One of the reasons we fell in love with our particular home is that it has about 2300 sq. ft. of living area. Most mid-century homes (at least in New England) are quite small by comparison, so for a while it seemed like we would never find a place that would suit both our space needs and our architectural wants. Thankfully, we did.
The house has three "bedrooms": a large master bedroom, another large room that is my office and a third, smaller (14ft x 12ft) room in between the two. We've been using this third room as storage (we have no basement) but with the garage almost completed, my husband has been moving his tools and things out there, and the room is beginning to clear out. There's still some stuff in there I need to move - a table, my childhood doll house, my nana's old army trunk, a bunch of old lamps - but it's getting to where we can start thinking about turning it into its intended use: a guest room!
I'm at a loss for what I would like to do in there. What color should I paint it? For some reason I keep thinking blue or yellow... Any ideas?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The guest room
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Guest room
I was at HomeGoods yesterday, which I never really shop at. I was in the mood and, well, it's next to my grocery store. Anyway, I found some cute white lamps on clearance that I thought would look good in my guest room. Then I remembered the bedding from U.O. that I really wanted, which just happened to be on sale. I took a look at them again, and saw that they'd been marked down yet again! It was a sign - I needed to pounce! (I hope they get here soon.)
Now, there is a lot of blue and green in this room, so I'm thinking about making a tall, padded, white headboard to help break it up. I'm actually really excited about making the headboard; I found a blogger who did one here. I'm not sure how to get or make fabric buttons, does anyone know how that works?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Guest room
I painted a robin's egg blue accent wall in the guest room today. Once I upgrade my queen bed in the master to a king I will move the queen in here.
click here to see what it looked like before
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Updates to the foyer
I picked up this gorgeous John-Paul Philippé art rug during West Elm's Labor Day sale. The rug is still on sale! Nice and thick, good quality!
So anyway this room has never really had a lot of attention put into it, that's because I never really knew what to do with it, and I still don't, ha! The other day I got a cheap old dresser which was going to go in the guest room/ storage room, but I really like it in the foyer. It will stay here for the time being.
Also I picked up that large bull sculpture last winter at HomeGoods. Sometimes you get lucky and you can find cool things there.
Friday, April 17, 2009
It's here!
I love it so much! It looks just as I imagined it. My next steps are to paint the inside of the garage a bright white and get up some peg board. Currently all of my husband's tools are in the guest room; I'll be so happy to get that room back!
Front yard: I need to mix some peat moss and lime into the dirt to have some healthy grass growing.
Walkway: We have decided to put in 20" square cement stones for the front walkway. We still need to shop around for supplies.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Cabana Bay - New retro styled hotel in the works
I just love the look of this place, the image above almost looks like a vintage postcard. I will so be staying there in the future! Can you imagine how fun the rooms will be!
So currently it's still being built and won't be opening until next year. The new hotel will be operated by Loews Hotels & Resorts and feature both moderate and value-level accommodations in the forms of family suites and standard rooms. Artwork released by Universal Orlando shows a glimpse at what the Cabana Bay Beach Resort will look like, featuring a sleek ’50s style across its lobby, pool, and rooms. Across multiple buildings, Cabana Bay beach resort will include a total of 1,800 rooms: 900 family suites, capable of sleeping six, that include kitchen areas and 900 standard guest rooms
Omg, check out this room sketch below! I later found an example of what the room will actually look like, how cool!
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Quinn chair
I was at HomeGoods this past Saturday, looking for random things to put in my garden. I searched through the store and found some decorative ceramic orbs. At the cash register, the lady said another woman had come by earlier and cleaned them out of the larger, cooler orbs. Argh! I was too late! So I decided to drive one town over to another HomeGoods and see if they had any big ones left...
At store #2 all I saw were crackled metallic orbs - not my thing. So I made sure to go through the whole store and see if I saw anything else I liked. In the back of the store, in the furniture section, I spotted it. My jaw dropped open. I walked over to this amazing-looking chair, which looked almost identical to one I had seen at Room & Board, called the Quinn Chair. Now, for reference, the Quinn goes for $750, and the matching ottoman is $400. Shipping is another $300, for a grand total of $1450...
I tip-toed over to the HomeGoods version of the Quinn and looked for the price tag. Ah, red clearance sticker... Only $250, ottoman included!!! AAAHHHH!!!
Needless to say, the chair now lives at my house:
Where is the womb chair going to go? I have no idea. For now I'm putting it in the guest/storage room. I always wanted to find a matching ottoman for it, but I never found one cheaper than $300 - nevermind the insane amount of money to get the set reupholstered: I was quoted $900 plus fabric, just to do the chair! I'll deal with that later, though. For now, all I can think about is my beautiful, new, "Quinn" chair.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
New images from the Cabana Bay Resort — and a surprise...
I'm sure you may have heard about this place already, but if you haven't, here are some more images.
Cabana Bay Beach Resort is Universal Orlando Resort’s fourth on-site hotel with striking color schemes and nifty, nostalgic details throughout the décor. The new, 1800-room hotel features moderately priced family suites available this spring at the special preview price and value-priced guest rooms available in summer of 2014 along with a wealth of recreation. When complete, guests can experience a 10-lane bowling alley and enjoy two massive pools with sand beaches, a lazy river, waterslide and more.
I suddenly need a vacation and this is where I want to spend it. Aren't those pictures amazing?! One of the best features by far is... MY ARTWORK ABOVE THE BEDS! WHAAAAT?!?!
So who’s coming with me?