Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Friend's Living Room

When I still lived in Connecticut, I was helping my friend decorate her living room.  She had the overall vision and I just helped her with some decisions on furniture, paint, fabric, etc.  Over the past year, she has made progress and while it certainly is not finished (still no window treatments), she is really happy with the results.

Before: 


When we initially started talking about her living room, I drafted up this mood board to help give her a visual.  I obviously need help with creating mood boards, but you get the point! :)


She definitely wanted a formal feel, but with two children, two dogs and a cat, she wanted it to be livable too.

After (still in progress):


Things still to do: install window treatments, put a small rug to layer over seagrass, find a pillow for chair roll arm chair (pictured below) and find a lamp for the bar cart (not shown).   

My friend had all her existing artwork and she has been really creative moving it around to find the perfect home for each piece.  


Sorry for the blurry pictures.  I literally took these during my last visit to her home. :(  This chair is one of my favorite pieces in her room!  If you'd like to see the other posts on her LR, see here and here.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Slugging It Out in Louisville


If you hadn't noticed, I've been away for quite awhile.  For the last two months plus, we have been in nonstop hurry-up mode.  We were rushing to get our home ready for sale and then, ultimately, under contract. Then, of course, there were the numerous (and non-negligible) inspection repairs.  All the while I was on my own with the kids in CT packing and getting ready to move, as my husband had to start his job in early September.  If it sounds like I am whining...I am! :)  Anyway, we finally closed on our CT house and made our way down to Louisville about a week and half ago.  I am so happy to have our family back together and to be in our new town.
And, I am quickly falling in love with Louisville.  The people here are so laid back and extremely nice and pleasant.  We're currently renting a house in the Cherokee Triangle district, which is this charming area with late Victorian houses.  It's the perfect amount of urban - without being too much.

Luke likes his new school and we are enjoying learning more about our new town.  We are under contract (inspection today) so if all goes well, we can expect to be in our new house right before Thanksgiving.  In the meantime, I've been scouting out antique shops and been having a blast dreaming up various decorating schemes!  Since we're in somewhat of a normal routine, I hope to be back a little more frequently.  I have missed blog-land!!