Making Monday #80

Hello Friends

Y'all. I bought a beach chair this week. I mean thats awesome, it means summer time is near and the beach is calling my name!! It's so hard for me not to skip over everything else between now and summer time. But at least I've got y'all to keep me on track :) 

Welcome to Making Monday

This is a party where you can find fun new creative ideas and tasty recipes shared by amazingly talented people. Every Monday bloggers stop by to link up their posts and share with all you party goers. By joining in {both bloggers and non-bloggers} you will discover new blogs, be inspired to make something new, try a yummy new recipe, and most importantly make new friends!

This party is hosted by Gracie and me, and your projects will be shared on both of our blogs. We love that you're here and we love featuring you on our social media so be sure to follow us so you can see if your post gets shared!

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We also pin to our Making Monday Pinterest board and we'd love to have you follow along! This is a place you can find projects from all the previous parties, too, so it is like a party every day!

 

This is what your hostesses have been up to lately:

 

Combining Our Passions Into a Decorating Style by Gracie

  One Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup by Lori  

These are the fabulous features for this week, chosen by Lori:

 

Hollow Chocolate Easter Eggs ~ Alea at Premeditated Leftovers  

Copycat Hidden Valley Ranch Mix ~ Jaime at Coupons and Freebies Mom  

   

Pastel Triangle Rag Quilt ~ Bobbie at A Vision to Remember  

Printable Notecard Set ~ Emily at My Love for Words  

 

Copycat Starbucks Egg Salad Sandwich ~ Jen at Cincy Shopper  

 

Denim Storage Baskets with Flowers ~ Gail at Purple Hues and Me

There are such lovely projects every week!

We are so grateful to have such a creative community come together each week!

Y'all are the bomb!

If you were one of the features PLEASE grab a button and share it with some friends.

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And don't forget, if you didn't make it as a feature this week to check out the Pin board and to keep linking up, next week could be you.

 

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Don't forget to check out our Pinterest board where we pin plenty of projects from each party!

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Combining our Passions in to a Decorating Style

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Compass, an online home finder company in New York, to share my starter story. You know, the story of your home and how it molded you as much as you molded it to you :) I loved the idea of this and totally jumped on the chance to really look at our home again.

So for starters, the home we are in now is not our first house together. In fact when Reed and I first got married we lived in a itsy bitsy house while we finished college, I mean it was so small you could plug in the vacuum in one room and do the entire house. Yes, thats small. If you wanna see more of how we made that itsy bitsy space in to our own check out these links >>

But for the purpose of this project, I felt like the home that we would say is the starter to our story is the one we are in now, our boondocks house.

We still don't own this house, but it's a step up from our last one because the landlords have agreed to let us make it fit our needs and style. Reed and I have done tons of projects both inside and out in the past year and a half. But I think the room that shows this the most is the living room. We have really combined both of our passions in life to make this space a beautiful expression of us as a couple. It gets changed around a couple times a year but the gist stays the same. 

Outdoorsman meets artist. 

Odd combo I know :) 

This room is bright and fun but oh so comfy. We've managed to have all our most important pieces in this space. Including some of Reed's animal mounts and my all time favorite painting. 

Most people think if you are gonna have taxidermy in your space that you have to go natural, rustic, or lodge/cabin style. But I don't agree! I think Reeds taxidermy is beautiful, and when paired with the bright teals, whites, and other pops colors in the room a beautiful juxtaposition happens and makes every corner of the room interesting. 

I'm not sure how I would describe our style, other than a perfect combo of the two of us. Maybe whimsical rustic?? Whatever you want to call our style, this house has allowed us to grow in to this style and really find out how to combine our contrasting passions in to a beautiful and unique piece of work. 

This house is in no way our dream, but it is exactly what we need.

What is your starter story?? Did you  have a house that molded you and your family in to what you are now?

PS. If you are in the NY area be sure to check out Compass and find your perfect home :)