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Spring has Sprung

 

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Serious Inspiration

This completely blew my mind today.  I stumble upon it while looking for new room decor ideas, and it is by far one of the best room transformations I have ever seen.  There is something about transforming spaces that just makes me so excited.  I love seeing a space that looks hopeless, and imagining all the things I could do to make it amazing.  It's something I do very often, while waiting at the doctors office, or in a store downtown that's not the nicest but has potential, or a restaurant.  I think it's why I love landscaping so much.  There is so much room for creativity and I love turning something ordinary into something amazing.

The photo below is what the room looked like when the homeowner was first looking to purchase the house {yeah, I did a double take too.  It's the same exact room, I promise}.  So dark, dreary, no life to it at all.  And just overall bad decor.

 And this is what it looked like when she first moved in.  They ripped up the carpet, refinished the floors, painted the walls and trim, and added new furniture and drapes.  

The room later progressed to this stage where she had painted the walls ivory, the trim a bright white, added some new furniture, and some gorgeous new floor length drapes.

And finally, this was the end result!  She painted the mirror and reupholstered the chairs, made the last curtain panels and slimmed down the accessories.  Wow.  This is such an amazing transformation.  I loved seeing the progression of it.  I feel like this is very similar to the way I decorate.  I get an idea, and it seems to transform over time into something I absolutely love.  It's kind of rare for me to decorate a room, and be completely happy with it immediately after.  I love those arm chairs by the way.  Lately, I have been obsessed with rustic looking wood on furniture with very clean looking linen upholstery.  I'm going to have to find a way to work some of that into my new room!

Visit her blog {here} for more amazing inspiration!

Citron & Tangelo

It is miserably cold and rainy out today.  So when I saw this over at Creature Comforts I just had to share it.  It just immediately transported me to a backyard summer party.  I am loving the color combo of orange and yellow paired with the citrus green.  And of course, my favorite color gray makes a subtle appearance and works as a perfect backdrop to the bright hues.  This photo just gave me a shot of happiness on a dreary day.  I can't wait to start planning my first backyard party.  I'm thinking I might even throw myself a birthday party in May.

Inspirations

I really love everything about this photo.  It reminds me a lot of myself.  Well, except for the fact that I would probably never wear shorts that short...but maybe this summer.  I've been working hard on the extra carbs.  Anyways, that bike is so rad and the overall photograph is just awesome.  I wonder who she is?  Where she is going? I'm inspired.