A Tour of our Home Sweet Home

Since this blog is fairly new, I thought I would provide my readers with a tour of our home.

I have added a page under the tab "Home Sweet Home", but I thought I would also provide a post...

Here is a brief tour of our home.

We moved from a 3,000 + sqft suburban house to a high-rise condominium in downtown.

It has been somewhat of a transition, but all 4 of us {we have a little brown tiny toy poodle named Sir Chewbacca}.

We affectionately refer to our home as our Double-Wide in the Sky.

So, welcome!

As you enter into our home, you pass through the foyer. 

It is quite important to me that guests feel comfort, peace and loved when they are in our home. The design of the foyer was meant to exude these components. The design incorporates a large antique wood mirror that has been beautifully distressed from age, glamorous vintage mirrors and accents pieces which reflect the light from the Main Living Area... plus many of our eclectic and vintage finds.

Once you have passed through the foyer, you enter into the Main Living Space which contains our living room, dining room and kitchen.

The design of this space is very eclectic with a neutral backdrop of paint, furniture and art. The downtown view from our 10' floor to ceiling windows is what steals the show [both day and night]. 

Again we carried over the use of mixing vintage, modern and glamorous pieces.

Our Master Bedroom can be view from the Living Area, so it is quite important to have the space flow well with the Living Area. We created a tranquil space with it's grey and soothing hues. But yet, there is such diversity in each of it's eclectic pieces. From modern clean lines to vintage brassy wonderfulness.... I am IN LOVE!

My office space was designed within specific parameters.... coat closet parameters to be exact.

We converted the coat closet off of the foyer into my office.

It works quite well, I have a pocket door for privacy and the room houses my desk plus several other key pieces of furniture that fit well within the space.

The office has been featured with several different sources and has transformed throughout the time here in our Double-Wide in the Sky. But, the one thing that has remained the same is... this is MY SPACE!

My office serves as the walkthrough to the laundry room. 

Therefore, I incorporated fabulous art into the small space... from floor to ceiling.

When all is said and done, this is the view we see from our little piece of heaven in the sky.

In the daytime...

and... at night.

Hope you enjoyed the tour of our Double-Wide in the Sky.

It's been a fun transition from house to high-rise!

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEKEND!

Sprinkles of Changes

The past few months, I have been working on some updates, changes, additions to our Double-Wide in the Sky {our home}.

Some things I have been working towards since we moved in... like the drapery. But, for big purchases like these, you need to save money.... take your time in the fabric choices..... and get plenty of quotes. But, it was definitely worth the 1.5 year wait!

Some things have morphed from other projects around the house.

I must say.... I am at a peaceful and content place.

Especially, when I sit down with my cup of coffee for my Quiet Time.... 

Awwwww.....HOME!

If you live in the Dallas Fort Worth location, Trinity Uptown Windows is AWESOME when it comes to fabric selection, consultation, install and final product! {And I have been offered NO incentives for singing their praises.}

I am a very specific person. I know what I want.... after all, I have had an idea in mind for 1.5 years with our home.... I knew what I wanted with our drapery. That could make for an extremely aggravating experience.

But, the Design Specialist who held my hand through the entire process was simply AMAZING!
She completely "got me" and led the way to sweet success!

The sheers in the Living/Dining/Kitchen space add so much warmth, but yet, provide the needed shelter for the bright morning sun's rays.

And I could go on.... and on.... about the BLACKOUT drapery in our Master Bedroom.

Yes!
BLACK OUT DRAPERY!

And.... all with a black and white greek key trim ---- LOVE!

I have not slept this good in a LONG time!
You would be surprised at how much city lights can interrupt a girl's beauty sleep --- hah!

These puppies do the trick {and the fabulous newly gold spray painted Foo Dogs would agree}!

That wall of fabric....... makes my heart swoon!

I also got pretty busy when I decided to finish out my office with wallpaper on all walls.
Previously, there were only 2 focal walls covered. But, I completed the entire room in just 2 nights.

2 nights where the hubby was working late....
2 nights with the kiddo asleep....
2 nights of some frustration in applying this Tempaper completely by myself....

But, HAPPINESS and WORTH IT when sitting in my completely wallpapered office!

I LOVE it!

And, last but definitely not least....

I changed out the objects flanking our TV in the Living Room.

I needed something brighter to balance out the newly added sheers.

I went with a linear cluster of these from ZGallerie.

There you have it.... a few sprinkles of changes.

More like, sprinkles of activity!

I have also completed some more artwork....

Wishes de Turquoise

Springtime makes me so active and creative..... How about you?

Linking up at Thrifty Decor Chick!

Our Vow Renewal Celebration

I am still in the glow of last weekend's events.

The love.

The beauty.

The specialness....

just simply DIVINE.

I thought I would share a few of the simple and easy details we added to our special day.

First off....

THE INVITATIONS

I found the perfect invites on Pinterest {of course}!

I thought they totally set the theme of what we were doing.... a Vow Renewal. 

