Welcome to all of you coming from my talented friend Lauren at Bless’er House!  Today’s tour is part of a week-long spring tour called Seasons of Simplicity, hosted by our friend Krista at The Happy Housie, and we love opening our homes to all of you and welcoming you in!  I hope you enjoy my blush and green spring tour with fresh and faux florals and walk away feeling inspired to freshen up your home for spring.

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A quick glimpse at last year’s blush and blue spring decor….

I truly loved the blush and blue and still do.  In fact, you’ll see more blush and blue this year in my entry but I wanted to do something different than I’ve done before in my living room and kitchen, which are the 2 areas I’m sharing today.

A funny personal note….

I started doing makeup over 20 years ago and I always tell people that of ALL the mascaras I’ve used over the years, from high-end to drug store mascaras, my all-time favorite is still that pink and green tube of Maybelline Mascara.  I also happen to love that color combo!  So I went with that.  Ok, maybe not those same shades of pink and green but nevertheless….those colors look great together and just scream “SPRING!” to me.

I bought a few new fun home decor accessories but then just moved some others around.

 

 

I ordered new chenille leopard print pillows in this lovely chartreuse green.  I also found these gorgeous velvet striped blush pillows that were the last of their kind (custom made in Turkey) but if you contact the shop owner, he may have some scraps of material of some similar to make you some other pillows.  I was obsessed when I saw them and had to have them.  I love this combo.  I added some velvet white pillows that I’ve had for a while to just add an extra “plush” feel and more comfort when sitting on the sofa.  These inserts are inexpensive and absolutely fabulous.  They feel so expensive.  (These are all linked in the “Shop The Post” section below at the end of the post.)

I was so excited one of my favorite candles ever now comes in in this pretty green jar.  It was perfect for my spring coffee table.

I really wanted to bring in a lot of beautiful floral but my weekly fresh floral budget keeps growing and it shouldn’t, ha!  So, I wanted to invest in some good faux floral and keep the fresh arrangements down to 2-3 a week.  I shopped around online and ordered a bunch of different faux florals that even some friends had recommended and guess what?  I wasn’t too impressed.  So I went back to the drawing board and ordered some more. I tried new things.  I ultimately found a bunch of gorgeous ones that I loved at JoAnn’s AND also at Amazon.

These faux peonies pictured above are from 2 different bunches that I found on Amazon, these and these.  Their stems aren’t very thick but the rest of them are just beautiful and they have lots of different varieties of shades.

When I think of spring, I think of all my garden flowers blooming.  It hasn’t happened yet, but when it does, I have my French basket ready, my sun hat, and my fingers cant wait to get in that dirt and get my garden going again and seeing new flowers and buds!  Until then….here are the gorgeous faux florals I found at JoAnn’s that I mentioned above.  Stay tuned because next week I’m showing you something soooo fun that I’m doing with them!  You’ll LOVE it!

I shared this vase last year (I have 2 blush vases on each side of the TV) but just bought this darling pot and put faux roses and limelight hydrangeas in them.

 

Of course, I can’t resist framing an old spring photo of my kids from 7 years ago before church one day, especially when it matches my decor.

Let’s bring out the bar cart!  It’s ready for spring and ready for the entire family!  Chocolates, limeade and pink lemonade!

 

In the kitchen, I’m mixing fresh and faux florals also.

I found these large faux cherry blossom stems a couple of years ago at Michael’s and they’re still gorgeous.  I added a green vase I found at an antique store and filled it with fresh roses.

 

 

 

 

I love putting away winter hand soaps and dish soaps and bringing back out my favorite pink grapefruit soaps.  It’s perfect for spring and it’s also soooo pretty!

New lime green hand towels, my blush pink dish apron and fresh flowers at the sink….it’s so “spring”, right?!

I found the prettiest little round green vase on clearance at HomeGoods last month and it was perfect for my spring decor so…THANK YOU to all the people that didn’t want it because I was able to get it for like $4.  Woohoo!

Isn’t that so fun and bright and cheery?!  I just love it!  Pink roses, pink carnations, and even some lime carnations mixed in there made such a lovely mix.

Carnations are so under-rated.  Don’t you agree?!  They are inexpensive, beautiful and ruffly, they come in all different colors and shades, and they are a great filler.  They complement other flowers without stealing the show.  Grab a bunch to save money on your next floral arrangement.

I’ll be sharing a really fun and vibrant spring table next week so stay tuned.

What are you doing to add spring touches to your home this year?  I’d love to know!

I’ll be sharing my blush and blue spring entry tomorrow on the blog so please check back!  For your shopping convenience, I’m linking items from the post below (or similar).  Please click on the arrows to scroll right and left.

