Colleen’s house

Rug Confusion

As of late I have a habit that is bordering on obsession.  I search for rugs online.  Like, all the time.  Corey has literally said “are there any other rugs in the world that you haven’t seen?”  Probably not.  But I am just super confuzzled about which rug I want in our family room.  For

Dark Gray Entryway

I generally lean towards very neutral paint colors, and almost always the lightest paint color on the chip.  But in our entryway, I wanted to do something a little more dramatic.  So I decided to go with a dark gray, which is obviously still neutral, but also just the pop of drama that I was

Colorful Canvas Art {DIY}

A couple of months ago, I put together a dining room inspiration board that included a lovely piece of art by Emily Green.  She actually has smaller versions for a pretty reasonable price, but since I was wanting something pretty huge, it seemed much less expensive to shamefully attempt to copy it, or at least

Gold Leaf Mirrors

For months, I have been wanting to order one of these gold leafing pens that Jenny from Little Green Notebook is always talking about.  Since I have lots of old frames that need updating, I decided that there was no time like the present, especially since they are so cheap.  I first experimented with some

Going White in the Kitchen

I am a big fan of crisp and clean all-white kitchens, so long before we chose our house, I knew that our kitchen would be painted white.  We got super lucky that our cabinets are already white, so we were just left with the wall color.  Once again, after starting to do some research on

Perfecting our Gray Situation

As I told you guys last week, I have been doing quite a bit of research trying to the find the most perfect gray for our family room (I guess that is what we are calling it?) and dining room.  And by research I mean typing “best gray paint” into google and seeing what it