Home Decor – Page 3 – A Noble Home

One Month in our New Home and Taking Time to Appreciate Progress.

September 28, 2019

We’ve officially been in our new home for one month! I am happy to say that the transition has gone really well. The kids have adapted to their new home and new school so well and we have too.

We hired the cutest mover below.

3 excited kids waving goodbye to our old home.

This is our first time purchasing a resale home. Our previous two homes we bought new from builders so I was a little worried that it may take a while for this home to feel like ours. I wondered if it would feel like I was living in someone else’s home for awhile, but I’m happy to say that it felt like our home almost instantly and the more and more we change and update makes it feel even that much more like ours.

We have big plans for this home. We purposely bought a pretty basic home (interior wise) so that we could change it and update it to our style. I find sometimes when you have big plans for a space it can be hard to be patient and see the progress you’ve already made, because you just see everything you still want to do! But really, when I think about it, we have made a lot of changes in just one month. We’ve updated light fixtures (before and afters of that coming soon), we’ve hung curtain rods and drapery, changed out almost all the doorknobs (17+ and counting), swapped out toilets, installed new garage door openers, painted a dining room, ordered wallpaper and lighting and new furniture…etc, etc

From shiny brass, dented and tarnished to…

matte, black and gorgeous.

We went with these gorgeous gold rods in a lot of the rooms. Ill be doing a tutorial blog post on how I hung these faux pinch pleat drapes soon.

Seeing it all written down.. I’d say that’s pretty good progress for just one month in. So even though there are still a lot of things we still want to do (some are pretty big ones – like trim work, crown moulding, gutting bathrooms and the kitchen), I’m going to sit back and appreciate on the progress we’ve already made in our new home.

So… We’re Moving!

July 29, 2019

If you follow me on Instagram then you probably already know that we’re moving! We’d been looking for a new home for about 9 months and hadn’t found anything that felt like ‘the one’. Then I saw a sneak peek of a home coming on the market soon… all I saw was a picture of a pool and a quick description. I immediately followed up and when we went to see it, we just knew it was perfect for us. The backyard is a dream (I’ve always wanted a pool!) and though it’s in a suburb it still feels private. The home is pretty original in terms of interior finishes though but thats exactly what we wanted. We wanted something we could fix up and make our own. We’ve sold our current home already as well and we move into our new one in a little less than a month! Though we are sad to say goodbye to this home, we are excited to move into this new one and cannot wait to share the new home and all the decor changes we plan to make to it.

Our new home is bigger than our current one and has a few rooms we dont have in this house (an office, a formal living room and a formal dining room) so we will need to buy some additional furniture for the new spaces. I’m trying not to buy too much before we move in but I have gotten a few pieces already which I’ll share below.

Breakfast Nook Table

I plan on using our current dining table in our formal dining room at the new house so I needed a table for our new breakfast area. I searched long and hard trying to find a nice light wood round table and could not find anything that looked like it would be the right colour (and the right price). I came across this new table from World Market and decided to give it a try even though it was so new it didn’t have any reviews! They don’t ship directly to Canada so getting it here was a bit of a hassle but it finally arrived and I’m happy to say its perfect!

Breakfast Nook Light

This light may look familiar if you’ve followed me for a while. We have the same light in our current home’s dining area. We just love this light. The capiz shells really add to that coastal vibe that I’m hoping to create in our new home and if you have the windows or doors open the breeze always blows into the shells and creates the prettiest wind chime like sound. It will hang over the round table above. Bonus – its been on crazy sale lately. Click here to shop it.

Vase

I have been eyeing a similar vase from McGee and Co for a long time but being in Canada the duties, shipping and exchange make it a pretty pricey piece. I found this vase at Urban Barn and its so similar to the other I wanted for a fraction of the price. I plan to place it on the round table above in the new home with some greens inside.

