look what we did today

oh ya!

the living room is officially painted. 

it only took 5 different paint samples from home depot
AND
me mixing 2 additional colors from those paint samples

to finally find the perfect shade of
bluish/grayish/greenish paint.

WHEW!

hope you had a wonderful, productive saturday!

btw... it snowed today in chicago. OMG!!!!!!!!!

where is the sun?

xoxo - erin

Trad Home

aside from all my christmas designing,

i did take a moment to peruse the premier issue of Trad Home.

here are a few items that stuck with me.

a kickin playroom

i don't know.... i just like it. ok?

grasscloth wallpaper..... heck ya! oh and a pretty cool chandelier too!

artwork love

bedroom dreaming

that's all i got. later gators!

more next week... with all my house updates :)

xoxo -erin

have yourself a merry little christmas!

what?

to soon??

nah!

christmas is all i have on my mind these days.

i'm in the midst of designing my 2011 holiday card line.

ACK!

everything due friday!

DOUBLE ACK!

sorry i've been so absent, but christmas is my excuse.

here's a tiny sneak peek...

exterior

interior

i have so much i want to share with you.
1. living room paint colors
2. new living room sofa... oh ya!
3. printed "Love Too" canvas
4. new furniture ideas for reilly's room... thanks gina!

have a great one! - E

beep beep beep beep beep.... this just in

i't has arrived.

photos coming soon.

i'm beyond excited!

new lighting.... what a difference it makes

lately i've been looking around the house and only seeing how much work i need to do.

how many changes yet to be made. all the BIG plans in my head.

it's exciting AND daunting.

i keep forgetting all we've already done.

looking back on "before" photos... i remember. 

and wow! we have made some substantial changes.

this post should really be called "brass... bye bye bye"

room by room.... light by light we're making changes.

the dining room 

before... with previous owners furniture and window coverings

before.... when we moved into the house

after.... with my favorite west elm capiz chandelier

i still don't have a great photo of this room.... please ignore the toys and other odds and ends in this shot!

the kitchen 

before... with previous owners furniture

before... with our new table, chairs and window coverings

after... the new cb2 victory pendant lamp

powder room

before... with the lovely wallpaper and pinky-peachy sink and toilet

it's kinda hard to see the light fixture. it looked like this...

after.... with the a new pedestal-type sink and mirror

again... i have no idea how to take a photo of a light fixture, when that
fixture is my only source of light in the room. whatever!

kid's bathroom
before... the light looked like this (i don't have a before shot of the room)

after... with my favorite anthropologie shower curtain

still not digging the counters in the bath.... will probably have to be replaced with white.

cooper's room

before... a super ugly ceiling fan. it needed to be replaced. not only because it was UGLY,  

but because it was so close to the bunk that a child might lose a head. yikes.

after.... simple, white, cheap ikea pendant light.

haven't blogged about this room yet. we still need to paint the walls and dresser.
hopefully more soon! one thing i will tell ya, those bunk beds were handmade by my husband.
thanks to ana white (previously knock off wood)!

other lights that need to go...

hallway lights

before

possible after

loft semi flush mount light - $93 from csn

kitchen island lights

before

possible after

globe pendant - $99 each from west elm

ok.

that's all.

this blog post has gotten far to long.

sorry :)