Kitchen Backsplash

I'm lucky enough to have a contractor for a dad and it's amazing.  Really it's a blessing and a curse.  I think anytime I want something new done it's no big deal, my dad can do it.  In reality, it's always a bigger job than I think.  However, my dad is amazing and always gets it done for me, simply the best.  I still to this day don't know why we don't have a business together, him the contractor and me the decor.  It'd be great, at least I think so ha!  

Anyway, I kept saying how much I wanted my kitchen backsplash done.  I was over my parents for Sunday dinner and pestering my dad but in a fun way saying it'd be so nice to come home from work and have it done (since I knew he was off, January usually is his slow time and he gets a little break.)  I'm sure you're all guessing what happened....I came home from work Monday and noticed someone brought in our garbage can from the road and that clicked in my head as "dad was here!!"  He still can't believe that the garbage can gave him away, kind of funny.  I walked in and saw he got all the materials and started.  I was so excited and was laughing because he actually did it, he just showed up and did it, the best!  Perks of moving back home and being near family :)

I went with classic subway tile and gray grout to help the tiles pop against all the white.  I love the timeless look.  I plan to add pops of color throughout the kitchen but of course that will all come with time.  As I'm sitting here looking at this picture it just hit me that it'd be really fun to paint the block that are knives are in...

Just another view...I proably should have turned off the microwave light so you didn't see the glow.  We leave that light on all the time and I didn't even think about it.

So there she is, our white kitchen with a backsplash.  There is so much light pouring in the windows that the cabinets are practically shining here but I'm not complaining, I love the natural light.  

I definitely plan on changing out the rug and have a pretty good idea what's going to replace it.  It's a great rug but I'm ready for something new.  I want to do something fun to those pantry doors but that's still an idea running through my mind.

Until next time...

Christine

Dining Room Updates

Hey all!  I just wanted to check in and show how different (I think) our dining room looks with our new rug that I am in love with.  I seriously think it's my favorite decor in the house!  As you remember, there was the lovely struggle with the previous rug that you can read about here and see below.

I will admit I was not the biggest fan of the color when this rug showed up.  It's supposed to be grey but I think it has a subtle purple hue to it.  The color of our table just clashes with it in my opinion plus the whole wool shedding problem...

Now onto the best rug ever...

Isn't she just gorgeous?  I just love, love, loveee this rug.  It just makes me so happy when I walk downstairs and see it first thing, or when I'm in the kitchen just looking over at it, or when I'm just simply staring at it from wherever I am because I love it that much...okay end long run on sentence ha!

Gah, just one more look for you, I love it!!  I love that the table runner I bought years ago from Pier 1 that ties in so well too.  I'm telling ya, favorite purchase to date (okayyy maybe favorite purchase that goes on the floor.)

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Source List

Safavieh Rug

nuLOOM rug

Dining Room Table

Dining Room Buffet

Christine

Let's talk sofa tables

Sofa table, sideboard, console, whatever you'd like to call it, I'm in search of a new one.  I want it to be a nice chunky piece of furniture.  Yes, I just referred to it as chunky.  I'd love for it to have a turquoise or lime green pop to it...this is where I wish I could design what I see in my mind.  My dad can basically build me anything I want but when it comes to painting something that's where I struggle.  I would like it to be a dark wood like piece.  You know how some items have a finish where some color is applied, that's where the green or turquoise would be awesome in my opinion.  I say all of this but then at the same time, I'd be happy finding the right piece if it was white or even a black...so who knows what I'll end up with...for now, here's some inspiration.

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Christine

Rug updates

So as you may know, I bought two new wool Safavieh rugs.  One rug in the living room and the other in the dining room.  I loved the one in the living room and liked the one in the dining room although the grey color of the rug was appearing to have a purple tint.  Anyways...as you may know with wool rugs, they shed.  A LOT.  There was constantly little fibers all along the edges of the rugs on the hardwoods and of course just scattering everywhere along our first floor.  You would walk on the rug and your foot was covered in these little fibers and it was kind of itchy.  We hosted Christmas Eve at our house and after seeing my in-lawas feet all covered in fibers and them looking so confused I was so annoyed and felt embarrassed at how ridiculous our rugs were.  I mean really, I felt embarrassed at the shedding of my rugs...

Then Christmas morning came and I sat on the living room rug to open presents with the hubby and it was so itchy even through my pajama pants that I was beyond annoyed but ignored it since it was Christmas.  I couldn't stop thinking about the dumb rugs all day and that night after we were done with our family parties I literally got out plastic and wrapped up the rugs and had my hubby help me put them in the car to take back to Amazon (UPS) first thing in the morning.  I wanted them out of the house and once I wrapped them up I felt so much better.  I literally swiffered three times in a row and could have done another to be honest and the dry cloth was covered, overflowing basically.  Absolutely not worth it even though I really loved them.  So that was it, I needed two new rugs.

I recently noticed a rug in a blogger's home I'm sure you're all familiar with and if not go check her out,  Addison's Wonderland.  I first saw it after I already had our new rugs and thought I was going to live with them and hope for the best.  In the long run, I'm happy that these rugs didn't exactly work out because I'm over the top excited for this new rug to arrive.  

This rug by nuLoom is a stunning turquoise and comes in other colors too the hubby said no to the purple for the living room.  This rug is already on it's way and I'm hoping it shows up before the new year but with my luck it won't.  

As for the living room, I tried to go with the same style and brand I had before and chose this rug.  Unlike the dining room where I went with something completely different and a fun pop of color.  I figured the colors were the same which I really liked and this rug has synthetic fibers so no shedding which is now my main concern.  

Very similar to the original living room rug but of course, as my luck would have it, I didn't like it as soon as I opened it up.  I did like the style and the colors were okay but since it's a more durable rug it had a blended look to it in the grey color if that makes any sense.  Unfortunately, it just wasn't going to work in our living room.  So another rug, back to Amazon and now another one on it's way from Rugsusa.com that hopefully, no will be, the winner.

This shag rug has great reviews, no shedding complaints and most say it's soft and comfy.  I like the design and how it's subtle.  I got this rug during their 75% off sale so it was a steal, I would never pay the full price.  This rug hopefully will arrive by the end of next week and I can share pictures of it in our space.

All in all, rugs are a very difficult thing to purchase and get right, well for me anyway.  I love wool because they are thick and plush but the shedding is out of control, especially with the ones I had I know some are better than others.  

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Christine