Adding Ikea Billy Bookcases to flank a Window

I absolutely love the built in bookshelf look. We used it at our previous home too.. If you have approx 30 inches on either side of your window its like an 'ah-ha' moment.. I like the idea of real built-ins but these are the next best thing.. and in-expensive which is the best part! Another great idea is to add mouldings to the top of them for a real custom look. BUT I really like and NEED the extra display space on top so I  decided to leave them as is.. See how we achieved this look below...

Boy's Nursery Design Ideas with Source List

I couldn't be more excited to be pregnant again.. so I just couldn't wait until I was 18 weeks and could  find out what we were having :) .. I know some of you reading this are thinking they can make mistakes.. trust me I have thought of that.. BUT I have had 2 ultrasounds (one was a 3D ultrasound) both confirmed a BOY without A DOUBT!! So with that said a Boy Nautical theme it is.. Anyone who has been following along for a while knows I love the 'Cottage', 'Coastal' look.. so what a better way than to decorate our sons future bedroom with the same theme. I know, I know 'nautical nursery' so un-original.. But I have truly always loved the nautical theme, Its a theme found throughout our current home so we are going for it!! We will try to put our own spin on things and add a lot of custom Vintage touches to keep it unique. I already have my husband working on some great DIY's.. Stay tuned for more details..

Idea Source List:

1. Sadie and Scout Anchor Crib Sheet
2. Knotted Jute Knob
3. Navy and White anchors and rope Light switch plate cover
4. Playroom Makeover by The Lily Pad Cottage Blog similar Wooden Alphabet Letters
5. Compass Rose Nautical Vinyl Wall Decal
6. Pottery Barn Wingback Convertible rocker
7. Window seat idea I liked from I believe Six in the suburbs blog.. couldn't find the exact link though :(

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Basement Family Room Reveal

So our Basement is DONE!! Yay.. more living space.. and the best part is now we have a carpeted play area for our daughter.. If you have been following you know we chose a cozy Grey carpet, a grey  ledge stone for our fireplace and Benjamin Moore Grey Owl paint for the walls.. Wow I guess there are fifty shades of Grey! ;) The decor theme is more relaxed with coastal touches to flow with our backyard pool view.. We kept our basement slightly different than our upstairs with more grey and industrial accents .. See the FULL reveal below..

Main Bathroom Reveal : White & Grey

This bathroom was in dire need of an update. It had forest green and white striped vinyl wallpaper.. It honestly looked like it had drawer liner all over the walls. We ended up hiring someone to remove all the wallpaper and prime the walls.. Sometimes it pays to hire a professional, It took the guy 4 hrs so it was well worth it for me, it would have taken weeks with a busy little one.. 

Basement Bathroom Design Plans

Today I wanted to share my design plans for our New Bathroom.. A clean, coastal Bathroom theme. No one would ever guess its for a basement Bathroom!

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Nautical Theme Basement Decor Plan

Here's a little sneak peek on some of our Basement Decor Plans...  In the next few weeks I will be sharing some of our Basement progress.. so stay tuned for lots of Room REVEALS!!

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Neutral Powder Bath Reveal

So this little powder bath went under one crazy before and after.. and guess what.. I have no pictures to prove it?? No idea how it happened!!??.. It was one of the first projects we conquered here at our new home.. So I think I was a little overwhelmed to say the least ;) So you will just have to take my word.. The Before had dark grey painted walls on the bottom half with a dated patterned wallpaper on the upper half separated by a hideous wallpaper border!! It appeared very dark with horrible tiny wall wall sconce for lighting.. And since this is the only bathroom on the main floor, I knew we had to update it.. It is still not entirely complete.. But since I've given you tours of our whole main floor thus far I felt it was only fair to let you in our bathroom progress.. We still need new toilet paper and towel hardware, a new faucet, possibly a new vanity with storage ( I bought a vintage dresser, Just not sure if I will use it in this space or not?) 

JOY Dollar Store Ornaments with a simple twist.

