutral with white drapes until I decided how I wanted things to look. Well, my green dreams have not gone away. My favorite Southern lady knew the power of green drapes and I think they are just what we need in the living room. Here are a few of my inspiration photos. I was a little worried about trying to match with the green, but I think I am going to use it more as a neutral like the photo below. I love how its not too matchy, it gives way more personality.
I also like the green drapes with the blue pillows. I like to switch out my pillows by season, so this would be a good option.

I think the green curtains and the gray couches compliment each other well. Lucky for me we already have the gray couches!

Sadly, the green imperial trellis fabric below is not in my budget... but I have a game plan. Can't wait to share it soon!

Pleasantville

Yesterday while painting the first coat of gray on our kitchen cabinets, Brad decided to tell me how he felt about the paint colors that I chose for our home. Let me start out by saying, that I asked him COUNTLESS times his thoughts on the colors. I sat around many a' nights surrounded by 100's of paint swatches saying "Do you like this one? How about this?" To which he had no opinions and said "Pick whatever you want."

Last night's conversation went a little like this...

Me: "I really love this color gray, it looks great with the counter tops"

Brad: "Yeah I like it, I'm just worried its going to be too dark" "I just feel like when I walk into our house, that I am on the set of Pleasantville... everything is just black, white and gray. I wish you had picked more color" I asked him people... I asked him!

Granted, right now when you walk in our house, it is very neutral. I see it is a blank canvas to enhance with colorful accessories, where we wont have to be stuck with a color until we decide to repaint. I can change out things as I feel the urge. {which happens a lot} I told him that it would be completely different once we moved our furniture and belongings in. To which he promptly reminded me that we had gray couches and recently bought a new black bedroom set. I told him to just trust me, that it would all come together. So while our house is filled with black and gray, I will be bringing color to it like the scandalously colored people of Pleasantville.

I am thinking of painting our old wood barstools a fun new color. Red is at the top of my list, but I am not deciding just yet.

Source: oddgirloutblog.blogspot.com via Candace on Pinterest

Maybe pairing them with a cherry red china cabinet.

An inky blue desk could also be a fun pop of color. My old college desk is just begging for a coat of shiny paint! I recently painted a pair of kid's chairs in this color for Keating's room and they are too cute!

Speaking of Keating's room, I know it wont be lacking any color. Everything kid related is colorful. I kept his walls neutral as well, I didn't want to over do it. I plan on adding a book shelf like this on his wall, to encourage his obsession with books.

Here, a nice neutral room comes to life with easily changeable pillows.

This room could have easily been very "Pleasantville" but the bright pillows and art work really bring it to life.

I love these fun yellow chairs, not sure about the comfort level though!

All images are via Pinterest. I am sorry if I took any of your images and did not properly credit you. I cannot for the life of me figure out the pinterest embed feature. Please forgive me.

House Inspiration

For those that are new around here and have been wondering why we are living in my parents basement, basically... we inherited Brad's childhood home after his father passed away. His mom couldn't take care of the maintenance on her own, so she moved in with a friend and we have been renting it for the last year. In the mean time we rented my house that I bought before we got married. We were starting to get crammed in our little condo-esque community and decided to move into Brad's parents house. The house is a lot more living area with a large yard, and no strict community rules.

We have been waiting for the current renters to move out so that we can get in there and get to work! We are going to refinance the house {an old ranch} and do some remodeling/ renovating. So I will share the images I have been saving for the past 6 months while we have been inhabited with my parents. =)

I love open shelving

I am always inspired by Pottery Barn. I also love gallery walls. My grandparents had one growing up and we always loved looking at it when we visited.

I fell so in love with this photo, that Brad got me a 1930's church pew for Christmas! I hope we can find the perfect spot for it!

I have been loving greige neutrals lately. We will be painting a lot of gray!

This picture is from the movie The Holiday. I just love Cameron Diaz's house in the movie! I love the black doors and how all of the neutrals play off of each other. I actually just realized her bf in the movie sleeping on the couch! haha!

This is another view of the room.

I love this house because it has a lot of similar features that we hope to include in our home. Nice beams, and we have a baby grand piano that I am not sure how to incorporate. Especially since neither of us play piano!

Some of our cabinetry will most likely be painted black. I think black is so classic.

As small as it is in the photo, I love the vanity in the bathroom.

More open shelves. Seeing a trend?

Open shelves, black cabinets, and a nice pot rack.

I have a lot more photos, but I dont want to bombard y'all at once. I also dont want to count my chickens before they hatch... So those will have to wait!