1 Paint on the brain

I don’t know if I’m just approaching a 3rd year homeowner crisis or what but over the past few weeks I’ve had the urge to paint nearly every room in my house. Sure, I still have a laundry room to finish and kitchen floors to install, but all I have on the brain are paint colors. I blame Pinterest for pushing me to the edge. Here are a few of the neutral wall color pins that set my paint envy in motion…

Happy Friday, y’all! I plan on spending the weekend talking some reason into myself.

 

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0 LTHL Fall Appreciation Day

It’s that time of year again. The time of year when I want to fast forward to Christmas. The itch to drag out the Christmas tree, spend way too much money on ornaments and throw Elf into the DVD player has hit hard.

Slow down sister. With a solid two months until Christmas, let’s take a breather and enjoy the cool temps and fall colors while they last…and boots. Let’s not forget the boots.

 

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0 Table Talk: South of the Border DIY

Just because I’m taking the week to recap my recent Mexican adventures does not mean that furniture flipping inspiration is going by the wayside. Oh no, my friends. There was plenty of DIY inspiration south of the border.

One such tidbit of inspiration was hard to ignore at Zamas, one of the cutest little beach bars in Tulum, Mexico.

Dining tables were painted an assortment of fun colors with a variety of beach creatures scratched/etched right into the paint. Fish, pelicans, coral, you name it and you could eat on it. So fun and (seemingly) so simple. You betcha that this do-it-yourself method is tucked away in my brain bank.

Pretty stinkin’ cute right? I thought so, and while I’m not in need of another table for my own house, I’m dreaming up some pretty fab wall art ideas.

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0 Tiny Spaces: Finished Attics

Yesterday a buyer that I was working with closed on a home with an awesome unfinished attic space. Bursting with potential. Of course, it set my mind daydreaming of what I would do if I had such a space to craft into a fabulous retreat.

 

 

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0 Rehab Cravings

All day everyday, I’m in search of furniture flipping inspiration. Fortunately since most of my waking hours are spent popping in and out of houses, this Realtor stumbles across all sorts of inspirational finds around every corner. Like this preciously simple vanity update in a house I listed last week. Gorgeous in a grey & white bath…



And a big hug and high five to my pal Lyndi at NWA Foodie for her suggestion via tweet that I give Joy Ever After’s DIY palette table a whirl. So perfect for a patio or screened porch!



And Lord help me, can’t nobody save this girl when Pinterest gets involved. A few of my favorites that I’ve collected on my Furniture Flipping board.

Precious…



Genius…



Love them. All of them…



Adorable…

Need in my life pronto…flowers included…



So much decor porn, so little time.

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1 Sweet Dreams

I know this blog has been a little heavy in the yuck department this week (with the moldy banana post and rotting insect carcasses) so let’s dedicate today to focusing on the pretty.

Nothing revs me up for kicking off a home project more than daydreaming of what the final product will look like. Since my soon-to-be-oh-so-fab laundry room will not only serve as place for washing clothes but also as June Bug’s puppy palace, I’ve had a ton of fun with Pinterest and Google Images lately.

Let’s take today to fantasize…

Shelves with baskets will definitely be working their way into the mix…



I feel good about wallpaper in two very specific areas of the house: half baths and laundry rooms. Maybe, I should bring a fun print into my new laundry room—not this print. Definitely a different print…

Love the framed Whirlpool and Tide ads from long, long ago—even though my washer is Maytag and I’m waaaaay too cheap to buy something fancy like Tide.



June loves an ikat print. Like mother like daughter…



But really it doesn’t get any better than this DIY goodness (or just pick one up on Etsy)…




Too cute. June needs one of these personalized puppy canvases from Red Envelope ASAP. I wonder if they can whip one up for a schnauzer-and-some-kind-of-terrier-but-who-really-knows-which-one mix?…

Oh, dear. The wheels are starting to crank and the demo itch is creeping back up on me. I’m determined to finish out this week with zero signs of construction debris, but next week, we’ll talk.

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0 (More) Table Talk

Hands down, one of my favorite monthly reads is House Beautiful…and while it’s true that I’m hard pressed to find a home centered magazine I don’t like, this one is still a winner, with one of my favorite tidbits being the Send Us a Picture section where readers send in photos of what’s happening around their own casa. I absolutely love seeing the different styles of real people from all over the country and not just the fabulously facelifted concoctions of legit interior designers.



This month’s Send Us a Picture was especially fun for my furniture flipping heart since it featured more than one rehabbed table that had been given new life…



…Not to mention sent me straight down memory lane revisiting all of the rehabbed and repurposed tables laying around my own place.

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