Feeling Blue

Robins-egg blue that is. Remember this post? Well, it started a domino effect of adding blue to my family room. I am hosting a baby shower for my sister this Saturday and restyling my family room the week before the shower was a tad stressful, hence the lack of blog posts.

This room has always bugged me; it's like a big box with high ceilings and no architectural interest {no crown moulding, no large mantel on the firplace, etc.} I will have to reveal the whole room one of these days, but in the meantime take my word that it's difficult to make it cozy without it feeling cluttered.

And I had almost no money to do this on. I was determined to spend a very small amount of money {like $30 or less} and use what I had on hand to spruce things up and incorporate more blue. I did it with splashes of blue around the room, like this robin's egg blue platter and plates, for a total of $14. The throw on the chair was clearanced at $10 and it added another great pop of color.


I had the pillow already in my stash, as well as the frames. You know, it's hard to get a frenchy/shabby/cottagey/farmhouse look at all, let alone without making it look like you tried too hard. But that's a whole other post. I would love to replace my {very comfortable} leather club chair with something a little more vintage and french, but that's not in the cards right now. So back to the room....


I added some details of blue and brown around, like these 2 vintage plates:

That's all of the sneak peek for now. I will plan on posting the whole room maybe next week once the shower is over. For now, I'm off to wash all my white linens, schedule the carpet cleaning and finish the diaper cake. So many details to tend to....

xo
-Kari