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Design Dilemma: Lighting and Furniture Just Barely Don’t Fit

July 8, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

I complained recently on Instagram that I had just nearly, just barely found the perfect piece to fill in the gap of space between our bathroom vanity and the wall. Why yes, holy crap I’m finally talking about the bathroom again. Haha.

But yes, I had that useless gap of space and I had been planning on up shelves but I’ve been lazy. I’ve been using up my energy reserves for other projects I’ve been more inspired to work on or that have needed to get worked on first.

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The more the gap sat, the more it bothered me. Until I was staring at the wicker cabinet that I was no longer sure I wanted. As soon as the idea popped into my head, I grabbed a quick measurement and saw that it would fit perfectly between the vanity counter and the baseboard.

So I dragged it outside, hooked up my paint sprayer, grabbed some leftover white paint and went to town. Once it was dried, I pulled it back inside. I tried to coax it into it’s new home but I kept getting hooked on the toilet paper holder. I eventually worked my way around it, but then I ran into another problem.

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The sconce on this side of the vanity was literally less than an inch too close. The cabinet was pushing the light crooked. Gahhhhh!

Literally everything else about the fit was absolutely perfect. Even where it goes from the bottom shelf up to the upper shelves bends exactly at the window sill.

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At this point, I was too determined to make this work to move it back out. So it sat, crooked sconce and all.

Lightbulb moment: I could cut away the wicker between the two horizontal supports and that would allow for the sconce to hang.

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How To Cut Out A Section Of Wicker

determine which pieces can be removed without cutting within he window of supports.
remove those pieces
the remaining pieces that run through both this section but also into the other sections will need to be cut.
hold the pieces taught and cut with a pair of ultra sharp scissors
glue the ends down onto the horizontal supports to prevent them from shifting out of place and falling out.

This little peekaboo window on the side allows for plant growth overflow and adds and really good vibe to the piece. I find it much more interesting now and my sconce hangs straight. I have a few more projects coming up for the bathroom so make sure you stay tuned. The reveal is finally coming!

Bell Garland Fireplace Screen

June 21, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

Hey, hello!

There’s a monthly challenge that my friend Jess from Domicile 37 hosts every month that invites your favorite bloggers to create a project inspired by the months themed retailer or designer. This month’s themed shop is Urban Outfitters.

Always on top of current decor trends, urban outfitters is a place with really cool pieces- most of which are within the average bears reasonable budget.

But reasonable enough budget isn’t always my and your reality so we’re going to get creative, okay?

Before I share what I created, let’s get into a little “why?”

If you’re new here, you may not have seen my recent faux fireplace project for my dining room. It’s teal and fun and my dreams come true. It’s a focal point in my dining room aservice a fireplace (even faux) should be. But the space below the fireplace has been bugging me.

I don’t have the budget right now to do anything tile related like I’d like to do. And I don’t care for the chalkboard inserts, they’re really cool for the right space but this isn’t the vibe or look for mine. Plus I just did a ton of work doing a wainscoting look in here so I’m wanting to keep that partially visible for a bit (yeah I can see it elsewhere in the room but still). So I really settled on a screen type feature.

I had found this one on Offer Up. It’s like Craigslist in app form if you’re not familiar. But it sold before I could pick it up.

I really liked the bells and the slight nod to oriental decor that I love. When perusing Urban Outfitters for inspiration, I found the Magical Thinking Klara Hanging Wall Decor, I thought, “Hey, this has bells and has a cool shape. I like it.” And then I thought about it a bit more and decided it would make the perfect simple project to adjust a bit for my preferred location.

So I picked up 2 dozen adorable 2 inch tall bells, found a skein of black embroidery floss, grabbed 2 tacks and a pair of scissors and I was ready to create.

You’ll notice I didn’t use 2 dozen bells here. And that’s because I also recreated the bell garland chime from Urban Outfitters. If you want to see how that turned out, I’m also sharing my front porch alternative and some curb appeal updates today. The bell garland makes an appearance there. 🙂

I hope the idea of using popular retailers gives you some inspiration to take inspiration from their merchandise to create decor for your own home. Creating is therapeutic so it’s sure to be a lot of fun. Please also visit my friends who have shared their own inspired by creations today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Designer at Home

Maggie Overby Studios

Pretty Practical Home

Domicile 37

Up To Date Interiors

Iris Nacole

Pocketful of Posies

Eclectic Bohemian Home Tour: BSHT Summer Edition

June 6, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

Hey! What’s Up? Hello…

As promised, today is the remaining “finished” rooms of my home. For me, summertime means lots of time out of the house. So when we do spend time at home, it’s an escape, a place to recharge and relax. What does summertime mean in your home? Do you decorate differently for the summer months? Or do you simply use the spaces differently?

