i ♥ friday

This I ♥ Friday post is dedicated to decorating + our new house. :) Enjoy!

I ♥ beds with TONS of pillows!! I can't resist them. I haven't been able to have one, but I'm looking out for pillow sales, and I'm planning to buy a whole bunch.

I ♥ decorating. This is the first time where I can use paint to paint my room! I'm so excited! (read below for my new room scheme) Now I can finally have it just how I want it.

I ♥ paint. Paint is one of the cheapest ways to totally redo a room. Chalkboard paint is amazing, too. I'm in love with it! We're hoping we can put some in the kitchen of the new house, for things like grocery lists, etc, and the little girls and also scribble on it.

I ♥ my new room scheme that I've come up with for in the new house. If you remember my old scheme - orange/pink/reddish for the walls, with the colors being that and black. But I changed my mind because I thought it would be too aggressive. I think light and airy (like it would be now) is better. Beige/light brown for the walls, with splashes of bright pink, yellow, white (and maybe blue) around the room, with accessories, and furniture. Old black and white photos on the walls (and yes, some of the Eiffel Tower) I think in black frames, and maybe some Polaroids. Right now I just have a rough idea...I think it'll come along one I start decorating it.

i ♥ director's chairs. I'm hoping I can get one for my room. :)

I ♥ Polaroids and old black and white pictures, especially these. My great-grandmother on my dad's side was a journalist in Hollywood back in the 1940s and '50s, and she met every big star, like Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, and many, many more. Unfortunately, when she died, the best ones got thrown out. My dad was able to salvage some from the junk man, but them majority was lost. Anyway, I want to put up some of the ones that are left in my new room.

I ♥ dormers (as you can see in our house above). They make perfect window seats, reading corners, mini offices....I could go on and on! I also just ♥ our house in general. I know you knew that, I just had to throw it in, though. :)

I ♥ wood floors. Especially Elmwood Reclaimed Timber, which, you guessed it, sells reclaimed wood, from old homes, flooring, etc. They have some really beautiful wood. I'm so glad there are wood floors in our new house! I think they make a room look instantly cleaner.

Happy Friday!