deadline extended...

I know how crazy life can be so I have extended the 'my favorite bedroom' pictures deadline to Sunday! Now you have no excuses:)

I'll fill you in next week on how I made this table skirt. Have a great weekend!

the clock is ticking...

Don't forget to send me pictures of your favorite room in your house by Friday! Click here for details.

early bloomers

I woke up Saturday morning and saw these early bloomers. It made me very happy. The warm weather didn't hurt either:) I spent lots of time outside and even got to hang out in the park with Ashley and Leighton. I hope you were able to enjoy the beautiful weather too.

CALLING ALL READERS

As much as we all want to decorate or redecorate our homes, I know that you have at least one room in your house that is your favorite. I want to know what yours is! Maybe it's your office, bathroom, dining room, bedroom, kitchen or nursery. Either way, I want to hear from you! Starting Monday, March 1, I am going to post pictures of my readers' favorite rooms. This will only be fun if YOU participate. Email 2 or 3 pictures of your favorite room in your house to me (amberjpoteat@gmail.com) along with your first name and the city and state where you live by Friday, February 26. Depending on how many participants I have, I will post the photos all in one day or split them up based on the type of room. This is going to be so much fun!

My favorite room is my bedroom. It's simple, classic and comfy and it incorporates navy, of course.

I love that our bed looks like Santa's sleigh. Also, none of our bedroom furniture came as a set. We saved up for each piece and I think they work pretty well together.We are quite the bargain furniture shoppers. We bought the tile above our bed at the straw market in Charleston, SC for our one year anniversary. Supposedly, it is a ceiling tile from an old plantation. This room gets lots of natural light and I love that.

I can't wait to see your favorite room!

weekend: rainbow chip and snow, the end of an era, and scrabble

As I mentioned in the last post, Paul's birthday was Friday. We celebrated with family and with lots of beautiful white snow Friday night. Paul's mom brought the cake, but Paul always requests rainbow chip cupcakes. He's a kid at heart, but who am I kidding. I love them too. In case you were wondering, the top of the cake stand came from here and the bottom from here.

Yes, we woke up Saturday to lovely snow. Luckily, my sister, brother-in-law, and niece decided to stay in Belmont for the night with my parents so we could play in the snow the next morning. And we did just that.

The circle of life! (if you watch Modern Family, that might be funny to you:). We love that show.

We made a snowman and it turned out really cute. While making the snowman though, Paul ripped his jeans, big time.

That leads me to 'the end of an era.' If you know Paul at all, then you know that he loves his light jeans. He would wear them every day if he could. Not just around the house, but out in public to a nice restaurant too. I bought him a couple pairs of dark jeans, but he would still pull out those light ones. I would complain, but decided early on that I would have to pick my battles and this was not going to be one of them.

Oh those light jeans.

I can still hear Paul humming 'Taps' while rolling them up and throwing them in the trash can. Meanwhile, I was singing the 'Hallelujah' chorus. Bye Bye light jeans, Hello dark jeans.

Luckily, we decided to celebrate Valentine's Day on Saturday night, so that helped ease his pain:) We went to the movies, ate dinner out, and ended the evening with a little wine and Scrabble. What a fun weekend we had! I hope you were able to spend yours with those that you love.

birthday boy

Happy Birthday to my sweetie!

Have a great weekend!

I'd like to wear this...

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...when it warms up!