Happy weekend everyone! My home is officially ready to welcome Fall and it feels so cozy! I’m sad that September is already coming to an end. The early Fall and holiday months are my favorite and they always go by way too quickly!
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I had so much fun adding some touches of gold to my home this year! I’m a long time lover of all things silver (always will be) but I’m really liking the look of mixed metals lately and gold feels so cozy for Fall doesn’t it!? And candles! I love having candles around my home this time of year when it starts getting dark earlier. These flameless wax candles have a timer so it’s nice to have added light in the kitchen with no effort!
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice. One of my favorite Fall finds! These dishtowels have a little sparkle to them and are way too cute for drying dishes. Which is why I picked up two for me and extras for friends. :)
I love them almost as much as my gold thankful trivet. This I actually have been using in the kitchen! It’s so beautiful as decor and then perfect to lay flat for hot pans/plates. You know.. for my super complicated Fall meals. Like Ramen Noodles and Taco Soup. (I’d add a wink emoji but that implies that I’m joking and.. I’m not.) Ha.
Every year I think I’ll find a new sign or something else to put over my stove for Fall, but I just can’t quit my Enjoy the Little Things sign. It always feels especially appropriate this time of year. Plus it just goes great with pumpkins. :) The orange pumpkins are from this long time favorite set and the small white pumpkins are real. I shared this fun Eucalyptus garland and wreath earlier (found the matching set at two different stores!) and I love the cozy vibe the greenery brought into the room.
A couple of real pumpkins in the fruit basket! This basket it larger than it looks and so are these pumpkins! I added the eucalyptus swag to cozy up the counter too.
Did you notice the new addition to my kitchen!? I fell so hard for these Hicks Pendants I put in my upstairs hallway that I decided to bring one into the kitchen too! Ahhh! So excited about it. I’m LOVING the navy with my kitchen rugs. It’s sitting a little low and I was going to move it up, but it has to be moved up two links and I feel like that’s too short! So still debating placement, but I’m so in love with this light. Of course now I want to switch out my 4 island pendants to something gold to match better! (I love silver hardware with gold pendants.) And if I switch out all of my pendants.. of course I’m going to need some barstools with a little gold to match them better..
I’m thinking of writing a sequel to the book “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie” titled “If you Give Erin a new Kitchen Pendant.” Ha. ;)
For now.. I’m just enjoying a fun new touch of gold and navy. :)
My olive branches work so well with all of the Eucalyptus I brought in this year and these gold candle holders are beautiful! I can’t wait to use them for holiday table settings this year.
My glass cabinets got a fun update for Fall too! I decided to keep things really simple with our every day Cambria dishes and then I just bought a set of these cute pumpkin salad plates to display. I love the pumpkin plates so much that I’m thinking of picking up 4 more so I can use them in the dining room to entertain too. And how happy is this stack of 3 pumpkins? It’s pretty hard to not have a good day when pumpkins greet you at your kitchen window. :)
I kept our nook table centerpiece really simple because we’re constantly moving it to eat! Just some faux apple branches in a vase sitting on a cutting board. I shopped my house for this one.
My butler pantry shelves were so fun to style this year too. I just used warm woods and whites and golds. Plus another Eucalyptus swag because.. why not? :) I had these shelf lights on the evening right after I finished decorating and Ellie walked into the kitchen and saw it and said “Mom! I LOVE this shelf! Please don’t get tired of it and change it in two days!” Ha! She knows me well. She’s so busy with school and friends and dance that she usually doesn’t comment much about anything else. I was thrilled she noticed and liked the shelf so much.
So just for her I’m going to leave it up for two weeks instead of one. ;)
Some of these items are sold out, but I’ll link everything I can at the bottom of my post! This gold linen pumpkin is beautiful lit up at night with a candle in it! I use one of my timer candles for it.
I really need to take some pictures of the kitchen at night. It’s so beautiful and cozy when the candles are lit and it smells heavenly!
Bring on the cooler temps! We are so ready for cozy evenings at home. :)
Hello everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start! Our air felt a touch cooler this morning taking my kids to school and it made me want to bust out my favorite cardigans. My house is decked for Fall and I’m so excited to share pictures soon! I took way too many (of course) and need some time to sort through them all so I thought we’d chat more about the theatre room while I’m working on them! Theatre room organization to be exact. :) I also wanted to answer the questions I got about this space so I’ll do that at the end of this post!
If you missed my theatre room reveal post that took me WAY too long to finally share (ha) you can catch up here. I shared all of the room sources in that post too if you have any questions about decor!
If you’ve been following along you know that this room was empty when we first built our home and moved in, but we knew that we might want to turn this space into a theatre room someday so we had the wall next to the entrance door plumbed so that we could later add a sink and fridge if we wanted to. I had it plumbed for shiplap too. ;)
I designed these built-ins to hold miscellaneous items I knew we’d want in this space so let’s take a look inside these drawers.. starting with the left side and moving to the right.
We’ve only used the mini fridge for drinks so far! We try to use reusable water bottles in our home as much as possible but when lots of kids are over that gets a little tricky so in the theatre room we keep these water bottles stocked. And Coke Zero for adults.. my drink of choice. That I’m trying to cut back on! I used to be so good at drinking water all day, but this fun stage of having teenagers has caused a lot of leaning on diet drinks. Send help.
Or more Coke Zeros. ;)
Next to the fridge is our micro drawer (that I LOVE and talked about more in this post.) I use the drawer below it to hold paper plates, cups, a few popcorn bowls and popcorn.
Now time to check out the three drawers to the right of the micro drawer. My favorite!
We have everything programed to be on one remote that sits on the counter but of course have 15 extra remotes that control various individual things that no-one but my husband understands how to use. I tossed in a couple of plastic bins I had on hand to hold them along with random video game controls and then put some extra DVD sleeves on the side.
Below that are all of our DVD’s! Remember when I shared my favorite solution for DVD organization and did the happiest dance ever for FINALLY having them contained and organized in a user friendly set up? Such a good day! I designed these drawers to fit them all. I have to say though.. if you are holding on to old DVD’s you aren’t using anymore the best way to organize them is to just get rid of them! Always pass on anything you aren’t using. My kids still use and love our DVD’s. Even with Netflix and all the easy ways to download and watch movies my kids still have so many childhood favorite DVD’s that they pull out from time to time. We use them when friends come over, when we travel, for family movie nights, etc. For us it was worth investing in a good system to hold and organize everything.
