House Tour: Mudroom Snapshot

 

Recently I reviewed a few of the photos under my house tour section.  It's amazing how outdated those photos can get!  It's true, design is always a work in progress and never really done.  So when you freeze a specific moment in time and then look back several months later, it's incredible to see how much a room has transformed even in that short amount of time. 

This is why today I am going to be showing you the current status of my mudroom.  You may recall progress here.  And this is where I have ended up so far: 

Read more about how these Vivid Hue DIY X-Benches here. 

 

This has become one of my favorite pieces of artwork in our house.  It's the alphabet by our 5 year old daughter and I absolutely LOVE the color! 

 

 

The area leading into the bathroom is wallpapered too (not shown in photo) but I still haven't styled this area the way that I would like.  I want to make a seat cushion for the bench and update the baskets. 

 

I recently updated the photos in my Kitchen tour as well.  Click here to take a look! 

Do you find that once you decorate a room, it continues to transform as well?  Or when you're done are you good about completely moving on to a different room? 

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Vivid Hue Guest Bedroom Makeover

I've been working on a handful of projects this summer.  I haven't been completing *any* of them quickly because I'm juggling all of them at once!  ha.  I did finally finish painting the guest bedroom.  You may recall that I fell in love with Emily Henderson's office color so I decided to paint my guest bedroom in HGTV's Sherwin William's SW6510 Loyal Blue.   

Next, I scored this fabulous vintage chenille throw in turquoise and lime green from Antiques on the Farmington and this set the stage for the rest of the room. 

Today, I just received my turquoise bamboo nightstands from Parker Kennedy--LOVE LOVE LOVE!

 And I thought now was a great time to share with ya'll my big plans for this room...

Remember my idea to trim my lil ole mudroom in grosgrain ribbon nail head trim?  (Recall here).
I even went so far as to have ya'll vote on your favorite color for that room in "Blush or Bashful"  

Well....I have decided to use the hot pink (azalea) Petersham ribbon in this guest bedroom!  I have already ordered the ribbon and the nailheads and I'm ready to jump right into this project once the supplies arrive! 

Lastly, I want to add a fun Sputnik type lamp in here.  I had considered solid gold, but then found this one  by Stimulight on etsy with the turquoise tips...what do ya'll think? 

PS- if you follow me on instagram, you already know that fab fuchsia chair is a find from Home Goods!  And that sailboat picture was a score from my antiquing in Kennebunkport! 

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What would Ms. Wearstler think?

 
When you live in the middle of Connecticut, something as simple as the opening of another new Home Goods store can be pretty big stuff.

So, when the new one opened last Sunday, you bet your bottom dollar that I fought the traffic and crowds to get there by 8am to try to see what type of killer inventory was on hand.

Courtesy Kelly Grant Biskupiak

My first mistake was bringing my entire family to the event.  They weren't feelin it quite like I was and after 5 minutes, they'd retreated to the SUV to watch repeats of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and text me incessantly every 10 seconds to see what was taking me so long. 

Needlesstosay, trip 1 to the store scored me 2 mirrors that I bought on a whim because I felt caught up in the frenzy and compelled to stand in the line that wrapped around the store just so I could say I was one of "the first".  Sorta like the bragging rights I earned when our new CVS opened up with a drive through pharmacy and we were literally THE FIRST family to go through!    (I still pray they've forgotten by now that EG asked if he could stick his butt out the window and get a flu shot "to go"). 

 
Introducing, my finds from my second trip to the store that same day (sans family)...

I scored these Geometric Lamps with Black Shades for $39,99 each. 
I see great potential for these babies.  They immediately reminded me of Kelly Wearstler .
I am thinking I may repaint the silver to a gold leaf instead (so they look sort of brass). 
I also plan to use them in our guest bedroom where I want to make the room navy, in which case, I would recover the shades in a dark navy.    Or...I may keep them exactly as they are.  I just love them as is. 



I have them sitting in our mudroom right now and I like how the black shades pop against the Chinoiserie paper in there.  For a split second, I thought about finding a nice black lacquer console table and putting it in there along a vacant wall and putting the lamps in there.    But that's sort of random for a mudroom.  Still, I'm trying to think outside of the box and do things that are unexpected and not necessarily predictable (as long as I can justify that I could use the space). 

More to come on my plans for these lamps....

xoxoo Heather | Vivid Hue Home

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Meg Finally Gets a Mirror!

 

Ya'll may recall that I added the Meg Braff wallpaper to my mudroom this summer and I was psyched to spruce it it up!  I'd had my eye on the Meg Braff Up in a Tree wallpaper for some time but I wasn't sure where to put it in my home.  Finally, I settled on the mudroom and was thrilled with the result. 

