Walmart.com

You guys. We have something pretty cool to share. A few weeks ago I was contacted by a representative from Walmart who came across our nursery on Pinterest. She was a fan of our nursery and the fact that we had used pieces from Walmart to complete the space.

So guess who is featured on the homepage for Walmart.com's baby furniture....us!

We're pretty excited about it...well really just the fact that Walmart liked our nursery enough to feature us.

So you can check it out at the link here...look quick or you might miss it ;) I've also pasted the image below.

Thank you (our readers!) again for all of your support on this room that has meant so much to us and been so close to our hearts!

Melissa and Ian

The White Mag

Hey Everyone!

Its been a while since our last post, but I can honestly say projects are being worked on....just unfortunately still in progress. I could give you a list of set-backs, but it would be boring and just remind me of the many times I've wanted to pull out my hair in the past few weeks.

So in the meantime, we wanted to share with you our latest little project.

We were recently asked to write a short DIY article for a magazine called The White Mag. The editor Sara contacted us personally and gave us the freedom to write about whatever we wanted, as long as it had a fall theme. The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of fall was leaves and how much I am going to miss fresh flowers from the garden, in my home. And what better way to decorate for the holiday's than to make your own artificial flower or decorative arrangements?! We actually posted about making your own artificial flower arrangements here, and wanted to share that with the readers of The White Magazine as well.

You can check out the online version of our article here...

http://issuu.com/thewhitemagazine/docs/september2012?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Check out some of the other great articles in there this month...including working with small spaces!

Guest post from Burlap and Lace!

Today I'm super excited to have a guest post from my blogging BFF Shannon over at Burlap and Lace! She's insanely creative and has done so many incredible things to her home. Thanks so much Shannon for guest posting today!

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Thanks Melissa! I'm super excited to be posting here today!


I wanted to share with you some of the updates going on in the house right now, particularly in the dining room. Since I last posted about our dining room, we have installed laminate flooring, and made a few other minor changes!


This is what my dining room looked like BEFORE:



and (semi) AFTER, when I thought I was finished:


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But now, just to keep you in the loop (and to keep myself in check!), I will be posting about the
endless small list of things that we still need to do in this space. Here is the dining room NOW:



We installed the flooring, but we still need to install quarter round in this room. Remember the great deal for the area rug? Well, we bought a larger jute rug for the living room, and moved this one in here. I like it much better in this space.




I'm keeping the mis-matched china for now, because I'm still diggin'it.





Nothing screams "SPRIIIIING!" more to me than feminine flowers and milk glass (and yes, that is exactly how I hear it in my head).









Remember this lamp makeover from waaaay back when?! I moved it down here from the guest bedroom. I'd still like to find two matching lamps to flank each side of the buffet.



Can't go wrong with a stack of books and a bird!





The DIY tissue paper flowers made their way back into the dining room. Those suckers get around, if you know what I'm sayin'...







My DIY painting is also staying in the room...for now ;)





I also bought some cabinet hardware at Hobby Lobby when it was 50% off. I believe these knobs ended up being $1.50 a piece, and I like them much more than the original ones.



I also added some chandelier crystals on a whim (about three months ago) and haven't taken them down since. They need to be tied with clear thread, but I'm still not sure what I think about them. My plan is to add enough paint and other crap to this builder's grade brass chandelier until my husband gets sick of it and buys me a new one (I can haz?)



DINING ROOM TO-DO LIST:

• install floor
• buy new area rug
• refinish table
• find buffet
• refinish buffet
• paint
• install chair rail
• reupholster chairs
• hang plate wall
• hang picture molding under chair rail
• frame out window with molding
• install quarter round
• find new curtains (gray/ patterned?)
• new chandelier
• arm chairs for table
• art for both sides of window
• two new lamps
• and much, much more, I'm sure...

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Thanks again Shannon, you've done an amazing job! If you want to check out more of what Shannon's done (which of COURSE you do!), go check out her blog at Burlap and Lace!