in the with new. There have been lots big changes happening here at Kendall. Slowly, getting rid of old light fixtures, furniture, etc. and bringing in lots of new things. In fact, I’ve been so busy working on projects that I haven’t had much time to post about anything. I’m hoping to get my blogging act together and share over the next few weeks. In the meantime, here’s a little sneak peek of one big project that we recently finished…
BW and I just recently celebrated our one year wedding anniversary, but last week marked another momentous occasion – the one year anniversary of our closing and move-in day at Kendall. During the last year we’ve watched this house slowly transform into our home. With each coat of paint, new light fixture and little project it becomes more “us” and while our ongoing to-do list continues to grow a little each day, I cannot believe how much has changed over the last year. Here are just a few of the projects that have been happening at Kendall…
{ hope to share a full office b&a soon }
{ remember the sconces from here? well, they look amazing! this pic doesn’t do them justice. }
Of course, there are lots of changes that I’m not quite ready to share yet – this is just a sneak peek! Hopefully full before and after posts are not far behind.
Our master bathroom has one of those awful, boring builder grade mirrors. Zero character. Lame. Since we moved in I’ve wanted to rip it down and put individual framed mirrors over the double sinks. Along with new light fixtures, but that’s a different post, for a different day, on a much different budget. I’ve also seen a few tutorials about framing out the bathroom mirror using molding (here and here). While both of those are still options, right now I’m leaning towards hanging two framed mirrors over the existing builder grade mirror. I’ve seen this layered look on Pinterest – but actually, not too often in bathrooms. What do you think? Are you a fan of this layered look?
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Yesterday BW and I celebrated our one year anniversary. I cannot believe how quickly this past year has flown by! We celebrated with a quiet dinner at home – steaks, my mom’s famous burgundy mushrooms and of course, the top tier of our wedding cake – and on Thursday we’re headed to Asheville, NC for a long anniversary weekend getaway. We’ve never been to Asheville, so we are armed with a long list of restaurants and places to go (per suggestions from friends and family). On one hand, I cannot remember what things were like before we were married, it feels as though it’s been forever, and on the other hand if feels like just yesterday we were preparing to walk down the aisle. Reminiscing about our wedding made me want to share some of my favorite photos from the day.
{ one of the many reasons these are my favorite people in the world – no one thought twice about posing for wedding pics with the “Kardashian face” }
BW and I are lucky to have a super-huge master bedroom. The only downside of having a huge master is being able to afford all of the furniture to fill it. Luckily, we already had a dresser and armoire (hand-me-downs from my childhood bedroom) which fit the space nicely. With a little bit of paint and some new hardware, I think they’ll be perfect. Next step is a headboard – which we’re planning to make ourselves. Yikes. If When we ever get around to it and BW and I don’t kill each other in the process, I’ll be sure to share details.
But in the meantime, I am obsessed with finding a bench to go at the foot of our bed. Problem is, our bed is so stinking tall! Absolutely nothing I find seems to be the right height. After perusing Pinterest it seems that there is really no rule… people use benches and stools in all different shapes and sizes. What do you think? Is there a formula? Does a bench have to be a certain size in proportion to the bed? Ahhh! Help!
{ this bench is pretty low compared to the height of the bed and it doesn’t look crazy at all. In fact, it looks perfect! }
{ I love the two side-by-side stools }
{ ahhh… this room I love! And I absolutely love the grey velvet tufted stools! }
Could I make something myself? Is that too ambitious? If I any of my neighbors happens to toss out an old coffee table I’m totally snatching it and this is happening…
{ Like, seriously?!? Yes… that is a trash can coffee table, via }
{ all other images via Pinterest }
One of our guest bedrooms has tiny (like, teeny tiny) bedside tables. Since lamps won’t fit very well, I’ve been looking for some pretty wall mount sconces to go on either side of the bed. I’ve scoured my the web and as the story typically goes, there were about a million scones I absolutely loved that were waaaay out of my price range. For example the Boston Functional Library light from Circa Lighting.
{ first seen here and I’ve been in love ever since }
How cool/amazing/drool-worthy are these?! I thought they would bring a great masculine/industrial touch to the guest bedroom. Until… um, I’m sorry, what’s that? 336 bucks, a piece? No, no thank you. Not in my budget. So, the hunt was still on. After more searching, I decided to stick with something a little more traditional, figuring it would be friendlier on my wallet and easier to work with when we are ready to change that bedroom into oh, I don’t know… something else. I found these at PB. I really liked the style. The scale is great – they still feel substantial, not too dainty. At $298 for the pair, they were not a complete steal, but combined they were cheaper than ONE of the Circa Lighting sconces.
While hunting for reviews of the PB sconces online (I have a love/hate relationship with user reviews) I stumbled across a pair very similar on copycatchic.com for $19.99 a piece! Yes, that’s right, under $20 per sconce. Jackpot. They are from a website called lakeside.com. Thinking I had stumbled across some gem of a website, I browsed around looking for some other mega-bargains. But unfortunately, the rest of the site looks like a Skymall catalog. So unless you’re looking for holiday themed compression socks or a giant cat scratching post that a looks like a tree, you should probably just skip the website all together. Not bad, huh?
All things considered I might like the PB sconces a little bit more, but that all goes out the window with about $250 in savings. What do you think? Pretty close, huh? Directly above the bed I am planning to hang six framed egg prints. Something like this,
I think the sconces on either side will create really nice balance. They came in this weekend and I have to say, they look pretty good! We’ve still got a long way to go before that room is completely finished, but I’ll be sure to share a sneak peek of the sconces when they’re up.
This print was a belated housewarming gift from BW’s best friend. I absolutely L-O-V-E it. For those of you outside the fine state of Tennessee, this is our state flag. The print is from the husband and wife design duo, Micah and Marianna Whitson, of Old Try. After receiving one of their beautiful prints for our own home, I started noticing their work everywhere. First while cruising around Garden and Gun. Then, while browsing through pics of the Southern Living Idea House (a full post on that to come!)
The dixie-bred pair (he’s from Alabama, she’s from North Carolina) currently reside in Boston and I think they say it best on their website, “Faulkner said to write what you know. Well, as a couple that works in advertising in the cold north, we’re going to do one different: we’re going to design what we know.” Nothing like a good ‘ole pair of southerners making cool stuff. Here are a few of my very favorite products from their site.
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