Tree Trimming- Mom Edition

Last year was the first time in around 17 years that we got a real Christmas tree for my Mom's house and we decided to get another one this year.  The lot that we went to last year was in a nursery parking lot, but there is now a package store there (I guess alcohol trumps plants).  We ended up finding another lot this past weekend and got a great tree!  The lot was called Randy's Christmas Trees and they had the cutest set up.

My mom in the front and my sister in the back :)

This is the tree that we chose.

Then we did a little tree trimming.  Her tree colors this year are green and purple ornaments (my choice) with multicolored and white lights.  Simon came over to her house after he got off of work...he was a trooper...he helped with half of the lights then took a long nap, ha!

My ornament from babyhood

I'm sure her house is now filled with that fresh pine scent!

Decisive Person in Training: Master Bedroom Colors

I need help.  You all know about my indecisive nature, so of course when picking the color scheme for my bedroom/bathroom I'm at a loss.  I love so many color schemes, I just don't know what to do.  I think I've narrowed it down to two options.  What do you all think?

Dark Grey + Light Grey + Coral + Off-white
                                                                                                      

  

Navy + Light Blue-Grey + Coral + Off-white

                                                                                                     

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Thoughts?  Hey, at least I know that I definitely want coral and off-white! That's a start.

Blog Updates

You may have noticed a few changes around here.  Okay, a lot.  I've updated:

1. The color scheme (grey + yellow + pink= bright and cheery...hopefully not too bright for you guys though!)

2. The header

3. The favicon 

4. The icons on the left

5. The About Us page

6. The La Maison page

7. Added a new page called Our Wedding

I don't know if it was the whole "new year new beginning" thing or if I was just bored with the old colors.  Either way, this is what it is now...lets see how long it will last :)

Guest Bath Updates

I've been up to something.  A little project that was an off and on kinda thing.  I'm sure some of you can relate.  You get the urge to do something, go all in, then get burned out halfway in and leave it sitting there for a few months or more.

Well I had an itch to paint something.  Anything.  I thought about leftover paint that I already had (el cheapo) and decided on the grey that was used in the kitchen.  I spontaneously painted the guest bath with the following mood board in mind.  Since I didn't use it as the color scheme for my wedding, I decided to use it for the guest room and bath.

When I was finished painting I took the old shower curtain down replacing it with a temporary one that I had from my bachelorette days.  I also changed the light bulbs to daylight so that it would brighten the place up (since there are no windows).  I added a few decor pieces (one including the paintings that I did for a pinterest challenge) then got burned out.  Untouched for 2+ months.  Lost the steam.


After taking down the Christmas decor earlier this week, I ended up making a few changes to the bathroom to incorporate some of my newer DIY pieces.  Luckily I had the thought to put the vase in there once the holidays were overs since it matched the color scheme.

Before:                                                                     After:

 

 Here are all of the afters:

DIY projects (some that I haven't blogged about yet...bad me!) were the vase, the pine cones, the painting, the plate and the SL print.

I enjoy where the bathroom is headed.  I'm not completely done yet.  I still want to DIY a shower curtain (or dye the current one) and possibly change out the light fixture.  And maybe spray the picture frame a different color.  Ahh, there will always be something to tweak!

A Tale of Two Trees

As I previously mentioned, we have a larger tree this year.  We already had a cute little tree (which seems incredibly small now compared to the new tree), so of course I didn't want to part ways with it.  It's the first tree that Simon and I had together!  I decided to keep it and decorate it a different color scheme from the main tree.  Our new tree is multicolored lights with all white ornaments and the cutie tree is turquoise and lime green. (excuse the quality of some of the photos; trying to shoot in a low light setting without a tripod wasn't working so well)

I also decorated our buffet with touches of Christmas.  The tree is sitting on top of an upside down vase (I'm sure you've seen the vase in multiple pictures across this blog!).  The reindeer is an ornament, and the scarves around the bottles are wine/martini glass markers.

More link parties that I'm participating in:

1. A Thoughtful Place

2. Honey We're Home
3. Thrifty Decor Chick