Adam & Layne

Sweet Family Room – how I long for you. What, with your plush carpeted surface, and your bright windows and doors that open directly on to the future deck…I just can’t get you off my mind. It’s creepy but it’s true.

We are so excited for a space that will be wide open with plenty of room for lego building, blanket forts, and slumber parties. We also just need a room that is wall to wall carpet. Our sweet babies have bonked their heads enough times on our hardwood. We’re over it. I want a play area where it’s ok to fall down and not have to worry about following full concussion protocol.

Here is the outline of the space once more:

Here are the very basic ideas we have about the design:

1. I want to play with pattern/texture as much as possible in this space while trying to keep a majority of the color palette light and airy. These throw pillows are a good representation of the color accents I like – mostly blues. I found these at Target a few months ago. Home Goods and World Market are also among my go-to shopping spots when it comes to throw pillows.
2. This sectional from IKEA is the dream for this room. Relatively inexpensive, comfy, and it’s got nice, clean lines.
3. I really like this Tripod lamp from Target.
4. As I mentioned before, we’re going with carpet (& double padding) in the family room. We put a deposit on this carpet at RC Willey.
5. This rug has just enough pattern and brightens up the vast expanse of darker carpet. Layers of carpet for the win! No helmets for my kids!
6. We have picked up a couple of mid-century dressers to use in the kids’ rooms. When Ivy’s room gets a closet (a part of the addition plan), we are going to relocate her dresser to use as a media cabinet in the new family room. We have lucked out on Craigslist a time or two but one of my favorite spots for finding mid-century goods is Boise Vintage. Ooh. Also. The Bench Commission is where I found Leo’s dresser.

The other thing we get out of this addition is a boatload of wall space. Adam is a photographer and has taken all of these wonderful pictures of our kiddos that need to be freed from a memory card (and our Facebook/Instagram feeds) and plastered all over our walls. This, to me, means putting together our own gallery wall above the television.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Hooray for families. Hooray for rooms. Hooray for family rooms.

-Layne

Surely, Adam and I aren’t the only ones out there who have a messy, incomplete, undecorated master bedroom? Our kids’ rooms are almost completely finished – we’ve  put a lot of thought into them.

Our little basement hideaway, however, is a different story. It is lacking in light and warmth (literally and figuratively) and that seems to have taken the wind out of our decorating sails.

The new master suite will feature a set of french doors that will open out on to our new deck – letting in lots of light and lots of warm sunlight. It might feel a little bit like this:

Here are some of the ideas we are tossing around:

1. About three years ago, we were given two matching waterfall dressers (a gift from our former neighbor) similar in color and shape to this and the dresser labeled ‘4.’ I love their lines, their warm tone, and their brass hardware. I’m excited to incorporate them into this room. I found these particular dressers listed for sale on eBay (here and here).
2. Since Adam built Ivy’s house bed (you can check that out on our home tour page), we’ve come to love the vibe; basically, we want a grown-up version of our (almost) two-year old’s big kid bed. A big, four-poster bed like this one might be a DIY project Adam is willing to take on.
3. A brass sputnik-esque chandelier has been on our radar for quite a while – putting one in our master bedroom seems like a good way to scratch that itch. This one (pictured above) is nice in scale but we prefer this West Elm model in brass.
4. See numero uno.
5. Pops of emerald green keep catching my eye. I like the idea of finding a happy, emerald green armchair to live next to one of the french doors. I found this one here (I believe it to be approximately $3,000 outside of our budget – a girl can dream).
6. This rug is full of beautiful texture and breezy colors.

We already have the duvet set pictured below; I think it will tie in nicely.

That’s all for now. We will likely leave the walls white until we live in the space for a little while. Boring? Dreamy? You tell me. After sleeping in the basement for a couple years, I’ll take all the light, airy goodness I can get!

-Layne