For the last month I’ve been slowly changing up things in the living room. I got really sick of the yellow and sold the ottoman and bought the CB2 Peekaboo acrylic coffee table. Once it arrived I was very underwhelmed, I just wasn’t feeling it for the space and I couldn’t help but picture little Zoe bonking into it in the future.

Anyway get ready for picture overload.

obsessed with my new pillows, the striped is from etsy and the coral fretwork and navy deco are from Caitlin Wilson Textiles

You might also notice I painted the sunburst mirror gold. Doesn’t it look so much better!? Everything looks better in gold (words I live by).

I need to have more fresh flowers in my life.

I had been lusting over this brass tray for a very long time, I don’t know why I waited so long to get it because I think its absolutely stunning.

I decided to go with a more neutral ottoman this time around, it gives me more room to play with colors.

Ummm $10.00 ikea pillow. Yes please!

While at ikea I picked up some Ritva drapes, I love these drapes! Not only are they a great price but I love how the light shines through so beautifully.

I added grosgrain ribbon, such an easy DIY and so chic.

can’t forget to give credit to my little stylist for being so patient while mama snapped away.

PS
my house is never this neat and tidy with ZERO baby toys. I had just gotten the rug and sofa cleaned so it was the perfect opportunity to take some lovely photos for you all. Just thought I’d let you know ; )

Daddy took some holiday time off so we’ve gotten a couple projects done around the house, one of them being the new gallery wall.

We needed to make this one a little more baby friendly, the other one was just too low to the ground and the ikea frames were sagging, one of them even fell!

Compared to how long and hard the last one took this one was a breeze! We didn’t really have any layout planned we just started nailing them up!

I got all the white frames from Home Goods and the gold ones from Aaron Brothers.

I love that I can keep adding to this one as well, lots of room for our future babies! : )

Hope you all have a wonderful New Years! See you in 2013!!!

one being the obvious

i decided to go with a small tree this year in honor of our little munchkin. this has to be my absolute fave thing about christmas. the smell, the lights, the ornaments!

we o’verlayed our dresser a couple months back and I keep forgetting to blog about it. anyways I love it.

finally found the floating shelves I wanted for the guest bath. still need to decorate them more but don’t you just love ‘em.

ps
I’m pretty obsessed with this new photo app on my iPhone if you haven’t already definitely download VSCO CAM you’ll love it.

here are some pretties we saw along the way

we left with frames for the new gallery wall

and this glittery deer for baby Zoe’s room

Here are some new lovelies I picked up this week.

I love this $15 rug I found at Home Goods. I’ve been loving navy and white lately.

Also found this chevron rug for the bathroom for $12! The colors go perfectly in here.

We finally got a West Elm near us and they were having a 15% off sale, so Monday I popped in and picked up some things for the guest bath, like this monogram hand towel.

and these diamond towels as well as the shower curtain, on sale of course!

I love to find deals and use coupons any chance I get (my poor husband)

Have you scored any great deals lately?

Will you shop at a specific store just because you have a coupon? I do!

Oh how I’ve missed Home Goods and today was a great day to go as there were so many amazing goodies.

Loving this black x bench, just wish I had a place for it.

Fun cotton rugs!

Such an awesome console table.

Just saw almost this exact same throw at West Elm.

I love mirrors and could have easily taken both these home. I need a bigger house!

I didn’t leave empty handed though (that would be a crime!) I’ll share with you tomorrow the goodies I brought home.

I was browsing Pinterest on Wednesday and came across this gorgeous picture.

via

Can you believe she scored that sunburst mirror for $35!?

And from Home Depot, of all places. craziness.

Anyway, I rushed to Home Depot the same day and picked it up. I just had to have it for the babies room, and you know I can’t pass up a gorgeous sunburst mirror plus a good deal!

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Like these amazing filigree urns from Overstock

love them!

love the price even more, compared to this similar one found at Z Gallerie

I mean yaaaa they aren’t porcelain but who really cares, and no one will ever know when they’re placed so high up. Well except for you guys…shhh!

Also got these adorable foo dogs for $48 on eBay

I’m loving the pop of color they bring.

Have a great weekend!

it was pretty ugly but I saw past that and really liked the “parsons” feel it was giving off. It’s also extremely sturdy and quite heavy, which is great because I can’t stand flimsy particle board furniture.

So with a little paint love from the husband and a little decorating from me, I’m now pretty much obsessed with this baby.

I love that I finally have a place to display some of my books and knick knacks. I picked up this white frame from Home Goods recently and I filled my ikat bowl from Anthropologie with seashells we collected in Costa Rica on our honeymoon.

Drink time!

I picked up this decanter for my husband for all his hard work, he loves a good glass of scotch once in awhile.

and of course you can’t have a manly drink of scotch without a sparkly gold glass to hold it in.

Adore.

You might remember from the previous post that I had planned to add a dark gray back and possibly some O’verlays to the sides. But for now I’m actually really loving the airiness of it, I like that you can view the pieces from any angle. Oh and if you’re wondering what color we painted it, because you know white can be pretty tricky. We decided to go with our trim color that we used throughout the house, which is an old formula called C2 L2 by Benjamin Moore. I love this white.

Finally I have a place to display our wedding album and even my wedding shoes. I also ordered an acrylic display box to showcase them even more.

the view from our hallway mirror. love.

I just love this mercury glass decanter, another great piece I picked up at Home Goods.

I still plan to add some artwork to the top of it, as well as some bright turquoise foo dogs for a pop of color.

Hope you guys love it as much as I do. I’m really so happy about the end result, not to mention the price. Gotta love Craigslist!

special thanks to the husband!

nothing I love more than a handy man