 

 

Next on our tour is Jen of Tater Tots & Jello!  And please don’t forget to visit the other friends that are also sharing today below.

Also sharing today…

Wednesday

Shades of Blue Interiors // Finding Silver Pennies // Life is a Party // Bless’er House

Summer Adams// Tatertots and Jello // Paint Me Pink // This is Our Bliss

And sharing the rest of the week…

Monday

The Happy Housie // The Turquoise Home
Amber Tysl // Inspiration for Moms // Lemon Thistle

Southern State of Mind // Modern Glam
Taryn Whiteaker // A Burst of Beautiful // My Sweet Savannah

Tuesday

Jenna Kate at Home // Sincerely, Marie Designs // Town and Country Living
A Pretty Life // Hallstrom Home

House by Hoff // Tauni Everett // The DIY Mommy // Clean & Scentsible // Rambling Renovators

Thursday

Home Made Lovely // So Much Better With Age // Maison de Cinq
Craftberry Bush // Rooms FOR Rent

Maison de Pax // Zevy Joy // Place of My Taste // Deeply Southern Home // Kim Power Style

 

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Today I’m excited to be joining a group of over 30 other talented bloggers who are also sharing a Fall Mantel or Vignette with you!  A special thanks to my friend Krista at The Happy Housie for hosting this tour and getting us all together.  I created a blush pink glam fall mantel for the season and can’t wait to share it with you!

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Our television hangs over our living room fireplace.  I didn’t thing I’d want that again, as I’ve had in a previous home, but as it turns out…it’s been perfect.  However, when it comes to decorating a mantel for the changing seasons, it can sometimes be tricky and make my options different than if I’d had a beautiful large mirror instead.

No worries, though.  I’ve found a way to decorate around it.

On the left side of the television, I kept a tall brass vase for height and also because I wanted to incorporate some gold tones with the blush tones.  I’ve found some beautiful blush glass pumpkins (as well as gold and silver pumpkins) over the years.  I grabbed a couple of them and added them to my mantel.

I placed a faux green leaf stem as a swag, coming from one pumpkin.

I happened to have some live eucalyptus from last week’s floral arrangement and thought it would be pretty to mix them into the faux greenery swag and then add some faux white and blush rose stems.

On the opposite end…

Remember these?

I decided to grab 2 of the 3 candle holders with the DIY Fall Glam Candle Wreaths that I made a couple of weeks ago and shared with all of you.  I left one of them on my buffet with something else.  I’ll update you on that later.

Adding a couple of more pretty glass pumpkins gave this mantel even more of a glamorous feel.

I liked the idea of just decorating from the ends of the mantel and not going all the way across.

I want to save the heavier decorating of the mantel for Christmas and keep this lighter but festive for fall and just the perfect touch of blush and glam!  What do you think?

Please take a second to take in all of this stunning inspiration…

The Happy Housie // Bless’er House // Rooms FOR Rent // House by Hoff // The Turquoise Home

The DIY Mommy // Sincerely Marie, Designs // Craftberry Bush // Amber Tysl // Just a Girl and Her Blog

Maison de Cinq // So Much Better With Age // Hallstrom Home // Shabbyfufu //
Town and Country Living

Summer Adams // Finding Silver Pennies // Paint Me Pink // Clean and Scentscible
Nina Hendrick Design

Jenna Kate at Home // Modern Glam // Place of My Taste // In My Own Style // Kelly Elko

Rambling Renovators // Just Destiny // Deeply Southern Home // Setting for Four
Willow Street Interiors // Stacy Risenmay

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When we first moved into this home upon completion of the build last fall, we had the entire home painted the same color. It was easier that way and I truly didn’t know what I wanted for my office.  I finally put pieces together and revealed it in THIS POST.  It was lovely.  But something felt off….I knew what it was.  I needed to paint the walls a blush pink.  So I hired a painter and switched a few things up.  So here is my updated glam office reveal with blush pink walls.

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Ok the “before” pics:

Again…it was lovely!  But if you know me and have followed me for a while….I LOVE PINK!!!!

Did you know I was actually born on National Pink Day?  Yep!  June 23rd and I just celebrated my 40th!  Ok, moving on….

The “after” pics:

The Blush Pink Paint Color I Chose:

I literally went through 15 samples of all shades of blush pink paint, of all different brands.  I went with my very first choice, oddly enough.  I found it at Lowe’s and it is called “Romance”, HGTV HOME by Sherwin Williams.  The code is: HGSW2067.
BUT!!!!  I had it mixed at 50%.
I did this with my other interior paint color throughout my home as well.

