House Love

Ever since we officially signed our second contract for a house my mind has been in design overdrive. This house will be a bit smaller than the first one we tried to buy, so decorating will be a little more challenging, but I'm so up for it! Here are some ideas I've been swooning over. ( Thanks Pinterest for helping me design my dream home right from the comfort of my parents' couch.)

We will have a half bath in our master bedroom and we have decided to make Steven a little pub/man inspired bathroom.

Things it will for sure include: navy paint, funky light, wire baskets, bronze accessories.

 After much discussion we have decided to paint our kitchen a light, happy yellow ( I think). I am absolutely in love with the mix of industrial/warehouse and eclectic chic...I don't even know if that's a thing, but I am obsessed! Do you see that cart? And those pendant lights? Heaven!

If someone could tell me where to get one of those bad boys for my TV stand, I would love you forever. I am a sucker for almost anything mid century modern! Also, I have been oogling over that doorknob curtain holder for probably a year now. I have not figured out how to make them, so I will most likely break down and buy them. Thanks urbanoutfitters for being awesome!

 

I am so excited to have a guest bedroom in our house. I am dreaming about the perfect combination of the two pictures above. Maybe with a few other colors besides yellow. I just love the clean, 

breezy-ness of them both! 

Oh, the great outdoors... I am going to need all the help I can get with this! Contrary to popular belief I am not good at everything. I suck at plants and landscaping. If it's not yelling at me to feed and water it, it tends to get forgotten (oops). I am going to try so much harder though! ( Luckily fall is right around the corner and I can put off planting until the spring. I don't want to embarrass myself right from the beginning!)

This definently isn't all of my ideas, I didn't want to overload you! I am counting down the days until I can give you a sneak peak of our new little home.

Happy Wednesday friends!

Love on a Tuesday afternoon

I am completely obsessed with almost everything Anthropologie has to offer. But I especially love all of their new Buenos Aires inspired spring things. Online window shopping time? Don't mind if I do!I'm a sucker for anything "homey", especially if they are as light and refreshing as these things! 

I would definitely love to have company over for some kind of delicious beverage if I got to pour it out of this lovely pitcher!

This makes my heart completely melt.

Are these knobs not wonderful?! Love, Love, Love.

I would want to keep this cute little guy out all the time!

I'm not sure I could actually use these pretty little towels, but they sure would make drying dishes a little easier!

I'm a sucker for almost any kind of trinket dish.

I'm sure I could make these out of normal file folders.... but I am loving these patterns.

uber love. Want all of them. In my house. ASAP

If I had a million dollars, I'd probably honestly be really conservative and smart with it, but I would WANT to spend most of it at Anthropology. And I'm super excited to announce that Oklahoma City just got a brand new Anthropology store! Can you believe it?! I have yet to go there, but I definitely have a date with that place in the near future. (Just a teeny, tiny, little hint to my wonderful husband... I know you're reading!)

p.s. Here's all of their new arrivals online.... you can thank me later.

Our first house

If you read the little "about me and this blog" section to your right ---> you would know that Steven, my husband, and I currently live in a rent house that I love. I mean I couldn't have asked for a better first home. It has a super large master bedroom, in which I had to put a rug to make it not seem so empty, a second smaller bedroom where ideally I will make art and Steven will study and internet. (more on the art room later!). It has a little kithchen and dining area, a lovely living room, and a MASSIVE backyard. I'm really excited about when the weather cools down and we can actually take advantage of it. Horseshoes and fall cookouts are exactly what my soul needs right now, something easy and breezy and not 106 degrees.... ugh.

But back to the house! The first couple of our friends to get married actually found this house. They lived in it for about 2 years and right around the time Steven and I were going to get married they decided it was time for something bigger...PERFECT! It's so amazing when God works in your life and you can recognize it. This was one of the many blessings we recieved during our time of engagement. So after we got everything signed and sorted out Steven moved in. Luckily we were getting married a month later so he didn't really have time to make it a bachelor pad and I could rightfully but my feminine touch in it!

It's interesting decorating for two. Thankfully, I had lived for a couple of years in an apartment by myself almost for the sole reason that I knew Iwanted a time where I could have all the girly things I could ever think of in one dwelling place. SO, with that being said, I was a little more easy going when he said no to floral and pinks. But finding the right combination of feminine and masculine things that go together is tricky!

But here's my advice:
1: find a color pallet that you like and find masculine/quirky things that fit in them
2: change things around a little each week until you find the border of what you love and what he notices.
(I'm not saying be sneaky or manipulative, but I know if Steven doesn't notice it then it wasn't a big enough change for him to hate it...just sayin'.)

These are just some things that I've found to be helpful in getting the perfect fit between man cave and a boutique, haha.

Sorry for the wordy post, I am just really excited to share with you guys the place Steven and I will make our first memories as husband and wife, and even though it won't be the place where we get a nursery ready or raise our family, it will be a place where we raise ourselves and where we learn who we need to be as real parts of society. It will be a place of getherings and family dinners, and lots of love and laughter, and I'd say that's a pretty good place to be.

Please excuse the empty frames, we're not completely settled in yet

I have a hopefully darling DIY project for that white window...get excited!

These are a just a few of my favorite kithen things!



We love books..... a lot.



Map collage! I feel like they're a happy
compromise between masculine and feminine

my favorite table.

There will be more pictures to come! I just wanted to give you a sneak peek into our humble abode.

Thanks for visiting!

Love-Lea