My Bold Hues

Somehow, I blinked and it already the end of February and time for another round up of #MyBoldHues posts!  #MyBoldHues on instagram is a way to show off and celebrate your lives filled with color.  

It's the last Wednesday of the month!  Meaning myself and the other co-hosts will be sharing our favorite #MyBoldHues instagrams on our blogs, whether it be spaces, projects or moments that are full of color!  Admittedly, I haven't spent much time on instagram this month- my life juggling skills are being put to the test now that I'm finding myself only 2 months (!!!!) from Copper Dot Baby's arrival (and trying to finish a flip... cue panic attack).  You can imagine my pleasant surprise when I popped on instagram yesterday to poke through all the amazing posts that have been tagged this month!!  You guys are awesome!

 

****As per usual, please practice responsible pinning.  The below images are NOT my own and shouldn’t be pinned from my page.  Please click through to the original source to pin inspiration****

 

Does it get much more bold than a black planked wall?  I love the detail of the interlocking shiplap on Nicole @design_it_vintage's  wall, but the color totally makes it!

 

Brynne @the_gathered_home has such an eye for thrift shopping.  Every time I see her yellow velvet living room sofa, I fall a little harder.  And p.s. guys, that corner bookcase behind? IKEA.  Awesome, right?

 

This pic may not seem quite as bold as the others, however it's not about how bright your colors are, it's about how well you use them!  2 things had me at "hello" with @kate_decorates'  playroom vignette:  first- that clock!!!  swoon.  Next, seeing kid art framed gives me the warm and fuzzies.  Kid's art doesn't have to clutter up the front of your fridge or sit in piles on a desk- show it off and make it shine!

 

So apparently I'm drawn to blue vignettes this week because I noticed a trend as I started collecting these posts to show you:

@miafleur_home shared this moody blue, gold, and black vignette from their shop.  I adore seeing walls and trim (on the ledge below) painted the same color.  It doesn't work in every space, but when it works, it's pretty magical.  Speaking of magical, that gold detailing with the butterflies?  Yes please.

 

Do you see @sammarietravels new furry friend styling herself on the barcart?  Reminds me of my own Daisy.  Aside from the furry love in the photo, this room is another example showing off walls, trim, and even ceiling in the same color!  That moody blue perfectly sets off the gold frames on all the vintage photos. 

 

And who doesn't love a good shelfie?  It's almost always a good idea to pop the back of your bookcase with a color like @thenewsaintly did here.  I helps to add contrast and show off your curated goodies!  A pop of color plus a touch of greenery are a MUST on every bookcase in my opinion.

 

I absolutely loved seeing everyone's #MyBoldHues moments this month!  Keep on tagging your instagram pics and showing off how you live a colorful life!  It doesn't have to be an interiors or vignette shot either- see an amazing sunset? #MyBoldHues.  Painting something special? #MyBoldHues.  Bringing color into your life in any way shape or form? #MyBoldHues.  Keep the hashtags and colorful goodness coming!!!  I can't wait to see what you have to share in the coming month!

Now head over to my awesome #myboldhues co-hosts and see what made them weak in the knees:

PMQ for Two

Style Mutt Home

Semigloss Design

Domicile 37

Jest Cafe Blog

Blue i Style

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Shorty the Flip House: Week 11

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Come back every Friday to see how this house, aka Shorty, progresses from week to week.  To catch up on the progress on Shorty, check out his previous posts here.  If you’re new here, (Hello!!!) you can find more about my 5 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

While I don't have too much to show you this week, the progress I do have to show is pretty great.  Are you ready??  With a little help from my phone's panorama feature:

 

Clearly it's still a work in progress, but here, let me help you visualize what I see a bit more.  First, imagine there's no lime green on the walls.  All the walls in here will be getting a soft white to make the cabinets and space really shine!

 

I hope you're as in love with the light green cabinets as I am!  With my basic gray granite countertops (same color I've used several times), I plan to punch up the interest just a touch more with a fun patterned backsplash.  Now I just have to figure out exactly where the backsplash is going!

 

As you can see in my noted pic above, the little powder room is right next to the back door.  It's an odd place for a toilet, but for an antique house of this size to even have a bathroom on the first floor is a total bonus.  This week, they finished the floor in there which continued in from the kitchen and frankly, I just wanted another excuse to swoon over the herringbone tile.

 

Paint prep has started upstairs and visible strides should be made up there this coming week.  My goal is to get everything finished upstairs ASAP so that I can get my hard wood flooring guy started on those floors while we work on painting the first floor.  We're hoping to list in just over a months and there's SOOO much still to do!!!!  Eeeekkk!

Have a fantastic weekend!!

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Shorty the Flip House: Week 10

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Come back every Friday to see how this house, aka Shorty, progresses from week to week.  To catch up on the progress on Shorty, check out his previous posts here.  If you’re new here, (Hello!!!) you can find more about my 5 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

I was hoping to have some cabinets to show off to you today, but Mother Nature had other plans- a foot of snow yesterday.  Oh well, they should be getting started on them today, so yay!  Even without the cabinets, very important progress happened this week: the conclusion of plaster repair.  That means that we can finally start prepping for paint and breaking out the brushes!

The plasterer screwed in and taped up all the minor cracks and then plastered over everything for a nice clean surface.  We have some minor sanding and caulking before we can pour the paint, but WOW does this make a difference!

 

 

 

After the plasterer cleared out, the tub guy came in and gave the bathtub a new lease on life.  The "before" tub wasn't in terrible shape- there was a little rust around the overflow drain, but there was a major chip on the porcelain on the outside that you can see.  After, it is bright, shiny white with no sign of rust or chips at all.  Now I just need to start putting this bathroom back together!

 

Meanwhile in the kitchen, the tile got finished and grout went down.  The adjoining powder room still has a few tiles to go, but grout in the kitchen means cabinets are imminent!  I cannot wait to get rid of the remaining lime green in the kitchen either!

 

With more snow predicted for the next 3 days, it's looking like New England is trying to play catch-up for the mild winter that we've had so far.  I'm just crossing my fingers that it doesn't get as bad as 2 winters ago.  Hopefully snow won't be postponing any more progress!  I'm so itching to see the cabinets go in! (can you tell?)

 

Stay warm and have a wonderful weekend!!

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