The middle drawer holds all of our main DVD’s A-Z.
The bottom drawer holds Xbox games and some DVD series that I kept in their original cases.
This drawer also holds our “special” DVDs. One section for all of our Christmas movies (can you believe it will be time to pull those out before we turn around!?), the kids’ school performances and some Barbie movies my girls grew up with and weren’t ready to stay good-bye to. SO nice having all of this tucked away and easy for the kids to use when friends come over.
Ok.. tall cabinet on the right! I’m a huge fan of hiding ALL of the messy TV compartments so I designed this tall cabinet to do just that! It looks like it has two doors..
But the whole thing actually opens up as one. (I did this in my kitchen in a couple of spots I’ll have to share too.. places where it looks like I have multiple drawers but it’s actually just one tall cabinet. Great way to get the visual/design exactly how you want even when you need a different set up for storage.)
It’s so nice having ALL of the equipment here together! This also holds all of our playroom TV equipment. If you’ve seen that room and wondered where all of the cords and DVD player/X box, etc. live for that room.. it’s also inside of this cabinet.
Ok.. that wraps up the tour of my theatre room built-ins! Why did that quick tour make me so happy? Most likely because it included organization and popcorn. My two greatest loves together in one spot. Plus Coke Zero. But I’m quitting that.
Tomorrow. :)
Here are answers to a few questions some of you had about the theatre room!
Where do people set their drinks/popcorn?
I went back and forth on having a coffee table in this room and someday might add one, but for now.. my kids just use the floor too much! This is where all the kids sleep when we have sleepovers and during movies we always have kids laying on the floor (which is also why a really soft rug was a priority!). But that means there isn’t a great spot to set food and drinks so for now the kids just hold their popcorn bowl or have it on the couch/floor and set their drinks on the counter above the fridge. I really try to not stress about this room. We designed it with kids in mind and I know there will be spills. I bought easy to care for couch fabric and I have kids take their shoes off, but I really want people to feel comfortable and relaxed in this room and not worry about messes or spills.
We have this opening behind our couch where our window pops out (I just snapped this with my phone quick to show you) and I’m on the hunt for a console table that fits this space so that when you’re sitting on the couch you can also set your drink behind you.
What is the size of the room? What is the distance from the couch to the screen?
Our theatre room is 15 1/2 x 23 feet. If you include the pop out for the window which is 2 1/2 feet deep, it’s 18 x 23 feet deep. It is about 12 feet from the couch to the screen.
Can you share details on your black out blind?
It’s a Hunter Douglass black out blind. Most of our window coverings are plantation shutters so when we first moved into our house and had all of those installed we put in this black out blind thinking we would probably end up making this space some sort of TV room. To be honest, I wish we would have just waited on a widow covering for this space because when I was designing the room (and researching theatre rooms more) I was wishing I would have put in a different window covering that we could open and close with a remote control. We could still add that later, but we’d have to cut into the fabric next to our window (where our electricians prepped the wall to make it work) so I doubt we ever will!
Can you share details on the screen/sound system/projector you chose?
This is definitely more of my husband’s area of expertise and he picked all of this out, but this is what I do know..
The receiver is Integra. The projector we chose is a high end Sony. And we use the Savant Smart Home system to control it all. The Savant remote controls everything, but we can also control everything with our cell phones. It’s so easy to use! I can be downstairs and quickly turn everything on for kids heading upstairs.
What did you use for sound insulation?
We added acoustic panels in-between our fabric and walls to enhance the sound. Our fabric installer also installed our acoustic panels and I remember the day he came and talked to me about two different types. He had one that he recommended so I just told him to go with that! Sorry that’s not more help!
Where did you get your drawer hardware?
I matched our theatre room hardware with what I used for a lot of drawers/cabinets throughout our home. All of the drawer/cabinet hardware in my home is from Restoration Hardware and (because I get this question so much) all of my door hardware is from Emtek.
Are the bean bags working?
They are! My kids love using these beanbags and always pull them out when friends are over. I think they are a great option for extra seating for kids.
Did you consider a popcorn machine?
I did! I actually almost bought one to give our kids last year for Christmas when I was working on this room, but then decided to wait and see if we had space for one. The microwave popcorn usually works great, but every once in a while we have a lot of kids over and I wish I had one because it takes longer to pop smaller bags for lots of people. Something we might add in the future! I’ve seen some that are smaller and sit on the the counter which is probably what I would buy if we decide to get one.
What were some of the trials you mentioned when you were working on this room?
Oh my word.. like I said, I could write an entire post on this alone. (I’ll try to keep this semi short!) When I first started this room I got several bids from theatre room contractors who would take over and do the entire project for me. I knew what I wanted design wise, but obviously there is so much complexity in a home theatre room between the electronics, lighting, sound.. I didn’t want to have to manage everything and I knew I didn’t have time to manage everything. But the bids all came back SO high. Crazy high! And I knew I could do it for a lot less so I talked to Chuck (my carpenter and bff who’s now part of the family) and we decided we could do it on our own. I would design it and pay him to do all of the wood work and manage everything else with contacts we both had through building. We started off great with Chuck taking off with my vision and managing everything and then.. Chuck had an accident and fell off of a two story home he was working on and ended up in the hospital in critical condition. Some of you might remember me mentioning this in a post. DEVASTATING. We were worried sick about him and obviously the theatre room came to a screeching halt. We were so grateful to learn he was going to be ok but eventually realized that he couldn’t finish the job so guess who became the new general contractor? Me. With NO theatre room experience, three busy kids to take care of and a my own little blog business I run. Which to my surprise has become more than a full time job in and of itself. ;)
I did the best I could picking up where Chuck left off but there were some communication issues with me thinking he had done things he hadn’t yet. (One example was that we moved the crown molding down to add lighting around the ceiling and I thought he had explained it all to the electricians but he hadn’t so things weren’t wired correctly, etc.) We had a lot of issues with installing the sound system. They got everything hooked up and then we’d turn on the TV and the screen would be off or the voices were off or the sound was off or the remote was turning on the wrong thing. Our installers were good to work with, but we had to have them back SO many times to fix things. It just always took so much time out of my day to deal with that I had to space out appointments so that pushed everything back further. We had issues with the fabric. The first order didn’t come with enough. I went to order more and it was sold out! (Panic set in because I had already bought so much!) Then it came back in stock but was backordered so we had to wait for it. Then when it finally came in I set up a meeting with the fabric installer and the screen installer so that they could get placement right (the fabric was so expensive that I had ordered just enough to sit inside each side of the screen instead of filling the entire wall). I went over measurements with them individually (size of screen and how far the fabric had to come in to be covered).. then they met together to go over meausrements.. Then I called them after they had met just to make sure we were all on the same page with placement. (I communicated it all so well because after building a home I knew this was the type of thing that could get messed up!) And they got it wrong! Even after all of that communication and double checking! Our fabric guy installed the fabric, the screen guy installed the screen and there was a small space between the screen and fabric on the right side. AHHHH. This is the stuff you deal with so much when you’re building or remodeling. In the big scheme of things obviously these are first world problems that you are grateful to have, but they are the frustrating details that make projects always take longer than you think they will. Mistakes like this happen so often when you’re building or remodeling and can cause you time and money and stress. They are the reason some couples don’t survive building a home together!
