Day in and out I’ve been dreaming about a finished basement, my shiny new studio, and the guest room. It literally keeps me awake at night—it’s pathetic. I found the perfect inspiration for my guest room on HGTV’s Welcoming Retreat for Winter Guests. This space was designed by Flynnside Out, and it’s just gorgeous! I’m hoping to mirror this look in my future guest room & thought I’d share my finds with you! (Continue reading…)
I struggled for weeks and weeks and weeks with the floorplan for my basement—this is why people hire interior designers. It is nearly impossible to plan your own space. After having it all figured out, it just didn’t feel right, then another huge roadblock in this basement renovation came up: after much debate, we decided to replace our entire heat system and add air conditioning. This tripled our budget and pushed our timeline way out. This project became a much bigger deal than we anticipated and once again, the floorplan changed! Although it was annoying to have so many drafts of our floorplan, it really stretched me & forced me to make the most of every inch! Here are some tips for laying out your own basement floorplans. (Continue reading…)
Happy fall everyone!
Fall is a time for bright blue skies, the crunch of leaves underfoot, snuggly warm sweaters, and change. And boy, are we changing here! I can’t wait to share with you what we are planning for the next few months and see what God has in store for the Rossis!
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We all have that one weird thing in our home: a doorbell speaker that belongs in Victorian England, built ins, intercom systems…old houses have weird stuff character! My nightmare: the telephone box. Today, we are going to take the stance of, “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” I have found that by working with your home’s character, you preserve what makes it so special and create something one of a kind!
I’m excited to introduce to you my newest blog series: the Monthly Mirror! This is a monthly post series that will help you get the look that you are seeing in magazines, on TV, or wherever else you might see some gorgeous interiors! I’m itching to get your suggestions on what spaces you want to replicate, but first, let’s give some stuff away! See the entry details below and good luck!
It’s time for a new piece that I’m calling The Monthly Mirror! Each month, we are going to go through a very beautiful, very expensive space and help you get the look without breaking the bank. This could include product links, DIY ideas or even tutorials! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. If you have a space that you’d love to replicate, send me a message or leave a comment on my Facebook page—maybe it will be the subject of next month’s Monthly Mirror!
Our first space is the infamous HGTV Dream Home for 2015. I hope, as I’m sure you all do, that I will win this year, but just in case I don’t, we’re going to try to achieve the look of the Dream Home’s Great Room in our humble living rooms…let’s get started!
It’s time for a new addition to the Style Series…I’m very excited to introduce you to industrial design! Industrial interior design is a fabulous style that is here to stay! It can be polished and expensive, it can be rough and cost-effective, masculine, feminine…you name it, industrial style can handle it! A close relative of minimalist design, industrial focuses on the beauty and simplicity of raw building materials. Industrial style embraces the basic structures of an interior and makes beauty out of the things that we typically try to hide.
As you probably saw in my February Flash Back, we are (Lord willing) starting basement renovations very soon! It seems like all I’ve been doing is planning and planning, but that is such an important part of the process! There’s a few key pieces in the planning that I’d like to share with you today. Some are more exciting than others, but all are equally important!
An adorable addition to my style series is coming up today! Let’s talk about how to create a cottage style look in your home. My aunt has recently moved and while we were brainstorming some ideas on how to create this look in her home, I decided to share some of my ideas with you. The cottage style is very diverse. It’s actually quite similar to the shabby chic style. But there are certain elements that carry through no matter what direction you choose to go.
It’s been one year since my 2014 nursery trends posts & I’m now a proud aunt to my little niece and nephew. I’m one of their biggest fans and can’t get enough time with them…I’ve fallen head over heels for these two. Having helped with two nurseries in 2014, I’m so excited for the upcoming trends for nurseries in 2015, so let’s take a look!
We interrupt this style series for a very important update! The color of the year for 2015 has been announced, the results are in, and the decision is final! Marsala is the new Radiant Orchid…and I like it!
Pantone colors are not only supposed to represent the up-and-coming colors for the year, but colors that represent the momentum and movement in the world. Marsala brings to mind the taste and vibrancy of wine and Indian spices, rich with deep tones of brown and red. It’s a rich, earthy, and culturally diverse color.
So here’s the question: how do we use it? What kind of ideas does it carry? How does it influence us? Color is powerful, and no color is more powerful than red.
Who doesn’t love the Shabby Chic style? It appeals to so many users that I might consider it one of the most-loved styles of interior design (that’s right—I said it!). I think the main reason for this is that it can go in so many different directions that it can have a very different impact from one design to the next. So let’s see what I love about this style so much and why you should love it too!
