Living Room Decor, December 2015

Happy Sunday, all. Did you have a great weekend? Mine consisted of a birthday party, a little shopping and a little decorating. Since I first put the tree up and started decorating for Christmas around the house, there have been a few small decor changes going on in the living room. Notice anything different?

OK, let me help you! We got all of our wedding photos from the photographer on Friday night, including our canvas! It now has a home in the corner of the living room.

This one was one of my favorite of our wedding photos. I love it here, especially with the light of the lamp shining on it. Of course, once we get our new sectional in here, this corner is going to look quite different! The lamp won't be in that spot anymore, but hopefully it will still look great.

I also did another pillow change up. I picked up a couple of more neutral throw pillows at Target and rearranged them to match the holiday decor a little better.

And I enlisted Trent's help to hang my seafan picture in the opposite corner of the room. I love this picture and didn't want to just stash it away after I took it down to hang our wedding canvas. So it's kind of hanging out now with my mini gallery wall.

This way I can still enjoy it from the couch. So needless to say, there are lots of frame and pillow changes happening here all the time. It never really ends around here.

Who has all of their Christmas shopping done already? I'm getting a lot closer...but still working on it. Ordered some items online this weekend so I get them in time for Christmas. I have a work conference this week in Pittsburgh, PA and leave Tuesday. So the wrapping of gifts will have to wait until next week. I won't be blogging until after I return either, but have one more post ready for tomorrow. 

Maybe next week I'll finally be able to blog about our Christmas porch and lights outside. :)

Pillow Talk

Besides a new stove, we've also got some new pillows up in herre. Well, we've got new lots of things, since we recently tied the knot and all. And we're slowly trying to make space for everything around the house! It's going to be a while I think before we can clean out some space for it all. Anyway though, back to the pillows.

These were the cutest wedding gifts - from Trent's cousin Amanda and her husband Steve. Aren't they adorbs??

I have no idea where they got them, but everytime I walk into the bedroom now, I get Jack Johnson stuck in my head.

I'm going to just file this under one of the coolest wedding gifts we got.

And speaking of pillows with words, we also got these lovely little pillows from Trent's aunt Gloria. I actually think she made them herself!

She also made us another little pillow, and a quilt that Trent's mom and grandma had both worked on. I have to say that I haven't found a place for ALL of the picture frames that we received for the wedding yet, but I didn't have a problem finding space for any of these lovely pillows. I do have quite a few on the couch now, so it may be time to move them over to the side chairs. For now though, I kind of like them right in the center of the couch. :)

Society6 Pillow Love

If you've never heard of Society6 before, I think you should pay it a visit. It's a site where you can find merchandise made from whatever artwork is your style by many talented artists - from prints, to coffee mugs, to pillows, to t-shirts, to iphone covers. Today I thought I'd share some of my favorite Society6 pillows, since they are all so adorable!

Like this one that Trent got me for Christmas this year. I've had it on my Pinterest Wish List for a while now. The artist is Emily Rickard, artwork is "Asking for Directions." It just so happens to match my iphone case I got just a month or so earlier, also from Society6:

So here's a little gathering of some of my favorite Society6 pillows, just for fun. Any of these are sure to inject a little personality and fun into your home.

Row 1 - From left to right:
1. "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" pillow by Sara Eschak
2. "Pie for Breakfast" pillow by Emily Rickard
3. "Boston Terrior" pillow by Anne was Here

Row 2 - From left to right:
1. "Peonies Forever" pillow by Ez Pudewa
2. "Mr. Owl" pillow by Isaiah K. Stephens
3. "Gray Polka Dots" pillow by Her Art

Row 3 - From left to right:
1. "The Royal Treatment" pillow by Davies Babies
2. "Joy" pillow by Garima Dhawan
3. "Chevron Flora II" pillow by Bianca Green

Aren't these pillows so cute? You can see all of the pillows from Society6 here. Warning: there's a lot, and you may get addicted.

Decor Items I'm Loving for Spring

Happy first day of Spring! But seriously...if you look outside...where the heck is it? The warm weather needs to be here already! Who else is with me here? Here in Illinois, it's still Freezing outside. This has to be the worst March weather-wise we've had here in a while. I'm still looking ahead though and thinking SPRING! Can't wait for spring cleaning, t-shirt weather, breezy open windows, and getting some things done outside!

On to decor though. I'm really feeling bright, fun pops of color this spring! I'm starting to add some more color in our living room, and bright, colorful accessories are the way to go with a bunch of neutral colored furniture, walls, and flooring. Here are a few decor items I'm loving right now for this season.

COLORFUL PILLOWS:
I'm a little obsessed with colorful pillows right now. These in particular. They are the perfect way to add a little punch of color and fun in a space.

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1. This pillow is from a website called Society6. If you haven't visited it, you really should. I discovered it recently (can't remember how - I think it was from Pinterest). There are so many different styles of pillows and prints, you are bound to find at least one that strikes you. I'm loving the abstract pillows. They're just so colorful and vibrant. This design is called Pie for Breakfast by Emily Rickard.
2. West Elm has the prettiest floral print pillow covers right now, new for Spring! I'm actually thinking about getting the Fiesta Pillow Cover for the chair that's right under the new artwork I made in the living room. I think it would help balance it out a little and love the watercolor/painted feel of the print.
3. This last pillow is another one from Society6 that I love. It's really similar to the first one because it's another abstract print by the same artist, but I really love it! This one is Asking for Directions by Emily Rickard. I obviously love your work, Emily!


TURQUOISE:
All of these turquoise items are from Z Gallerie. I couldn't resist their new turquoise stuff. It's just so bright and cheerful and will pop in any space.

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1. Faux coral as accents is big this season. I saw some at Kohls and Marshall's in the past couple of weeks that I seriously debated about taking home but sadly couldn't think of a place for them. I wish I had amazing built-ins I could style and put them in. I'm still thinking about the bright jungle green colored one I found at Marshall's...it was drool worthy. These faux turquoise coral can be found here.
2. This turquoise garden stool would make any porch pop! I would die to have this baby for our porch but almost feel ours is not worthy of such greatness. Get this garden stool here.
3. I LOVE this globe. If I owned a globe, it would probably be this one. It's just so classy and sophisticated. I want it for my office! Globe found here.

CERAMIC FRIENDS:
These ceramic animals aren't exactly colorful, but what can I say...I'm kind of obsessed. Here's a few I think would be pretty awesome to own.

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1. These dachshund bookends were from a Joss and Main event found here. I love these kind of bookends! I remember seeing an alligator one too. I think it might be a cool idea if somebody DIY'ed something like this, maybe by sawing a rubber toy in half or something? I don't know, I still wish I had a fantabulous bookcase I could put cool stuff like this in. So envious!
2. This sculptural sea horse is from the Jonathan Adler site here. I love that it's mounted on a silver plate. It looks all fancy.
3. This ceramic horse is from Target. I love when I go to Target and find new ceramic animals, like my beloved dog that Sherry from YHL signed. The best part is that they're cheap, and they look like they're so much more special than just a Target find!

So this is just a sampling of items I'm digging right now...wish I could own them all, but one can only dream, right? Plus, I'm not exactly sure that owning all of these decor items would be necessary or practical. What do you think? Maybe I'll just choose one...Ha.