Time for a Change?

When the weather eventually gets a little warmer, I think it will be time to start my next home improvement project. Last year I got pretty crafty with this little number...

And I absolutely love it! It's fun and accomplishing to make something new. It fit perfectly into the dark themes I have for our living room. 

Lots of reds and black. Which I think is super sexy. The downside is that it is a small space and dark colors can accentuate that fact. 

But when I got my March issue of InStyle, I was flipping through and came across this little number:

I was pretty much instantly obsessed. I love all the beautiful pastel colors and just the overall airiness the room has. The only problem that struck me at first was that it is pretty girly and I do live with a boy. Then I remembered..."Wait just one cotton-pickin minute! I live with this..."

And that is totally fine! I truly believe every man needs his space to just chillax, even if it is starting to look like an Applebees wall...

Anyway, so that took care of my girly guilt, but I also have no desire to break the bank. SO I went on to my trusted Polyvore to see if I could put together a little room collage and this is what I came up with!

Possible New Living Room by sarahkeck86 on Polyvore

It has a lot of the same features from the picture that I found but just toned down a little bit and utilizing the things I already own. The couch is a slip-cover in a neutral ivory instead of pink just to make it more versatile if I ever decided to change it up again later. The lamp stands would also stay the same, I would just get new lampshades. Where I would bring in the pink is with the accents, the pillows (which I would just recover the pillows I already own) and the wall artwork. I would also keep my current armchair the same since I think it is plenty feminine for the proposed new room. I couldn't find the exact chair we have but it illustrates how the new pillows would look. 

I love the idea of the zebra rug, but we have carpet. I don't know if you can do rug on top of carpet, anyone have any thoughts? 

Of course this is all super dependent of if our landlord will let me paint the walls that pale blue that's in the background of the collage I made. But what do you all think?! I would love some feedback on this. It's going to take me a couple of months to get everything and start, but until then, I welcome any changes or suggestions! Part of the fun is the planning!

Happy Wednesday!

Gettin' Down & Dirty

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt

I've been very MIA from this blog for a while. It's been an absolutely crazy couple of weeks with work and life in general. And a rough couple of weeks at that.

The quote at the top of this post reflects what I keep trying to tell myself today. Last night I had a moment where I was made to feel very small by a person that I though I had a good relationship with. I was proven wrong and it stung pretty hard. More like I was crushed.

For those of you know me, know that I suffer from Seasonal Affect Disorder(those of you who know me but didn't know that, can now have that "oooooohh" moment lol), and things like small mean comments can really hurt more than it probably should. It can be taken as overreacting to someone on the outside. It's been flaring up pretty bad lately due to the very cold, wet, snowy weather that has left a blanket of blah over much of the New England area. We are still running regularly and eating healthy which should really help but it's just not quite the mood booster that's needed.

My point of this post isn't to bring all of my couple of readers down, but to remind people to be kind to each other. You don't always know what's going on in someone else's life, but a nice word can go a long way to making someone's day.

SO to end this post on a happy note, I would like to leave you with the best face from last night's Oscars!

via http://blog.zap2it.com

Just when I thought she couldn't get more awesome!

Thanks for letting me get personal today. Sometimes you just gotta get it off your chest.