Country Lodge Entertainment Center

A happy good morning to everybody… from sunny Arizona! How is your week getting along, I hope everyone had a fabulous four day weekend.
Today I’ve been contemplating ways to set up my TV in our odd shaped living room. It is very long and skinny with a fire place taking up a huge portion of one of the long walls. This is the general shape of the room.

So that is the shape of my living room, odd right? This makes it very tricky to arrange the essential furniture in it. We will be doing a little remodeling on it eventually. When we are done and have the final product it will be a cozy lodge themed living room with fluffy leather couches and a hard wood floor with large area rugs.
Right now I’m trying to figure out how and where to put a nice entertainment center. The entertainment center may possibly double as a bookshelf too.
Here are some general ideas on how to so it, take a look:

So, what style do you like best? What would you do to change it to fit into this living room? I really like the style that you move the sliding doors to cover the TV or the shelves, that is a really neat idea. I also love the one with the chicken coop wire over the doors as you see in the top picture.
They are all so nice and functional. What style would you pick? Let me know in the comment section below. Thanks for reading!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Victorian Style Headboards

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend planned. I’m going hiking and enjoying the mountains around my home. After the fun filled weekend I’ll enjoy my cozy warm bed.
At the moment my gorgeous Cali king sized bed doesn’t have a headboard, sad I know, but after I get my bedroom remodeled and designed I’d love to get a beautiful Victorian headboard. I’ve come across so many fantastic colors and styles, but check out these ones I absolutely adore.

Take a look at those! Aren’t they stunning? There are so many styles and colors to choose from. As I posted in a previous post my bedroom is going to be browns, greens and purples, they vary in many shades, but those are the main colors. Choices! Choices!
What one do you think is the most beautiful? Let me know in the comments section below.
Thanks for reading, have a fabulous fun filled weekend!

Master Bathroom Ideas

Happy Monday morning fellow bloggers! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful month of May.
Lately I have been brainstorming ideas for my Master Bathroom. We are going for warm colors and a western/country theme. Right now I am looking for unique sink ideas.

Here is what I have come up with so far:

They are all so pretty aren’t they?! As you can see I want quite a bit of dark brown in this room. I love the browns; they are so warm and inviting.
I really like the DIY sinks like the first three. Who knew that old pots, pans, and pails would make such adorable sinks? I also enjoy the look of the cabinets that are re-purposed dressers. I will have to find a way to mash the two styles together.
What do you think will look best? Give me your ideas and opinions in the comment section below.
Have a marvelous Monday!

Tata for now.
– Carol

 

Victorian Era Master Bedroom

So, we all have that perfect image of what out dream bedroom will look like, right? That one that is so perfect with the matching furniture and everything just flows effortlessly together to create the perfect atmosphere? Well I hope we all do, it may take time but having the perfect bedroom is definitely attainable. 

 My perfect bedroom is purples creams and greens. We already have the carpet and paint, I’m doing two toned walls with a mauvish purple and dark cream, it will go on a beautifully textured wall. The carpet is a rich green and it all ties together wonderfully. 

 My room will have an old Victorian era theme when it comes to the furniture, which brings me to the highlight of this post, I found a gorgeous chair online in google images and now I must find out where I can purchase one like it. 

  
Isn’t she a beauty? This chair will go stunningly with the chandelier I’m repairing. The two of them will look so cozy in my reading nook.  

 I can’t wait to get started on making my dream bedroom a reality, one step at a time. 

 Let me know what your thoughts are on making the perfect Victorian themed bedroom are. 

Thanks for reading have a fantastic Wednesday. 

Weathered Wood Shutter Cabinet

Good morning everyone! It is a brisk and beautiful Wednesday here in Arizona. Today I’ve been looking into cute and functioning decor for my country style kitchen, I came across a really cute cabinet. Take a look.

Tell me, isn’t that beautiful? I’d use it in my kitchen as a coffee bar accessory. We are big time organic coffee drinkers so I’d like to make my morning ritual drinking bar a focal point of my kitchen.

I found this gorgeous cabinet on piperclassics.com, you can also take a look at it here. It has a beautiful distressed finish, four hooks, and one shelf. It is also a very convenient size of 32″H x 26″W x 5″D. Making it the perfect size  to organize your coffees and sweeteners in the top and hang your favorite mugs on the pegs. This particular cabinet is on sale right now for only $134.99. Go and take a look at it if you’d like.

Let me know what you think, does this look like it will fit nicely in a rustic farm kitchen? Let me know in the comment section below.

Have a Fantastic Wednesday!