I was at the Dollar Tree the other day and found these cute Gold JOY glittered ornaments for $1.25 for 5! Our tree is mostly decorated with wood, burlap, jute and white ornaments.. Basically it's more neutral..So to make them flow with our decor, I thought why not just paint them? I painted them in Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White. See below on how Our Christmas Tree looks now..

Neutral Christmas Decor in our Family Room

Here is the Final reveal of our neutral French Country Inspired Family Room.. Natural materials like Burlap, jute and wood are used throughout our Home with touches of red and glittering accents. 

Our Tree is a mix of Handmade and Rustic store bought ornaments

Find out more info on Our Christmas Tree and Tree Skirt HERE

We kept our Holiday Mantel simple with Rustic touches.. The burlap stockings flow perfectly with the tree bases and our ornaments. The RH wooden rocking horse in front of the fireplace adds a touch of whimsy for the season...

Our white sectional features a mix of seasonal throw pillows

This is our simple Coffee table decor.. I added this glittery wooden star ornament inside the lantern.. We kept it very simple this year as our daughter is only 19mths and gets into everything!! Overall this faux book opens up and hides our remote and the lantern she doesn't seem to touch.. not sure why?? so that's why I've been really boring this last few months..

I made these ruffled, red and cream ticking stripe pillows myself to go with the S.Claus pillow cover I bought on this Etsy a few years ago. The Burlap Believe Pillow is available HERE.

I changed up the display on top of our antique radio to a vintage wooden toolbox full of candles and these silver and rope detailed ornaments...I fell in love with these ornaments as they reminded me of nautical glass fishing floats..I used a vintage barrel and filled it with birch branches that I bought from Homesense two Christmas's ago.

I wrapped the base of the banister with a faux garland that I basically stole at a garage sale this summer for $2!! And hung a believe sign that I made from Jute webbing underneath. 

I made these Burlap and metallic silver polka dot lumbar pillows from fabric that I picked up from Joann fabrics online. I also made one for our front hall and stencilled it with the word Believe.. I was going to stencil festive words on these one's too but decided against it.. This way I can use them for more than just Christmas. 

On my side table I displayed a glass cloche with a wooden star wrapped in starry lights from Restoration Hardware. The cloche looked lonely alone, so I styled it with this wooden reindeer... I just found the reindeer at a second hand shop close by my house for $1. I just love inexpensive Holiday finds!! Don't you?

This is the look with the starry lights all lit up.. It looks really pretty at night!

Here is the view of our Kitchen from our Family Room.. I have Christmas displays almost everywhere on our main floor.

Behind the couch I normally have a vintage telescope and a large vintage Map sketch. So I hid those in my storage area and hung up a large wooden sled instead.  I draped the sled in a Noel Burlap banner made by Mom's Etsy Shop. 

Behind the couch I have a sofa table that I refinished, you can see more on that makeover here. I used 2 galvanized lanterns from our front porch on either side. and used a silver and jute wrapped tray as a centrepiece. The tray holds a vintage wooden toolbox with a galvanized planter, also from our summer porch. 

I filled one side of the planter with fabric candy canes and the other with Natural cinnamon sticks... 

I just love the scent of Cinnamon!!

I placed my pillar candles in my galvanized lanterns but realized my candles seemed too short in comparison so I used these metal tart shells that I had and turned them upside down. It increased the height of the candle then I wrapped the base with 2 different colours of metallic beaded garland.

This is our media unit all jazzed up for winter. You can see the full Built-in unit Makeover HERE. Check out our Detailed Christmas Mantel HERE.

This is my view every morning as I walk down the stairs ;) It Makes me so happy.. For the first time I feel at home and don't have the desire to move!! Let me tell you.. That makes my hubby Happy! ;)

If this is your first time checking out my blog.. You can see how this Room looks on an everyday basis here ;)

See our FULL HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR HERE

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Our House 2 Final Reveal

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Front Hall Entry

Laundry & Mudroom: See More Here

Powder Bathroom: See more Here

Family Room: See more Here

Kitchen : See More Here

Living Room: See more Here

 

 

 Main Bathroom: See more Here

Elle's Nursery: See more Here

Master Bedroom: See more Here

Ensuite Bathroom: See more Here