basement renovation

June

July

We've been really busy with house stuff.. the basement renovation is almost close to complete.. here is the before and after of the main room!

porch makeover

My little porch makeover! Spray painted the wicker chairs gray and the tables white and bought some aqua indoor/outdoor cushions from Pier 1!

The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell.. gorgeous!

The Prairie.. Heavenly lodging now open by Rachel..
This is up there with one of the best things you have done Rachel!
I wish you happiness with the Prairie!
xoxo,
E

dining room coming along...

So, without doing $5000 worth of built-ins, I recreated my inspiration look of Eva Longoria's dining area with Ikea bookshelves and a bench I painted white (behind the table)
It has really made a cool change to this big square room and I will make a bench cushion and pillows and put up some art in the middle...

Eva Longoria's dining nook inspiration page

the dining room before

Hi!

A lot has been happening!.. I will post updates all this week..
I did a homemade version of my dining room built in idea!.. Worked out even better than planned!
The front porch is all done and looking gooood!
The basement renovation starts in 10 days!!
and.. I launched Anchored my design and textile business working day and night leading up to a trunk show and Farmers/Artisans Market debut that happened Thursday and Friday!! I posted photos here.
It is allll go.
I have my 24 week check up this Wednesday for #3 so all is very exciting!!
Check out all my links and let me know what you think! I'd love to hear from you.
xo,
Elena

dining room redo..

This is my dining room right now.. I love the simplicity of the dining table still.. I've had it for 6 years now.. there is a middle extension so it works for up to 6 or 8 at a squeeze.
The room is kind of bigger than it needs to be so i've always had it in the back of my mind to do a built in on that back wall..

I've had this magazine clipping of Eva Longoria's dining area on my inspiration board for about a year..


With the baby coming in October, there are some changes I'm ready to make as I've mentioned.. so my fourth bedroom that is now a guest room will become the baby room then I will transform my basement office into the guest room.. then I would turn my wet bar area in my living room into my office and finally turn this wall into a banquet and storage for everything from the wet bar.. see makes perfect sense right? LOL
You'll get it once i start doing it.

Obsessed with built ins right now!..

Sally Wheat

via decorpad

via decorpad

via decorpad

via decorpad

via decorpad

celerie kemble via delight by design

We had a TV built i done when we first moved in and I love it! There is also a built in wet bar in that room that I originally thought was really cool but now after living here for a year and half I realize it's not in a very convenient spot so I am dreaming up an office built in there.. In order to do that, I decided I need to do a banquet/buffet built in in the dining room to move all my glassware to!
Built ins give a clean look which I like in smaller rooms.