Even the ones that my friends swore by just didn’t look right in this office.  You have to remember that paint can look good on one wall but then if you put it on other walls in a different part of your home, it can look totally different. It might face the sun differently or the landscaping outside could have colors that reflect on the walls and make the color appearance vary as well.  The time of day, the interior decor, the season, etc.  There are so many factors.  So you just have to try different colors out and look at them in that space at different times of the day before making a decision.

There are 6 simple things I changed and updated for this office reveal.

ONE – Obviously, I painted the interior.

TWO – I swapped the desk and the cabinet and put them at the opposite sides of the room.  That way I could see my family coming and going easier and know what the kids are up to.

And if you watched my Instagram stories last month, I took out the middle leg because it didn’t do much but was an eye sore to look at.  Instead, I attached 2 small L-brackets to the wall and desk underneath for extra support and to keep it steady while working, typing, writing.

THREE -I added a gallery wall above the cabinet.

It took me FOREVER to figure out what I was doing here.  I looked at a ton of art but I have a lovely piece of canvas art on the other side of the room.  I already have a mirror.  I thought a gallery wall would be fun but I wanted it symmetrical and not too busy and cluttered or busy looking.  I also thought about a mood board but worried about the same previous dilemmas.

I included places of travel I love, fashion I love, and other pretty things.  The best part is that I can swap them out whenever I want.  Just like a mood board. I can frame things that inspire me.  I love that it’s symmetrical and clean-looking.

FOUR –  I swapped out my blush satin homemade curtains for pleated tab ivory curtains.

FIVE – I replaced the gold distressed mirror for a stunning venetian mirror.

SIX – I sold the infamous blush chair and found a new pretty one!

It physically pained me to sell my blush chair but blush on blush was not going to happen.  I was looking for something white and glam and the same style as the last one.  Remember….it looked like this…

So I looked and looked and I came across this sexy Hollywood Glam Tufted Acrylic White Club Chair from Decor Market.

They were kind enough to send it to me and help me get the look I had been envisioning for this space.  This is where my family comes in and sits and talks to me while I work.  Many memorable conversations happen right here and I love it.

Don’t you love those legs?!  This chair and mirror really took this sitting area to the next level and was even more sophisticated than the last.  I love it!  Please check out Decor Market for the most fabulous and affordable furniture!

Everything else stayed the same in the office!  The IKEA shelves, the office accessories, the art and sconces above my desk, the rug, the chandelier, round end table, and etagere end tables.  See my previous office blog post for any other details.

This darling BOW CHAIR has been a huge favorite of many viewers.  I sure love it too!

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The Seasonal Simplicity Home Tour series is back; and this time we’re all about simple summer decor touches! All week long, my talented blogging friends and I are sharing part of our homes. I can’t wait to take in all the gorgeous inspiration!  Thanks so much to our friend, Krista from The Happy Housie, who is hosting this tour and getting us all together.  I recently shared my first Summer Tour HERE, which included my Living Room and Kitchen. Today I wanted to share with you how I made simple changes to give my Master Bedroom a summer refresh!

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Looking back….

Last year back in Dallas before building our home here in the Pacific Northwest and moving across the country, our master bedroom looked like this (read all about it here).

We kept the bedding and some pillows and we still love our headboard and bench but I was convinced I wanted to do something totally different in this new home.  But guess what? I’ve been looking and thinking and I really don’t know what I want to do yet.  So instead, I’m finishing other spaces in our home first and I decided to just give our master bedroom here a “summer refresh” and change a few things.  It’s easy!  You can do it too!  Here’s what I did in this home.

Instead of keeping our ivory down duvet cover on the entire bed, I folded it down and kept it just at the foot of the bed for a cooler night.  Since the temperatures are now warmer, our fresh crisp sheets and white ruffle coverlet seem just perfect.  I also like the way the white linens and bedding brighten up the room.

Mixing Whites and Creams

Tip: Mixing whites and creams are absolutely OKAY to do!
I love the way it gives the room more sophistication and looks lovely, layered together.
DON’T add just one pop of cream in a room or it might appear “dirty”.
DO try to balance the whites and creams.

Updating Our Nightstands

Our last nightstands were vintage finds from our days back in Waco, Texas.  I wanted some nicer pieces that were more functional and had cleaner lines and more contemporary drawer knobs or pulls.

I was so happy to partner with my friends at Universal Furniture on these gorgeous Summer Hill Nightstands.  I love the size, as I wanted large nightstands that could be great for storage but beautiful too.