That’s the fun part of the Blogger Stylin’ Home Tours hosted by Lindsay, the owner, editor and content creator behind The White BUffalo Styling Co. Today and every day this week, you’ll see how some of the best of the best decorate and live in their homes for summer. And I have a spot amongst them, it’s crazy! If by some chance you don’t already know Lindsay, she is also sharing her tour today so make sure you follow through the loop at the end of this post to catch all of the tours today.

Chances are, you’ve already started the loop and you’re here from Jennifer’s blog, Dimples and Tangles. Isn’t her style just the perfect blend of eclectic and glam? I loved her tour! Thanks for making this stop on the line up of tours today. If we haven’t met yet, I’m Corinna and I’m passionate about creating spaces meant for living in. It means my spaces may look a little different than others you’ll see online. And it may be taboo to let the kid’s toys hang out, but this is my real life and you’re welcome to be just as comfortable here as we are. Grab your tea, coffee, water or other beverage of choice and let’s tour!

Walking into my home, you’ll land right in our living room. When we first moved into this house, it was in my early days on discovering Pinterest and blogs and I tried to emulate what I saw in those spaces I pinned. But, at the end of the day it wasn’t me. This is how I’ve naturally decorated and lived my whole life. It’s a little boho, a little cozy, and a lot laid back.

I love to have company so we have lots of seating.

But we also watch a lot of TV, so I’ve worked the room to make TV watching comfortable.

I’m a passionate plant caregiver. I’m not the greatest at caring for plants, but I love it so much I keep on at it anyways.

I’m also a passionate textile collector. Pillows and interesting scarves are my weakness.

The rug is from Target. I get questions about it all the time and it’s right there at everyone’s favorite store 😉

Most of the furniture in my house is second hand. The instant gathered look second hand furniture gives a space gives me life.

Because this is our primary living space (and I say living in many more ways than just the title of the room), we also have a lot of my son’s toys in this space. So you’ll see his practice vacuum and lots of baskets and furniture dedicated to their storage.

Off this room is the hallway that leads to the 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 3 closets this house has. I would love to have you tour the hallway and my bedroom. You can catch those spaces in this separate eclectic home tour.

The other opening off the living room leads to the kitchen and that connects to the dining room. We’ll bypass the kitchen this time, but let’s tour the dining room next!

This is the first true glimpse of the dining room I’ve shared. I wanted to share an extra special look for those of you who are new.

I just recently put up a faux wainscotting around the room. It’s the first phase of 3 to get the trim in this room to match the mission/craftsman style I covet so much. In the space above the trim, there will be a jungalicious wallpaper.

The light is another new addition. It has a very cool oil slick look to it that compliments the pops of turquoise, pink and purple in this space. I love color and I especially love color in unique pops.

I decided to use a fan back peacock chair on one side for something different. Every guest I’ve had loves it and I feel like a queen when I sit in it, so this decision is still a win for now.

And finally, the pièce de ré·sis·tance is this blue fireplace mantle my husband and I just got up yesterday afternoon!

I’ve been envisioning this for a long time and it’s rewarding seeing the vision come to fruition. Your home should make you happy and work for the way you live. And this makes me happy and gives me a place to display pretty things out of reach of a 4 year old.

And that’s my home. At least, what’s pretty enough to share on the internet. Your next stop is the beautiful Claire Brody. I promise, you don’t want to miss the talent this lady is about to show you.

Check back everyday this week:

Monday:

The White Buffalo Styling Co.

The Chronicles of Home

Life on Virginia Street

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

The House of Silver Lining

Eclectic Bohemian Home Tour: Eclectic Interior Inspiration Hop

June 3, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

Hey, What’s Up? Hello!

I’m so glad you’ve popped in today. Today and this upcoming Monday will show you all of the “finished” rooms in our house. It’s summertime and my beautiful friend Jess from Domicile 37 invited a bunch of your favorite bloggers to share our homes virtual tour style! All of the blogger’s who’ve shared their homes this week have some variation of the “eclectic” style. So basically, if you haven’t checked out the tours this past week- you’re missing out!

In case you don’t live in the South (or the USA, because I suppose the holiday isn’t relevant otherwise), Summer kicked off last weekend! I do hate a short spring but there’s something magical about summertime that makes up for it. Part of that magicalness of summer is how our interiors change to reflect a different lifestyle.

