My New Bedding (a long story)

As you know, we made our way to Lala Kerry Cassill on Saturday to pick out new bedding, and boy DID we ever! If you've ever been to this store, you know how amazing it is...these pictures just don't do it justice. 

We had the pleasure of meeting, and working with Kerry herself - spectacular! 

We found the duvet cover within a matter of minutes - she has so many amazing designs, but this one was just calling my our name. ;) Most of her bedding is reversible - double awesome. 

From there, we built up a 'collection' mixing purples, blues, and ivories, and ended up with this:

very pretty, right? 

My husband joked that we would probably be back to exchange at least one item - he was right, HA! The purple just wasn't working in our room - it is a gorgeous collection, but something was off - maybe it is our paint color (it is gray, although it looks green in this photo). After my last bedding disaster (don't buy bedding while your pregnant), I wasn't going to wait until it was too late. So, back we went on Sunday to look at other options. 

As soon as we walked in, I spotted a gorg floral, red quilt and knew that was it! Such a classic look and it looked great with our duvet and chevron euros that I refused to give up. After another hour,  here's what we ended up with...I'm FINALLY in love with my bedding! 

Our Bedding Sources:

Duvet: HERE

Quilt: HERE

Pillows: HERE & HERE

Euros: HERE & Chevron is not available online

Sophia scored a new headband, as well! 

  

Block Print Bedding

I wrote about my bedroom dilemma here, and since then I've decided to take my time before pulling the trigger on any new bedding. I've been on the hunt (literally) almost every day for the perfect bed linens. I keep going back and forth between neutral and bold. I am thinking something a bit more neutral would be the safe route, and I can always change the look with pillows, throws, etc.

One look that I have always been drawn to is block print (remember Sophia's quilt fabric?). I am especially loving this look as of late, it's just so beautiful, and I can't get enough. Here are a few of my favorite block print bedding looks.

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Renovation Realities

So far, the renovation process has been fairly simple (my husband may tell you a different story). We haven't had any major issues, and each project is turning out better than we had anticipated, which is very exciting. I think this is one of those situations where you're hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. You never know what you're going to get when you hire someone else to do the job, but we feel that doing research and making expectations clear have really helped us (along with getting more than one bid for each project). In addition to those details, not having to live WITH the renovations has definitely kept stress to a minimum - our lease isn't up until September, so the timing couldn't be better!  I can't imagine living in home that is somewhat 'under construction' - especially a kitchen...props to the people who do that!

The kitchen is coming along extremely well, and I am loving all of the changes - SO happy we decided to go for it! The look and feel of the room have already changed so much, I can't wait for the final reveal!

Again - I apologize, as you'll have to live with the photos from my iPhone for the time being. I need to take my camera over there to get some better shots...but for now, these will have to do!

New countertops & sink installed, backsplash demo complete, and cabinet boxes painted white (terrible lighting, making everything look yellow-ish, which it isn't...well, except the old paint color which is now covered up by subway tile). 

Subway tile going up! Again, terrible lighting, but with the shade removed from the window, this was the best I could do. You can see the subway tile on it's way to the ceiling...no grout yet (we decided on bright white grout). Also seen here - new faucet. 

And here is the kitchen from the same view BEFORE: 

Old backsplash:




New backsplash: detail is a little better in this photo - no grout yet.




We are having roman shades made (to replace the bamboo shades) out of this fabric:

I can't wait for the cabinet doors to be replaced, complete with new hardware. This will (almost) complete the project! We chose cup pulls for the drawers, and chrome knobs for the cabinets. 

On to the master bedroom! We had a built-in made for this awkward HOLE in the wall, and I love the way it turned out (still needs to be painted). It makes the space so much prettier and more functional.

Before:


After: 

Hardware: 

Today, painting begins! We are repainting every room, and I am anxious to see how this will change the look of everything...more on that to come. SO close, yet so far! Happy hump day!