Thursday, March 10, 2011

Things That Make Me Smile

Two images for this dreary Thursday morning that make me smile:

Hayden drew this today and explained that it is a boy hiding in a cactus costume that he made himself. But not to worry...the cactus is inflatable and not dangerous.



And I ran across this picture of Carson from Easter 2009. This is an outfit that was ultimately returned. His face says it all.


Friday, March 4, 2011

One Crazy White Woman

Hello, my name is Kelli. And I am one crazy white woman.

Or so I thought.

You see, over the past few years, my taste in home decor has become rather boring blahhh neutral. My usual mix of red pillows, colorful wall art and hue-friendly throws has slowly been replaced by white.

Eggshell. Ivory. Cream. Bisque.

Call it what you want, it's white. First I painted our mantle white. Then I slowly replaced our pillows with white pillow covers - some with designs, some with a slight print and some completely and utterly white. Then a white throw or two. An unnatural obsession with white pitchers spread throughout the house. White candles. White lamp shades. White curtains.

You get the point.

(At least I haven't resorted to white furniture. I'm not that crazy. I do have two boys and a baby on the way)

I do love the light, crisp, airy look of white accents. And can I tell you how my heart raced when I received my Country Living February Issue!!



I swooned over the pages. I felt validated in my decor choices.

And I resigned to the fact that I was, in fact, one crazy white woman.

Then, about 7 weeks ago, we got some news that shook up my world. And my design tastes!

So when I saw the latest House Beautiful issue, I snapped it up in a heart beat!



One room of our house is now a lovely shade of Sherwin William's Lotus Flower, with a bit of grey added in to tone it down a bit. It's a fairly empty room at this point, just waiting for the crib (complete with pink bumper) to be moved in. Along with the white changing table, to which I swapped out the old white nobs for adorable pink glass ones (thanks, Hobby Lobby and your fabulous 50% sales!).

Ah, the power of pink indeed!!

I will post some pics once we get it all finished. So exciting!!!!!