Maybe you already knew, but the inspiration driving my living room makeover is black and white. Surprise surprise! I’ve been taking a lot of cues from Scandinavian and minimal designs because I’m simply most drawn to those, and though I’ve fantasized about having a wonderfully eclectic colorful home, my first love has always been a chic, neutral space.
The big decision right now is on a sofa, and the frontrunner is a white (maybe gray) one. Wait wait wait, what happened to the blue velvet sofa obsession?? I know! With the way things have been coming along, throwing in a dramatic blue velvet sofa would look SWEET, but a more neutral option is tugging at me even more. Overall though, I’m struggling the most with this decision. We might need to have a vote on the blog soon.
Still have a few more tough decisions to make, but something I like to do to help guide me is to keep inspiration photos on a private Pinterest board, and when I come across decor I’m contemplating, I ask myself if it would fit into these spaces. I do believe in if you like it, you like it, but I also think guidelines need to be in place to keep on track, especially for someone like me who can get carried away with liking a lot of different things.
Current inspiration:
Coffee table and Beni Ourain rug of my dreams. Both with price tags that hurt, ha! I did get a moroccan shag rug I LOVE though and shared a peek on Instagram.
Neutral/monochrome pillows= yummy.
I’m not a pink person, but suddenly soft pinks are looking amazing to me. Also love the idea of a dark charcoal sofa.
This space is probably my most favorite.
And what about a sectional?? That option is in the running, too, though boyf isn’t a fan which is not at all what I expected he’d say. Oh yea, I’m taking his opinions into consideration. So kind of me, right?
Liking any of these spaces? Do you keep style-themed pinboards to help guide your decor decisions, too?
I was taking stock on “props” I have for photo styling and noticed I have a lot of marble stuff. I really, really like marble, particularly the look of carrara, so let’s do some browsing for affordable ways to bring more marble into our lives, shall we? Of course, not everything here is real marble, but some of it is!
I cut a piece of yarn and folded it in half, then put it through the 1.5″ gold ring.
Taking the loose ends of the string, I pulled them through the yarn loop and then pulled down, but not all the way. I kept it loose like shown in the above right photo. *This is called a lark’s head knot and will be done a bajillion more times for this DIY*
I double knotted the loose ends of the yarn to each end of a wood dowel, then reinforced the knots with a dab of Krazy glue before cutting off the excess yarn. Weird note- I find watching the glue seep into the knot very satisfying and consider it one of my too-specific favorite craft things.
With another half-folded piece of yarn, this time knotted at the other end, I tied a lark’s head knot around the 3″ ring., pulling it tight.
I pulled this yarn through the loop of the first lark’s head knot that I left open/loose and tied a Lark’s head knot around THAT. Larkception (do people still make that joke?). After pulling that tight, I reinforced the knot with Krazy glue before cutting off the excess yarn. Then, I pulled the first lark’s head knot tight to secure everything onto the gold ring.
I hacksawed a piece of cardboard about 14″ in length from a box and used it to wrap the yarn around it 10 times. Cutting down one end if the yarn yields this bundle of of half folded yarn. Guess what I did with it?
Yup, giant lark’s head knot around the the dowel. I made six of these across the dowel, pulling each one as tightly as possible.
I ended up making two because I couldn’t decide which color yarn to get, so I got both. I went with the charcoal gray first thinking I’d love it more, but I’m not as impressed with the color as I am with the linen-colored yarn. It looks much more multi-dimensional than I thought it would, which is what I expected would be the case with the charcoal color, but linen wins this one by far.
I mean yea, I always have home decor on the brain, but it’s taking up more space in there as I’m finally putting into action some changes around the home that I’ve been putting off forever. I’ve been working away at making those tough decisions and there’s just no room for anything else to think about. Except maybe food. It helps that there have been tons of gorgeous decor projects popping up recently that I think you guys are going to love if you haven’t spotted them already!
Bathroom storage bags by 
Leaf catchall by Fall for DIY for 
Hanging plant lamp by 
