Foyer a la Minear

A few weeks ago when our sweet and incredibly talented friend Tom Tom came to town he spent the night with us and treated us to giggles, stories of travel and a fabulous Boston butt his family had prepared over the weekend.  I mean, what a fabulous house guest, am I right?  Well ... turns out he also had plans to transform our newly painted entryway into the entry of my dreams.

One Room Challenge ~ Spring 2017 (The Reveal)

I am truly so excited this day is here, I have been dying to share these photos all week long, and now I can! I am thrilled to be here at reveal day of the spring session of the One Room Challenge designed by Linda of Calling It Home. I truly did think there was a time I wouldn't finish.  I am not sure if I am more excited to be finished or to see my sweet girl's face light up when she talks about her new bathroom and completed bedroom. Her joy was truly worth all those weeks of work and stress and worry.  Honestly for that reaction I would take it on all again!

Powder Room Reveal ...

Happy Thursday!!!  I have such a fun post for you today, one full of fabulous color and pattern!!  I am truly so excited I can hardly stand it.  I have been working on this room for quite a while, six months to be exact and its the smallest space in the house.

Wowza!!!

One Room Challenge || Fall 2016 Reveal

I have never been more excited, or relieved, to be able to compose a post in the nine years I have been blogging.  I have access to my blog and the incredible images that were shot of our recently completed One Room Challenge space.  I will keep my chat until the end since I am dying to show you each and every inch of the room.

Without further ado ... our new Master Bedroom ~

Palm Beach book || Ave Home Audrey Butler Tray

The amazing Butler Tray comes with a stand which we used in the last One Room Challenge in the den.  To show the tray used in a new way I left the tray off in this room.  I love both styles and of course the hand painted tortoise is everything to me.  

Custom Matches || Staffordshire dog || The Perfectly Imperfect Home book || House Beautiful book || Things We Love book || Wanderlust book 

Monogram Mint Julep Cup 

Headboards || Fabric || Antique Silhouettes || Brackets (estate sale)

Bedside Table || Stool (vintage) || Lamp || Pups ||

 Candle (gift from Parker Kennedy Living) || Monogrammed Mint Julep Cup || 

Monogram Necklace || Custom Finial

Gold side table || Artwork || Rug || Bust || Stools

(The stools were custom painted and covered with fabric to match the room)

Drapery Fabric || Chair

Bavarian China || Earrings

Earrings

Double Happiness Jars (estate sale) || Yellow Cache Pots (gift) || Lamp || 

Dressers (inherited pieces) || Tassels (estate sale) 

First of all I must thank each and every one of you for being so kind and patient to me during these last five days of waiting.  It was awful for me and yet I had to step back and let it all work itself out. I honestly felt like an expectant mother who was trying to have a baby only to be told many times she wasn't ready and had to leave the hospital.  Been there done that and it bites, pinky swear! The best part of me for these challenges is reveal day and when I couldn't produce the post for you I was heartbroken.  Your support and grace meant everything to me!!

You can catch up here -

Week 1 ... Before
Week 2 ... The Plan and Fabric
Week 3 ... Paint, Accessories and tons of sneaks
Week 4 ... Headboards, Lamps and the Final Plan
Week 5 ... Almost done

I am truly thrilled that we now have the master bedroom we both truly wanted!  I pulled together who we are and all the things we love to create a space that is both relaxing and beautiful and perfectly fits our home.  And the bathroom looks even better now that the bedroom matches it perfectly!

Thank you Linda for creating the One Room Challenge. You work so incredibly hard for each and every one of us that are privileged to participate. I now have seven amazing spaces in my home that I can thank you for helping me and encouraging me to create. Our house is so much more a home and we have you to thank for that!

Thank you House Beautiful Magazine. It has been a pleasure creating this space with your amazing magazine following along.  Since you were such fans of my room the first round as our media sponsor I strove to create another room you would love. I have loved and read House Beautiful for many years and reading the 120 anniversary issue was so special, especially reading it in my new room!