Anyway.. my fabric guy blamed the screen guy and the screen guy blamed the fabric guy and guess who ended up paying for a whole wall of new fabric. Yours truly. Good times. :) My fabric guy was so sweet to work with and felt so bad that he did give me a discount on installation. There were more little hiccups like this that popped up right and left which is why when I finally got to the fun part of the project (decorating) I was so burned out I didn’t want to find the perfect rug. I just wanted to close the door and forget about the room altogether! (Anyone else know that feeling?)
What are your tips for putting together a room like this?
Hire someone to do it all for you. And if you don’t take my advice and decide to take in on by yourself.. don’t call me for back up. Ha.
Really at the end of the day it all came together and the issues were all things that could be worked out. We are so grateful for this space and I love how it turned out even though it took so much longer to put together than I anticipated. I’m just grateful that Chuck is ok and that I survived being a theatre room general contractor. Something I can say I’ve done but hope to never do again. ;)
Helllllo everyone! Happy Monday! I have so many fun things to catch up on with you all! Sorry in advance if this post seems long. My New Finds and Old Favorites posts are supposed to go up on the weekend but I didn’t have time and because of a couple of crazy weeks I’m behind on everything I want to share with you all in general!
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I blame these three. ;) We are officially back in the swing of things around here and I have to say.. it feels good. Busy! But good. Three different schools meant three different first days which meant three different first day pictures. :) My high schooler was less than thrilled about school starting, my middle schooler was excited to see friends again and my 4th grader was just flying high over his new luggage style backpack. He had a dinosaur backpack he was so excited to use and then we got his school supply list and he had to have large binders for each subject that didn’t fit. Not a happy discovery so mom came to the rescue with a larger spaced themed glow in the dark masterpiece (dinosaur backpack can be used for favorite toys) and all was right in the world again.
On the first day of school I said “Kole! Get up buddy.. you’re starting 4th grade! How do you feel!?” He mumbled “like an iPad that’s on 10%.” Ha. I think we’ve all felt like that a time or two the past few weeks getting back in the swing of things. :)
Kids back in school usually means pumpkin shopping for me! I went on a late night run to Trader Joes and found my first pumpkins of the year. I say first because I always end up making multiple pumpkin runs before the season ends. I shared this pic on IG stories and got so many questions about my purse. It’s this cute TB leather and straw bag and I’ve loved it! Just the right size. Not too bulky but big enough to hold all the things I need on the daily (and 40% off)!
I found mums at Costco and can’t wait to decorate my front porch! I was going to start Saturday but it was so crazy hot we ended up swimming instead. Are temps cooling off in your neck of the woods? I will vicariously live through you all over the next two months.
This is last year’s Happy Halloween porch and I thought I’d share it for my “old favorite” post this week.
Really simple and enough Halloween for me. :) I’d like to do more of a Fall look this year but I’m sure a few weeks before Halloween I’ll have to pull out the sign and spider webs and BOO pumpkin because Kole loves that stuff so much. Be careful about the traditions you start with your kids.. usually you’re over them long before they are. ;)
My black striped rug isn’t in stock anymore but I found lots of fun similar options! Here are my porch sources and other fun thing to spruce up your porch for Fall/Halloween…
Ok.. some recent favorites! I’ve been having so much fun sprucing up my home for Fall this year and have found some fun things I’m using. Remember this beautiful Eucalyptus wreath I shared a few posts back?
I love it so much that I wanted to find more Eucalyptus options to use in my kitchen and I found matching garland AND matching swags! I was so excited because they are from a totally different store – jackpot finding the exact same brand. These are perfect for Fall and I love that they will transition so well into Christmas decorating too. Swags are one of my favorite things to decorate with because they are so versatile. They look good on tables, bookshelves, mantles.. really they can be used in so many different ways.
These faux olive branches are another Fall favorite I’m loving in my kitchen! I have two of the faux olive bundles in this crock. These branches are another beautiful option but cost a little more. Both are on sale and so fun for Fall.
I took this picture in 2015 and still LOVE these faux branches. They are my favorites to pull out and decorate with every single Fall. Now PB has similar faux maple branches that are also just beautiful. 20% off at the moment! YEA.
You really don’t need a lot of branches to make a statement with these either. They are so full that just two make a statement. This image is one of my most popular images on Pinterest. Isn’t that funny!? It gets pinned over and over every Fall. I think it’s the simplicity of it! Sometimes we over complicate decorating. Just toss a couple of branches in a vase, add some mini white pumpkins (always a good thing.. right?) and call it a day. :)
And I could NOT photograph this for the life of me because you can totally see the reflection of my french doors in the glass but this Fall By the Lake image is stunning! (You can see it better on-line.) It reminds me so much of the years we lived in Virginia and brings back memories of the stunning drive I took to teach school every day. I would drive right past Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the colors every Fall were breathtaking! You can customize the frame and it comes in various sizes with or without a mat.
So beautiful! I snapped this from the side to get rid of as much glare as possible. I ordered it for this console table and put it up as soon as it was delivered. Kenny walked in that evening from work and noticed it immediately and said “oh I love that!” That’s how I knew it was a winner. I’m constantly rearranging things and bringing in new decor and my husband NEVER notices. Well.. I won’t say never. He always seems to notice when his beloved clock is removed from our bookshelf (be careful about the traditions you start with your husband too..) ha. Really though.. I love that he loves it as much as I do!
A favorite coffee table book I’m displaying this season! Patina Farm is so beautiful inside and out and full of inspiration.