If you’re here from Primitive and Proper, hello! You may have visited me before since Cassie and I cohost Thrift Score Thursday along with 2 more of our friends. If you haven’t, you’ve been missing out! Welcome to my Boho Abode. You’ll get a crash course on a lot of the work I’ve done on my house the past few months.

For me, summer is about baking in the sun for a few hours whether it just be enjoying the sounds of the neighborhood, playing with my little, gardening or working on my latest project. Then it’s time to hit the air conditioned house for the hottest point of the day for a nap. And then it’s an in and out evening involving cleaning up, making dinner, enjoying the sound of crickets and watching the sunset.

On the tour today I’m going to show you a little bit of our hallway since there’s already been some changes since it’s reveal at the beginning of the year and then I’ll show you how I’ve redecorated my bedroom.

I hope you have some good tea and music because I have a lot of pictures to show you!

Leaving the living room and entering the hallway, you see a giant floral piece of art. I love it because it helps to bring the outdoors to a space that has no direct connection to the outdoors. The hallway light is also set pretty far down the hallway so I have this swing arm for addition light. It’s perfect for late night runs to the bathroom since it’s on a dimmer.

When you first look down the hallway your eyes will likely fall on one of two cool pieces. My large blue mirror (that I picked up off the side of the road and repaired and painted myself!) or the sputnik with edison bulb light fixture.

I do eventually plan on moving this light into the kitchen since it is just one touch above what I need and want for this space. But the mirror I only just recently pulled in here. I had a different mirror here first but moved it into the dining room and pulled this one back out. The proportion of it to the drawers is a bit off but these drawers are here temporarily as I’ve got them.

The first door to the right is the coat closet. It in major need of a coat closet makeover since it’s mostly junk storage at the moment.

Beyond that is a thrifted, handmade and creatively thrown together hallway art wall. Opposite the random baskets, custom pieces and personalized art, the door to the furnace houses all the cleaning supplies and tools and the next door is the linen closet.

Passing the artwork there’s the 3 bedrooms and bathroom (I swear I’m finishing that room up shortly- expect pictures in the next month!). One of the bedrooms is my “office” and the other is Carson’s old room turned hubby’s temporary bedroom (while I was working and he was leaving for work at 1/2am every morning- it sounds weird but it worked for us for that time!). Those rooms are absolutely terrible and I hope to get them in some kind of respectable shape soon.

But then you turn past the mirror and chest or drawers and you see my room! I had to keep the light off and the tapestry closed to prevent blow out so the pictures are a bit dark but that also means you can see more. I’m going to keep working on a solution, no worries!

My bedroom is super tiny. It’s about 10 by 12 feet. With a 4 by 4 foot closet and no master bath. A lot of people cannot even imagine what that’s like! Ha. I’ve managed to get a bench, vanity, chair, pull 9 drawer dresser, bed and two nightstands into the space. Yes, it involved thinking out of the box a bit. But I’m really happy with the space.

Since the first week of summer had a lot of clouds and rain for us, these aren’t the brightest of photos. But I hope you enjoyed the look into my home. And pro tip: keeping your windows covered during the hottest times of the day can help keep your house cooler 😉

You now need to head over to Suburban Bitches. Tricia is awaiting your arrival to tour her home. Thanks for visiting you guys, have a great weekend!

Here are the eclectic style blogger home tours for the whole week. Catch up if you haven’t seen them all. You must!

Monday

Blue i Style

Polished Habitat

Bright Green Door

Maggie Overby Studios

Tuesday
Ciburbanity
The Striped House
Style Mutt Home
This is Our Bliss

Wednesday
Copper Dot Interiors
{Home-ology} Modern Vintage
Up to Date Interiors
Bigger Than the Three of Us

Thursday
Rain on a Tin Roof
Pretty Practical Home
58 Water Street
Domicile 37

Friday
Primitive & Proper
A Designer at Home
Suburban Bitches
Casa Watkins Living

Curb Appeal Challenge Week1

May 24, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

3 week curb appeal project a 1950's brick ranch front yard makeover. The plans a pergola, a patio, new plants and lots of paint

Story of my life: I enter a challenge, don’t finish on time, take a break then jump into a challenge for a different space before the previous one is complete. Oops.

