in my mind we're leaving Carolina...

Well, despite the ridiculous radio silence, I am still alive.

BIG NEWS - We're moving to DC. in like 3 weeks. Whoa. 

In due time I'll make it up to you with all the details but for now, I shall give you the gift of a mind dump that is my NEW living room mood board.

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This is what withdrawal looks like.

Cannot believe I have to wait until 2012.

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Recent Pins

Not too many words today, I am buried in homework. How about a little Tuesday inspiration via some of my recent Pins.

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If you haven't discovered Pinterest - go NOW!

Open House: Master Bedroom

By popular demand (by Hawley, thank you very much), I'm going to give you a little tour of the house. It's about time right?

While Jess was down this weekend, she was like "Let's take pictures of your house so you can blog about it." I said, "BUT, It's not done yet, I mean I have to finish x, y, and z." She said, "So what!" and that was that.

Lets start in the Master Bedroom shall we?

This might be my favorite room in the house. (I have a feeling I will say that about every room).

Now for the sources:

Paint: Zen by Behr

Bed: Ikea - Vanvik frame, I think it's discontinued, this one is pretty close.

Linens: Grey from Ikea, the white shams were cheapies from TJMaxx, Yellow Flower from Target

Side Tables: thrifted and painted sunny yellow

Dresser: hand me down

Lamps: thrifted and painted white

Accessories: old yearbooks on the night stands, jewelry box from Pottery Barn, Shadow Box from Hobby Lobby for hanging jewelry, E&E Print from Silhouette Blue.

Inspiration Dumping Ground: Living Room

The next installment is ready for your review. Living Rooms for your pleasure.

This wraps up the inspirational dumping ground posts for now. Hope you enjoyed!

Check out all the other dumps - kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, kids rooms.

Splendid Minta Annual Report: House Projects

It's that time again.

Time to revel in 2010's accomplishments and I think it's safe to say, our house has come a long way baby.
without further ado, 2010's DIY projects:
a) installed a medicine cabinet in the master bath; b) the front yard got a haircut; c) painted the paneling and trim in the den; d) up-cycled 5 thrift store lamps

a) refurbished a set of vintage bouncy patio chairs; b) removed the pergola-thingy blocking the den windows; c) painted our wrought-iron fence; d) built our spindle-leg farm table

a) removed lovely floral wallpaper in our master bath and installed a new light; b) ripped out the old closet and installed a more efficient system in our master closet; c) painted the front door glossy black; d) turned the ugly 80's brass chandy into a showstopper

a) painted our found (in the attic!!) twin bed frames; b) painted the hallway a moody smokey grey; c) gave our kitchen a major face-lift with paint; d) pressure washed all our sidewalks, siding and patios - MAJOR GROSS!

a) built our own hutch/sideboard; b) chopped down the monster Lady Banks Rose bush; c) built a raised bed garden and had a bumper crop last summer; d) painted the dining room 3 times, yes, 3 times - this shows color #2 and color #3 is the cut in color - much better.

WOW.

We did a lot. In total we probably spent about $600 on all the projects above - most of the cost being for lumber and paint. Lots and lots of paint. I cannot even begin to tell you the amount of man hours spent. I am overwhelmed thinking about it all.

Looking forward to 2011 - the house projects will be scaled back a bit while I am in school but I do want to accomplish the following:
- painting the moulding in the ENTIRE HOUSE, all the same color of course
- giving the pink bathroom a free (or mostly free facelift)
- possibly moving the laundry facilities from the kitchen to the soon-to-be mudroom/laundry/craft room.
- stripping and re-caulking & painting the windows on the outside of the house.

Inspiration Dumping Ground: Bathrooms

Next up in the Inspirational Virtual dumping post: Bathrooms!!!

Grab a book and some bubble bath and sink (get it, sink) into these great bathrooms.
It's the clawfoot tubs. They get me every single time.

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