SO much to post about, so little time

Okay, so there hasn't been a post in a while but I've had about a million things I wanted to write about and ZERO internet. So, instead, I will write about ty and i's ongoing redecorating plans for our living room.

As you all know (maybe) our room is very brown and orange at the moment. Not my first choice of colors, but what can ya do? Anyways, for the longest time I've been wanting to swap out our rug and lighten up the apartment with a blue and white or yellow and white rug and some beachy-looking pillows. We also want to repaint our tv stand white and then distress it, and possibly sell our couch and find one that is a little lighter in color. Here is what we are looking at at the moment for inspiration:

I saw this rug today, and fell in LOVE. however, I'm not exactly sure how to bring in the blue? we'll see.



I've also had my eye on this rug from Dash & Albert for FOREVER it seems like, but at the $195 price point I'm afraid I can't afford it. lol!


I also really love all of the fun embroidered floral and stripe-y pillows at anthropologie, especially
those with birds or fish!

other inspirations:


this is actually the photo that got me thinking about a striped rug-- i love it. i am also in love with the reclaimed wood table in the center-- i've been begging ty to help me build one forever. perhaps after the dresser this will be our next project? first order of business would be to find a super old, distressed door to use as the top of the table....we'll see how that goes. :)

This pic is from the set of the movie Something's Gotta Give, and i LOVE the enormous blue and white rug that covers the entire floor and the light-colored couches. Truth be told, I'd like our room to be a bit more eclectic/vintagey/industrial, but I love this look anyway.

I love basically everything on sfgirlbybay's blog, especially her interior design posts, which often feature photos from her own apartment. The way she showcases her collections has also been a major point of interest to me...what should tyler and I start collecting to showcase in our home? Either way, sfgirlbybay = LOVE!


I am also planning on painting over the red areas in the painting that hangs over our couch with some blue and white so that it is a bit more light and airy. And best of all, ty and I are going to go get some white paint tomorrow and get crackin'! Goodbye dreary colors, hello beachy ones!