Uh, honey?

. . .can I have a powder & prep room?

Not a room, maybe a nook?

Ok, ok not a nook, how about a small corner?



Via Classic Bride.

I gotta start stocking up on cute (but unpractical teaching) shoes. STAT.

Pretty powder room love and all of mine!

Crispy

Auntie J and I are crispy-ing up my Chic Cottage while Mama and Daddy take some much need vacay time before the "Family Vacation."

I found this list on Young House Love blog. I mean it's a list, and I can almost check off each and every one on it. Life is good.

7 Cheap Ways to Crisp Up a Room.

Crispy pictures to come!

Repainting love and all of mine!

Day 1

Sonoma Diet Day 1 starts today.

Oh, woe is me.

Did you know that I can't even have FRUIT until Phase 2? If I have to say no to fruit, then saying no to that plateful of graduation cake and cupcakes is going to be a slap in the face.

I don't even want to step on the scale after this weekend of celebration! What did I eat coming up this evening! Check out Auntie J and Mama's blog for the wonderful graduation celebrations with pictures to boot!

On a more positive note, Gardener Guy and I started moving into the house yesterday, picked up our new bedding at Kohl's, came home empty-handed from Petland's Puppy Days and I got to play house all evening.

It doesn't get any better than that! Well maybe with a vanilla cupcake and new puppy it could be better, but why go there?

Today, I am heading down to meet with my new principals, students, staff, and... paperwork...

Wish me luck, buttercup!

Dieting love and all of mine!
(Ok, that was an all out lie but I'm trying!)

Powder Room Pretties

After getting showered with kitchen goodies, I think that our powder room -- oh, who am I kidding, Gardener Guy will refuse to even let me pretend that I have a powder room -- will need to be spruced up!

Daddy has laid the flooring and installed the sink and vanity and faucet. I love the white beadboard, but Gardener Guy is a little bit oblivious to home decor. Mama picked out a lovely brushed nickel light to hang above the sink. The medicine cabinet is still installed, but I will say that it will provide a little extra storage room! I am looking for wall hooks to hang our robes on but I think that above our toilet (there's just no pretty way to describe it, although toilet has to be better than 'stool' as it is affectionately known at our house!) will need some artwork.

I am trying to keep the petite powder room light, fresh and spa like with creams, tans and pinches of chocolate brown. These prints would fit in perfectly!

Here are my top contenders from The Love Shop:
All you need is love.

Keep calm and have faith. Probably my favorite as I am slightly obsessed with "Keep Calm" prints.


There's no place like home. I mean, I do live in Oz-land, and a liiitttllee to close to my 'real' home.

Powder room love and all of mine!

Rustic Chic

I want this, or something similar to this, in our bathroom.

I think that it would be perfect to hang bathrobes and brighten the small space with a few flowers!

Found at this Etsy shop.

This is 22 bucks. I wonder if I could make it for cheaper?
O yeah, this DIY ambition has gotten me up to my eyeballs in wedding projects.
Maybe I should just purchase it and call it a day!

More on my favorite Etsy finds later! Thanks to Sonita Maria for inspiring me to do some online browsing today.

Today is a busy day with the infamous bachelorette party tonight in Kansas City! Kansas City here I come!

Nesting love and all of mine!

There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience

But... a clear conscience is not as cute as these pillows!

I had dinner with one of my very best friends, K this evening.
As I was waiting for her to finish Equestrian practice, I decided to have a little Retail Therapy.
I made it all the way throughout Target without bags. Score.

K and Chic Chick our 1st day of college. Oh the memories to come!

I still had more time to kill so I decided to swing through Pier 1 to check out their Summer collection. I made it through the whole store until the last corner and saw these beauts!

Perfect pillows for a new home.

I use the 5 finger approach to justifying a purchase.
Here are the top 5 reasons that I love them:
5. They match my blog background, kind of.
4. They will match the yellow of the kitchen and help unify our home.
3. They are floral, without looking like I live with 4 Grammas in a cottage.
2. I love the color combination of yellow, coral, green and turquoise.
1. They were 25% off.
*Bonus: I love nesting.

Nesting love and all of mine!

PS. Check out the paper tomorrow for a revised version of our engagement announcement!

Dad's Army

I went browsing through Mama's list of blogs and read through Old Centennial Farmhouse.

I identified with her story of working on her Dad's "army".

So much more gratifying working on my own house now!
Gardener Guy and I are so excited to see all of the work that has been going on the past 2 weeks!

It will be a big Wedding/Nesting/Birthday/Easter blowout this weekend so look forward to pictures!

Clean up love and all of mine!

What a Coinky Dink.

My Guy and I need (ok, "want") some patio furniture for our new home.

I found these on Target. I couldn't decided between white, yellow or red. Guy said white looked the most classic. So we added the set to our Target Wish List.

I'd like to spruce them up with some of these.


Our mudroom/summer kitchen/Jasmine's bedroom will be decked out with red gingham curtains and terra cotta pots growing green herbs and topped with a red ribbon. I think this bistro set on the back patio will be a great way to tie together indoors and out!

Waiting for that coinky dink connection?

Today, I was reading Snippet & Ink a favorite wedding blog of mine for inspiration, Kathryn posted this inspiration board:
Red Bistro Chairs.

Inspiration from Snippet and Ink.

How lovely.

Nesting love and all of mine!