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Highlights: Inspiration Tuesday

September 2, 2009 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 1 Comment

Hey peeps and peepettes! After another fun Inspiration Tuesday, I’m feeling more inspired than ever thanks to you guys!

Take Jenny’s post, for example, from Words on Wendhurst – she showed us how she plans to replicate this gorgeous backsplash . . .

. . . for only twenty dollars!! Seriously, my jaw is on the floor – talk about some bang for your buck!

Inspired to up the cozy factor of her master bedroom, Erin from Erin’s Awesome Blog shared some divine retreats that have me dying to add some flirty feminine touches to our master bedroom:

And Christy from BeachBrights is giving us all the chance to glean a little inspiration from a two-year subscription to DIY Magazine with an awesome giveaway!

Thanks to all of you who participated in the blog party – I hope more of you will join in the fun next week!

Tonya’s Cozy Master Bedroom Transformation

May 18, 2009 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 8 Comments

When Tonya sent me before and after pictures of her master bedroom, I was completely blown away by the transformation.

Here’s a quick peek at the plain and impersonal master bedroom that Tonya and her husband Tim started out with:

Now take a look at the cozy retreat that these crafty newlyweds made with just a few cans of paint, a tight color palette, and a little creativity:

Here’s what they did and how they did it:

1. Make it cozy. The builder’s beige walls that Tonya and Tim started out with were boring and stark. They instantly added depth, warmth and interest to their bedroom by painting a dark chocolate accent wall that draws your eye towards those great windows. By keeping a tight color palette in neutral tans and chocolates, the space feels restful and soothing – the perfect place to relax after a long day. A simple green plant adds a pop of color and life to the room.

2. Make it cohesive. Like most newlyweds, Tonya and Tim inherited an army of mismatched furniture – but you would never know it by looking at their master bedroom. Their trick was to drape the mismatched pieces in gorgeous tan and chocolate fabrics that matched their color scheme – a quick and easy transformation that instantly ties the whole room together.

3. Make it crafty. Of course, Tonya and Tim couldn’t just throw some fabric over their mismatched furniture – not this crafty pair. Instead, they sewed custom slipcovers for each nightstand and the dresser out of upholstery material. For added storage, they sewed pockets onto the slipcovers for the nighstands to stow away reading glasses, books and the remote control. Genuis!

Pretty snazzy, right? Have Tim and Tonya inspired you to cozy up your bedroom?

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Something’s Afoot

April 27, 2009 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 12 Comments

We live in an older home (40 years old, to be exact) with equally old windows – so it can get pretty cold in here in the winter time. And you see, we have wood floors in our bedroom that we absolutely love, but they can give you quite a shock first thing in the morning when your bare feet hit those cold floors. If you’ve checked out our home tour then you know that our bedroom looks like this:

It was with memories of hardwood floors and freezing feet that the hubby and I hit up our local Home Depot with a mission – finding an area rug for our bedroom. We had an idea of what we wanted – something neutral that would go with our colorful duvet cover that we currently have on our bed, as well as our navy and cream quilt that sometimes makes an appearance and replaces the duvet. We definitely needed an 8 x 10 rug so that there would be enough rug to stick out from under three sides of our king-sized bed, and we wanted the new rug to be cozy – no more cold tootsies for us!!

And then we found it. Perfection. A cream-colored frieze rug that was just begging to go home with us:

Ain’t she a beauty? And a bargain to boot! (Although now we’re gnashing our teeth because it’s gone on sale!) We somehow managed to shove this ginormous rug into my car, took it home and finagled that rug under the bed as fast as we could. And let me tell you, lifting that bed is no joke! Here’s our awesome new rug, looking all cozy in our bedroom:

I love it! This rug has tons of texture and is super soft, so it feels great underfoot. And I love the way it breaks up all the wood in the room, but doesn’t steal the show away from the bed. And no more cold feet for us!

What’s the first thing your feet hit in the morning? Carpet? Wood? Tile? Rug on carpet? Do tell!