Under Construction

Hey look, I'm still here!  I've been burying my head in design client projects lately while we've been waiting to hear about the short sale flip (which we're STILL waiting on btw, supposedly we should know in 5 days, fingers crossed!) and I have neglected DIY projects and sadly you guys.  I came back from Haven bursting with ideas for projects and posts, but I got a bit derailed when I saw 2 pink lines.  That's right, part of the reason I've been MIA lately is that I have a very different kind of construction project going on- our biggest one yet!  

Copper Dot Baby should be arriving mid-April and Hubby and I couldn't be more excited!  I'm coming out of the first trimester fog with renewed energy (most days) and pent up motivation to get ALL the things, projects and designs done.

That means lots of projects I want to get done before April, (hopefully) an amazing flip over the cooler months, AND a super fun nursery design will be coming your way!  The only downside is that I'll be giving up my office for this little babe, but I have a feeling it will be more than worth it.  Luckily as I was doing my office design last year, I knew it would ultimately turn into a nursery, so the wall color and rug will most likely be staying as is.  I MAY have already Criaglisted my dream crib which we'll need to buy a new mattress for- *affiliate link- see below for more info* Stokke Sleepi Crib in White.  Awesome crib for less than half the cost?  Yes please!!

Oh, and did I forget to mention that thanks to the miracles of modern science, not only do we know that this babe is at a low risk for lots of bad stuff, we also know the gender already!

As if this news wasn't exciting enough after some blog silence, I have the project reveal of DanceFit Studio coming to you tomorrow AND the latest round of Swap It Like It's Hot on Friday!  Like I said- renewed energy and motivation.  Let's do this!

Disclaimer: some sources above may contain affiliate links.  Shopping through these links will be at no additional cost to you, however will help support my design addiction so I can keep blogging about it. XOXO

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Living Room Before and After Blog Hop

If you're coming over from Up to Date Interiors, WELCOME!!! Who doesn't love a good blog hop?  You get to be a voyeur into other people's homes and styles without being a total creeper and peeking in windows.  When Stephanie from Casa Watkins Living invited me to define my design style and show the evolution of it in a room of my home, I was 100% in!!!

It's easy to forget that for every perfectly curated pinterest-worthy or instagrammed room, there's a round-about path that lead to that place.

My style today is eclectic, modern vintage, but it didn't always shine through like it does today.  Let's take an awkward journey through my living room over the past almost 6 years.  I cringe so hard when I look at the first version of my living room.  Aside from a new tv stand, I tried to make the living room from my old apartment work in this new smaller space.  Spoiler alert: it didn't!!  To recreate this amazing space, mix undersized artwork with furniture way to bulky for a small room, and add a big splash of brown (please don't).

The next iteration of the room definitely had a bit more personality, but still had a waaaays to go.  The mistake I made for YEARS, and should have known better, was trying to make pieces that I previously owned (and they weren't great pieces to start with!) work in this space as opposed to assessing the space, THEN designing it.  Are you all impressed with my perfectly lit night shot?  Oh the things you learn through years of blogging....

After years of tweaking small things and still not loving the room, I went back to the drawing board and decided to do what I should have done from the beginning and designed the room from scratch.  I coerced Hubby into a new sofa (huzzah!!!), painted the coffee tables gold, built a DIY corner bookshelf to fill the awkward space, and upgraded the boxy apartment left-over side tables with eclectic antique finds.  While I enjoyed this version, being the first room that you walk into from our front door, it was a bit of design overload in a small space.

Which brings us happily to the end of our journey and what my living room looks like today.  It's a fun mix of modern shapes and patterns, vintage furniture and quirky finds: hence my label of "eclectic, modern, vintage."

How can you get this look?  I recommend keeping staple pieces like a sofa and tv stand timeless.  In this case, I used a mid-century-modern inspired sofa and a vintage mid-century hutch-turned-tv stand to ground the space.

Especially in a small room like this one, think big to small: the bigger the piece, the more classic/versatile it should be, the smaller, the quirkier it can be.  This keeps the crazy-factor down to an interesting and intriguing level as opposed to sending your guests running.  For example- a hand-shaped vase as a book end: quirky.  a hand-shaped chair in a tiny living room: a bit too eccentric.

