This hanging planter is one of my favorite decor pieces in my room. It has a special place in my heart as my grandmother made the macrame hanging for my mom when she was younger. This was a piece that my mom had hanging in her college dorm room and continue to hang in my childhood home. I've always loved this hanging planer and was so excited when my mom recently let me have it for my room.
I've been seeing hanging planters pop up everywhere as a unique way to decorate a room. Its a nice alternative to only having plants in planters. I think it especially looks eye-catching in rooms with high ceilings. I love decorating a room with plants. It has a nice fresh feeling and brings in some color.
Along with plants and planters, I like to decorate by adding boho elements with pillows, candles, and unique decor pieces. I love the rustic and earthy vibe it gives to a room. Below you can shop some decor pieces to complete your summer boho room. I'm really loving the ombre hanging planters. Might need to add those to my room as well! ;)
Hanging Planters | Ceramic Cactus | Wire Basket | Bull Skull | Arrow Wall Decor | Cactus Frame | Candle | Decorative Pillow
If you're looking to redecorate a room for summer, Havenly is a great source that has tons of information to help create your dream room. Sometime working with a professional designer who can help you visualize and inspire you in the decorating process can be really helpful. Havenly allows you to search designers and pick your own interior designer who you fell matches your personal style and will collaborate with you to make your space exactly how you want it to be. You can find out more information on the designers available here.
Last month I went on an early morning run with a friend along the beach. It was the perfect ways to start the morning. I just snapped a few photos after while watching the gloomy sun rise.
I love that I grew up so close to the beach. Its one of my favorite places to be, and always brings back good childhood memories. Whenever I'm visiting home, I always make my way to the water. Heading to the beach this time of year is the best since you can bring your pups along for a walk/ run, or just to even watch the sun rise or set. Nothing is better!
Nothing screams Florida to me more than sunshine, warm weather, palm trees, and beautiful beaches. It was always fun going to South Florida to visit my family when i was young, and one of my favorite destinations. When I was younger my mom, grandma, sister, and I would go and visit new home communities to look at all the model homes. I would always admire how beautifully they were decorated. I remember my sister and I would always have fun pretending which bedroom would be ours in each of the model homes. ;)
After viewing many different model homes over the years, I definitely noticed how much the Florida lifestyle inspires the home decor. Florida style is all about bright colors, beach decor, and floral decorations. Applying characters of the coast to your home such as adding vibrant accent colors either on your home's exterior or interior will instantly put you in that Florida mindset.
When creating a Florida beach inspired room I started by creating a color palette in order to draw inspraiton. I took a picture of a Florida beach below, and used that for a base for the colors that I would be using in the room I am decorating. The picture I picked has tons of different blues, tans, creams, and neutral colors which will be used as the main colors for my room. This gives me an idea of colors when it comes to shopping for decor and furniture pieces.
In order to create an illusion of living in Florida, I used a palette of natural colors for this living room space created above. Using geometric shapes, and textures with pops of colors helps lighten up the space and give it that Florida summery feel. I love the look of a crisp white room. To me it feels clean and calm, and is easy to accent using fun colors. I added different shades of turquoise, aqua, and blues to recreate a serene ocean feel. Adding some bamboo and palm type plants in the room not only add more color, but also brings Florida's beautiful nature indoors.
Keeping all the furniture neutral colors definitely makes the impression of a coastal room. The ocean style painting, starfish decor, and blue glass bottles were used to mimic the look of a beach house. I also love to use throw pillows for color and texture within a room. It brightens the natural based room and gives the room a cozy feeling.
Although fall is finally upon us, I hope my tips and decorating ideas for building your own Florida oasis help keep sunshine in your home year round. For some more inspiration check out Douglas Elliman's Florida's property page here.
Decorating a home can be an exciting and creative challenge. Below are a few of my tips when it comes to adding decor and desiging your space.
1. Decide what you like - figure out your decorating style. One of the easiest ways to figure out what decor style apeals to you is by looking at photos. It gives you an idea before taking a risk and purchasing something and not liking it. My favorite way to find inspiration and decor ideas is through websites like Pinterest. I can search there for hours on home decor and decorations. I love seeing so many different types of decor styles and what I think would work best for me and my home. Pinterest allows you to create boards specific to your interest. You can go though and pin pictures of inspiration and styles you are looking for. It will give you an overview of what pieces you should be looking for when going shopping.
2. Sketch a floor plan - having a floor plan before you start moving furniture around or decorating is an important step. My mom is a contractor and owns her own design build firm, and I would always love watching her create these sketches for floor plans before any building or designing takes places. This gives you an overview idea of where furniture will be placed as well as the measurements to see if it will fit where you want it to go before actually taking to the time to move it around. For those of us who are not professional designers like my mom, this sketch is something that could appear difficult, however there are many free floor plan programs online (like this one here) that are easy to use and provide templates to give you a perspective of how your floor plan will translate into real life.
3. Choosing a color scheme - once you have a color palette selected, you can select the rest of the decor pieces. In high school, my mom and I were planning on redecorating my bedroom. I already had a white bed, white dressers, and a white desk. My mom came across a few pictures that really helped her draw some inspiration for my room color palette. Having images is another great way to help you select a color theme. She found images of rooms that has chocolate brown accents with bright white. At first I was skeptical of these colors but once I started to see her vision I was totally on board. We ended up selecting a custom brown color for my walls, and installing white carpet to go along with all my white furniture. We both love white as a good neutral color for decoration and went with the brown on the walls as my room had super high ceilings and tons of bright light. Although my walls were painted a glossy dark brown, the white everywhere else helped to make the room still feel open. Lastly, we decided to go with an accent color of orange and gold which are some of my favorite colors, but also worked perfectly along side the brown walls. Accent colors for decor is great because it gives you the option to swap that color out whenever you change your mind to give the room a completely different feel just by changing small pieces. We used orange and gold in pillows, wall art, picture frames, glass vases, and other decor pieces to tie the room together.