Only...after the paper was added, I have been so nervous to add anything else to the walls because I've wanted to make sure it would be "just right."

I *almost* purchased a navy pagoda mirror from One King's Lane for $500 but never pulled the trigger because it just didn't seem right. 

Well today, on a whim, I was shopping around TJ Maxx...I spotted a white mirror for $39.99.   Don't ask me why today...but I decided to buy the $39 mirror and tack holes into the paper!  I've waited long enough. 

I may still paint the mirror a lacquered navy but, for now, I'm going to sit with it as white. 

What do you think? 

Keep it white?  Or paint it navy?

PS--You see the turquoise door in the background?  I'm contemplating painting that a glossy navy too (so mirror and door would all match).  Ah...things are always changing!

But I am very happy to score the mirror for such a great price. 

Thoughts and comments welcome! 

Any other ideas of what to add to the other walls?  I've been terrified to put any holes into the paper but now that the first ones have been done, it's sort of freeing! 

xoxo  |  Heather  | Vivid Hue Home

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Mudroom Gets Groovy

 The mudroom is ready for the Meg Braff Up In A Tree Bamboo Green install!  (If you missed it, I decided to put this wallpaper in my mudroom...read more here).  

The install is happening TODAY!

 

How did this all go down?  Ya'll know I had to have this paper *somewhere* in my house!  Literally about a month ago, I was walking around my house with the sample swatch desperately trying to find it's home.  That's when it happened.  That light bulb moment.  I recalled Annie Selke's  garage painted in brightly colored vertical stripes (see here).  This transcended into her mudroom.  She was quoted saying "Why live like a cave dweller?" 



Annie Selke's Garage Makeover Courtesy House Beautiful

Suddenly, it all made sense!  Now granted, I'm not painting vertical stripes in my garage/mudroom.  But it's the same concept.  Why can't a transitional, usually functional space have pizazz and spunk!? 

Introducing, the before photos of my mudroom.  It will never be the same again.  (Thank Goodness)

And Annie, honey, thank you for the inspiration that I've held onto for years!  I have finally put it to good use!!!

 

 

 

So now it should all make sense...here's that mudroom door I wanted to paint in a high gloss...The choices were a) turquoise, b) tangerine, c) yellow, d) black lacquer e) other...

 I decided to go the turquoise route for starters. I am starting with Benjamin Moore Tropicana Cabana 2048-50 first. I've done the first coat. Will let it sit overnight and see how it looks once the paper is installed tomorrow. If it's not bold enough I also bought the next darker turquoise, Ben Moore Poolside Blue 2048-40. If I'm not in love with that, then I'll do the black lacquer!


 

Look for "after" photos of the mudroom later this week!

xoxoxo
Heather

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Up In a Tree Lands in the Mud!

My infatuation with Meg Braff's Up in a Tree Bamboo Green Wallpaper is no secret. As soon as I spotted it, I knew I must have it *somewhere* in my house.

Photo from High Point Market Showroom introducing the Meg Braff Wallcovering

 

It started with the guest bedroom.  I created my little Olioboard with bursts of orange crush velvet and a chinoiserie mirror...

Shortly thereafter, I decided to try the Meg Braff in the sunroom instead (read more here).   I loved the idea of mixing the green and turquoise, but I was always a bit hesitant of getting rid of the turquoise walls that I love so much in that room! 



So my mind continued to think of any other room in the house.  I considered powder rooms.  But I loved this paper so much, I wanted it to be a STATEMENT piece in the house.  And then it happened.  The 'aha' moment!  I recalled the Annie Selke mudroom that I'd seen in House Beautiful and I loved it so much because it was so colorful! 

Annie Selke Mudroom (Courtesy of House Beautiful)

 It occurred to me, the mudroom is one transitional area of the house that is overlooked.  We come into the house from the garage and cross right through to the kitchen.  Our mudroom is crisp and clean (haha, for the most part) but it has no pizazz!  Nothing to write home about. 

WELL YOU JUST WAIT!

Tada.....that Meg Braff paper is going in my MUDROOM people!  From head to toe!  And to top it off, I am going to paint my mudroom interior door a bright color! 
 

 

House Beautiful

 

Go Simply Saavy

 

Houuz

 

Now, I need your input...what color should I paint the interior door?

A. Sunshine Yellow (similar to above)
B. Turquoise
C. Orange
D. Lacquer Black
E. Your own suggestion


Thanks for any input!  I hope you're as excited about this as I am!  I'll be posting before and after photos of this...Hopefully it will be papered in the next week.

xoxoxo
Heather

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