So, I thought what they heck, playing with photoshop is fun and making animated gifs is even funner. So here it is, the super cool animation of what our bedroom could look like if we went with one of the 6 wallpapers mentioned in yesterdays B&W Wallpaper post.
What your fav? I love the Triangles Wallpaper.
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I’m sorry, I’ll stop complaining about this awful weather soon, but it does kind of actually sort of have something to do with this post. I would much rather be telling you guys about my garden, or my plants, or the porch, or landscaping ideas, but alas there is none of that to talk about until the spring actually gets here.
For the most part I’m kind of over doing inside projects for the winter, and it’s hard for me to get “passionate” or give any thought or serious consideration to any indoor project. I want it to be outside season NOW!
I guess I’m not completely over it, my mind did happen to start wandering the other day as I was chilling in my bedroom. Before I knew it I was considering how great black and white wallpaper would look on the far wall of our master bedroom.
Did you know I love wallpaper? More than I ever thought I was possible even a few years ago. I hope it’s one of those trends that never goes out of style like it did in the 90′s. I hope designers keep creating amazing wallpaper patterns and I hope to keep adding my favorite wallpapers subtly throughout my house. I also hope skinny jeans are cool forever too, but that’s another story.
Anywho, wouldn’t a wall of black and white wallpaper would be an excellent addition to the ongoing project we call our bedroom? I had a few patterns in mind, but after looking around the internet I found a few others I love too. It wasn’t meant to happen like this, but all of my favs come from one of two places: Hygge & West or Ferm Living.
Who knows, maybe this will be one of my first projects next winter…
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Half Moon Wallpaper
from Ferm Living – $110 per roll 2
Bindweed Wallpaper
from Ferm Living – $110 per roll 3
Berry Black Wallpaper
from Ferm Living – $110 per roll 4
Ferns Wallpaper
from Hygge & West by Lisa Congdon – $125 per roll 5
Petal Pusher
from Hygge & West by Joy D. Cho – $125 per roll 6
Triangles Wallpaper
from Hygge & West by Lisa Congdon – $125 per roll |
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So this “spring thing” isn’t happening here in Minnesota, it’s sad to say at the very least. Today we are seeing our first sunny day in over a week, and the temp is still hovering around 40º. The weather reports say that maybe by the end of next week we might see 50º, still 10º less than the average temp for this time of year. Oh and everything is still covered in snow, something I don’t think I’ve ever seen happen in MN in April.
I don’t doubt the crumby weather is what inspired me to purchase this rug from Marrakech, Morocco about 2 weeks ago. I saw it on ebay during one of my internet window shopping binges (aka pretend shopping). I wasn’t looking for it, but once I spotted it I knew it would be perfect for the entry way. I am desperate for color and sunlight and green right now, and there was something about this rug that satisfied a small bit of my insatiable spring yearning.
I had been on the lookout for a long and narrow rug for the entry way for awhile. I considered getting something blue, and then I considered getting something patterned. Nothing was feeling right. I was also waiting to see how the new shag rug looked in the living room and my first priority in entry way rug shopping was to find something to compliment it. Within days of first seeing this Boucherouite rug on ebay, Victoria posted about her new “rag rugs” and that is all it took to push me over the edge. I was sold and in love.
Boucherouite rugs are made by Berbere women with pieces of mostly cotton scrap, but also can include wool and nylon scraps too thus resulting in the tag “rag rug”. Each is unique and most are vibrant and colorful. They are created without predetermined patterns resulting in abstract movements and amazingly wonderful patterns.
There are so many beautiful Boucherouite rugs out there, seriously, tons of them. For me, they were on the more expensive side of what I wanted to spend, but I was able to find my rug for a steal (just another reason it felt right). From what I saw during my research online; the price seems to depend on size, color, and pattern. The nicer, more expensive rugs have beautiful patterns and vibrant colors. Mine is probably lacking in the signuature Boucherouite pattern department, but it dosen’t lack in color, and the size was perfect for my space.
I’m happy that this entry space is coming together a bit. You may have noticed that the Fiddle Leaf Fig is not hangin’ in this space anymore. I had to move it to a sunnier local in the porch off our master bedroom. The poor guy was losing it’s leaves in a major way, and I’m hoping I can still save it. It’s breaking my heart a little bit. I think if I can get it stable I’ll move it to the front porch for the summer so that it can soak up rays. Hopefully the entry area will seem like a reasonable space for it to make its home this fall . I would like to think that once it gets a little taller it will be able to absorb more light fromt the two entry way windows.
I still have to make a seat cushion for the window bench and add artwork to the walls in the corner, but with the spring coming (hopefully) those indoor projects might have to wait until later in the year.
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Happy almost weekend time guys! Thanks for hanging with me there over the last few days. It seems that my server was the target of some hackers, doesn’t that sounds so cool and badass? Thankfully, nothing really really bad happened to the old blog, but it did result in slow load times and I even got locked out of the site for a bit. Those hacker, always trying to ruin stuff.
Anyways, I don’t know if it’s a good idea to go ahead and embrace the spring/summer even though all I can see outside my window right now is dumb white, but I thought “what they hey, man”. It can’t be so horrible to dream about warmer weather can it?
I put together a list of some backyard dreams-scenes I’ve had for this summer. I love the idea of putting bright yellow against our dark blue house. Remember my dream home exterior? I still want that, only maybe not with a yellow door, but with yellow stuff. This is how I’d do it:
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▽ White Tilting Umbrella from Target $63.99
▽ Falster Table with Chairs & Bench from Ikea $284.00 ▽ Cabrio Lounge Chair from Loll Furniture $399.00 ▽ Dramm Garden Hose from West Elm Marketplace $55.00 ▽ Yellow Planters from Bachmans (local garden store) $39.99 ▽ Nelson Traveling Sprinkler from QC Supply for 69.99 ▽ Copper Rain Chain from Gardeners Supply Co $69.99 |
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Our little guy Gus has become a bit obsessed with drawing recently. I’m surprised by this because although Finn likes to draw, he was never really into drawing in a non-stop-over-a-period-of-days-with-only-eating-and-sleeping-as-your-only-other-activities sort of a way. I’ve never seen a kid so into something like this, he watches his hand make the marks and he tears through paper like nobody’s business. I guess I’m lucky he’s only drawing on paper, I’ve gone through about a whole ream in the last 2 days. I’m excited to see him so into something, but the insistant need for crayons and paper is getting a litte OOC (aka “out of control”).
In other news, it’s snowing, and it’s supposed to keep snowing until there is like a foot of snow. Do you guys know how sad this makes me? It’s soul crushing, and I’m not even being over dramatic about it. I find it hard to have the will to do much of anything on days like today. I’m still sitting in my PJ’s. I probably will switch to leggings (aka day time PJ’s) when it’s time to take Finn to school, but under my jacket will be all jams. I have wool socks on, this is the worst. I hate Minnesota right now, and I am desperate for spring.
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