Almost Home

In my last post I mentioned that Ross and I are waiting on the appraisal for a house we are in contract with and while I don’t want to mention any more details until it is finalized (silly superstition) I did want to share some details of how I will style the home. While I was in the hospital with my sister, I had a lot of time on my hands to scour Pinterest and dream about the home we would own one day. Now that it has become more of a reality, I can’t wait to move in and make it ours. I have, naturally, made a spreadsheet of all the furniture and miscellaneous stuff we need with cost estimates. If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to move in by the end of the month! And then we leave for our honeymoon to Costa Rica, so it will be crazy, but exciting nevertheless.  

To start off with, I want to paint the whole house in Benjamin Moore’s Super White. Studio McGee put together a helpful color swatch below. 

Here is Super White in action! I also love that rug but I could go on for dayyyys about my love for rugs and how I am styling each room based on the colors and patterns of the rugs I find for each room. I will follow up with a separate blog post.

We are making one of the smaller bedrooms into a wardrobe/vanity/getting ready room and I am OBSESSED with these Ikea PAX Wardrobe systems. They are affordable, bloggers rave they are good quality, and there are a million ways to customize them.

One of the bedrooms will become my home office and I can’t wait to have a space that has all of my equipment, my collection of old cameras, and an area to store my magazines and inspiration materials. Right now my cameras are back in the Keys with my parents in a box, my magazines are on my nightstand with my random books, and my equipment sits in a chair when it isn’t being used. Needless to say, it’s everywhere and it drives me a little nuts. 

I want to have a work station like this one and then have the other half be an open area where I can work out in OR have a daybed to relax and edit on. Haven’t quite decided yet though I am leaning towards a workout/stretch area.

It’s so cold and all I want to do is cozy up into all these perfectly layered beds I have been seeing. I love this rug for my master bedroom colors inspiration and love the bench as well. Since we will have more space, Ross and I will be building more of the pieces we want since we love doing these kind of projects together. 

I am using this bedroom as my inspiration for our master bedroom. I love how inviting and gender neutral it is. The wood side tables add some warmth to the bedroom and the photos add a nice artistic touch and bring your eyes to a focal point when you first enter. I can’t wait to layer and then never leave my bed. 

We will have a small patio that’s just big enough for entertaining. I love how they used this space and the neutral colors make the greenery pop out even more! I can’t wait for the spring so we can host some BBQs. I want to throw a Latin style carnaval too with our neighbors as a way to get to know them. Hopefully they will love this idea and not think I am nuts. Gotta bring some Miami flavor to DC right?

What websites or blogs do you follow for inspiration? How do you keep your home warm when it’s freezing outside? Do you change your decor based on the season?

Using Format