And this is an old favorite that I’m sharing again because I picked up a few more for Fall decorating and for gifts for friends’ birthdays and I remembered how much I LOVE this basket! This set of three is one of my favorites but this particular basket takes the cake. :)
In fun fashion news, all of my favorite shoes from the N sale are back in stock! (Kept and love all of these except the snake skin boots! Just couldn’t do it..) ;)
This sweater is a recent favorite I ordered. It has a loose comfortable fit and I love the sleeves. I wore it a few weeks ago when we had a chilly evening but it has been too hot to wear since! These jeans are newish favorites from the N sale but I’m sad to report they are MUCH tighter on me now than they were in July! Hate that. And if it doesn’t look like it in this pic that’s because when I gain weight it mostly all goes to one spot. Thank goodness selfies are frontside. ;)
I know exactly why. My parents came into town for Ad’s play and while they were here we all ate out so much! I was just living it up without a care in the world. Club Avocado rolls? Yes please! Bread with that steak? For sure! Cheesecake for dessert? You bet! Time to celebrate.
All fun and games until the new Paige jeans don’t fit anymore. Ha. :) Needless to say there is some work to be done this month.
But totally worth it because this girl was the most amazing Matilda. It was her biggest role yet with so many lines and songs.. so proud. We were due to celebrate! I’m craving bread just thinking about it. ;)
Ok.. I’ve worn this Crepe Wrap Top a few times since I bought it and absolutely love it! (50% off!) It’s really lightweight so perfect to transition to Fall and it comes in red too which would be so fun for the holidays. (I added a satin camisole under it but it looks good without one too.)
This cute Cowelneck sweater is back in stock in 2 colors and I love it so much I’m tempted to pick it up in the Oatmeal too! (Runs big so order one size down.. this is xxs and the sleeves are still long!).
And you guys! This Zella Farrah Hooded Fleece Jacket is 40% off and just $53! Such a good deal.. this is the coziest thing I’ll wear this winter. It comes in pink too and I’m tempted to get one for each of my girls while it’s on sale because if not they’ll be stealing mine!
Ok.. that’s a wrap! I hope I didn’t overload you with all my new finds and old favorites! I’ll be back soon. Lots to share now that I’ve adjusted to our new schedule and routine. :) Enjoy your week!
Ahhh! I did NOT mean to go a week without posting on the blog but it has been crazy getting back in to our new school/after school routine this year. The first couple of weeks are always a little challenging aren’t they? Fun and exciting for the kids but also exhausting and emotional. I’ve also been trying to figure out my new routine with this schedule. I try to batch tasks as much as possible to make the most of my time so I’m tweaking and re-tweaking things to figure out what will work for me. Last week I accomplished a whole lot of tweaking and not much else. Ha. ;) This is our first full week and I have no doubt we’ll all be ready for the weekend once it rolls around!
I shared this Sayan Pendant light fixture soon after I ordered it but I didn’t have it hanging yet and it sold out right after. It’s back in stock again (yea!) and I’m not surprised that it keeps selling out. I LOVE this light fixture. It adds so much texture and is great quality for such a reasonable price. I wanted something casual for this space and am so happy with the vibe it brings into this room!
I also wanted something that would match this Hanging Rattan Chair! Isn’t it fun!? I’ve wanted to put this hanging chair in our playroom for years now.. ever since I first saw it on-line at S&L!
It’s so beautiful and I love that you can pile pillows and blankets on it to look (and feel!) cozy. These are some of my favorite pillows/throws at the moment and I’m having a hard time keeping them in the playroom! They want to be in every room in the house. Especially this Fall. :)
As you can imagine the new chair has been a huge hit with the kids! You can’t tell in the pictures but there is a decent amount of space behind the swing so there is definitely room to have some fun. Not out of control bust the wall fun (as I explained in detail multiple times!), but definitely room for a good back and forth. :) My girls and their friends all hang out in this room and the theatre room when they come over so for teens the chair is a great spot to hang out and chat and laugh.
For Kole? Well.. this is his favorite way to use the swinging chair.
But that doesn’t happen as often as he’d like because this is how his mom prefers that he use the swinging chair. ;) Either way it has quickly become his favorite new spot in the house which makes my day. I knew I loved the chair so I’m thrilled my kids love it just as much!
I had my friend snap this pic when she was over the other day so you could see the size of the chair (I’m 5’3 and 1/2) and it holds up to 300 pounds so safe to say it’s nice and sturdy!
Which is great because kids shouldn’t have all the fun right!? :)
I’m so excited about the new fixture, hanging rattan chair and my two new throws and pillows for this space! Next on my list is to decorate the walls, add accessories and bring in some COLOR. There are a lot of various shades of blue going on and I’m still trying to decide on the best accent color for a room shared by boys and girls. I’ll keep you posted on what’s going on in this space as soon as I figure it out myself!
In the meantime.. you know where you can find me. ;)
This print is my absolute favorite! I love that the planets are balloons. I love the deep blue background and all of the splashes of color. I also love how large it is! (About 26×38 so it fills up a lot of wall space.) Great quality.. easy to hang. It looks so good in his bedroom and is perfect for my space obsessed little buddy. :) I also picked up this wire clothes hamper to hold all of Kole’s swords. We did a major toy clean out before school started and I needed something to hold the favorites he hung on to.
We added this fun Solar Orbit print to his dresser and then this Moon Phases chart to the right side of his wall. He loves the Phases of the Moon chart!
And just because we loved the colors we also added this fun Retro Lightning print to his industrial shelf. We went through all of his books and only kept favorites and then Kole helped me style his shelves. He’s very proud of his trophies and wanted them displayed along with his favorite orange fox bank and his beloved Dog Man books. :)
I couldn’t say no to these fun Science prints because they fit this wall by his window seat so perfectly and I love the way they look! Bonus if they help him remember the difference between a proton and a neutron. ;)
These prints actually work perfect with Kole’s original dark navy bedding, but that comforter is SO hot and heavy (with flannel sheets!) so at the beginning of summer I had already bought an inexpensive comforter and sheets with all things space on it to use in the summer. (This comforter bedding set is very similar!)
I picked up a couple of Burnt Orange Pillows for his window seat to accompany favorite friends. :)
Decorating the few blank spots in his room motivated me to finally put some pictures and art work up on his pinboard. I’ve had this pinboard hanging in his room for years! Every night when I tuck Kole in bed I think “I really need to get some pictures up on that board..” Seriously what’s wrong with me!? I should have done if forever ago. I finally developed some of his favorite pictures and hanging them took all of 10 minutes. Such a small thing but I felt major victory getting that done today! Ha! It’s the little things.