Today is the first day of a fun challenge my friend Deb of Seeking Lavender Lane brought together a group of us to work on upgrading our curb appeal. Mine is bad. So this is a really good opportunity for me to shift focus on my home’s first impression. If you’re like me, you like to work on spaces you actually use first, but I don’t want to wait until we’re trying to sell this house to make it pretty.

Here’s what I’m starting with: *warning: things are about to get real*

1950's built brick home before a curb appeal makeover project

brick range in need of curb appeal attention

Desperate side yard in need of yard maintenance

Just.. don’t ask. Things were crazy this past year and this whole area was priority 1,000.

So anyways, I gravitate towards a cottage bungalow vibe when I look at homes online or when I’m driving about. But I’m also all about that boho. So that’s the style I’m after. If I were to get everything I want done to this front yard done, this would be the list:

~~Replace roof.~~ completed just a couple weeks ago
Edge Lawn.
Pull the bushes out. Replace the bushes in front of the living room (far left) and the far right window with a garden bed full of banana leaf plants, azalea bushes, gardenia bushes, beachy grasses and hostas.
The middle window’s awning gets removed, a pergola put over this space to provide shade for a patio in between the porch and the garden bed in front of far right window.
On this patio put a small seating area and proper storage for the garden hose and front yard toys.
A solution for drying shoes.
The other awnings stay but get a good cleaning and a new paint job. In the good ol’ 4 season state that Virginia is, we get hot summers these awnings help protect the temperature in our house from and they help protect the windows from high winds and rain that come with our hurricane season.
Paint the brick a cream/tan color.
Paint the porch, porch railings and front door.
A second tree will be planted in the right side of the yard to help provide shade for the bedrooms.
Remove the pseudo lattice and repurpose wood to make planter box.
Repaint the house numbers and hang them.
Replace and hang mailbox.
Replace chain link fence with wood fencing.
Fence in front yard with a white powder coated iron fence.

Most of that won’t get done but those are my goal. Beautiful front yards take some time to grow into their look. Follow along these next 3 weeks to see how much of this gets done and to see how my friends below transform their spaces:

Simple Nature Decor

Seeking Lavender Lane

The Deans List

Mom Home Guide

Curly Crafty Mom

My Life From Home

Lehman Lane

Knock It Off Kim

Paint Yourself a Smile

Our House now a Home

How we blend toy storage with our decor

May 8, 2016 by CORINNA HENDERSON

How To Keep Toys Organized While Keeping Style In Mind

A Boho Momma’s tiny home living room and playroom combo

For anyone who has been curious about the latest toy storage to enter our living room, today I can finally share the details with you! We don’t have a dedicated space for toys. Nope, no toy room, no play room in this house. With a 3 (almost 4!) year old, it’s definitely something we’re had to ensure we accommodate into our other living spaces. Most our his play happens in the living room and creative items are in the dining room.

On the Remodelaholic blog, I’m sharing the tutorial for this wood wrapped cube shelving unit. Cube organizing units are phenomenal storage pieces, but they look like storage pieces and I’m not a fan of how they look in their plain form. So I looked at the furniture I have, the furniture I like, and I came up with this solution.

wood wrapped ikea kallax cube storage unit - storage made to look like mid century furniture (DIY tutorial)

It’s been an awesome way to sort out legos from train sets from plastic animals from blocks. For the things he has a larger collection of, I utilize bigger baskets.

all the favorite toys are hidden in cute baskets

Sure, they’re not perfectly hidden. But in a space where there’s practically never toys about, it’s the perfect blend of our real life and our aesthetic.

My kid is a huge fan of garbage trucks. He watches the Youtube videos over and over. So naturally he’s acquired a collection of larger trash trucks, too. For that? I found this awesome ornate hardware wicker trunk that holds those and a few of the Green Toys trucks he has, too.

ornate brass details wicker trunk boho

And finally, we utilize heavy duty end tables with cabinet space for things like puzzles and board games. I’ve found really neat ones on Offer Up and local thrift stores.

I’m a fan of wood with brass details for the look of my living room, but also the large cabinet space. I have 2 dedicated to lesser used toy storage and 1 that I use in my pseudo “office” aka the white chair in my living room.

thrifted craigslist side table perfect toy storage with pretty brass details

And that’s all the ways I store toys in my living room. And where you can find the tutorial for the cube organizer I created. If you’re having to pull double (or more!) duty in your living spaces, furniture with storage capacity, cute baskets and adapting classic storage pieces to suit your style are a great way to go!

How To Keep Toys Organized While Keeping Style In Mind - A Boho Momma's tiny home living room and playroom combo

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