I'm Still Alive

Wow, I haven't done this in FOREVER! Been really busy and took a little break from blogging. We've done a lot at the house though so stay tuned for those updates.

What's been going on with us? Basically i've been depressed since Hooch left. Our house is so quiet and lonely without him. We also haven't made a trip to see him because I just don't think I can handle it!!!! Who knew I would be like this about a dog.....

But this weekend we have a visitor staying with us and she is definitely filling that void.

Meet Lilly!! She is staying with us while my brother and sister-in-law are out of town. She is funny, much different than Hooch, mainly because she is so tiny! She is obsessed with Brian, and has nothing to do with me. Typical.

I still haven't shown you our guest rooms, but now i'm ready. The one today is referred to as the "aqua room" or "my room." Weird I know, but we made each guest room specific to our personalities. So this one is mine. Here it is before:

Dark and kinda scary. Here it is during the renovation

Getting a little better, but then it ended up looking like this, and that is when I hit a wall and was stuck. I couldn't figure out what I wanted it to look like.

It was just too much aqua. But now I've finally got it looking better and I'm feeling better about it.

I got these pillows on Etsy. They were the perfect pieces to tie together the brown and the aqua. They were cheap too! And I got the white bedding at the Pottery Barn outlet.

My mother-in-law and I painted this old desk about three years ago for my other house and I've always loved it. I just had so much aqua stuff though and that is why I was so torn about this room and trying to make it all work.

This piece is another one of my favs. It was painted by my friend Elizabeth Embry of D-stressed Designs (go look at her facebook page, awesome stuff)

LOVE THIS. It's a watercolor of my wedding dress that my friend Alison Hudgins Odom painted. She has an Etsy shop if you want one too! (go to etsy and type in Alison Odom Designs, I can't figure out how to put links to things on my ipad)

And I finally got this to cover the window. Found them pretty cheap at Home Depot.

Don't worry, I've still got Brian working over here!

Be back later with more updates....HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!