Home Updates.

Holy forever it's been since I've posted to this poor blog.  I love it for so many reasons, so I'm going to try to get back at it!

Life has been absolutely crazy.  Just insane.  In mostly good ways, of course.  I've taken on some really fun & challenging new design projects, started working with an amazing new designer, have had family visits, traveled to see some dear friends, decorated the house, started Winslow in swim class, started exercising again... oh my goodness, the list goes on and on but I will spare you.

With all that is on my plate, we're still settling into our new home and working on projects here and there.  Since the first couple months were spent amongst the contractors painting and repairing and ripping up and installing, I don't think we had 30 seconds to stop and realize how incredibly lucky we are to call this home ours.  After searching for 7 months, we found her and she's absolutely perfect.  So, so blessed.

A couple updates to the house...

Added a mantel.

The living room fireplace before we covered the sweet little cut out with a TV (broke my heart but Hubbs HAD to have it!) and added the gas fireplace (because this icebox was built in 1918 )...

After, with the TV and fireplace...

Oh, Mr. Fireplace installer, we need a mantel to prevent the TV from melting?!  Thanks for the heads up.  Does cardboard work?  And yes, that's The Notebook :)

So thankful to have a friend like Travis at Reclaimed Design Works to help us pick out our mantel.  Such a cool showroom, I could hang out there all day, dreaming of ways to cover our home in this stuff!

We wanted something that wasn't wimpy but would fit in the small space under the TV and not take away from the tile work.  Here she is, off an old barn in Upstate NY :)  In all her glory... love, love love!

Built a walk-in closet.

The master bedroom had a beautiful sitting room off the bathroom, surrounded by windows and bright sunlight...  So beautiful.

BUT it only gave us a 4x4 closet to share.  Obvi that wasn't going to work!  So we closed up the wall to that teeny tiny closet and combined it with Winslow's room to create a bigger walk in for her.  Because every 1 year old needs a walk in closet, ha.  We threw down some carpet and designed a shelving layout that would work in that space while still allowing some sunlight to come through...

I love this space so much it's ridiculous...

Cozied up the breakfast nook.

Our kitchen is white.  Very white.  White walls, white marble counters, open white shelves, white chandelier.  And we love it!  But the breakfast nook, where we surprisingly eat a lot of meals, and its white cafe curtains, white bench and white chairs needed some coziness.

Nothing a thick grey/white striped cushion and bright pillows couldn't handle!

Custom cushions - Denver Upholstery | Pillows - West Elm

Next on the list... landscaping, putting up some artwork and decorating the basement.  Oye!


We already have so many special memories in the short 7 months we've been here, I can't WAIT to see what else goes down in this place!