Sunday, September 19, 2010

My Bonus Room Ideas

Here are my ideas so far on how I'm going to decorate our bonus room. Right now it's a large blank canvas: white walls and white carpet. Here's what I've got for furniture so far and I'll feature what I'm thinking to add to my new bonus room with wall color, furniture and accessories.




We have a sectional sofa in this color and I'm just trying to figure out which pillows would look better or if I should go with solid pillows.


My coffee table and two end tables look kind of like these except a little bit bigger. The color is almost exact. As you can see, we already have a lot of brown pieces in the space. We are also going to place this table below in the bonus room to use for card games or puzzles. We got table from Ikea below, but we have it with 4 chairs instead of the 2 featured here.



Let's start with the wall color- currently it is white, but it will need some warming up. First, I'd like to split the wall in two and have white on the bottom and a blueish gray color on the top like these two photos below.


I'd like to add this white paneling to the bottom or maybe just put up a chair rail.


I like this blueish gray color or maybe a little bit darker, but this is really close to break up all of the white.

On one wall we have three large windows that will need drapes. I'm thinking about getting these curtains for the middle window and then the solid ones will be placed on the other 2 windows below.

Align Center
My Middle Curtains from Ikea


My Two End Curtains from Ikea



Here is an example of the carpet I would like to get for the bonus room. I'm thinking that the two pillow options that I have on the tan couches above won't work so I'm on the search for some more pillows.


These pillows are really cute that I found on More Olives Please Blog. It matches the curtains and the rug but I would really like to find a pillow like this with a little bit of tan or brown in it to match all of the wood pieces and coach.


I don't think these will match the curtains, but these are super cute!


You can't go wrong with blue on white damask pillows! I'll definitely have to do some more shopping to find the right pillows, but I think this is a great start so far. Let me know if anyone has any ideas. I'll be decorating room by room when Lance and I move in Oct. 28th!!! Can't wait!!

Kyle & Jenny's Beautiful Wedding

This weekend, Lance and I went to Brevard, North Carolina for a beautiful outdoor wedding. Kyle (Lance's college roommate) and Jenny got married on Saturday and here at some pictures of their wedding.


Kyle and Jenny - Gorgeous Back Drop!


The Bridesmaids...these dresses look familiar?! :)

Four of my eight bridesmaids will be wearing this exact dress, but in Horizon Blue. These dresses looked great for a summer wedding. I loved the pink flowers against the Kelly Green dresses.


Groom and his Groomsman. Lance is 4th from Left to Right.


Pretty Pink Flowers


Matching Pretty Pink Boutonniere


Wedding Cake...Love the Bears!


Close up of the Wedding Bears!


Grooms Cake...Go Tarheels!


Lance and I at the wedding!

Monday, September 13, 2010

My Living Room Wish List

Here's the new living room coach and pillows that I'm going to purchase on homereserve.com. It's a really nice website and I'm excited to pick my own fabrics.


Pulse Smoke Tux Love Seat for $272
2 Kiowa Black 16 Inch Square Pillow for $21 each


Gramercy Off-White Side Chairs (Set of 2) for $342.99
From Overstock.com

I'd love to purchase these to chairs to place across the Tux Love Seat above. I'd then place a circle ascent table between these two chairs with the perfect lamp on the table.


Round Occasion Table - Black for $76.49
From Target.com

The perfect lamp TBD, but I'll probably purchase it from Home Goods because they have the most affordable and largest selection of perfect lamps that I've seen. Before and after pictures of how I decorate each room in my house are still to come. Stay tuned and enjoy!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

New Fitness and Tanning Routine!!

I had to find a new fitness and tanning facility because two weeks after I signed up at Anytime Fitness, it unexpectedly closed down. I was so excited about the great price of the gym and tanning at $34.99 a month. When I was notified via email, I was super bummed, but than my search for a new gym and tanning began.

I tried the Hermitage Fitness Center for the free week and I found out quickly that it was not the facility for me. I only worked out there for a day and they were way over priced for such an old facility. I don't remember the price exactly, but I use to have a YMCA membership when I lived in Montgomery, AL and I found myself thinking that I might as well just sign up for the Y again. The older gentleman at the facility kept trying to have me sign up my Fiance for a membership too after I repeatedly said he wouldn't be interested! He never congratulated me either and kept calling him my boyfriend. You could say that he wasn't listening to me!

After that random experience, I decided to try Urban Active because the $14.95 a month sounded like an awesome price to me!! They did have a start up fee that they didn't advertise, but once I got in there and looked at their facility I quickly didn't care and instantly signed up. It's only $14.95 a month for the gym and $17.83 a month for tanning with the first month free on the basic plan. That's ONLY $32.78 a month!! Needless to say I'm very happy with my gym and tanning facility selection and now I'm going at least 3 or 4 times a week.





I'll be looking great and tan for our engagement pictures that we are probably going to schedule for the beginning of November after we move into our new house. I can't wait for all of the new experiences to come!!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Great Wedding Finds!!!

I was just browsing through the good ole internet and stumbled onto some cute wedding pictures and great ideas. Enjoy these pictures as much as I do.


I want a bridal glass and one for each of my bridesmaids. So cute!!!


Horizon dresses from David's Bridal - Same color as mine!!


I love black and white pictures with one item in color. Very cute!!


I love this pic with the bouquets held behind the girls. I definitely want a pic like this.


Same David's Bridal Dresses that 4 of my bridesmaids will wear.


Love the blue dresses! Can't get enough!!


Love the black and white picture with colored sashes and flowers.


Beautiful pic!!


Love it!!


Ditto!!


Ditto!!


Cute Save the Date Idea - Bookmark!!


Love the table numbers!


Elegant, Simple Wedding Cake...Beautiful!


Adorable!!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

More Wedding Hair Ideas

I've officially decided that I will definitely wear my hair up for my wedding. After Sarah Elizabeth's Wedding last month, I am definitely not wearing my hair down in August here in Nashville. It's way too hot and it was in the 90s throughout August this year and I'm assuming next year will be mostly the same. Here's some more up-do pictures that I found searching online.





















Now, I need to find a Nashville hair place that does great wedding looks, and that is large enough to hold and complete hair styles for 1 Bride, 8 Bridesmaids, 2 Flower Girls and 2 Mothers. I'm open to any suggestions.