house decor MAKEOVER

my roommate Lindsey recently moved out and a lot of the regular household items left with her. so it was time to put my graphic skills to good use and create some cute things to hang on the walls. i've spent plenty of time reading design blogs and wedding blogs and really any other kind of blog to have a feel for what is cute, hip, and trendy - so with my research complete it was time to JUMP to action. these pictures are absolutely horrible (it has been raining NON-STOP and i have officially given up on waiting for a sunny day with good lighting to capture the pictures for this post) but you'll get the general idea - and if we're friends in real life - you should come visit and see it in person!!!this little trio of "love" prints was my first project completed. i had some empty frames in my room that were collecting dust rather than being used, so i quickly measured and created prints to fit. (the yellow love print was spotted on "made by girl" and then i created my own for personal use - if you would like to purchase her version, visit her blog)with that project complete, i moved on to another BLANK wall. i spotted this frame idea on a blog somewhere (i cannot find it for the life of me - i'll keep searching!) and thought FOR SURE i could replicate something close enough for my house. and sure enough, i DID! the candle sconce on the left is a bit too big for the frame, but it's working for now! SO FUN having something a little different on my walls.and of COURSE i needed a little Ina area...so into the basket all her cookbooks went along with a DARLING yellow pitcher (thanks to erin my roommate) a little napkin square spiced that corner table right up - and we're looking cuter by the SECOND!the final area that received my personal attention (on friday night at least) was the dresser in the living room. i brought down a fall flower arrangement and tied a bow on it, then filled an apothecary with buttons and a miniature shopping basket with postcards from my penpal (thanks Gan!). the final touch was the ROYAL typewriter in an aqua that is TO DIE FOR! (thanks again erin for bringing it downstairs - it makes our living room SO happy).

there are still LOTS of projects to finish - we need to make a fouton cover for the UGLY beige but really dirty so it's almost brown fouton and some pillow cases...and we need to hang a few more things on walls...but we're getting there and i'm happy with our progress! YAY for having a cleaner and CUTER house!