Rachel Noble – A Noble Home

Let’s Par-tee! Everett’s 7th Birthday – A Golf Themed Party!

December 30, 2019

My oldest turned 7 recently and we threw him the most fun party! He’s always pulling out fun theme ideas and this year was no exception when he declared he wanted a golf themed party! Being that his birthday is in December it was a bit of a challenge finding golf themed items (and golf themed party items for kids in general) but I think we were able to pull off a pretty sweet event!

I found grass patterned paper at Michaels and knew it would be perfect for a little runner and placemats. I added some beige paper cutouts as sand hazards to it as well (you could even use real sandpaper too!). I was able to find golf ball printed plates too which were perfect and I used a cricut machine to cut out the golf cart and golf bag images to place on the plates and around the table.

I wanted to add some height to the table so I made these flags for the table and put a little 7 on them in an ode to his 7th birthday. I got the idea of adding golf trophies to the table from this book (it has great party ideas!) Lastly I filled these baskets with some plastic golf balls (I did not want kids throwing real golf balls around!) and I found these tiny toy golf carts on amazon!

For entertainment we had 3 games. I often find the hardest part of home parties is the entertainment. Its hard to keep kids entertained in the same way that parties at play centres can.

The first was a simple guessing game – guess how many tees were in this jar. Kids wrote down their guesses and we read them aloud after everyone had guessed. It was quite funny to hear the guesses, they ranged all the way from 7 to 1640! Haha!

We also had a ‘pin the golf ball in the hole’ game that I actually made myself. It was super easy, I just took more of the grass printed paper and cut out a shape I thought mimicked a golf hole and added a little black hole and flag. The kids spun around blindfolded and taped the ball onto the green.

Finally, for the third game… we actually rented a mini golf course! I didn’t even know this was a thing but a quick google search revealed it was. We rented 5 different mini putt courses and the kids each got a personalized scorecard that I ordered off etsy and took their turns around the mini putt course (again I recommend plastic balls for this lol).

Then it was time for pizza and cake ! His cake turned out so well and we had mini golf ball cake pops as well.

For the loot bags, we took simple paper bags and added a golf cart to the front! Super simple and easy to do.

I just love when my kids pick unique and challenging party themes… it makes for such a fun time!

Happy birthday to my big guy: the kindest, sweetest, most mischievous but loveable guy there is.

xo Rachel

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A Gentleman’s Office – Photos that are Inspiring Me and the Plan for my Husbands Home Office

December 20, 2019

Generally speaking my husband doesn’t have too many opinions about the decor in our home. I usually make the choices and on larger items I show him and he gives me a nod or a hard no (which I can usually make into a yes if I really love the idea or item ;)). But for his office, he has a lot of opinions and wants (as he should haha). He wants a dark and moody room, that feels classic, traditional and manly…very manly. It’s been fun choosing items together and finding things we both love. I want to make a space he loves but one that also fits in with the rest of our home.

Whenever I’m starting to design a room, I look to Instagram and Pinterest for inspiration. I started by searching ‘masculine offices” and found some very beautiful rooms filled with light woods, dark walls and classic features like trim work, nailheads and tufts on furniture and vintage books. Here are some rooms that are inspiring me (and him!).

image sources: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

Taking our inspiration from Pinterest we’ve started ordering a few pieces for the room. Here are the pieces we’ve finalized for his home office so far:

Paint – we will be painting all the walls black! I know this is shocking since I am such a lover of white…everything! But black is really having a moment right now and I feel like it will pop so much against all the white walls everywhere else (just like in that 3rd inspiration photo above). We also plan to trim out all the walls as well to tie in with the rest of the house which will also have trimmed walls eventually.

Desk – we ordered the desk shown above back in October and it just arrived this week. It’s so beautiful in person and is the same wood tone as a lot of the furniture throughout our house.

Rug – since we are going dark on all the walls, I wanted a really light rug in the room to brighten it up. My husbands only request is that it be soft (he is not a jute fan, much to my sadness). I like the plushiness of this rug and the subtle diamond pattern. We got it for a great price but it is backordered until February so it’ll be a while before it arrives.

Lighting – I saw this gold light on Driven by Decors office reveal and thought it was so beautiful. I really want to incorporate some gold accents into his office. First because gold against black is so beautiful and second because it’ll again tie in with other gold accents in the house. I’m excited to see the light in person as it looks to have a nice masculine and classic feel to it.

So that is where we are currently in the office planning. The room also has a window seat and I’ve ordered foam to attempt a DIY window seat cushion but I want to wait until the rug arrives to pick a coordinating fabric for that. We have a few other things to still nail down too – like a chair for the desk!

So while we wait for some of the items to arrive we will be painting the room and working on the trim work. Be sure to follow along on my Instagram stories (@anoblehome) where I share a lot of the daily progress.

xoxo Rachel

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Home Decor

A Red and Gold Christmas Tablescape

December 2, 2019

After I posted my Thanksgiving tablescape (you can view it here), I had quite a few requests for a Christmas one. Tablescapes and table settings are a favourite of mine, especially holiday themed ones, so I was more than happy to oblige!