(Mirrored framed art with linen matting is from a designer warehouse sale in California a few years ago but the dress form art is titled “Trés Jolie” if you wanted to search them on the net.)

I love the ring drawer pulls and traditional style!  It’s exactly what I had in mind.  I love the ease of the drawers AND I absolutely love…..

…..the smart feature!  I love that it has a lift top and a power outlet inside for 3 devices. I plug in our lamps and our mobile phones and there’s room for one other thing so I like that I can plug in my laptop and no longer have to plug the laptop on the side wall.  Josh may have tripped on it a time or two in the middle of the night, eek!  Universal Furniture makes such high-quality furniture and I’m so thrilled to have their pieces in my home!  I highly recommend these nightstands.  Josh and I are both so happy with them and they look perfect in our master bedroom.

Faux Floral Touches

I love using both fresh and faux floral in my home.  Since I have all fresh flowers downstairs and also up here in my office, I decided to stick with a cute faux bundle I found at Michael’s Craft Store recently and put them in these little glass candleholders that seemed perfect for vases (I loved the gold rim).

I’ve recently partnered up with Perigold as a Tastemaker to share with you their gorgeous high-quality pieces that they offer from the design world’s top brands.  I’ve found loads of fabulous home accents, art, textiles, furniture and more but I’ll share all of those fun finds with you over the coming weeks.  For my master bedroom summer refresh, I chose this gorgeous Legend Of Asia Spenser Table Vase for a pop of blush for the season.  Anything ombre always catches my eye and then that gold base stole my heart.  I love blush and gold together.  I knew it would be perfect with some of my faux blush cherry blossom stems that I had on hand.  With a pretty pineapple candle that smells absolutely DIVINE and some pretty pink matches, it seemed like the perfect touch of “summer” on this tray for my bed.

For another pop of color and also because I didn’t always want to use the heavy down duvet, I chose my blush pom-pom throw blanket (sold-out at Nordstrom but similar throws are here and here).

Summer Refresh Cleaning Tips

While many people do “spring cleaning”, some of us do “summer cleaning” as well.  If you were too busy this spring and want to jump into some summer cleaning, I highly recommend it as some of these things are important to do monthly.

1- Dust and wipe down your light fixtures.

2- Vacuum dust from headboard or wipe down if your headboard is not upholstered.

3- Vacuum mattress and then use steamer to kill any dust mites.  Do the same to your lamp shades.  I do this quarterly.

4- Switch out your linens for fresh whites to brighten the room.  Fold down heavy duvets or quilts.

5- Change out throw pillows and throws.  If you have a neutral room, throw in a fun pop of color for the summer.

6- Switch out your art and/or accent pieces.

7- Add some fresh or faux florals around the room.

8- Clean any area rugs.

Our headboard:
It’s by Skyline Furniture and we originally bought it HERE.  The color is called “Linen Talc”.
You can also find it HERE and HERE.

That pretty pink vase looks pretty over on my vanity too.  I’ve added hints of blush for the summer by adding a plush blush pillow on my vintage chair (that chair was one of my favorite garage sale finds back in Waco, when we lived there, and I had it recovered), blush faux roses in my vase on my dresser instead of white, and even left out my Gucci crossbody bag on my vanity.

I wanted to show you my chaise lounge and dresser too BUT forgot to take pics (blonde moment) and just got back from an early 40th Birthday trip with my hubby so I’ll share that in another post later.  OR I’ll just update this one so check back!

Please visit my other talented friends below who are sharing their summer decor in their homes today!  They are so inspiring and never disappoint!

Sharing this week…

Monday

The Happy Housie // Maison de Pax // Shabbyfufu // Just a Girl and Her Blog

Inspiration for Moms // Clean & Scentsible // House of Wood // Summer Adams

Tuesday

Sincerely Marie Designs // House by Hoff // Rambling Renovators
Town and Country Living // Newly Woodwards

Craftberry Bush // On Sutton Place // Designthusiasm // Zevy Joy

Wednesday

Bless’er House // Finding Silver Pennies // Rooms for Rent // Amber Tysl

Deeply Southern Home // Two Twenty One // A Burst of Beautiful // Making it in the Mountains

Thursday

The DIY Mommy // The Turquoise Home // Nina Hendrick // Home Made Lovely

So Much Better with Age // Maison de Cinq // Paint Me Pink
Southern State of Mind // Jenna Kate at Home

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Once upon a time, in a public place, my purse tipped over and everything fell out.  That “everything” would include lipsticks, receipts, medications, my cell phone (which resulted in a cracked screen), coins, wrappers, kids’ toys, feminine products (face palm), every stick of gum, and the list goes on.  It was embarrassing and I’m sure it’s happened to you, too.  Am I right?  Fast forward about 8 years and someone in church next to me commented on how organized and pretty the inside of my purse was, as they watched me reach down to grab us a couple of sticks of gum. My flashback of the first shared experience came into my mind and I laughed to myself.  I’d arrived…ha!  So today I’m sharing with you what every girl needs to know: How to organize and maintain the prettiest purse.