Shop this look:

Disclaimer: some sources below may contain affiliate links.  Shopping through these links will be at no additional cost to you, however will help support my design addiction so I can keep blogging about it.

While many pieces are vintage, finds from years ago, or HomeGoods finds that I can't find sources for, here are some similar items to get you started:

Furniture: Sofa, tv stand, coffee tables (painted gold), pedestal side table, side table with drawers, antique chair (needs reupholstery)

Lighting: Tripod floor lamp, ceramic table lamp, schoolhouse ceiling fixture

Decor: Starburst mirror, yellow stripe pillow, ukulele wall hook, vintage teapot (planter), wooden shoe mold, textured cookie jar, hand vase (painted matte white)

Hop on over to the next home on the tour, Kimberly's eclectic, boho, glam style on Swoonworthy.  Be sure to check out all the amazing style evolutions the rest of this week!

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MONDAY

Casa Watkins Living

Polished Habitat

Lovely Etc.

Blue i Style

Organize Nashville

TUESDAY

Roots North and South

My Life From Home

Monica Wants It

The Striped House

WEDNESDAY

Pocketful of Posies

Up To Date Interiors

Copper Dot Interiors

Swoonworthy

PMQ for Two

THURSDAY

The DIY Mommy

Boxy Colonial

The Happy Housie

Domicile 37

Willow Street Interiors

FRIDAY

Cassie Bustamante

House Full Of Sunshine

Farmhouse 40

Iris Nacole

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Haven and Beyond

Last weekend at the Haven Conference in Atlanta was ridiculous!  I lost count of how many AMAZING DIY/home bloggers I met and I came home feeling so inspired!!  I wasn't actually planning to write a Haven recap until I sat down to write a post and this is what came out.  Before I jump in, please head over to my Facebook page and please fill out my Post Ideas POLL at the top so I can continue to bring you guys the inspiring content that you really want!  

Back to the conference...  I'm not normally very extroverted, so jetting off to my very first conference ever where I really knew no one was a bit of a leaf of faith.  I shoved myself so far out of my comfort zone that I waved goodbye to it as my plane left Boston, but it was totally worth it!  I roomed with someone who I had never actually met before (!)- the awesome Maggie Overby from Maggie Overby Studios, and met some other online friends in person as well as made more than a few new ones.  It was a non-stop weekend that was massively overwhelming and somehow too short at the same time.

Pics from left to right, top to bottom: Roomie pic with Maggie // John and Sherry Petersik giving the closing speach // Katie Bower's demonstration on how to SWIRL the garage paint // AWESOME group of eclectic interiors bloggers: Whimsical Blue, Suburban Bitches, Maggie Overby Studios, Bright Green Door, PMQ for Two, Domicile 37, Pinterest Addict, Our Storied Home, & ME! // My very first Cricut creation in class // Jess from Bright Green Door & me at the Home Depot DIY Hall of Fame // The coolest map ever for all Haven attendees to put their business cards made by Jamie of That's My Letter // My experimentation with a selfie-stick with Maggie and Cassie of Primitive and Proper

I'm still processing through all classes I took, advice I got, and opportunities available, but guys, I'm SOOO excited for where this blog is heading!!!  I took some super informative classes including ones on photography, SEO, affiliate marketing, and working with brands (taught by several rock star bloggers including Mandi Gubler of Vintage Revivals)- AND a few just-for-fun classes like Bower Power's Rustolium class (Katie Bower is seriously just as fun in person) and a Cricut class where I won a brandy new Cricut Explore Air of my very own!  I'm already using it for a few projects for Dancefit and really just want to make all the things with it now!  I expected to take so many more pictures while I was there, but to be honest, I was so overwhelmed I decided that I just needed to be in the moment.

If you haven't already, please head over to my Facebook page and please fill out my Post Ideas poll.  I know your favorite things to read about are my big DIY projects and flips, but it's impossible to deliver those 100% of the time.  Let me know what smaller, varied, or just for fun posts you might enjoy seeing so I can bring you MORE quality content!

Let me know how you'd like to see this blog grow and get even better!  Leave a comment below or don't be shy and e-mail me at blog@copperdotinteriors.com.

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