Today I’m sharing my red and gold themed Christmas tablescape with you.

I always start with some greenery, whether real or faux, as I find it really helps fill the table space and adds a nice warmth to the overall space. This year I used some faux garland and draped it down the middle of the table. I added some red glass ball ornaments throughout the garland to tie in with the red charging plates. I felt like it needed just a little something more so I added some little white ceramic houses and some tall white wood trees for height as well.

I used these classic red charging plates and I layered a simple white dinner plate on top on them. Next I added in these sweet red scallop edged white napkins and these festive dessert plates I’ve had for a few years and absolutely love. They have 4 different words written across them: noel, cheer, joy and wish. So festive right?! You could add in any decorative plates here though: a gold edged plate or a Christmas patterned one. The rest of the table setting is so simple, have some fun with the dessert plates!

Now that the table is all set… lets start planning the meal!

xo Rachel

Home Decor

An Update on our Powder Room Makeover

November 25, 2019

When we moved into this house I loved the powder room tile so much! The floor is a marble hex and the marble continues half way up the wall in rectangles mimicing a wainscoting sort of feel. It’s really stunning and exactly what I would’ve done too. The rest of the room though felt really disjointed to me. The toilet and vanity were very modern looking and the vanity was also a dark brown (we know I love white and bright). Neither were my taste and I didn’t feel they suited the classic feel of the tile at all. The room was also wallpapered and really, it just wasn’t my style. In addition… the ceiling was painted yellow haha!. So I knew I wanted to keep the marble but update the rest of the small room to suit our style more.

Here is a photo of what the room looked like when it was listed for sale and basically what it looked like when we moved in (minus the art).

The first thing we did was update the toilet and the vanity to the ones below. I love the toilet we chose and its my very favourite toilet (I know, who knew you could have a favourite toilet but its really so pretty). The vanity we chose I really liked as it has a really pretty white stone counter and I loved the open shelving and slates at the bottom. Next we removed the mirror and I ordered the round black mirror below for the room (it arrives this week!)

I’ve also changed the faucet to this more traditional one (and here’s a tiny sneak peek at what it’s starting to look like!)

I plan to add wallpaper again to the room and this is the one I plan to order. It’s the prettiest wallpaper I think I’ve ever seen.

(photo credit above to @monikahibbs)

I just need to decide on lighting for the room. The room doesn’t have a window but I really want to do a single sconce above the mirror, so fingers crossed it doesn’t leave the room too dark.

So thats the plan for the room and the progress we’ve made so far. Im hoping we can finish it off before the new year (if I write it down here, maybe Ill hold us accountable to it haha). I can picture it all together and I’m so excited and can’t wait to show you the final reveal!

Sources: vanity, toilet, faucet, mirror

xo Rachel

Home Decor

A Gold and Pumpkin filled Thanksgiving Tablescape

November 22, 2019

We hosted Thanksgiving this year and though my husband is generally the chef on this holiday (and basically every other day of the year haha) I get excited to do the decor. I tried to use a lot of pieces I already owned from previous years but still change it up a bit from last years decor. This years tablescape is similar to last years but I added a large faux pumpkin as well as some mini faux pumpkins and gold votive candle holders this year. I love how it came together.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

xo Rachel

Lifestyle & Family

Owen’s 2nd Birthday – A Puppy Party!

November 19, 2019

It’s taken me over a month to get this post up! Life with kids is just so busy isn’t it?! In early October my littlest man turned 2! Everyone always says it but thats because its true – the time just passes so quickly. I keep thinking about how I’ve only got him home with me for another 2 years and then all my babes will be in school. Wow, okay can’t think about that anymore! Back to the party!

Our little man is obsessed with puppies right now. Everywhere we go, he points them out and screams ‘a puppy’. He only lets us watch paw patrol on the tv haha and he has to carry at least 3 puppy stuffies everywhere he goes. So naturally his party theme this year just had to be puppies!

I started with these meri meri puppy plates, cups and napkins (meri meri is one of my favourite brands for party supplies) and the party planning took off from there. I found the paw print scrapbook paper at Michaels and thought it would make a cute placemat. I had the bone shaped place cards made for a cute personalized touch for the guests and then I scattered some cute paw prints around the table.

I took the mint and white colours from the puppy cups for the balloon colours and purchased some paw print balloons on etsy for a balloon garland (I just love a balloon garland).

We ordered the puppy cake to match the plates and it turned out so well! A friend of mine made the cookies to match the theme as well.

And of course every puppy dog themed party calls for hot ‘dogs’ on the menu. Hot dogs also happen to be one of his favourite foods haha so we set up a little hot dog station for the guests too.

For the party favours we gave each babe a little puppy of their own to adopt.

The finishing touch was the adorable puppy shaped balloons I found on amazon. They have little legs and can be pulled around like you’re walking them. They were so fun for the kids. The party turned out so well and most importantly – our little guy had a blast!

xo, Rachel