The Master Lowdown

   I owe you a patio update and it's coming soon.  The weather here has been really iffy - rainy and chilly - so conditions weren't optimal for a photoshoot.  Should be good going tomorrow (my day off work) so I will snap some shots for you.

  In the meantime, I wanted to chat a little about our master bedroom.  This room has historically been the most pathetic in the house.  We've lived with ugly paint, cracked ceilings, no headboard and mismatched bedding for several years.  I don't think our room has been *finished* since our first starter home 10 years ago.   You can read about this saga here, and here.

    The truth is, we have never finished this room.  It is last on our list and always neglected. 

   People, we deserve a nice room.  One that's pulled together with pretty pillows, trimmed out curtains and lovely lamps.  I have so many inspiration images pinned to my Master Bedroom Redesign board, and have changed ideas so many times that I just can't figure out which way is up! 
One of the first fabrics that Jay and I agreed on for this space was the Thomas Paul Dahlia fabric in Slate. I like the drama of this colour way and it works with our existing bedding. 

 

Imagine my surprise when I stopped into Homesense (the Canadian Version of Homegoods) and spotted a bunch of Thomas Paul pillows!  It wasn't just Dahlia either.  There was also  Aviary Robin in a few colours! 

 This is what I came home with:

It's not the original colour that I was thinking of, but it works well with our bedding and I'm happy with it.  Also worth noting: the disgusting baby-poo brown shiny walls and hand-me-down curtains from Elliott's old room that don't fit the windows.  

I have grand plans to use the new pillow fabric as my jumping off point for the rest of the room.  I'm thinking some charcoal grey, creamy linen curtains... oh, and maybe even a headboard.

I've got my work cut out for me, huh?

xo Meg

 

Patio Rugs

This morning I'm heading out to search for a rug to cover up my cracked out patio.  In my inspiration board, this rug came from Dash & Albert, but I want to see what I can find at my local stores before I order something online.

As I'm sure you've heard, we now have Target in Canada.  I checked out the online selection and found a couple rugs that interested me, including this one:

I also like this one from Home Depot:

And this one from Canadian Tire:

The final place I'm planning to look is PC Home at my local Superstore.  I love so many of the products  they make - affordable and usually so on trend. I had a jute rug for my front entrance from PC Home for years and loved it.  

Anyone local have any other good suggestions?  Know of any great online deals on outdoor rugs?

Happy Monday!

xo Meg

North Carolina Mountain Retreat

I would love to get away to a cabin in the woods, just me and my honey. No distractions, no carpools, no smartphones.  I would stay here, if I could.

   

 

 

This mountain home was designed by Kathleen Rivers and is featured here in Garden & Gun Magazine. 

I can almost feel myself relaxing just by looking at the pictures!

Hope you have a great weekend.

xo Meg

Away

This little peanut has a gymnastics competition out of town this weekend.

The girl does gymnastics, not the dog.

Hopefully she does as well at this one as she did at the last one.  Check out her gold bling! She's such a champ!

Not much work will be getting done around this house while I'm away.  But I'm starting to feel good about things in this little house.  Getting settled and feeling like it's home. 

I hope you have a happy weekend.  

xo Meg

LB@30 Master Bedroom Design Board

I'm over at Life Begins @30, Right? with my design board for Janice's master bedroom.  If you're visiting from there, welcome! 

Here a few popular posts from my blog to get you started.  I hope you'll take some time and have a look around. 

Kitchen Renovation

Audrey's Room

Elliott's Room

My Office

xo Meg

Currently

1.  Reading

This book was Canada Reads selection this year and I love, love, loved it.  Heartbreaking and beautiful.

2.  Watching

My team is in. the. playoffs.  For the first time in nine long years.  So exciting!  So much fun!  

3.  Wearing

In honor of my team, I'm donning the blue and white.  I pretty much wore this outfit last week.  Minus the shoes, cause mine aren't swanky like that.  

(my team)

4.  Eating

 I can't get enough oatmeal with berries.  Every single day for breakfast.

5.  Working

It was a sunny weekend here so I spent as much of it as possible outside in my yard pruning, weeding, raking, and mowing.  Progress is slow but very rewarding.  I'm hoping to have a reveal of my patio this week.  It's starting to look pretty nice.  I mean, relative to the before:

And moving on the basement.  Family room all mudded, just onto the hallway now.  The left side of this picture shows the framing for my laundry room.  The right side shows the spot that still needs new drywall and will eventually be my built-in storage area.  We certainly could use the storage.  

What'd you get up to this weekend?

xo Meg

Backyard Zones and Inspiration

I don't know about you, but all this outside work is making me think about relaxing in the summertime.  

I love a backyard party in the summer.  I love to entertain in our backyard.  There's lots of work to do before that can happen but we're basically creating a few zones in our yard. 

 First, there's the dog area.  

We are fortunate enough to have a big yard.  Gilmore loves to run around and he is often outside for hours at a time.  So we need to make sure there's enough room for shennannigans and stick throwing. 

Second, there's a firepit area.

We are building one similar to this one.  Our resin wicker lounge furniture will be going around the firepit for comfy seating.  And I'm also considering cantina string lights.  I've always wanted them and I think I can work them in back there.  

The third sone is our eating area.  I still have to clean and condition our teak table and chairs.  They are looking pretty grey and worn but a little elbow grease goes a long way, right?

If you're looking for patio inspiration, check out the beautiful patio projects from the Home Depot Patio Style Challenge? 

The Hunted Interior

Brittany Makes

So many projects, so little time.  

How's your backyard looking? 

xo Meg