“Home Sweet Home” Wall Decor

Good Afternoon everyone!
I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for those perfect somethings for the rooms in my home. Today I came across a really cute wall plaque that matches the color scheme of my living room perfectly!
My living room is a mix of dark warm browns and creams, mixed with teal and sea foam greens. This “Home Sweet Home” wall art goes perfectly take look.

Isn’t it a beauty? I found it here at Pier1Imports. Its on sale right now for only $23.96! Its measures 26″W x 1.20″D x 12″H. I love that its the perfect amount of rustic so it will go with the lodge look I’m aiming for in my living room.
What do you guys think of those colors. Will they make for a homey rustic lodge? Let me know what you think in the comment section below.
Have a great evening….and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What I’ve Been Up To In 2015

Good Morning everyone! I cant believe this year is almost over! I feel bad I haven’t been blogging as faithfully as I wanted to. The year 2015 seems to have just sped away without me even knowing it!
We have been slowly redoing our home, it was built in the 1970’s by my husbands dad; so there is a lot of sentimental value to this home so each room we redo has to be just perfect. We are working on making the Kitchen a vintage farm style with the apron sinks and old gas stove.
The living room will be a rustic lodge look and feel with a wooden slatted floor with big dark throw rugs. The centerpiece of the living room is a big brick open fire place.
The Master bedroom will be greens, browns, and purples. It will be the old Victorian style.
There are three other bed rooms. One is a dark green with creams and browns. One will be red and golds (Lord of the Rings theme) and the other hasn’t been determined.
I’m sharing this with you guys because I’ll be posting items I see on other websites that I want to purchase to put in each of the rooms.
Give me your input, what kind of items would you put in these rooms? Let me know in the comment section below!
That is it for now, talk again soon! 🙂

Interlocking Hearts Bronze Sculpture from lampsplus.com

Hello everyone! With February being the month of love I thought I’d find a cute heart shaped decor item to share. I found these Interlocking Hearts at lampsplus.com. They have a lot of amazing decor so go check them out.

  Here is the description from the website:

  “Bring love and family to the forefront of your home decorating with this bronze finish interlocking hearts sculpture. The design features two interlocked hearts and stands on a black finish base for a beautiful display.”

• Interlocking Hearts sculpture.
• Bronze finish.
• Stands on a black finish base.
• Lightweight resin construction.
• Beautiful hand-crafted look.
• 11 3/4″ high.
• 8 3/4″ wide.
• 3 1/4″ deep.

  Isn’t it lovely! I love hearts and heart shaped decor. It brings a warmth to any room its located in. They also help remind us all to love you friends and family dearly. Anyway I hope you enjoy this sculpture and you can see it HERE. Its only ^$34.99 + Free Shipping! So if you would like to add this item to your decor go check it out now!

  Thanks for reading and following my blog. Check back for my next post!
~Happy Thursday!~

Walnut Cottage Barn Door from barndoorshardware.com

  Good morning everyone! I hope you all are excited about your weekend, I know I am!
Today I went looking for a door that will fit in an unique location. The place I want a door is at the edge of a stair case and a swinging door wont work. So what I found was a beautiful walnut barn door! I love it and I think you will too, take a look….

  Beautiful, right? I love how it can be used as a room divider and its also an amazing room centerpiece. I know if I had this door I would use it as the theme of my rooms’ decor.

  I also like how this door has a dark metal edging and slider. I am in love. Yeah, I’m dorky, I totally fall in love with furniture and decor. 🙂

  If you like this door, go check out this website and see some more of their inventory.

Thanks for checking out my blog and let me know what you think.
-Have a gr8 weekend!

Decorate Your Home With Tree Branches

  Good evening everyone! I hope your week has been going really well, mine has. I’m going to school to become an Interior Designer. I’m excited about it! Anyway today I thought I’d talk about this DIY project I came across on my Facebook news feed. I always like finding projects that will use resources from around your home and yard. 
  If you are looking for something extreemely unique that can be used in just about any decor theme, check these out!

  How about that! Cut the branches to make a cute wall shelf.

  Now, that’s awesome! How about a jewelry tree! I think that is super cute. It can hold your necklaces and earrings and be a beautiful centerpiece!

  How about this? A candle tree! I love it. It looks like this branch was sprayed painted silver or something, very lovely!

  If you like these go and take a look at the rest of them from the website goodshomedesign, they have some really beautiful and imaginative decor ideas, ideas that you can do your self!

  Thanks for checking this out and let me know what you think!
~Check back for the next blog!~