~a house I would like to replicate~

 I call this "Kelley's style"

 I met Kelley through blogging and instantly fell in love with her style.

Her mix of old and new and her love of grain sacks and old textiles is a similar love of mine.

 We worked on this project together here, which was a lot of fun!

 I keep going back to photos of her house now, and her former home.

I would love to infuse my own home with a little bit of "Kelley" 

 You can see her former home featured on Houzz here.

 It's casual, comfortable, and has that "collected" look.

To see more of Kelley's style, please visit her blog here, if you haven't already!

I will be back tomorrow with another fun giveaway which I think you will love!

xoxo

~today I am loving~

Lately I have felt like I am always running and have yet to catch my breath.

~Flea market Saturday {hope you are coming}

~Getting the house prepped for the painters

~Painting my neighbors kitchen cabinets {stop me before I volunteer again!}

~back to school shopping

~making time for the kids in the midst of all this

{last night we had a tadpole die, and it was very traumatic!}

~keeping my space at ruffles and rust stocked

~keeping up on house cleaning, last night Cody told me I need to do the laundry because he has worn the same shorts 2 days in a row :)

~custom orders

and the list goes on

and 

on

and

on

and 

on.

You get the picture.

Not that I am complaining.

Things are good, just busy.

The one thing that has been a battle is this house stain/paint thing.

We picked a color, sort of a darker brown stain, and decided to go with off white trim instead of white.

The painters have been here 4 days and just finished the stain.

Chris and I hate it.

It's nothing like what we thought.

It's more like a paint.

 You can't see the wood grain through it and it's also shiny in spots. 

Not good.

The painter talked us into this certain stain and we just aren't happy.

If it was a wall in the house we could live with it.

But this is our house, our garage, and 2 out buildings.

Yikes.

The painters are coming again this morning to do the trim, but looks like we will be asking them to strip the stain instead.

This should be a fun conversation.

Anyway, after all the chaos of the week, I sat down last night to browse my favorite blogs.

It always makes me happy to see pretty pictures of homes, and friends.

This photo above is from the happy home blog.

Love the black and white stripes and the styling with the pictures.

I want to do this somewhere.

However, painting walls is no where in my near future, as I have my neighbors kitchen to finish up and my homes exterior to deal with.

Wish me luck, and thanks for letting my vent my friends!

xoxo

~shades of gray~

what is your favorite shade of gray?

images via

xoxo

~I discovered a new blog~

 Well, hello friends!

I was blog surfing and came across this wonderful blog.

It's new to me, maybe not to you, but I'd thought I'd share it with you if you haven't heard of it.

It's called buckets of burlap and check out their newly re-vamped master bedroom.

Don't you just love that recycled headboard?

Another thing that caught my eye was this driftwood garland.

I thought about making one but then found one here, so I might just order that one out of pure laziness.

I will be gone camping with family and friends until Sunday but will be back on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

~happy summer~

xoxo

~one more post before I'm outta here~

 I had to do one more post before our little camping trip. 

I'm leaving you with some eye candy to drool over while I am away. 

Have you seen this blog?

It kinda has the same flavor as this blog, another one of my favorites.

LOVE that blue porch ceiling!!!

 Dining room.

 kitchen......{see that cow painting?}

 Living room.....

 I think I need to make a trip to Ikea to get a white cowhide!

 This master bath is too die for!

This family has some SERIOUS talent!!!

xoxo

~oh my goodness~

 I have been drooling over this kitchen for quite some time now. 

I love all the white

{love me some subway tile!}

and the pops of color in the accessories.

 Check out that green mixer!

 And that chandelier!

Are you drooling too?

 Even her kid is cute! :)

To see the rest of their gorgeous home, click here.

I'm off to get ready for a big Cinco De Mayo party at our home tonight!

xoxo

~shabby chic girls~

Good afternoon friends!

We are having a rare sunny day here in the pacific northwest, so this post will be short and sweet!

{and also because I still haven't figured out my new computer through and through}

Have you all seen this blog?

It's like a breath of fresh air!

I love how in her family room she pairs slipcovers with worn dark leather.

And I'm loving the old worn rugs with that crisp white sofa.

Another gorgeous rug in this fabulous entry.

This has me thinking about changing out my bedding to white for the Spring/Summer months.

Target has a simply shabby chic set on sale......

Yes indeed. 

This weather has me wanting to do some major Spring cleaning.

A few fresh flowers and some luscious white sheets~ahhh.

xoxo