Living room Decorated for the Holidays

Welcome to our living room.. we are all decked out for the season.. This room got quite the christmas transformation.. I changed up our Bookcases with festive decor like our sparkly stars, reindeers and even some nutcrackers.. I even added some faux trees on top of unit instead of our usual globe. See how the rest of the room turned out and sources by clicking below..

Dining Room Summer Decor

So the Summer Decor tour continues.. so today it is our Dining room.. This is our families gathering spot.. See how it all turns out below..

Spring decor in our Dining room

Deciding on a sectional sofa for our small space

For me deciding on a NEW sofa / sectional was a very hard decision.. I obviously love the idea of sectionals as I have just realized that is all I own!!! one in our rec room, family room and now living room.. omg whats wrong with me?? lol!!  But really its because I love how many people can fit on a sectional, and the comfort.. aside from a recliner they can be the best way to put your feet up after a long day.. See how it all turns out below..

Vintage Rustic Christmas in our Family Room

So Christmas is blooming all over our home and on my instagram.. Every season I wrack my brain to come up with a new decor scheme... this year I went with natural woods and burlap mixed with dashes of galvanized metal, silver and white... I just absolutely love decorating for the holidays, and its been extra fun this year with the kids appreciating it more...Check out how it all turned out by clicking 'read more'...

Our Dining Room lately

Here's a little peek at the way our dining room had been looking lately before I changed it over to fall ;) .. I will be sharing how we decorated it for Fall tomorrow. So I will keep this post short and sweet. Check out all the pictures below..

Our Family Room decorated for Fall

So earlier this week I shared what our Family Room had been looking like. Now I am here to share how we have decorated it for Fall. This year it was all about simple fall touches from nature... click below to see more Simple and natural Fall inspired ideas.. 

Fav's Friday - Christmas Home Tours

'Tis the season.. Christmas is less than a week a way.. and just in case your not already in the holiday spirit... Tour these gorgeous homes and I guarantee you will start to feel festive instantly!!

First we have Bre's Woodland Glam Christmas Over at Room's for Rent Blog. This is just a sneak peek of her kitchen.. The rest of her Christmas home tour is just as amazing!!

Shanya continued to amaze me over at the Wood Grain Cottage, Check out her gorgeous Rustic Christmas Home decor HERE

Kelly recently shared her Classic Christmas Tour over at The Lily Pad Cottage. This is a must see home!! Her house screams Christmas with whimsical touches. Check it out HERE.

If you missed our Neutral Christmas Tour you can see it HERE

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Built-in Bookshelves to flank fireplace

I have always wanted bookshelves to display all my goodies . So when we purchased this house I knew I was definitely getting my gas fireplace and bookshelves!! We decided to go with Ikea Billy Bookshelves for the starting base as they are a great price for what you get. We also Bought the Billy doors. We started by adding thicker trim on either side of bookshelf with L brackets, no more nails and lots of caulking!!! We bought 2 large pieces of wood to create a faux side to bookshelf to make the bookcase look wider and finish the side of unit. For the crown we used left over crown from our kitchen cabinets. Lastly for a finishing touch I added my own hardware and painted it. We took our Ikea shelf to our local Benjamin Moore store where they were able to make the perfect paint match! So all we had to do was go home and paint the trim and crown. See below for pics of our transformation. You can also check out the rest of our Home Tour here.

Before: The room just looked like it was missing something..

This is after we added the faux sides, trim and crown moulding on one side.. Missing crown,  caulking of the trim and Paint! 

 Mission Complete! So happy with the results!! Love our new Bookshelves!! Once painted and caulked you could never tell that they were simple Ikea bookcases. All in all, total cost was under $400 for built-ins! Last pic shows how we painted the back wall a light Khaki green to make bookshelves just pop. Thanks for reading.