Three Simple Design Solutions

We hope your week has been treating you well lovely readers! Here are some simple design solutions we found, and were so inspired by. Take a peek and let us know if you have tried any of these ideas out. We would love to see!

Stair Runners: Add pop, texture, and function! Look at these amazing ideas found on Apartment Therapy.

We love guests! We like to have slumber parties, weekend visitors and will take any design "excuse" to add more people to the party. We especially love the idea of letting them cozy up in a bed, which - why not, hangs from the ceiling! Hanging both large and small items from the ceiling adds depth and interest, just like our souls. I kid, I kid. :)

Photo one and three found on white and wander. Photo three on apartment therapy.

Perfectly curated chaos of your beloved items is a fun way to show off who you are. I love using mantels, windows, and large tables, as well as the obvious. The best part of sprucing up your flat surfaces with your collections - you can change them on a whim! Even simple things like spoons (above), or starfish, rocks or antique light bulbs look more deliberate when you display them in a collection.

We have been discovering new solutions ever day! We would love to know what tips and tricks you have for approaching a room before you design it. Do tell!

Mudroom Makeover!

Finally! The day has come where we can say "Hey! We finished a room!". It's the smallest room in our house, besides one of the guest bathrooms, but we are proud none-the-less. Here is a breakdown of what we did, how we did it, and what it cost.

We feel like weekend warriors!

The floors were this red-brick style tile. We, no likey. Being we can't go modern with our home, we felt this would be the only place we could use the super-high-gloss white floors, and get away with it. The room is an obvious addition to the house. We suspect in the 70's, it was added on. After the floors I had an idea about custom curtain rods, and Joey totally nailed it. We did a 360 degree custom piece using plumbing pipes and hooks found in the garden section. This gave us a seamless look, which is what we were going for. A little spray paint and measuring did the trick! After that we went shopping for furniture, and found some chairs at Ikea we loved and paired them with a table we got as a hand-me-down from Joey's Aunt. We added some plants and an Ikea piece Joey refinished.

Products and Costs:

Floors: IKEA $30 a box ($120 total)

Chairs and cushions: IKEA $99 each ($198 total)

Lanterns: Home Goods $15 each ($45 total)

Small Table: IKEA $60

Curtains: Target $8 each ($64 total)

Small black ottoman: Home Goods $18

"Curtain Rods": Home Depot $63

Plant and Planters: Home Depot and hand-me-downs from Joey's Aunt

Big Table: Hand-me-down from Joey's Aunt

Total: $568

Future edits:

Replace sliding door with white French doors

Moose Head from Z Galleries

New handles for current French doors

Repaint red door white

Repaint heater covers glossy white

So now our mudroom is a mudroom/breakfast nook! We are so pleased with the results! What will become of the existing breakfast nook? You'll just have to wait and see!

Progress with the guest room!

We have created a plan for the guest bedroom! It is going to be an amazing day when we have completed rooms we get to share! You know how I hate incomplete things....

So here is the plan:

We bought this duvet at Anthropologie and fell in love with it's whimsy "vacation" vibe! This room-shape is very similar to the master bedroom over at the Young House Love blog. We have the same exact ikea wardrobes they used to create this relaxing oasis, and think they had a stellar plan with utilizing the function and creating a really easy breezy design. Our guest room will not be as "spa/ocean influence", but the layout will be similar as far as the designated bed area goes. 

This weekend, progress will be ours! We will keep you posted with photos. In the meantime we are still contemplating how to best utilize the rest of the room. What have you done in your guest room? Do you have photos to share? We would love to have a sneak peak! Share with us! Comment below with links or send photos to joeyandlana@gmail.com!