Accent Chair

I ordered this chair from Wayfair and its a pretty good dupe of the CB2 chair I’ve loved for awhile but it’s a much more reasonable price. I actually have no idea where I am going to put it in the new home, maybe my bedroom?! I just loved it though and I will find a spot!

That is everything I’ve purchased so far for the new house, I have a few items I’m eyeing but I need to wait until we get into the new space… because everything I buy now I have to pack up and move too – as my husband keeps pointing out haha but I’ll be sure to share those soon!

Rachel

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Wallpaper and a New Light – An Update on Our Laundry Room Makeover

October 29, 2018

I didn’t start out wanting to redo my entire laundry room. I merely wanted to add some cabinets so that I had some additional storage but I literally can’t just do one thing in a room! Projects inevitably spiral and spiral until I’m suddenly adding wallpaper, changing a light fixture, ordering countertops…. etc. etc. etc. Anyone else like that? So here I am doing an entire laundry room makeover… haha. Here is where we are right now:

The Cabinets

I ordered these cabinets from Lowes. My laundry room is an odd size and I didn’t want to have to trim the cabinets out so I couldn’t do cabinets all the way across the wall with off the shelf cabinets. I opted therefore to do two 24″ wide cabinets and to add a hanging bar between the two. I often hang sweaters and shirts to dry so the bar will be useful (and I won’t have to hang them over my stair case anymore haha). The bar was purchased at Home Depot but I haven’t hung it up yet because… I ordered wallpaper!

The Wallpaper

I haven’t hung the bar because I ordered some wallpaper and it will be much easier to install without the bar in the way. I took advantage of Serena and Lily’s Family and Friends sale and got it for 20% off. It’s a small space (I’m only doing the back wall where the cabinets are) so I only need 1 roll…hopefully ha.

The Light Fixture

I originally had a black schoolhouse light in this space. It’s this one. Although I still love it, it no longer works in the space with the wallpaper. So I swapped it out for a light I originally had purchased for my basement bathroom. It’s such a pretty light and I wanted to see it more often (and lets be real… I’m in the laundry room ALOT with 3 kids). So we swapped the two lights and I’m so happy with it.

The Baskets

Because the laundry cabinets don’t go to the ceiling (because I’d actually like to be able to reach into them haha) I had a gap between the cabinet and the ceiling. I found these baskets at Pottery Barn and they are the perfect fit, I actually couldn’t believe it! And I snagged them on sale too!

So that’s where we are right now. The wallpaper is on its way and I will install it next. I think I want to add a butcher block countertop and I also need to replace the plastic laundry tub with a nice cabinet/sink combo. I might also add some hooks and art. Because again… we’re spiraling haha

xo Rachel

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An Elegant Yet Modern Thanksgiving Tablescape

October 9, 2018

It was Thanksgiving in Canada last weekend and we were lucky enough to host our family dinner this year. I really love Thanksgiving:, the food, the family, the reminder to be grateful for everything you have. It’s a wonderful day to sit back and appreciate everything good in life. I love being able to host too and to entertain all our family in our home. I’ll be honest, I don’t do much of the cooking around here. My hubby is just a really good cook so I let him tackle that while I tackle the decorating. For the decor, I wanted to make a really pretty table setting this year, something elegant yet still modern.

The first thing I like to do when planning a tablescape is to shop around my house for things I already own that could work. There is no need to go out and buy everything new. The eucalyptus branches I laid on the table I grabbed from a vase in my living room, the larger white plates are our everyday dinnerware and the wood stump and turkey candles I’ve had for years, same with the pumpkin salt and pepper shakers. Even the woven chargers I use regularly just for family dinners.

