In the 8 years I have been married, I have yet to live in a place that allows for outdoor entertaining. We either have had no outdoor space, a tiny deck, or lived somewhere too short to make it happen. 

That doesn’t stop me from drooling over some of the amazing outdoor seating available. When it comes to outdoor decor, I love me some playful modern. Unique shapes, bright colors, metal, wicker…all of it really.

I’ve rounded up a few of my favorites. #5 is a slight splurge, but everything else is quite affordable.

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I also have a great round-up of outdoor rugs coming your way next week!

Do you decorate your outdoor spaces?

xo,

6 must be the age where the inner artist really starts to bloom.

At least this is the case at our house. The day isn’t complete if Emory has created a big stack of new art, and to be honest, it isn’t half bad either.

The kids will be sharing a bedroom in our next place. I am a little nervous that my two perfect sleepers will no longer exist, but I am sure that once the adjustment period is over all will be fine. Of course I am already scheming inexpensive decor ideas for their room and I keep coming back to the idea of a gallery wall filled with their art. 

After spending endless hours on the internet looking for inspiration, I finally determined what kind of style I am going for and a few key guidelines that I plan to stick to.

I simply love this gallery wall. Obviously not made with children’s art, but it does speak to me. I really love the bright colors. When Emory paints, her colors tend to bleed together and we end up with a ton of green/brown paintings. A little direction on cleaning brushes and picking colors may help with this, and I think she would love to create some art with vivid colors.

Big art, little art, square art, rectangular art…I’ll take it all. We don’t descriminate over here. Plus I think it adds a little character.

I adore gallery walls that occupy the entire wall. Its prominent, unique and special. I also prefer keeping the frames light. I think this allows the art to steal the show and less attention is drawn to the frame.

Yep, I am positive we need a drying station.  Nothing like seeing where the artist makes it all happen. Adorable and practical. Can’t ask for more.

Last year I designed a super hero bedroom for a little boy!

I am not a fan of matchy matchy theme rooms, but we do need to keep the little ones happy right?

I did my best to work with the theme but still keep it well designed.

I sent her the design plan and she ran with it.

Here is the bedroom before….

How cute is he?!

And after…

What I love about e-design is that my clients are able to take the design plan and slowly implement it. She made a few changes to the original design but I still love the way it turned out. Oh, and apparently my little client is happy camper as well. Thats’s all that counts right?

xo,

Woody Liana is an uber-talented seamstress and makes killer designer pillows. From knife edge to french piping, she can do it all. If you have been looking for someone to meet your sewing needs, she is definitely your girl!

If you haven’t had a chance yet, head on over here for a opportunity to win $150.00 credit to her shop!

I so want to win.

Also, to start Monday off right I have rounded few of my favorite chic accessories from around the web! I found several of these in the Domino Shop, love it!

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 You don’t have to spend over $30.00 to purchase any of these goodies.

My kind of accessories.

Happy Monday!

xo,