Monday, April 30, 2012

Making a House Feel Like Home

Okay, so this post is LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGG overdue! It's been months since I've posted something. Sad, I know! But here we go...

One of my dear friends, Tricia, flew down to stay with me one weekend back in March to help me decorate the house.  She was absolutely FANTASTIC!  And for all of my Houston area friends and family out there, Tricia has started her own home design and consulting business called Bless'd Nest Designs. Check out here website here. She also has a Facebook page that you can see here. I highly recommend her!  Some of the things I loved about her most was that she geniunly wanted our house to feel like a home- and not just a home but our home.  Plus, she's all about DIY projects (which she definitely took the time to teach me some tricks). 

As we decorated, we incorported some pieces of furniture that I recently inherited from my grandfather.  He was such a kind, caring, and generous man so his pieces are a great reminder that we get to see day in and day out. :)  Despite the bad weather we incountered (including tornado siren's going off a good portion of the night) we got A LOT of decorating done.  Thank you, Tricia, for all of your help!  I had so much fun!!!  Take a peak inside to see what we did:

As you walk in the entry (to the left of the front door).  The green mirror and small cabinet came from my grandfather :) ...

Entry (to the right of the front door and above the coat closet)...


Dining Room (It's kinda hard to see but there is a red buffet table that Tricia and I re-painted)...

We also spray painted the chandelier black (it was brass before!) ...


Formal Living Room (pretty much everything in this room came from my grandfather)...


I know it's a weird angle but here's the living room (it's kind of a narrow room so we had to take a picture looking down to fit everything in one shot)...




We also decorated the kitchen but I'm saving that pic for another post because I painted the walls since then.  The projects seem to be never ending in a foreclosure home so come back to check out more pics later! :)  Thanks again, Tricia, for all of your help! And thank you to my wonderful husband for helping us when we needed it that weekend! Great times! :)