Mood Board: Bedroom Inspiration

My roomie and I are finally settling down in our Silver Lake apartment.  We're more familiar with the neighborhood, the restaurants, and (obviously) the bars.  Now that our living room and kitchen are almost completely decorated, I spent a little time on my bedroom this weekend.  Before I make any holes in the walls, I decided to put together a Mood Board for some inspiration and to clarify what look I was ultimately going for.  I settled on substle pastels with gold and pink accents and I can't wait to get started!

1 Ung Drill frame - IKEA

2 Verserum frame - IKEA

3 Botanical Prints (free download) - PoppyTalk

4 Simply Shabby Chic Drawer - Target

5 Pressed Glass Floral Tie-Back - Urban Outfitters

6 Emelina Knopp Bedding - IKEA

7 Tea Cup Succulent - Apartment Therapy

8 White Willow - Behr Paint

Instafabulous

I may or may not have a slight obsession with Instagram...okay yes I do.  At least I don't take pictures of every meal I eat...only the really delicious looking ones!

Anywho, my next project is finding a way to display my Instagram snaps.  Apartment Therapy (my fave!) shared their 10 Coolest Real-Life Instagram Displays and the best part is...my crafty friend, Katie's was one of them!!  Her DIY can be found on Under the Red Umbrella.  She didn't even know her DIY canvases were featured until I happened to run across it.

And here we are in that very same apartment back in February for our monthly Craft Night.

So maybe it was more the morning...and we were drinking mimosas, but same thing!  Oh and we like to watch The Craft whilst crafting.

Have you found any other cool ways to display your Instagram shots?



My Room: A Work in Progress

At the beginning of the year I moved into a rented room in a cute 3 bedroom house and have slowly been decorating it.  This will be my third rented place in three years, but the first I've actually taken the time (and energy) to really paint and decorate and make mine.  It's a work in progress, but I am very happy with it so far!

Here are a few "before" shots, taken with my (not so fancy) iPhone.

Don't you dig that creamy beige?!!?  I wasn't much of a fan so I was dumb brave and chose a paint color without even painting a swatch of it first!  Thank goodness I loved it.

The lighting isn't so great, and I'm an awful photographer, but you get the idea.  I am obsessed with my striped accent wall and must give a special shout out to Frog Tape for helping me with those crisp lines!  These pictures were taken a few weeks ago.  You'll notice those chicken wire frames have since been DIY'ed into a jewelry display and Vegas is now only TWO days away!! Woot Woot!!