Orange Incorporated!

I did it!  

I've added some "orange" to the family room.  

In my last post, I shared some great neutral rooms with pops of orange that 

really added warmth and a little whimsy, in my opinion. 

I'm attempting to do the same in our very neutral family room and kitchen.  

This is where I've started....with a can (or 3) of spray paint. 

It's Krylon's, Pumpkin Orange, of course.

I need to add another coat and a top coat for protection, but 

our weather went sour before I could finish.

Even with the weather sour, this pop of orange is making me feel sunny!

 

Have a great weekend.

Petie

I'm linking to the following parties:

Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground
Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge 

Do you ever help your spouse select your Christmas gift?

Guilty, guilty, guilty!

I just happen to be looking at Ballards website a couple of weeks ago and 

saw a 48hr free shipping notice. 

 I had to help him!

I've been wanting a mirror over our family room mantel and this one was 

the perfect size, 24" diameter.

We I ordered it in the taupe color.

(and, oh yes, I've already hung it!)

Here's a close-up look.  

It has a great rustic-weathered vibe, but with the gold trim in the center it's not too casual.

I'm loving it!  

Thank, honey :)

Petie

Updated mantel

I really like to have an accessorized mantel that can work with me year round, but after seeing all the beautiful fall mantels in blog world...I decided to give my mantel a slight touch of fall.

     

Thanks for all the inspiration fellow bloggers :)

I'm joining the following parties:
Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House 

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

Show & Share at Southern Lovely

Blog Link Party at Somewhat Simple

Thanks for hosting ladies!

Petie

The heart of the house gets an update

This summer we re-arranged our Family Room after having 

the same configuration for about 10 years!

  (I think that's a record for me)

Click here to see how the room looked a couple of years ago, during my red phase :)

Here it is now (looking in from the kitchen):

I guess we could call this my brown phase!

 

 

 

 

I'm on the lookout for fabric to re-do some pillows.

 

 

 Love Ellen!

 

Painting this TV cabinet a creamy white is on my "to do" list.  The room feels like it needs some lighter color on this wall to balance the browns/creams.

Have a great weekend!

We'll be sitting right here watching college football :)

Family Room Complete

Maybe?!
One thing I have learned from blogging is that there are A LOT OF WOMEN OUT THERE JUST LIKE ME when it comes to constantly 'tweaking' a room.  Whether it be the arrangement of furniture or moving a vignette around weekly until it feels just right, I'm not alone :)  Thank goodness and thank you ladies!

Our Family Room looked like this a little over a year ago...

The change began with new flooring.  We had all the carpet pulled up and hardwood floors installed.  The floors had a little more red in them than we anticipated so.....some of this red had to go!  Next thing you know, new paint colors were needed, new sofa, new curtains, update the kitchen dining set that had red chairs and a black table see here, a new TV (that was my husbands idea), therefore a new TV console.  You get the idea....one change led to another. This is the end result.

The picture over the mantel is a print from Gerald Bienvenu.  He's an artist that does watercolors of beautiful locations in the southeast.  This particular print is a beach scene from the MS Gulf Coast where I grew up.  This print set the tone for some of the other accessories in the room.

This dolphin statue on the table was a purchase on one of my visits home.  These guys are all over the waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

See the cream colored kitchen chair in the foreground....used to be red.

These 3 prints are photos I've taken.  The 3 different beaches are ~ Kauai, HI, Pacific City, OR, Ship Island, MS. They are all great reminders of good times.

Thanks for being part of the family in our Family Room.  Does it look completed?  (I'm sure something will change again before Spring Summer gets here.)

I'm partying with:

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch 

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style 

Thank you ladies for hosting such fun parties!

Work in progress....put to rest!

In March, I posted about our family room makeover (which was a work in progress), and noted the final piece to finish the project was a new sofa that had been ordered.  The makeover is finally complete!  See below the before and after.

Before...

After...