7/19/13

Breakfast nook

So, a little at a time.
Thats what I am trying to tell myself, but I just want it to feel like home right away.  I dont want to rush and use cheap stuff to fill the space, but in some situations the wal mart steel shelving set from college just works.  We have a lot of windows, so we dont have to hang very much stuff on the walls-which is great.  I am so bad at hanging stuff.  I get so overwhelmed and dont know what to put, so limited space is right up my alley.  So, basically, its just going slowly but things are becoming more homey and we are feeling more and more like we actually live here....
Ok. The breakfast nook used to look like this-
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You cant see the birds, but the floor is yellow and there are primary colored birds and flowers painted on the floor.  It was just not really my taste... She used it as a sitting/living area with a TV and I wanted to put our breakfast table in it (that jan and bob got for their wedding that they gave to us and we have used since we got married. random fun fact).  I had been pinning different painted tile and knew I wanted to paint the tile a black and white checkered look.  So, we used big squares and, of course, jan's friend is a professional painter and she did it for free for jan.  Unreal.  
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We put the table in it and found some chairs at a consignment store down the street to put around the table bc our yellow chairs scratched the floor and the paint came right off.  I was then faced with my first big wall space dilemma.  I had so many frames from college to tyler that I figured I could do something with those.  I googled picture wall and gallery wall and everything that could involve frames.  I ended up just winging it and not really using any of the formulas they provided and it worked out ok.  It is probably uneven and crazy, but it looks ok in my lack of detail brain, so I am leaving it. I feel like it will never be done, and I will always add more frames around the edges, but I am ok with it for now.
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I added polariods, photobooth pics, old notes instagrams, cookie cutters, and the avett brother's quote, "always remember there is nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name".
It's pretty plain with random fourth of july bunting left over.
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One room down, a few more to go...

8 comments:

Kate said...

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!! I mean, you need to pin those so that people can copy you because it looks absolutely awesome! Love the wall, love the nook, love the floor. Can you and Jan come fix my house!?!?

Lizzie Ann Designs said...

Cute Nook! And the collage wall is awesome, love everything about the space!

Misty said...

omgosh I LOVE this Kristen! & You have a PERMANENT dance floor in.your.house. holla'! :) pretty fantastic! all of it. <3 your gallery wall & everything.

Hayley and Aaron said...

Looks amazing! We are a year in to our house and I'm still tempted to fill up space with cheap buys but trying to be patient to find the right things over time! You were lucky to find those chairs at a consignment store, they make the room! :) Aren't you so glad you don't ever HAVE to move again!?!

Carrie said...

Oh I love a black and white tile floor so so much! I bet there will be lots of fun memories in that nook!

BrookeD said...

I love it so much!!!!

Mary said...

I love this Kristen! Great job!!!!

Mary said...

I love this Kristen! Great job!!!!

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