I own some very specific essentials that one must have.  They’re not only pretty but they’ll keep everything in its place.

Pretty Essentials Every Girl Needs For Her Purse

First, you need a wallet that holds everything well.

Make sure you have enough spots for all your credit cards, cash, coins, store loyalty cards, and stamp cards.

Go through all your stamp cards and toss the ones you never ever use.

Then go through your loyalty cards and decide if you need them or not.  If they are all registered with your phone number (and most of them are) just toss them!  You can use your phone number instead when you check out and then you’re carrying less bulk in your wallet.

My latest wallet was a very important purchase!  We’ve had some serious credit card fraud lately (it had to have happened locally) and I’m not sure if it came from using my credit card at the gas pump or from someone walking by me with their card reader and snatching my card number.  So  I found this one and it has SafeKeeper that will protect your credit card numbers from being scanned and saved by any fraudulent devices.

Here are a few different wallets I love:

Second, a small cosmetic bag or pouch is perfect for carrying cosmetics, a roller ball perfume, and my favorite pink nail polish for an emergency.

I also keep a small pill box in there of pills that I need to take during the day, when I’m out and about.

Here are some cosmetic bags I like:

Third, a small water bottle is essential!

You don’t want one that’s too heavy to carry in your purse or that can crack and leak all over everything.

This one holds just 12 ounces and has a silicone sleeve so that it doesn’t “sweat” all over the other items inside my purse.  If I need to take a pill or I’m thirsty from shopping, I have my water.  Do you see the cute  little bows on it and the “drink me” on the side?  It’s so “Alice In Wonderland”, right?!  I adore it.

This water bottle by Ted Baker sells out often so I’m sharing a few others that I love below:

Fourth, this gorgeous small pouch is another essential for your purse and staying organized.

For some, this might hold receipts or snacks or sunglasses or band-aids, or pen and paper.  But this is what I keep inside…

I keep 4 different flavors of gum in mine (all 4 of us in our family like a different flavor hahaha).

I also keep a protein bar in there, post it notes, and a pen.  Pouches carry all of those loose things that you would otherwise through in to your purse and end up at the bottom all crumpled.

Here are some other beautiful pouches:

Fifth, my cell phone with a shatterproof case.  Do you notice a theme here?  I love blush pink.  It’s important to be organized but it’s even better for all of it to be pretty!  Who said the inside of your purse can’t be as pretty as the outside???

Here are some pretty cases:

Sixth…a great keychain is essential for staying organized.  There’s nothing worse than throwing your keys into your purse, or “The Black Hole” (as my husband calls it), and not being able to find them when you need them.  Even more embarrassing is taking everything out, one by one, in order to find them.  Been there, done that.

This cute pink leather tassel with a rhinestone pineapple was a keychain that I recently purchased at The Royal Hawaiian when we were in Hawaii last month.  You just toss your keys on the inside and hang the other part on the outside.  So it’s stylish and it also stays put.  Then I can grab my keys when I’m ready.  No digging or unhooking.  Brilliant, right?!  I love it so much.

Here are some other great keychains I found:

And that’s how it looks inside.  My sunglasses go in the side zipper pouch and my phone goes in one of the pockets.  It’s clean, everything fits, I can find anything I need quickly, and guess what…it stays pretty light.

*Update: Right after I posted this, I realized I’d left out one more small blush pink pouch.  It has a small pen, mini note pad, small tape measure (very important to have on me at all times), and a protein bar.*

You might look at this and think it’s heavy but it’s not.  I have shoulder issues and can’t carry a heavy purse.

Without your purse being clean and organized, you’d be surprised how heavy it gets.  You tend to just throw anything and everything into it.  And before you know it, you’re me eight years ago and frantically picking up all of your embarrassing contents off the floor in front of strangers and throwing it all back into your purse.

So treat yourself to some organization!

And treat yourself to a pretty purse with pretty essentials for organizing everything that should go inside.

Here are some purses I love:

I hope you find this inspiring and helpful.  I’m so glad that I got my “stuff” together and created this lovely and organized system for my purses.  There’s something delightful about organization, especially when it’s your handbag.

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