Inspiration Board: Kitchen

The kitchen is the room that we are most excited about because we both enjoy cooking and entertaining. For now we think we want white cabinets with stainless handles to go with the stainless appliances, dark counter tops and wood floors. I really like the color combination of the kitchen on the left.  

Inspiration Board: Upstairs (Paige's Half)

Like I said here, Blake and I are going to share the upstairs space. My half is going to be used for a jewelry studio as well as an office. I'm probably going to be spending quite a bit of time up here so I want it to be a space that is inspiring. Here's what I'm thinking... 

Pumpkin Dinner

The closer to the holidays it gets the more excited we get about moving into our new/old house. We can't wait to decorate it and have parties.  We've been pretty busy lately and were a little late on getting ready for Halloween.  It's the day before Halloween and we were sadly unable to find a pumpkin to carve so we decided to eat it instead.  I made three recipes that I found using Pinterest and soup that was in one of my cookbooks.  

The pumpkin cake is really easy all you need is a can of pumpkin and a box of cake mix, mix together and bake.  The hot mozzarella caprese dip was also very easy to make just put mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes in a dish in the oven. The spiced pumpkin and shrimp soup called for two of my favorite things: cilantro & ginger and the pumpkin dip is great for dipping fruit. Our finished meal was delicious!!!

We hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!! 

DIY: Suitcase Tables

Quick confession, I didn't actually do this myself, but I would have helped if I was home. My Mom and Dad were kind enough to make these cool side tables for us out of old suitcases. They used a piece of plywood inside the bottom of the first suitcase to stabilize it and attach the legs. The legs were taken from an old table that already had an antiqued red finish should go in the living room nicely. The second suitcase was placed on its side and shelves were added for storage and stability. A piece of round glass was added to the top to become a table!

Kitchen Layout in 3D

After imagining the kitchen layout in our heads we wanted to make sure everyone else was seeing what we were and came across Lowe's virtual kitchen designer where you can practically do whatever you want (although it takes a while).  For the most part it's exactly what we want!   

Kitchen Layout

I am by no means an architect (heck, I can't even draw a straight line) so this drawing is not exactly to scale  but it shows what we think we want to do with the layout of the kitchen. Right now the kitchen is a large blank canvas which sounds fantastic but we've been pretty stumped on what to do. Now that we have the layout down we need to have someone come out to the house and tell us how much its going to cost. The next thing on the kitchen checklist is the color scheme and materials that we will be using.  We are now on the hunt for flooring and counter top options. We are definitely open to suggestions if you have any!

Inspiration Board: Upstairs (Blake's Half)

The upstairs is a very large space and we wanted to split it between the two of us.  We are both creative people; I need a studio space to design and create and Blake needs a relaxing space to listen to music and play drums (with my hammering and his drumming, this is going to be one noisy upstairs!).  The most challenging part of decorating this space is having both sides flow well together.  For Blake's space it's important to have a place for his drums, records, and record player.  As well as display some records and band posters without it looking like a college dorm room.
On a recent shopping trip to Bed Bath and Beyond, Blake pointed out an oriental rug that he liked and we began to gather ideas from there....