4. Shop on a budget - if you are looking to decorate on a budget, save when it comes to accessories. Some of my favorite places to shop for home decor pieces are HomeGoods, Target, and Ikea. I also love Urban Outfitters and World Market for some unique fun pieces. You can pick up great pieces such as mirrors, pillows, throws, lamps, picture frames, wall art, and little decor pieces for great affordable prices. There is no need to spend a ton of money on decor accessories. These are little things that can easily get changed periodically if you decide you want to switch things up, and won't need to worry about having spent a fortune on the decor pieces you no longer want.
5. DIY decor - some of my favorite home decor pieces I have are ones the i've made myself. Its a budget friendly and custom piece. Things I have made for my home include a dream catcher, jewelry display, wall art, table trays, etc. I loved making these pieces as they add a personalized touch to your rooms. You can even update something you already own. For example, you can paint an old piece of furniture to make it feel new again. There are endless DIY projects for home decor peices that anyone can easily make. If you are more artistic paint a canvas wall art. If you have a beachy home vibe maybe make some wall display using driftwood. If you like a more boho home you can make a dreamcatcher like the one i've made below.
6. Antiquing - searching for antiques by going to flee markets, yard sales, auction houses, etc. are great ways to pick up some unique treasures. I've recently come across Invaluable which is an online site that provides fine art, antiques, and other great collectable items. Invaluable is the world's largest online live auction shop. It brings together collectors and dealers to bid in auctions all around the world. You can find all types of things including fine art, fashion, jewelry, furniture, and decor pieces. Check out their recent post for more tips on summer antiquing. You can also check out their tips for decorating and styling a room here. Below are a few of my favorite finds from Invaluable.
Do you ever find yourself filling up your closet more quickly during season changes? For me, whenever the weather changes I always find myself shopping for new trendy items that I can wear all season long. Because of my shopping habits, I find it difficult to make room in my closet for my new things. I was recently introduced to MakeSpace which is an on-demand strange service that will completely change storing your things! MakeSpace will pick up, store, and deliver your things whenever you want. Check out to see where they are located or coming to a city near you here!
One thing that I found really cool about MakeSpace is that they offer an online photo inventory of what's in your storage. You can manage all your things, add photos, and get you things back with just a few clicks online or though an app on your phone.
Now that we have made some room in our closets with the help of MakeSpace, we can shop to fill them back up again with this summer's essential items! Below are a few of my favorite summer trends that I will be rocking all season long.
*pictures via Pinterest
With the weather warmer, its the perfect time to show off a bit more skin with these off the shoulder tops. I love how feminine and beachy these tops feel. This is my go to piece on super hot days.
Click the images below to shop the tops!
Click the images below to shop the tops!
I'm currently loving this 90's inspired trend! Adding a choker to any outfit instantly creates an edgy unique look that is perfect to pair with summer tee's and tanks. Velvet, vegan leather, or even metal chokers are the perfect summer trend to try out.
Click images blow to shop the ones I featured above as well as other choker necklaces I'm also loving.
*Pictures via Pinterest
I love dresses, and white dresses are probably my favorite. A bright white color is so beautiful against tanned skin and feel so effortlessly chic during the summer months. Special details such as lace, fringe, belle sleeves, scalloped hem, and a lace up neck all make each dress feel so special.
Click images blow to shop the ones above as well as some other white dresses perfect for summer.
The other day was such as nice day that I took my dogs, some magazines, and a snack, and spent the afternoon hanging in the park by the water. It was the perfect relaxing afternoon and was so nice to sit by the water with a breeze.
Here is an easy DIY to create mini decorative pumpkins. This can also be done
with larger ones. I just decided to use two mini ones.
What you will need:
- mini pumpkins
- gold spray paint
- masking tape
- paint brush
- gold paint
-gold studs
-black glitter (optional)
Fist tape off the top half of both pumpkins
Use the spray paint to cover one of the pumpkins making sure to only paint the top half.
You may need to use a few coats of this in order to achieve desired color.
Use the gold paint to paint the top of the other pumpkin for a softer look.
Paint a few coats until you are happy with the color waiting a couple of minutes between
for each layer to dry. I only did 2 coats to leave it sightly transparent so you can still
see the orange of the pumpkin.
I decided to add some glitter to this pumpkin since the paint was sheer.
Before the last layer of paint dries sprinkle the glitter on top. I kept most of the
glitter towards the center of the top.
Shake off any excess glitter, and let the rest of the paint dry.
Once it was dry, I then used some hairspray to set the glitter so it wouldn't come off.
When both pumpkins have fully dried, take your studs and gently push them into the
pumpkin wherever you want. I placed them around the pumpkin along the paint line.
This is such a simple affordable DIY that any one can do. I picked up these mini pumpkins for $1 each! I love to use pumpkins as decoration during the fall and these mini ones were the perfect size. I placed mine on my coffee table with some other fall decorations.
My Boyfriends mom is so creative and just recently opened her own Zazzle shop called The Big Doodle. All of her designs are colorful, fun, and even pet friendly. Her shop includes pillows, mugs, clothes, pet items, lamps, clocks, watches, coasters, trays, phone cases, bags, and more! Below are some of my favorites from her shop. The best part is that all these items can be customized. You have the ability to select what pillow size, what color shirt you want, bag shape and size, etc. It allows for you to select a design and then further personalize it which is an aspect that I love. I would definitely recommend checking out The Big Doodle for more unique, vibrant, and inspiring products.
