ROOM TOUR: LEAH'S MASTER CLOSET

My closet is finished!! I pretty much want to live the rest of my life in here, guys. Bye forever! The Home Edit organized and beautified my closet, nay, my life. I thought I had it organized really well before. Guess what? I didn't. Joanna and Clea's brains just work differently. They've revolutionized the business of home organizing, and I feel so fortunate to have them in my life! Do yourself a favor and check out their blog and instagram for daily inspiration. PS they're also amazing human beings and friends, so there's that. 

To top it all off, Chasing Paper so graciously gave us their gorgeous peel and stick wallpaper which gave the room a glamorous pop! I highly recommend Chasing Paper for an accent wall (though dreaming about papering my whole powder room in this print!!). Applying the paper was easy peasy. Sure, you have to work carefully, but the paper is VERY forgiving. If you mess up, simply peel off the panel and just reapply it. I did this multiple times with the same panel, and it 100% held up. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty quickly. It's awesome if you're in a rental or if you just change your mind a lot! It peels right off and doesn't damage the paint underneath.

All photos by The Home Edit.

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 This antique mirror was Jeffrey's Grandmother's. It was the inspiration for all of the gold details.

The shoe wall, you guys, the shoe wall! The Home Edit labeled each box simply with "heels" "sandals" etc. Because if they had labeled by brand, the whole closet would say "Target".

I found THIS jewelry box at Target to display my Nana's charm bracelet from high school. Special little details!

That large drawer on the bottom is actually a tilt out laundry hamper! Yes please.

Joanna and Clea found out that I was a jewelry hoarder. They slimmed everything down and organized the crap out of me. Drawer organization on their favorites page.

 I love that they found my Nana's old glasses and displayed them alongside all of my keepsake/antique jewelry.

Organizing shirts by color = instant style

Jeffrey gets one little corner.... ha! He has zero clothes! I need to work on this.

So so so happy with my closet! Thank you The Home Edit and Chasing Paper!!

LINKS IN PINK

Organization and styling: The Home Edit

Wallpaper: Chasing Paper

Closet installation: Closets by Design

Chandelier: Joss and Main

Jewelry displays: Target

Clothing hangers: Joy Mangano

Storage solutions: The Home Edit Favorites

Mirror: Antique

Painters: CertaPro

All photos by The Home Edit

xo

- L

ROOM TOUR: ARI'S MODERN BIG BOY ROOM

You know when your kid gets to an age where all of a sudden they have super strong opinions on what their room should look like? Ari is 5 now and wanted rainbows and gold painted all over the walls with Harry Potter posters. This was not going to fly. BUT I think I pulled off a combination of rainbows, Harry Potter, and my love of black and white modern style. Now we're both happy!! Scroll down for all sources and a free printable of the modern rainbow poster. 

Besides decoration ideas, the BIG problem to tackle was organization and storage. This is where Land of Nod came in big time! Jenni and I both fell in love with the acrylic bookcase! It's just so clean and pretty and perfect for treasures. The Home Edit came over and styled with special books and toys to look like... you guessed it... a rainbow!

Land of Nod also came in clutch with these soft bins perfect for the abnormal amount of stuffed animals my son collects. I absolutely LOVE that they are soft. One or two actually live on my son's bed so that he can sleep with all of his stuffed buddies without them constantly falling off the bed. 

I designed this abstract rainbow poster and have it for you as a FREE download! Yippee! I sent the file into Kinkos/FedEx and had them print it in an 18x24" frame ready size. Scroll down for the link to download.

This might seem crazy, but I really wanted to make an art installation out of books. Ari loves books (and so do I!) but his old book shelf cubbies were getting a little crazy looking. I saw blogger, Freckles Chick's book shelves she used for her daughter's room and knew that was the solution. I bought the 3.5" deep shelves and installed them in rows. 6 of the 36" and 3 of the 24" shelves. Each row had one long, one short, one long to make three 96" shelves. Then of course The Home Edit styled it for Ari so it looked like yet another rainbow!!

