room makeover! by orange

It is done! Orange now has an orange wall in the master bedroom! Check out the progress below and final pictures!

the husband perfecting the tape around the trim to make perfect edge lines...

peach primer - ick!

the first layer of orange!

only a bit more to go!

Payton giving us the "why are you messing with my room" look

orange wall: check!

the husband looking for streaks to paint over the next morning

peeling off the trim tape!

oops

getting rid of the oops spots. thank god for goo be gone.

The End Result: Ta-Dah!!!

Now what I'm thinking is we need something within the orange space. Perhaps mirrors? Perhaps frames? Here are some of the things I've found that I'm playing around with...

Tranby Mirror - Ikea

Husnes Mirror - Ikea

9 Clip Window Wall Frame - Pier 1

Vanna Mirror with Straps - Ikea (straps are to slide in pictures or notes)

orange paint! by orange

If you've been reading the blog you know that violet and I love decorating and re-decorating. Whether it be a new pillow, a new throw rug, a chalkboard wall or a new duvet. Well this weekend with the upcoming Seattle stay-cation the husband and I decided to purchase a new duvet (yay!!!) and some paint. Here are the grand purchases!

For the bedroom:

1. Marimekko Tamburiini Duvet
2. Patrice Sheets

1. Behr "startling orange" paint
2. Inspirational photo

With the paint kick, the husband and I talked up many ideas for using chalkboard paint. Here is what we decided on: a chalkboard large frame in our "family/hang out" room. Kind of like this photo:

Basically, we will paint part of our large wall with tinted green chalkboard paint, then buy or make a white frame to fit around the painted area. We are thinking about a 4x6 ft chalkboard area...




So we of course bought some of this:













Today we are working on putting all of this together! I'll show pictures once it is complete - cross your fingers!

the power of a duvet. by orange

When I discovered Duvets I fell in love. I remember sophomore year in college my good friend had the most amazing bed. It was set up high (required a little hop in my step), was "huge" (queen size considered luxurious back then), fluffy beyond fluffy - thanks to a pillow top mattress and down-filled mattress pad and...lastly, it was covered by a duvet and snuggly down-filled comforter. You can see why I was a bit envious as I had the tacky "sleep set in a bag" from Linens and Things.

Come graduation and making money at a job - I became the owner of a duvet and down comforter. I finally made it into duvet land. What I love most about a duvet is it can quickly revive a room and make things fresh again. In an ideal world I would Love to have a new duvet cover for each season. One to usher in sunshine for spring, one to inspire coolness in the summer, etc.

Here are some of my "want it now" duvet covers. All available at Crate & Barrel or macys