*Top left picture is our family zip lining in Kauai.. the sweetest. :)
I’m thrilled with how his room turned out! Honestly the new Flower Kids line is adorable. So many fun things for girls’ spaces too!
The VERY best part about this bedroom?
Is my sweet space loving “sun” who it belongs to. :)
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I’m so excited to share a simple master bathroom update with you all today! Soon after we moved into our home (almost 6 years ago.. can’t believe it has been that long!) I bought these mint green bathroom rugs for our master bathroom. I took this picture a couple of years but today at this moment, my once fuzzy, soft rugs are really starting to show some wear and tear. I knew I wanted some new bathroom rugs and have been hunting for the perfect solution for a while now. I’ve been looking for three things:
1 – I wanted something neutral this time around. I love coral and mint, but these two colors combined in our master bathroom always felt a little too Easter eggish to me. Ha. :)
2 – I wanted a round rug. This bathroom has a lot of square/rectangle straight lines. From the tub molding to the marble floor to the mirrors.. I knew a round rug would soften this space.
3 – I wanted something large. I love the look of my marble floor, but if I was building again I would put in tile or marble in a small pattern. Just being honest.. these marble floors show everything. Water spots! I mean.. what bathroom doesn’t get water on the floor!? I wanted a large rug to cover and protect as much of the floor as possible.
It’s a little different for this space and that’s part of what I love about it. Isn’t the floral and swirl pattern pretty!? And the natural shade of this particular rug is perfection. Did I mention it was on sale for just 79 bucks! It comes in a larger size too. (This is the 5′)
I especially love how well it ties in with all of my neutral bathtub shelf decor I’ve had for years.
Such simple changes and suddenly this bathroom feels all grown up! No more bunny ears included. ;)
I showed my friend this rug when she was over and we were chatting one day and she fell in love with it too! She is just getting settled in a new to her home so I picked up my new rug and we took it over to her house to try it out..
Ahhh! So good right!? We both fell in love with this rug all over again in her entry. Perfection! Needless to say we are now rug twins for life. :)
You know the movie “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants?” (My husband’s all time favorite movie to make fun of with all sorts of sarcasm.) This rug reminds me of that movie. Just like a good pair of pants that magically fit every body type, this rug looks good in every home.. in every space.
Try it in yours.. you’ll see.
Kenny.. if you’re reading, this post is dedicated to you and your all time favorite movie.
;)
Below I’ve linked other favorites from Walmart! Honestly.. I’m so impressed with their recent Home Decor items. So many fun, affordable options! What’s your favorite?
Hello friends. It has been a strange week at our house! Addison started school Tuesday but my other two don’t start until next week so I’m “sort of kind of” trying to get back in a routine for one daughter and still having late night swim parties for the other. So tired from staying up late and getting up early! It has also been tech week for a play Ad is in (she’s playing Matilda in the play Matilda this weekend!) so I’ve driven an insane amount getting her to rehearsals and back in traffic – her practices have been close, but the theatre she’s performing in is over an hour away. My house is a mess because I started taking down summer stuff and pulling out Fall AND on a whim yesterday I decided Kole’s entire room needed to be de-cluttered and started pulling it apart (I added some cute stuff to his walls I’ll be sharing soon!). My parents are coming from Utah to see the play so I’ve got a few hours tomorrow to “sort of kind of” get things put back together around here. Should be a party. That’s what’s going on at our house.. what has your week been like? :)
Thank you so much btw for all of your kind comments and e-mails about our theatre room! I love it when I hear from so many of you.. it always makes my day. :) A follow up post is coming but I’m short on time tonight so let’s quickly talk Fall Wreaths!
Nothing says “Fall” like a fun wreath and I recently bought 2 that I’m so excited about! This Eucalyptus wreath might be one of my all time favorites. It’s so beautiful and I’m loving it over my stove! It instantly added so much warmth to my kitchen. It also gave me a good excuse to cook less this month. ;) All joking aside, Fall is the only time of the year I “sort of kind of” enjoy cooking. It’s so fun to have something warm in the oven or crock pot when it starts to get cooler outside!
The Eucalyptus wreath I just bought is really similar to the Eucalyptus Berry and Pine Wreath I bought last year for Christmas. (You can see I still have the ribbon on mine because I’m going to hang two of them in my dining room again in December!)
I love this wreath too and it’s back in stock! It’s a little larger and fuller than my new wreath and has more going on with the berries and pine. The pine gives it more of a Christmas feel to me but this wreath I just bought works for Fall or Christmas.
K is this making anyone else excited for the holidays? Just me? I can live with that. :)
This is the other Fall wreath I bought. So beautiful.. I LOVE the warm reds and yellows this time of year. I always decorate with traditional Fall colors because we don’t get to see enough of them in San Diego. If I could invent a Palm tree that changed colors and dropped its leaves I’d be all over it and my yard would be full of them.
Clearly I like to hang my wreaths in the most practical places I can find. Ha.
Fall in the mudroom a few years ago! Love this time of year.
I rounded up 9 gorgeous wreaths – looked at SO many and these are my favorites! I have to apologize though.. there are two wreaths that popped up last week at $89 and now they are $99! (WHAT!?) So technically my 9 under 90 is really 9 under 100. Oops! Sorry about that! Maybe we should call this wreath collage “9 under 90 sort of kind of.” ;)
So many fun looks to add a splash of Fall to our homes. Which one is your favorite? #3 is my top pick this year! Ok.. off to bed. Busy cleaning day tomorrow. ;) Happy Friday!
Ahhhh! Finally. Finally! I’m finally sharing our theatre room with all of you! It’s finally DONE. Right now you’re either thinking “finally!” yourself OR you’ve forgotten all about my theatre room and that it was even spoken about to begin with. :) Honestly this was just one of those projects that took on such a life of its own! So many hiccups along the way (I could write 3 blog posts alone about all of the snags I dealt with). Then I finally got this space 85% done and was just so tired of working on it I needed a break before finishing it. Basically this room took me as long to design and build and decorate as our whole house did. Ha. But it’s done! I can finally say our theatre room is DONE. Have I used the words “finally” and “done” enough yet?
It’s finally done.
