Sweet Spring Iris - After and Before

These two sweet French Provincial dressers were custom ordered for a little girl's room. They were painted Benjamin Moore Spring Iris in satin with glossy white hardware. I was a little concerned when I applied the first coat that they were reading very gray. However, the next day when I checked on them, the color had dried to a lovely soft, cool, lavender color. 

Before:

Vintage Mirror Mirror.

When I purchase dressers for clients, many times the mirrors end up not being used. There are so many of the usual spots for mirrors to be placed but I'm loving the idea of using them above nightstands. Our master bedroom gets very little sunlight, no matter the time of day (which isn't a bad thing when we get the rare opportunity to sleep in). But most times I wish the room was less cave-like. 

Mirrors have always been a great way to bounce light around a room so this may be an idea for my master bedroom re-do....it's practical and chic! ♥

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The Vintage Modern Nursery

Over the past couple weeks I have gotten several requests for nursery projects. I've been on Pinterest looking for some inspiration and it has really given me nursery fever! I absolutely adore Evie's room (and after all the work Elliott did, he would never let me change it) but it has been so much fun to look at all the wonderful ideas out there. It's probably a really good thing that I hadn't discovered Pinterest before she was born or I would have been overwhelmed with all the options.


Here are some of my favorites that have beautiful painted pieces in the design. Enjoy!

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Sun Kissed Headboard

After a teeny bit of frustration, I finally finished this headboard and I am so excited about the way it turned out. I love all white bedding and I can imagine it would look amazing in a room with the bright pop of yellow. Of course there are so many prints in contrasting colors that would also look wonderful.....how to decide?


Anyway, it's late, I've been chasing a one year old and I'm pretty tired so I'll keep it short and sweet: The paint is Benjamin Moore's Sun Kissed Yellow with Martha Stewart's Glass of Milk on the trim. Available now in the shop.


Here are the after and before's.

Evie Turns One

Evie turned one in May of this year and I am super late posting about the party. As I was planning and stressing every detail (because that's what I do) Elliott said to me, "You realize she is turning one, right?" Of course I know she won't remember a thing about the party but I really wanted it to be special. We made it through our first year of being parents - isn't that reason enough to celebrate in a big way?


The theme was Vintage Circus and it was so nostalgic and easy to do without having to purchase half of Party City.


I found a printable package from Etsy and, with the help of my sister, printed and cut almost all the decorations. I will be honest - this took the patience of a saint and slight OCD tendencies to accomplish. Each ridge on those popcorn boxes is hand cut. I also made pink and green cake stands with spray paint and some dishes and candleholders I found at Goodwill. 


For the food I ordered popcorn, kettle corn and cotton candy to be delivered the day before. I filled jars with nostalgic candy and they looked so pretty on the table. I made the cake and cupcakes with the wrappers and matching bunting and we had a simple "circus" meal of hot dogs, chips and potato salad with all the fixings.


I did paint an antique wooden high chair for her outdoor "smash cake" pictures and I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. I wanted to do something a little nicer than her regular high chair in the kitchen and this was perfect.


For details on the where and how, visit my pinterest page HERE.


Now for the photo bomb!