Our family is a BIT Harry Potter obsessed. Okay a lot obsessed. Luckily, we've passed our obsession to Ari. We came up with a "magic spell" to put him to sleep... and it really works! Dixie & Twine graciously made this "FALLIO ASLEEPO" sparkly banner for above his bed!  

SOURCES:

The Home Edit - bookshelf styling and organization

Acrylic Book Case - Land of Nod

Tall blue bin - Land of Nod 

Small colorful bins - Land of Nod

Fallio Asleepo Banner - Dixie and Twine

Modern Rainbow Poster - FREE DOWNLOAD :)

Bedding - Target Pillow Fort

Long book shelves - Clear Solutions Displays

Dresser - Joss & Main by Dwell Studio

Bed frame - Pottery Barn Kids

Bedside table - Pottery Barn Kids

Lightening Bolt Marquee - Hapa

Rainbow stacker - Arcade Nashville by Grimms

"A" wall letter - Ebay

"a" red letter - vintage

Gumball machine - vintage (my husband's!)

Matchbox car holder - vintage printers box

Black paint - Behr Broadway

White paint - Behr pure white

FALLIO ASLEEPO!

-L

ROOM TOUR: LAUNDRY ROOM + MINTED ART

I finally finished my laundry room!! This project was my baby. The project that my husband definitely didn't understand at first but who now thinks it's the best room in the house! Anyone else feel like they spend half of their life in the laundry room? Well I did, and mine was a sparse, sad, blah, beige room with no window. Luckily I was able to bring the outdoors in with a partnership with MINTED! Their art became my own little window. 

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We LOVE Minted! Their art is curated from independent artists which is SO cool. Minted prints the art in every size and even frames it for you. It's incredibly easy to pick your art. You can search by color, style, medium, theme, etc. and make an art board to just try out the pieces you like together. I wanted cheery pieces with bright greens, pinks, and yellows. A mix of photography, paint, and prints give the gallery wall an eclectic look, but the color palette keeps it cohesive.

I chose standard art paper, and I opted to have the artists' signatures on the prints. The frames are all Natural Premium Wood to give the room a little warmth.

 I got the cabinets and countertop from The Home Depot, who installed it as well. If there's one thing we're not, it's handy. I wanted a totally clear counter for folding and drying but for some ease I have one basket for detergent and dryer sheets. Everything else is stowed away in the cabinets. 

 This was a robe/coat hanger that was peeeeerfect for the ironing board and other drying items! It's always good to think outside the box and look for pieces that have multiple uses.

 I had my (very confused) handyman instal an L-shaped pipe in the wall to use as hanging space. It gives it an industrial look that I wanted and takes up no space so that I have full hanging for dresses, shirts, sheets, etc.

 I got these soft baskets to transport clean clothes. I'm a little OCD and using the same basket for dirty and clean clothes is not an option. No no no no no. Scroll down to see where the dirty clothes hide!

The sink is clutch in a laundry room. Eventually I'd like to get a sprayer faucet...more OCD tendencies here.

 One of my favorite parts of the laundry room are the hidden laundry baskets in the drawers! It is not okay in my book to mix dirty and clean clothes in the same basket. #issues. I had my handy man convert two cabinets closest to the mudroom to pull-out drawers. I found narrow trash bins for the dirty clothes! Even my kids like to put their clothes in there.. they think the secret bins are cool. Anything to help out, right?

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Cabinets

Countertop

Drawer Pulls

Paint

Chandelier

Ironing Board

Ironing Board Hanger

Rug- sold out but similar here

Striped Laundry Baskets

Wire Laundry Basket

Wooden Hangers

WASH wall letters

Trash bins used for dirty clothes

MINTED ART LINKS left to right:

Landscape, 11 x 11"

Abstract, 18 x 24"

Glass Bottles, 11 x 14"

Hexagons, 11 x 14"

Green Woodshed, 16 x 16"

My little "window" in my laundry room! If anyone needs me, I'll be hiding in here :)

xo

-L