Moving on. :)
To fully appreciate this forever long project of mine let’s remember what this space looked like after we moved into our new home almost 6 years ago. This room was an extra room we added last minute when we were building because it’s located over our garage and was an easy, inexpensive add-on. At that time my husband thought he might want a theatre room, but we weren’t sure if we’d really use one so we decided to just move into the house and decide a few years later how best to use the space. With no real plan for the room it of course became a catch all for storage. (The white door leads into our attic where I store all of my holiday decor).
(Prepping for the wood work!)
A couple of years later our girls were getting older and we could tell that a theatre room would be a good idea. They constantly had friends over and everyone was always piling into the playroom, moving furniture and crowding around the TV in that room to watch movies and have birthday parties and sleepovers.
Exhibit A. :) Told you my house gets messy.. ;)
When I decided to take on this project my husband was busy with work and still burned out from building our house (I still don’t think he has fully recovered!) so when I told him I was ready to turn this room into a theatre room he politely told me that other than picking out the actual screen and sound system I was on my own. I said BRING IT ON of course (not fully knowing what I was getting into) and started sketching out this space. Really I didn’t want a traditional theatre room with stacked seats. What I wanted was another family room with a really big TV, a big comfy couch and a place to pop popcorn. And molding! Pretty molding of course. :)
Ready to FINALLY see our theatre room? This is how it looks today..
Even if you don’t love it, please do a happy dance for me that it’s DONE! :) So exciting to have it look like a REAL room! It was a hot mess of to-do’s for way too long.
*affiliate links used
You might remember that I had a different rug in this space to begin with. Long story short – I loved the rug but it just didn’t feel right to me for this room. I couldn’t move past it! I tried to find pillows and decor and decorate around it and it just wasn’t working. Every time I walked into this room it just didn’t feel right. It wasn’t “young” enough if that makes sense? Not right for a space that mostly teens would hang out in. So I returned the rug, took a couple of months off and then found and bought this Souk Wool Rug. I loved it in this room the SECOND I laid it down!
I brought our black stripe teepee into the corner after I laid down the rug realizing I could pull more black and white into the room and BAM. Those two items were all I needed to know the direction I was going with this space. Moral of this story.. don’t underestimate the power of a good rug! It really sets the tone for the room. Also black and white stripes are always a good thing in my book. Right up there with popcorn and molding. ;)
I didn’t put a coffee table in this room because I knew we’d often have a full room with kids all over the floor so instead I bought this Fringed Boho Pouf to use for a foot stool and then my kids all have these bean bags in their rooms they can bring into this space for extra seating.
I also added this fun Winslow Arc Floor Lamp for extra lighting and I love it in the corner! It’s hard to tell how HUGE it is in this picture. It’s also hard to see what the fabric looks like on our walls so I’ll try to get a better close up picture soon. It has a light grey herringbone pattern on it and is so beautiful.
I’m a sucker for Anthropologie pillows (LOVE the texture they bring into a room!) so I mixed a few I already had with a few new pillows for this couch.
Also.. not pictured but I just bought this fun throw to also go on this couch and this cute basket for this room – they both look so good!
Ok.. so we’ve covered the couch area of the room.. let’s tour the rest! (You can find details on my couch here.)
Got my BIG TV. :) I really struggled the day we hung the screen because I wanted to center the top and bottom on the fabric so badly! But for viewing purposes it needed to be lower because the couch is low. One of the many times I’ve had to sacrifice design for function! Things like that always drive the perfectionist side of me crazy for a while and then I get over them and move on. ;) So fun watching movies on this screen and my husband is absolutely giddy thinking about Fall football and afternoon weekend naps in this room!
Remember the beginning of my fun shiplap focal wall and appliances?
It’s my favorite part of the room. :) You can see I left the door on the side of our playroom painted white..
But I had the theatre room side of the door painted grey. My instinct is to always go light and bright so I had to really force myself to think DARK for this room! When the black out blind is closed it’s SO dark in this space.
You can read all about our Ferguson appliances and sink in this post and you can download my paint colors here. The shiplap wall paint is the same as my main house color and the darker grey is the same grey I used in my formal living room coffered ceiling! When you find something you love you stick with it. :)
The counters are white Quartz and I fell hard for the chrome sconces (similar here). And the numbered movie prints! Aren’t they fun!? I searched high and low for something for this shiplap wall that would take up space between the sconces but not cover too much of the shiplap. Really.. I looked for MONTHS. Happiest day when I landed on these old movie prints on Etsy! I reached out to Jennifer at Coco and James (CUTEST Etsy shop!) and she was so incredibly sweet and sent me the prints right over! Seriously if you need prints for a baby/child’s room you have to check out her shop. Beautiful and the prints are amazing quality. I put my new prints in these white gallery frames and was honestly giddy with how they looked. Perfect finishing touch to our theatre room!
The remote needed to stay plugged in on this counter so I set up a little tray and plant to help disguise it. :)
I tried so many things in this corner and at the end of the day my favorite Douro vases just looked the best so I guess I’m figuring out something else for my family room console table where they usually sit. :) (Similar white faux flowers)
I’m excited to share the organization going on in this room (always my favorite part!) but this post has gone on long enough! I’ll share that soon in another post and answer any other questions about this room so feel free to ask in the comments if I’ve left something out! (UPDATE: YOU CAN FIND MY POST WITH ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND DRAWER ORGANIZATION HERE)
Here are a few more random pics I took. Playroom door closed..
and play room door open. :) You can see my latest playroom progress here. Can’t wait to have that room finished like the theatre room is now! Baby steps around here. Very SLOW, methodical baby steps. ;)
Our theatre room! Done. I’m so happy it’s finally done. Sometime I’ll have to take pics at night to share the lighting in this space. And of course I’ll have to share pics of how the room usually looks.. with pillows tossed on the floor and full of kids. :)
All sources are below and like I said.. let me know if you have other questions about this space! Thanks for being patient with me on projects that take a little.. ok.. A LOT longer than planned. ;)
(Shiplap Hallway Decor Plan *affiliate links used)
I’m always so ready and excited for summer when it finally rolls around and until this week I really didn’t want it to end.
But then.. it happened.
Sometime yesterday between the 14th popsicle of the day dripping on the floor, the 6th time repeating “no!” to more time on the iPad and the 23rd ride to the beach/a friends/the mall/Starbucks/the movies.. it happened.
Like the flick of a light switch.. I turned. And decided summer is dead to me.
And the first day of school can’t come soon enough. Ha. ;)
One of my summer goals was to start decorating our upstairs hallway. I don’t know if I’ve ever shared pics of this hallway before? Probably not. There hasn’t been much to share.