All images by the insanely talented and patient Christina Wedge.  Without you holding my hand as you shot these for me I would have collapsed!  I adore you!!

All sources will be added this evening, I couldn't wait to get these to you and I am hitting publish and then adding sources.  Make sure you check back for every single one!

Thank you for following along with me on this journey and reading daily. I am truly blessed! xo

One Room Challenge || Spring Reveal

It is here ... it is really here.  I say it every single time a One Room Challenge ends and it holds true every single time.  It feels like Christmas morning!!  Six weeks of hard work, more problems than I care to discuss, a ton of hard work, and the support of every single person close to me.  The room is complete and I can not wait to show you each and every amazing photo.  I love this room so much, probably more than I should.  I can honestly say it is my favorite One Room Challenge transformation and in a few moments you will see why.  The change is incredible if I do say so myself!

Today is the day I have been working toward for six weeks, the day the den is shown in her newly transformed 2016 self.  I have worked with amazing sponsors and I am incredibly grateful to Linda of Calling it Home for asking me to be a part of this fabulous round.  The lineup this round was so fantastic and I can not wait to read each and every reveal of the other 19 invited guests and the more than 200 participating linking participants.  I mean ... how exciting is today?

Let's chat quickly about the journey.  When I began six weeks ago I started with a 1982 Georgian wood paneled den.  The wood was gorgeous and we had happily lived with it for 12 years but both the Hubs and I were ready for a change.  The judges paneling created a cozy space in the winter but other times of the year left us with a dark room always needing at least two more lamps.  It was time for a change ... and we decided the change would be a big one.

Before ...

And the plan for transforming the room ...  

 

White walls, a pink ceiling, tons of color and a fabulous green velvet sofa.  My vision came true in the best way possible.  I honestly didn't know how much I would fall in love with a white room.  If you told me I would be swooning over a white room I would have giggled and said ... I don't think so. I would have been very, very wrong.  I am absolutely thrilled with the final results.  Every single morning that I walk downstairs and round the corner is incredible.  The bright white room is the perfect greeting to start my day.  I know, I know I am stalling but you will forgive me in just a minute.  #pinkyswear

And the after ... our brand new den!  

(Items are sourced under each photo with direct links at the bottom in source listing)

Paint - Farrow & Ball (All White, Nancy's Blushes)

Wallpaper - DecoratorsBest (Schumacher Zanibar Trellis)

Chairs - Evans Chairs by Taylor Burke Home

Rug - Karastan Carpet

Drapery - Fabric by ClaireBella Studio

Labor by Drawn Company

Leather Chairs - CR Laine

Sofa - Vintage

Dragon Pillows - DecoratorsBest (Scalamandre Chi'en Dragon)

Trellis Pillows - DecoratorsBest (Schumacher Zanibar Trellis)
Aqua Shagreen Pillows on end of sofa - Jana Bek