The theme:

WE still DO!

minted.

The invitations were for the celebration party only. I copied the design, look and theme for our ceremony invites in Word and printed them in black and white. The ceremony was very small and intimate. It was held at 10 am at the church. The ceremony was very special. I didn't think it would be SO emotionally powerful... but, it was. Thank the Lord for waterproof eye makeup!

THE DRESS

I found the perfect dress at Nordstrom {of course}!

It suited me perfectly. 

Classy

sophisticated

modern 

with a little bit of edge!

The Eliza J Bell Sleeved

Lace Overlay Sheath Dress

It was perfection in every way!

I paired it with strappy silver heels and silver earrings and an adorable ring for the ceremony. 

I simply changed out the heels to high and silver glittery stilettos for the party!

The dress was very comfortable and easy to go from the church ceremony... to brunch.... to home... and to the party!

Here I am with my VERY WONDERFUL and HANDSOME groom!

THE BOUQUET

The bouquet was created by H. Bloom.

The design had a huge nod to the white roses which were at our first ceremony. Although, white tulips were my flower of choice for the original wedding. They just weren't in season at our summer ceremony. And considering, we purchased our flowers from a grocery store {we were so young.... and with very very little money back then}, we really had no say in what we were getting. We, truly, just prayed for any white flower. 

This ceremony was quite different!

I met with a representative from H. Bloom.

See, we live in a high rise condo that is connected to a very fine hotel. H. Bloom is contracted for the floral arrangements for the residence portion, as well as, the hotel. I knew I would LOVE whatever they designed because I LOVE all of their arrangements on site.

I had total trust.... and they did NOT disappoint.

This is my bouquet:

Again, it was important to me to convey a....

Classic

Sophisticated

Modern...

Design in all elements associated with the ceremony and celebration. After all, that is what my desire is in all design and art I am a part of.... hopefully, this celebration exuded those very components.

I think it did.

THE DIY COMPONENTS

These items were pretty minimal compared to my other parties and celebrations. But, I wanted them to pack a powerful PUNCH..... especially, since I wasn't devoting a lot of time and energy into them.

It was very important for me to enjoy this day and not to be bogged down with all the details.

So, I grabbed a whole bunch of very cheap wood letters at a rather large flea market. They provided a very good price per letter since this was for a vow renewal. They were so sweet and the letters turned out AMAZING!

I simply spay painted them GOLD.

The theme was really incorporated in the decor: WE STILL DO!

I had three sets of the phrase spanning the entire length of the lounge area.

Next up..... our CAKE TOPPER.

This is where our kiddo had to include his tastes, likes and design element.

He designed our Lego Minifigure Cake Topper.

An element that had to include him.

He is EIGHT years old. And we have been married for 15+ years..... so, he has a pretty heavy participation in our wedded union.

He also participated in the ceremony.

He is, after all, a "mini-me" of his "minifigure daddy". 

Can you tell the similarities?

The cake came from Society Bakery.

They are PHENOMENAL!

They also created some Vegan Cupcakes for our Vegan guests!

AWESOMENESS!

See..... kiddo was a party animal!

And having his grandma there to whisk him away.... at just the right time..... led for a lovely celebration.

We held the celebration in a lounge at the W Hotel - Dallas that is connected with our condo units.

They provided all the desserts and small bites.

Champagne was passed around on trays to all our guests. As well as, divine hearty appetizers.

We had a lovely full bar, bartendar and staff.

They provided such great service and a well-rounded pizzaz that was greatly appreciated by us and all our guests.

The W Hotel..... SIMPLY AMAZING!

It couldn't have been planned any smoother.

It couldn't have been executed any smoother.

I was a bride..... a planner.... but also, a guest.

It was a blessing to me!
I have done many many MANY events.... and this was BY FAR, the best!

Isn't that the way it should be?

I am so grateful to the family and friends that participated, prayed for this day and were such a part of this event.

It means so much to us.

Thank you!

Linked up at Thrifty Decor Chick & Suburbs Mama.

Vow Renewal Celebration

Do you ever have a memory that is just SO wonderful that you think about it ALL the time?

I do.

Or should I say....

I STILL DO!

Hubby and I renewed our Wedding Vows this weekend.

After 15+ years of marriage and about 18 years of togetherness.

It was amazing.

It was beautiful.

It was meaningful.

It was such a blessing to stand with my hubby and restate the love, dedication and devotion that we have had and will continue to have with one another.

It was a very small and intimate ceremony.

Our union was blessed, our family was blessed, our wedding rings were blessed.

The ceremony had unique Herda-humor embedded in the event:

Hubby couldn't get his wedding ring off his finger...

I dropped one of my rings on the floor...

Cute little giggles could be heard from all our family and friends.

It just added to the specialness.

I'm still enjoying the lovely flowers from the celebration.

I'll share more pics of the partaaaay later.

Until then, I will continue to think on this VERY SPECIAL memory.

Awwww.... I feel like such the newly wed..... giggle. giggle.