We have color!

Hi friends,
While I was away with the kids last week visiting my mom in Virginia, I left my awesome and amazing husband a killer of a 'Honey Do List'.

Not only did that awesome husband work all week but he also worked in our home. I can't wait to share the fruits of his labor with you this week. Seriously, I think I put at least 10 things on his list and I believe he completed almost all of them! He is amazing!

Project #1: We have color now in our master bedroom. Steve painted the room a grayish blue Valspar paint from Lowes called 'Shark Loop'. We LOVE it! You may remember that it was a large white box before. The new color on the walls adds so much warmth and personality to the room. It's a very peaceful and rejuvenating space. Let me share some picture with you.....

You might remember from another blog I shared that I was considering doing something special on this wall behind the bed. I was going to do something big for an inspiration wall. I was considering wallpaper or stenciling. I also considered vinyl designs. In the end, I decided to reuse artwork that we already had. The large rubbed white square tin pieces are from Pottery Barn. The 3 gray framed shell note cards (purchased on a beach vacation a few years ago) really worked for me above the bed. What do you think?

The look I was going for is something I call "Coastal Cottage Chic". I think painting the room is getting us there. Here's the Room Make-Over Plan that I created for this room:



Projects left to do:

-Get some warm bamboo blinds for the 3 windows- I am now thinking we might not need panel curtains- the bamboo blinds might be enough

-New bed quilt from Pottery Barn that matches that new shams should be delivered to us this month- that will add a little more color to the room

-I am rethinking the space where I was considering another piece of furniture for storage (to the left of the dresser)- now I thinking we need a chaise lounge for reading

-I wish I could talk my husband into getting rid of the ceiling fan and getting something pretty and a little sparkly in it's place like this:

What do you think so far?

I will share more of Steve's 'Honey Do List' projects this week. Thanks Honey!!!!

Happy decorating & living-
Megan
megan@cottagebluedesigns.com

Good-bye Asheville!

The Asheville adventure continues! On Sunday morning (my birthday) we packed up the car and said good-bye to Asheville. In lieu of a birthday cake I chose to get my cake and ice cream calories from a few Krispy Kreme donuts....yummy! What a treat!

Next, on our sugar high, we headed down the highway to Chimney Rock:

Steve has great memories of coming to Chimney Rock as a child with his family. Unfortunately, the elevator to take us to the top was out of order. The 45 minute climb on wooden rickety stairs was 'not recommended' for kids. Bryce looked at the steep stairs and said, "No!!! I am afraid of heights!"
So we will have to revisit Chimney Rock another time with older kids!

We also tried to make the 45 minute hike through the woods to the falls. We made it about 1/2 there but the heat and complaining two little rascals with us prompted us to abort our mission and head back to the car. Again, another time.

We should have known this was how this visit was going to pan out. Once we arrived in the parking lot and got out of the car both kids complained about the heat and wanted to be carried.

Some of the scenes from the movie, The Last of the Mohicans, were filmed here:

Next, after getting properly cooled off in the car with the amazing air conditioning, we headed down the road to Lake Lure:

Lake Lure is where another movie was filmed:

We would definitely like to come back and hang out longer at Lake Lure.

Home sweet home now. :)

Happy decorating & living-
Megan
megan@cottagebluedesigns.com

Asheville Saturday Night

Friday night in downtown Asheville was a little tough (both kids were so tired). This time we let them bring a toy to play with at dinner. This time we also learned our lesson and looked at the menu first to make sure they had 'kid food'. After trying several restaurants that were completely full, we found a table right next to the restaurant where we had eaten appetizers the night before. Cheers!

Bryce was sooo tired!

Buddy was happy with his Woody the Cowboy toy:

Buddy really wanted to eat here at this bus restaurant but it only served coffee and dessert:

Before heading to dinner Steve gave me the gift of time and shopping. Thank you honey!!!!!

 I headed to the shops at the Biltmore Village and checked out the new fall clothes at JCrew (I had a birthday gift card that was burning a hole in my purse that I had received the day before). I was shocked that I purchased some orange items (not only is orange the 'it' color for decorating this year - it's also the 'hot' clothes color too!) for fall for some travels and adventures we will be embarking on:

Orange is definitely NOT my color for decorating or for clothes. But I surprised myself by choosing some orange items that I plan on pairing with either navy or army green:

More Asheville adventures tomorrow!
Happy decorating & living-
Megan
megan@cottagebluedesigns.com