Pagoda finials - R Titus Designs

Gold Pillow - Emily McCarthy embroidered with custom couture monogram

Candlesticks, Lamps & Swan - Vintage

Elephants - Lilly Pulitzer Home Collection

Shell - my collection

Coffee Table - vintage

Orchid Bowl - The Enchanted Home

Books - my collection

Tea Drinking Man - WILLIAMSBURG by Global Views

Pups - my collection

Limoges Bowl - my collection

Matches - Annechovie

Blue and White porcelain - Parker Kennedy Living

Art hanging on bookcase - vintage 
Lampshades - Allen + Roth for Lowes

Brass Pulls - Nest Studio

Brushstroke Jars - Jana Bek 

Painting - Paige Gemmel 

Bamboo Candle Scones - Vintage

Chinoiserie Stands - At Home

Sun Baked art - Minted

Upside Art print - Minted

Double Tapping - All She Wrote Notes

Abstract - Kayce Hughes Art

Pineapple - Laura Dro

Table - Vintage

Lamp - The Enchanted Home

Les Touches Pillow - Arianna Belle

Evans Chair - Taylor Burke Home

Upholstered in Blush Label Bombay fabric

Pink floor pillow - Funky Wright Designs

Blue floor pillow - vintage

Yes Please - All She Wrote Notes

Original Sketch - Lance Jackson

Seaside art - Minted

Blue Lamp - Joss & Main

Monogram Finial - Moon & Lola

Tortoise Bar Accessories - Indigo Market Charleston

Stool - vintage

Game Table - vintage

Blue and White Lamp - my collection

Custom Art - Amee Calloway

Phone - vintage

Pillow Fabric - Funky Wright Designs

Drapery - Fabric by ClaireBella Studio

Labor by Drawn Company

Pink Stools - Target 

I hope you love the room as much as we do. To say we are excited is truly an understatement.  I would say pinch me, but if it is a dream I do not want it to end!  It has been a long six weeks but one I would do again in a minute.  Well, maybe without all the problems and delays.  #whoamIkidding

Top - La Rogue

Shoes - Nordstrom

Jeans - Old Navy

Jewels - Moon & Lola

Monogrammed Napkin - Winston's Collection

I wish I could have each one of you over to enjoy the room with me.  We could have cocktails, chat for hours and sit with my darling pup Miles.  He has become quite the ham!  

Thank you for following along with me on this journey and reading daily.  I am truly blessed!  xo

You can catch up here -

Week 1 ... Before 

Week 2 ... The Plan and Fabric  

Week 3 ... Paint, Art and Accessories

Week 4 ... Lighting, Drapery and More Fabric 

Week 5 ... Paint and Wallpaper and the Finish Line  

I was beyond blessed to work with our incredible sponsors - 

Lowe's || Minted || DecoratorsBest || Farrow & Ball || Arianna Belle || Joss & Main || 

Karastan Carpet || Jana Bek ||

I also had the privilege of working with these amazing companies - 

Paige Gemmel || Taylor Burke Home || ClaireBella Studio || Drawn Company || Parker Kennedy Living || Emily McCarthy || Winston's Collection || Matters of Style || Indigo Market Charleston || Ave Home || The Enchanted Home || WILLIAMSBURG by Global Views || All She Wrote Notes || At Home || Laura Dro Designs || Moon & Lola || La Roque || R Titus Designs || The Blush Label || House Plus Love || Funky Wright Designs || S & L Paper Co || Amee Calloway Art || Nest Studio 

Photos by the incredible Christina Wedge who never worked so hard!

Thank you Linda for creating the One Room Challenge. You work so incredibly hard for each and every one of us that are privileged to participate.  I have six amazing spaces in my home that I can thank you for helping me and encouraging me to create.  Our house is so much more a home and we have you to thank for that!

Thank you House Beautiful Magazine.   It has been a pleasure creating this space with your amazing magazine as the first media sponsor.  I have loved and read House Beautiful for many years and this was truly a dream come true to design a space featured on both the House Beautiful website and Instagram.  No pinching please ... I don't want to wake up!  

If you need me the next few days I will be glued to my computer reading each journey of the other 19 participants.  After week 1 I lost the time to read the updates and I can not wait to dive in and read from beginning to end!  Make sure you do the same ... you don't want to miss out on any of this incredible eye candy and design inspiration!!  And then I will be diving into the more than 240 linking participants.  Can we just discuss this fabulous fact?  Bam ... that is a lot of changed rooms!!

Claire Brody | The Curated House | Design Manifest | Driven by Decor | Honey We’re Home | Hunted Interior | The Makerista | Making it Lovely | My Sweet Savannah | Pencil and Paper Co. | The Pink Clutch | Simplified Bee | Sketch 42 | Jill Sorensen | Orlando Soria | Thou Swell | The Vault Files | Waiting on Martha | The Zhush | 
Media Partner House Beautiful | TM by CIH 

If I missed a source let me know in the comments!  I will be soaking up the new den in my jams today reading every single update from each and every participant.  I truly can not wait!!