I did purchase a few items but I made sure that the items I did purchase were things I knew I would use year after year for Thanksgiving or for other holidays or dinners. I’d been on the hunt for gold candlesticks for a while and I found these gorgeous ones at Crate & Barrel and just knew they’d be perfect. I plan to use them for every dinner party ever because I love them so much. I also found the thankful plates there as well… literally the day before our dinner (and on major clearance! yahoo!). They’re pretty holiday specific but for the price I paid it was worth it. Lastly the gingham napkins are from here, they’re another item I knew I’d use over and over. I also snagged wine glasses that say thankful as well…from Walmart of all places. So although they are Thanksgiving specific as well… they were cheap! Finally, I added in a few tiny white pumpkins from the grocery store for $3 and I was done. I really love how it all came together.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Now excuse me while I go eat my second.. okay third piece of leftover pie for the day. 🙂

xo Rachel

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Five Favourites for your Friday

September 7, 2018

This weeks favourites are full of my favourite things: white, black and light wood. There’s also little touches of fall as well because even though its been crazy hot this week, I find myself craving all things fall right now.

1. I’m loving this snippet from a home by Studio Mcgee. I’m usually all about the white walls but these dark ones with that light wood is so dramatic and stunning. I love how it makes all the accessories pop as well.

2. This kitchen nook by Jessica of 25:40 Love & Co is basically perfect. I don’t think I’d change a thing. I love the light fixture with the gold interior and classic light wood table and white chairs.

3. I often toy with the idea of custom building a home. It’s a dream I’d love to do one day. I’d also love it if the house looked like this one designed by Wyrick Residential Design below. I mean, even the driveway is stunning.

4.. This porch by Kelly of Lily Pad Corrage is giving my major fall porch inspiration. I need to go grab a trunk full of mums and pumpkins asap.

5. Lastly this bathroom by Lindsey Brooke Design is so stunning. The black mirror with the polished nickel fixtures is a dreamy combo. The shiplap, vanity and the floral art you can just see a peek of in the mirrors reflection is giving me major bathroom goals.

What’s inspiring you this week?

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Owen’s Big Boy Room – The Plan

September 3, 2018

We didn’t do a nursery for Owen. I know this sounds so horrible but we didn’t do a nursery for 2 reasons. The first reason is we just never had any time. Life with 3 kids is so busy and we were so busy with other home projects that we just never got around to it. The second reason is that we have realized after 3 kids that we never really use a nursery. We co sleep with our babes and our crib gets zero use. So even though he’s only 10 months old, I’m basically jumping right into planning his big boy room! The plan has changed a little bit but I think we’ve finally settled on a final one!

The walls – I first wanted to add board and batten trim all around the room but now I am thinking we will just do one accent wall of this gorgeous Serena & Lily wallpaper behind his bed. The rest of the walls will be painted white.

The bed – I already have the bed – it’s the Pottery Barn Kids Elsie bed. We had a bit of drama with this bed as I actually first ordered it in the colour ‘cloud’. It looked white online and being called cloud I assumed it was white. Well… it arrived and was grey! I was so upset! I tried to see if I could make gray work but it just wasn’t what I planned. I even got quotes for having it painted! Luckily they released the bed in the colour ‘simply white’ and my store was kind enough to let me exchange it (the best service I tell you!). So now all is right!

The nightstand – I need to go to the store and look at the wood sample (so I don’t have another bed incident (decorating tip – look at samples first!), but I’m pretty sure this is the nightstand we’ll be going with. It’s also Pottery Barn Kids – the Emerson nightstand. I love a light wood finish and the simple lines don’t compete with the wallpaper or bed.

Lighting – I picked up a cute white basket style light at my local Homesense (you can see it on my Instagram here) and I’m adding that gorgeous wall sconce above his nightstand. I love that it’s actually a plug in sconce so no extra electrical is needed! (‘Id link it but its since been removed from the Pottery Barn Kids website :()

Decor – I’ll be adding the Ikea Jute rug for texture, some Ikea ribba book ledges to display all his books (I have 3 in each of my kids rooms), a juju hat above his bed and 2 gold frames on the wall with some beachy art prints (which I still have to source).

So that is the overall plan. It’ll have a very neutral, calm and beachy vibe. I’m hoping to have it all done before his first birthday in early October!

xo Rachel

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