It’s a hallway. And it hasn’t been decorated. I love this hallway though – hard to show in photographs but it is always lit with beautiful natural light from some french doors that lead out onto our front balcony. I am so excited to finally prioritize it!
I had my carpenter add shiplap to the middle wall a couple of years ago when he helped me with my shiplap display wall downstairs. I knew this would be the main focal wall I would decorate.
Then I fell hard for this console table from a local store and it was the perfect length for my shiplap wall. (I’ll link to similar options I also love below!)
We have can lights along this hallway ceiling and I planned to have 3 hanging fixtures in this space, but I was so overwhelmed with figuring out all of the other lighting in our house when we were building that I decided to wait and choose the upstairs hallway fixtures later.
“Later” turned into 5 years later. Wasn’t really planning on waiting that long but.. life! Here we are 5 years later and I’m finally decorating this space and picking out fixtures. Better late than never. :)
The winner I finally decided on? These Hicks Pendants that I’ve had a crush on for years now! LOVE them. LOVE them so much.
I knew I wanted a round mirror over this console table on the shiplap wall. I found this Pendant Round mirror and fell in love. For a mere $2,000+ it could be mine. Yikes! A lot more than I wanted to spend on a mirror for this space.
So I kept looking and I found this Bjork Mirror that is so similar and $430! SCORE. Couldn’t order it fast enough!
Right before we left on our trip I had my electricians come and hang my hallway lights. Kenny was going to do it but was so busy with work and since I still have all of our building crew on speed dial.. ;) They were laughing at me that I was just now putting these up when I told them I’d have them back a few weeks after we moved in to hang some.
What can I say except good things come to those who wait! I love my new hallway lights. I was SO torn on the size to order and to be honest I still wonder if I should have gone one size bigger (these are the smallest size).. BUT if I would have gone bigger I wouldn’t have had any links hanging. The next size up lights are quite a bit longer (the round part) and this hallway is only 9 feet tall so I wasn’t sure how it would look to have them so close to the ceiling vs. hanging down a little like they are now. Probably either way would have worked!
The beginning of some personality in this hallway! YEA.
Aren’t they pretty!? Am I the only one who gets THIS excited about a few new light fixtures? I took over 20 pictures of them.
Maybe 25.
Can’t wait to style this table for Fall!
That door to the right is our playroom and I’m making progress in that space too.
After I finish the playroom and decorate my console table I want to figure out something fun for this big blank wall next to our laundry room. It’s huge and empty and would be a perfect spot for something creative. I’ve thought about different gallery walls and might do something simple with rows of frames, but if you have other ideas let me know!
Happy weekend! Kenny and I just spent the last few days in Park City, UT and it has been so beautiful and sunny but also nice and cool. It’s making me excited to welcome Fall! It also reminded me that I better share my powder bathroom summer decor before summer is a thing of the past. :) Plus I’m on a roll with bathroom decor since I recently shared our guest room/office bathroom. Promise to take a break from bathroom updates for a while after this post but I do love how simple it is to update bathrooms! A few simple changes can make a big impact.
I ordered this Tufted Mia Bath Mat months ago and it brightened up our powder bathroom so beautifully for summer. I was in love the minute I put it in this space!
A view from the other side! The pink and white towels are long time favorites. I also ordered these pretty towels that are on sale to try over my ladder in this room.
I’m not so sure I’ll change much in this space for Fall because I’ve really enjoyed the pink. Maybe I can find a cute pink pumpkin to add and call it a day. :)
When do you start decorating for Fall? I usually start in September after my kids are back in a routine at school but I have a feeling my pumpkin spice candle might come out a little sooner this year.
It’s that time again! Hard to believe isn’t it!? Another school year has already started for some of us and is fast approaching for others. My kids are out until the end of August so we are cherishing our last days of summer and made a quick trip to Utah to spend time with family and cousins!
Once I get past the emotional first day of school (always a tear jerker for me coming to terms with my kids being yet another year older!) I usually recover from my funk and get excited for a fresh start. I actually feel more motivated to set new goals and do ALL the things in September vs. January. In January I try to set goals, but all I really want to do is live in my pjs and recover from the holidays. :) September is usually the month I feel the most motivated all year. It’s so nice to introduce some structure into my days after an unstructured summer. Last January I created some printables that have been game changers for me in helping me work on my goals and daily habits.
My Monthly Goals printable helps me stay on track each month and even though I don’t always complete everything on my list, I love having it as a daily reminder of what my priorities are. It’s so easy to get busy putting out random fires each day and to lose sight of the things I really want to prioritize.
Same with my Daily Habits page. LOVE this. I try to keep the habits on this page simple and easy (so that I’ll do them!) and I love that I have to check them off each day. I’m always motivated by a check mark. Ha.
You might remember that I created this Visual Planning Board at the beginning of the new year. Mostly to help pull myself out of the post Christmas pj funk I mentioned earlier. :)
I put a new monthly goal page and my habit tracker on my chalkboard each month so that I’ll see them every day in my office.
I wanted to share these printables with you again today for those of you who are feeling motivated to work on your own goals and daily habits now that kids are going back to school! You can download them HERE. I’ve slacked a little with these during the summer months but will be ready to get back on track in September!
Here are a few other things we do every summer to get organized and ready for a new school year:
1 – Get the office/homework zone organized. Now is the time to make sure you have a homework zone organized, stocked and ready to go! If you don’t have a home office, dedicate a spot in your home for homework and get things organized. In our previous house my kids did their homework at the kitchen table so I used a kitchen drawer to hold all of their paper and school supplies.
Stock up on paper, sharpen pencils and buy new crayons and markers if you have little ones! I also get my kids’ classroom supply lists and buy things early because by the end of August the school supplies get really picked over!
Target run with these two a couple of weeks ago to get school supplies! This is one shopping trip I don’t like to do on-line! El’s list comes out after her first day of school. Of course the trip included a new stuffed animal for Kole and Ad’s favorite ICEE’s. ROWS of new school supplies made my day and I might have picked up a new notepad. Happy shopping day for all three of us. :)
The main thing to remember to do when you’re getting your office/homework zone ready is to establish a place where ALL of the kids’ paperwork will land. We all know that back to school comes with a massive amount of paperwork! Having a system set up ahead of time will make for a much smoother transition. My kids keep signed forms and papers they need to hang on to in the white file folders on our office wall.
