Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Last Friday we had a little playdate over here. It was a beautiful, spring afternoon and it just seemed like a good day to blow up the bounce house and invite a few friends over! Maxwell had a blast – and only got upset about people playing with his trucks once! 🙂
The best part? His BFF from school, “Will-wam”, got to come! He was SO excited when William got here. Two blonde peas in a pod!
Fun day!
It’s the one week of the year when all of our azaleas are in bloom! well, they last for more than one week but they don’t last long. Had to get some photos while they were in bloom and my model was willing to help me out…with a little bribery of course! 🙂
This is about how excited he was to be posing in pictures for me…
Then I promised him a Hersey Kiss and got this!
Bribery is my friend!! 🙂
Love spring and pretty flowers!
The final stop on our tour this week – Spencer’s room! When I found out that he was another boy, I decided to carry on with the navy and white theme that I had in Maxwell’s room but combine it with yellow instead of green. I love how crisp and clean it feels…
The rug is one of my favorite parts and it’s from Pottery Barn Kids, as is the crib bedding. The crib is from Land of Nod and so are the bookshelves and yellow pouf. I had the yellow pillows on the bed made here in Birmingham at Sew Sheri using fabrics by Premier Prints. The navy comforter is from Amity Home. That is actually a bed from Target. We had another one on order that would have looked more like a daybed but it kept getting delayed so, 1 week before Spencer was born, I cancelled the order and got this one at Target! Even though the headboard and footboard are different heights, I think it looks fine as a day bed…and loved the price too! 🙂 The paintings were an Etsy find and I love them…and so does Maxwell! A friend joked that I basically created Maxwell’s dream room for Spencer with all the “lallow trucks!”
I actually found the campaign chest on Etsy too. I knew I wanted a campaign chest to use as a changing table but finding one proved to be difficult! This one originally looked like this when I bought it…
I had a family friend build a base so it would be taller and then he also painted it in a glossy, navy blue lacquer and I LOVE it. absolutely LOVE it.
This is such a happy room and Maxwell loves hanging out with his ya-ya in here. Who knows…they both might end up sharing this room at some point!
That’s it for the house tour! Hope you guys have enjoyed it this week. Back to normal posts next week!
Today you get to see Maxwell’s room! I love his sweet navy and apple green room and I think he likes it too!
All of the fabrics are from Serena and Lily and the crib is from Young America. The paintings above the crib are by a local artist, Sherry, and she painted the backgrounds of the circus train to perfectly match the fabrics in his room! so fun!
The found the green painted table at an unpainted furniture store in Arkansas…go figure! 🙂 We got the mirror there as well. The chest and changing top came from Once Upon a Time and the glider is Best Chairs.
I love how crisp his room looks with the white, green and navy. I’ve spent a lot of time in this room with my sweet boy and it always makes me happy! Tomorrow, Spencer’s room! See you then!
The house tour continues to the den, kitchen and master bedroom.
The den – the room where we spend most of our time. I love all the natural light this room gets. It’s the least “decorated” and there’s always things in here that I want to change but it works for now. The couch is from At Home as are the red Ikat pillows. Needless to say, I’m a big fan of the Schumacher Trellis fabric covering the chairs and the window seat in the back. I’ve always loved that fabric and definitely wanted to use it in my house somewhere.
The lion side table is another “hand me down” that rocks…and has become a ladder for Maxwell to climb on! The leather ottoman is from Restoration Hardware and has been a great coffee table alternative. We used to have a heavy glass and iron coffee table that just took up too much space. We got this so we can roll it off into the corner leaving plenty of room for Maxwell to play. The other wall that you don’t see if full of built-ins. My favorite part of the picture above? Maxwell’s beloved Nanner sitting on the ottoman! 🙂 Oh, and notice the Donald Roller Wilson print in the back? I think every house needs a little Cookie and that print will have to do until I can get one of those “hand me down” paintings from my parents!
Here’s a glimpse into our kitchen…
We painted every single thing in this kitchen when we moved in and added the glass front cabinet doors. It definitely brightened things up.
The bedroom – I loved the house for the vaulted ceiling in the master…especially since it provided plenty of room for the “hand me down” bed we got! I recently added the starburst mirror that I found at a local antique store and I love it. It just fils up the wall perfectly and adds just another touch of gold (which I am obviously a fan of)!
The two chairs are also “hand me downs”. The fabric is a little fancy and “old” for me, but it works in there for now so we went with it. The curtain panels are from Restoration Hardware and really tie it all together. I just recently added the monogrammed shams and orange, or paprika, throw from Sferra as well as the Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon pillow that I got off of Etsy. I had seen this post on Peppermint Bliss (totally want to be friends with Bailey) and got inspired to spruce things up with some monograms and Chiang Mai! I love the way it turned out! The painting on the wall is also of our wedding by Rich Flynn. This one is of the ceremony and I love waking up to it every day!
The tour continues tomorrow with one of the most important rooms…Maxwell’s!