Sold! (Almost)

Hello! Just a quick Saturday hello to tell you that we had some great news this week: Someone put an offer on our little Springfield house that has been on the market!

I don't have to tell you how thankful we are for this! There are still a lot of things that have to happen before the house is officially out of our hands (successful home inspection, paperwork, etc) but come May we might be rid of this little house (and our second mortgage).

Thanks for all of your kind thoughts towards our home selling. Just trying to be patient until the deal is completely done! But this is a huge relief, especially with the housing market the way it is right now.

-Stacie

Weekend Happenings

Hi! I wanted to share a little picture of our Springfield, MO home that is currently on the market. Isn't it kinda adorable with the minty green paint, wood shutters, and scalloped entryway (you can only see a little bit of the scallop in this image)?

Accomplished this weekend:

• Cleaned, recaulked, and painted bathroom
• Caulked and Painted trim in both bedrooms
• 4th coat of neutral paint in said bedrooms (totally rethinking those red and green walls right about now)
• Painted kitchen window and door frames
• New tires (we got a flat in Springfield)
• Ordered kitchen cabinets (will arrive in 2 weeks!)

Now that the house is almost completely repainted and spiffed, perhaps a lovely potential home buyer will fall in love with it and take it off of our hands..... if only!

Oh, and I also got to have coffee/tea with the lovely Rachel Denbow! It was super duper fun to get to know her better!

What did you do this weekend?

Stacie

before and after: kitchen chair

Snow days rock. Especially when you actually have all of the  supplies necessary to complete a decorating project start to finish  without leaving the house!





I've had an ongoing project to paint all of my mismatched dining chairs the same shade of green (the green that I used on my fireplace).  Yesterday I tackled this $10 beauty from a garage sale.

This chair required a quick bit of sanding, 3 coats of paint, and a easy recover of the seat.




Get a look at all of the old layers of fabric! Yowser!




The fabric I used is actually a piece of the bag that my old Anthropologie bedspread was packaged in. I had been saving the big bag for just such a project.




A few staples from my trusty staple gun, a few screws, and viola! Instant pretty chair makeover!




I'm kind of in love with this little makeover!

how's it hanging?

I've got a bit of a decorating situation: what to hang above my couch? Ever since we got our new couch cover (which Wallace and I both ADORE, can't you tell?) my painted sea green mirror no longer meshes. I've got great plans for this mirror (it will look divine  above my dining room table). But as it is, I am stuck trying to figure out a solution for what to replace it with! With the help of Photoshop, I've narrowed down some alternatives:

Option 1: Picture Grouping

Photoshopped image source: younghouselove

 This option would allow me to use a lot of existing prints that I have around the house. I can hit up the salvation army for inexpensive frames, and paint them all the same color for a nice cohesive effect. I love the way that Sherry and John from Young House Love pulled this off in their daughter's nursery.

I just don't want too much clutter, ya know? Is the scale large enough? Moving onto option #2:

Option 2: Record Frames as Art

Photoshopped image source: Urban Outfitters

This is another inexpensive alternative. These frames are from Urban Outfitters, and are 2 for $15 (score!). I could put fabric inside of them, original art, large colorful photographs to pull in the colors from the rest of the room, who knows!

Yet do they fill the space well enough? I know that I did not scale these to size, so I believe that they will be much smaller in real life. Onto Option #3:


Option 3: Affordable Suzani Textile (In My Dreams)

Photoshopped image source: cloth and kind

I have a wonderful, reoccurring dream: I go to a local antique store, rummage through an old barrel filled with yellowed sheets and scraps of fabric, and suddenly find a GORGEOUS Suzani textile for $15! Of course this is only a dream. And real suzani costs an arm and a leg.

But if I could afford Suzani, I would want it to be as close to the one Photoshopped above my couch. I love the deep fuchsia's and oranges! Of course this Suzani is over 100 years old and belongs to someone else, but I can still close my eyes and dream. Finally Option #4


Option 4: 6 Square Frames from IKEA

Photoshopped image source: Apartment Therapy

This option is a lot like the second image, a large grouping of images. Yet I like 6 frames all painted white. It is balanced. But is it boring? I would definitely use colorful images inside these frames. Pops of pinks and greens! Still, 6 frames can add up in the old $$ department. 

Maybe I could build some frames out of canvas stretcher bars?

So what do you guys think? I need your input! I am leaning towards option #4, but am still torn!

Happy Saturday!

Stacie