2 – Organize a drop zone for backpacks and shoes. We used to do a massive mudroom clean out right before school started, but now I have my kids do this as soon as school ends so we don’t have to think about it! They go through their lockers and drawers and we donate old shoes and backpacks and vacuum everything out so that things are clean and ready for a new school year. They always LOVE this chore. Ha. ;)
So nice to have the inside of the cabinets looking as clean as the outside!
If you don’t have a designated place for shoes and backpacks create one! I didn’t have a mudroom in my previous home so I created a place on our garage wall to hold shoes and jackets.
3 – Get back to school haircuts! I was due to get my hair done a couple weeks ago so I took my girls in for their annual back to school trim. Yes.. it takes two people to blow dry and curl my hair.. ha. It’s thick! So they always double up at my salon to save time. The cute girls who do my hair were dressed alike this week so I had to snap a pic. :)
I passed on my crazy thick hair to my girls. Getting all of our hair done is a process so it’s nice to have that checked off the list! (You can see why I feel justified splurging on a good hair dryer! Now the trick is keeping it hidden from my girls..)
4 – Fill out back to school forms. I hate to be scrambling with forms the few nights before school starts so I always try to get them done early! Any forms I know I have to have ready (like Ad’s medical forms for her allergies/asthma or El’s forms for her high school dance team) I fill out early.
5 – Get your pantry organized. I don’t know about all of you but by the end of summer my pantry has usually seen better days! A few weeks before school starts I always do a quick clean out and get things back under control. Then a few days before school starts I stock up on all of the snacks my kids like for their lunches. If your pantry needs an overhaul NOW is the time to do it! You will be so happy to start a new school year with a clean pantry. I’ve found a clean pantry makes a huge difference in my overall sanity! You can check out how I organize our pantry in this post and also how I organized our smaller pantry in our previous house in this post for ideas.
6 – Organize Kids’ Closets. I always make my kids go though their closets around this time of year and pull out anything that is too small or that they don’t love and wear. I told my girls we could do it in two days. The first day we purged and organized their hanging clothes and the next day we tackled their drawers. This made it feel a little less overwhelming and it didn’t become an all day project. After YEARS of doing this they are pretty good at quickly sorting and knowing what to save and what to say good-bye to. We did this before our trip to Utah so they could bring clothes they aren’t wearing anymore to their cousins. Win for everyone!
7 – Stock up on tissues. Because this mom always needs them on that first day back. And it doesn’t matter if it’s for Kindergarten, Middle School or High School. Or if it’s my first child or my last or my in-between. I cry sad/happy tears every single year. You too? I wish we could all meet for breakfast after drop-off and cry together.
Happy weekend! I hope you’re enjoying yours whatever you’re up to! We are spending some time with family and friends and enjoying one last little trip before summer winds down! I can’t believe it’s already August. We’ll be pulling out pumpkins before you know it. I know that makes some of you cheer and others cry. I’m a mix! Not really ready to send my kids back to school, but a pumpkin spice candle is always a good thing. :)
I’m excited to share the rest of one of our bathrooms with you all today! I shared a little peek of it in my last post but today is the full tour. Don’t ask me why I haven’t shared this space on the blog before! This bathroom is located between our guest bedroom and my husband’s office.
If you are sitting on the guest bed you’ll see these two doors. Closet is on the left and the bathroom I’m sharing today is on the right of the table and TV. :)
So come on in! Welcome to the bathroom. Ha. ;) Honestly I had a really hard time designing this bathroom when we were building. This bathroom and my son’s bathroom were the hardest rooms for me to design because I was trying to make them a little more masculine. Feminine is much easier for me! When we moved into this house my youngest son was only 3 years old. The guest bedroom was his room for the first few years in our home because this room is close to our master bedroom. He was still taking baths at the time so we designed this room with a tub in it for him. His “older boy” current bathroom just has a shower. You can see in the pic above that there is a pocket door on the left. It opens to my husband’s office. Since this was sort of my son’s and my husband’s bathroom I went with a bit more of a modern, masculine look.
I chose a solid white quartz countertop and we painted the cabinets grey. (You can find all of my paint colors on a printable here.) I like the diamond backsplash I picked out, but to be honest if I was designing this room again right now I probably would have just done something simple instead because it always looks too busy to me!
The little cabinet to the left of the sink opens to some adjustable shelves and I always keep new soap, a toothbrush and a razor there for guests. Towels, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste and other toiletries are in the cabinet drawers and below the sink.
You can see reflecting in the mirror in this picture there is a tall cabinet behind the sink/vanity.
I wanted guests to have plenty of counter space (especially thinking of my parents who use this room the most!). When they come and stay for a week or two at a time I wanted them to be able to set all of their stuff out and have some extra bathroom storage so I took some room out of our guest bedroom closet that is on the other side of this and designed a built-in upper and lower cabinet with a counter in-between.
The top cabinet has a few shelves and there are two drawers on the bottom for extra things. The large lower drawer?
One of my pull out laundry hampers of course! If you don’t know how deep my love runs for these built-in laundry hampers you really don’t know me at all. ;) Now guests have a nice place to keep their dirty clothes when they come to visit. It’s the little things. :)
One of my favorite things about this bathroom (that you can’t tell from a picture) is how cool this tile is. It feels like fabric! Honestly so comfortable to walk on, so easy to keep clean and there is no slipping! I wish I had a source for you but I don’t even remember what it’s called. I just know I’ve loved it!
I used it on the walls and in the shower too. This shower curtain was a fun find from the N sale that sold out in a flash and so was this rug, but I did find the CLEAN rug on-line here too if you love it as much as I do!
In our previous house I never had a great place to store my girls’ bath toys and I knew I could come up with a smart solution. I sketched these shelves behind the tub and asked my builder if we cold add them and wa-la! Tub shelves for toys! WHY does every bathroom not have something like this!? So perfect for young kids. If you don’t have the need for tub toys anymore it’s also a nice place to keep extra clean towels.
But our shelves are always full of toys. There’s usually a large ship or Kole’s favorite foam pirate bath toys drying on the top shelf. Even though his baths are few and far between now that he is older we still keep these toys here and he uses them sometimes in the swimming pool. :)
I hope you enjoyed the tour of our guest room/office bathroom! I found some similar, fun shower curtains I’ll link below. Amazing how much a cute shower curtain, rug and towels can change the look and feel of a bathroom isn’t it!?
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Today I’m excited to share my second playroom update with you all! (You can see 
