My Daily Bubble: A perfect match

My latest post on My Daily Bubble is up!

It's a super easy DIY project that cured my cabin fever (for about 5 minutes). 

Spring, where are you?

Read all about it here.

- Caitlin

Wallet friendly finds

Who doesn't like a wallet friendly find? 

Below I'm sharing 3 things I've purchased lately that you might like as well.

Clockwise from top left:

The colors in this throw blanket are even prettier in person. I can't decide whether to put it in our bedroom or family room! Maybe I'll even use it to make throw pillows?

This (reversible!) mint tote has me counting the days down until spring. The peach color is really nice too. I like that it is big enough to hold all my stuff including diapers and wipes.

Use code FASHION for 30% off!

So I'm a sucker for stripes (and throw pillows)! You will be pleasantly surprised by the quality of these throw pillow covers. Not to mention the price is ridiculously cheap.

Have a great night!

- Caitlin

Project pop of color

There's no denying that when it comes to decorating I'm a lover of neutrals.

Sometimes it is me playing it safe because I have a fear of investing in brightly colored pieces only to grow tired of them too quickly. 

But mostly it's just that I find a neutral palette soothing and timeless. 

That's not to say I don't love color. 

I swear I do!

In fact, while recently helping a friend who isn't afraid of color decorate a few of her living spaces (most recently her kitchen nook), I've become inspired to add some pops of color in our kitchen nook.

I'm realizing that it will be easy to do without making drastic expensive changes.

Here's my plan...

1. Add new colorful throw pillows to the built-in seat.

These are in my shopping cart. 

I'm just waiting for Chris to look the other way before buying them (shhh).

Etsy

2. Add color to the large jars on the built-in shelves.

Wasabi peas will add some green to the area.

Now, where to buy enough wasabi peas to fill my gigantic jar?

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3. Throw some cloth napkins with color into the wire baskets on the built-ins.

I like these ones (and they're on sale!):

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 4. Frame a print with color in it.

I can swap out the chalkboard monogram print currently on the shelf with a print with green in it like this one below.

Etsy

I hope to share these changes with you soon!

- Caitlin

White out

So I've been slow to blog lately because I've been eyeballs deep in white paint as our living room has been in desperate need of some freshening up.

Exhibit A of part of our built-ins with the shelves removed. 

Yikes:

Now, trying to paint with a baby is tricky. 

Thank goodness he's a good napper lately because that's really the only time I've been able to chip away at it.  I'm not going to lie. It's been pretty terrible (I hate painting) and I'm sure I've lost some brain cells from the fumes so please excuse any typos.

We still need to do the ceiling (and it's not your average ceiling so it will take twice as long) and the windows.

Why not hire someone to do it? 

Because I'm a DIYer (too cheap to pay up)!

So while painting the room, I've been turning my attention to our built-ins and scheming a little.

It's always bugged me having the TV exposed and seeing those ugly wires hanging down. So, Chris is building a pair of doors that mimic the smaller ones below the TV that will conceal the space. 

They are 95% done so as soon as we have them up, I'll share it with you.

Excuse the ugly photo below but this post isn't the pretty "after" picture quite yet:

I've also been toying with the idea of painting the backs of the built-ins a contrast color.
I've freshened them up with white for now because frankly I'm too tired to pick out a color and carefully paint in there. But if and when I do decide to go for it, I've found some inspiration on Pinterest.

I don't think I'll go as dark as the pictures shown below but it still gives me ideas as to what it might look like:

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Have a great night!

- Caitlin

My Daily Bubble: 3 home decor shopping tips

Happy Friday!

Yes, two posts two days in a row...so unlike me lately.

Anyway, this month's post on My Daily Bubble is up and you can check it out here.

Have a great weekend :)

- Caitlin

The armoire that broke...but not the bank!

We've been wanting a more substantial piece of furniture for this wall in our bedroom for a while now.
What we had was nice but a little too small for the space:

We searched a bit on Craigslist for an armoire but every time we found one we liked, we discovered it would be too large to fit up the staircase and tricky to get down the hallway of our house (that's what you get when your house is from the 1860s).

Until we finally found this one for a really good price:

We measured and were fairly certain it would fit getting it into our room.

Emphasis on fairly because it was a close one.

It took four of us to hoist it up the staircase and over the banister with only a few dings and chips to the walls and woodwork. Down the hallway it went almost skimming the ceiling and walls. Literally steps before our bedroom it got stuck. Then, it fell apart...into about 10 pieces!

Don't believe me?

Here are a couple pictures I snapped with my phone when it actually started to resemble an armoire again:

Luckily Chris and my dad are handy (and optimistic) and were able to piece it back together and repair it to the point where it might even be sturdier than it was originally.

The whole fiasco of getting this thing into our room was a headache but one that was worth it and we were able to laugh about later over a glass of wine. I love the shutter doors and really like how the armoire picks up on the color of the bamboo shades.

P.S. If you are wondering what happened to our fiddle leaf fig tree, take a wild guess...so sad!

- Caitlin

New year, new art

It's a New Year and our living room is showcasing some new art! 

This print might look familiar. It's hanging in the foyer of Jackson and I've been telling my brother and sister-in-law that if they ever wanted to part with it, I'd happily take it off their hands.

Well understandably, they didn't want to give theirs up. However my brother generously gifted me a copy of the print for Christmas (my sister-in-law may have had something to do with it). 

So thoughtful!

Anyway, I knew exactly where I wanted to hang it. 

I've been feeling ready for a change from this print that we had hanging in the same spot:

So, I simply had the prints switched and changed the mat.

I really like it here and think it gives the room a new look. 

Like the print for your home?

You can find it here in all different sizes.
Use code EEY643 to get 35% your order!

- Caitlin