Thanks to the fact that our master bedroom has a huge floor length mirror (a surprise wedding gift from John so I could see myself before walking out the back door to get hitched)…
… the second mirror to the right of the bedroom door seemed a bit superfluous.
So we seized the opportunity to replace it with one of our homemade botanical prints in an inexpensive Ikea frame. I like it so much that I want another frame to hang right under it with a different botanical on display. But I’ll have to wait for our next Ikea trip…
We intentionally sized our homemade botanicals to fit into these great square Ikea frames for a luxe look on the cheap. A bit of nature does a bedroom good, and it’s especially convenient when you don’t even have to water it.
Maybe it’s the bulbs poking through our flowerbeds or the forsythia starting their annual show, but I also decided to swap out the art over my desk for something a little less glacial. We took the existing photo on our Alaskan honeymoon (snapped from the window of a tiny sea plane as we flew over a glacier covered in volcanic ash). Needless to say it’s one of our favorite images from the trip, but spring fever has me chasing something a bit more tropical…
So I pulled a two minute art swap using another botanical we made. And I’m loving the lighter leafy vibe…
What about you guys? Does spring fever have you switching out accessories or art in your home? What sort of seasonal things do you do to usher in the warmer weather? Dish the spring-is-on-the-way dirt.
We added our den’s corner office area to the room-by-room source guide (found in a link on the top of our House Tour page) so you can now see where we snagged everything from those boxes and tins to our desk and our lamp.
Goodness, your home is so lovely!
This is our first spring as a married couple and I can’t wait to decorate our newlywed apartment for spring! :)
That is funny that we’re on the same page! I should have known you guys would have already thought of that. Love your house, blog and ideas! Thanks for sharing.
I am swapping out my entirely black dining room for something more light and airy. I’ll be sending photos soon :) Plus I set up the map you have in your office and I will send a photo soon.
Thanks for the ideas!
What kind of cute little plant is sitting on your desk? :)
Hey Ali,
It’s a little english ivy plant (picked up at Home Depot- they’re supposed to be great indoor air purifiers) in a West Elm planter picked up a few months ago. Hope it helps!
xo,
Sherry
I was wondering, the panelling/beadboard in your office area..did you repaint that yourself or was it that color existing when you moved in? I have a Den that still has the hideous 1970’s faux wood panelling and I’ve been desperately searching online to find a way to paint over it without the paper peeling off in the process. We cannot afford to take it down and drywall or install actually beadboard. If you have any advice whatsoever, I’d love to hear it! I would be looking to prime and then paint it a light cream color.
Hey Karla,
If you check out the House Tour tab under the header you’ll see that our den came with dark wood paneling that we painted to brighten up the entire space on a budget in an afternoon. It was as simple as one coat of oil-based primer followed by two coats of latex paint, but stay tuned for an in-depth tutorial that just happens to be on the agenda for the coming week. You’re a mind reader!
xo,
s
Hi guys !
I did some seasonal change in my house as well. I just replaced some pictures of my parents’ seaside that I had in my entrance with a bird and a flower that I cut out of a shiny paper, to get a more “light and fresh” look whan I enter my home : . What do you think ?
Marianne from France
Love it! Switching things up is always fun!
xo,
s
Curious where your cute little desk came from or if you made that? Love it! I’m new to your site, but I have already fallen in love. Assuming you attempt to decorate for as little as possible and do you create/build as much as you can in order to keep costs down and yet get a custom feel? Were you handy prior to moving into your home or have you learned thru your reno projects? Love your site!!
Hey Christy,
It’s a parson’s desk from West Elm (it was a wedding present) and we adore it. We actually made a room by room source list so you can find out where almost everything in our house is from by clicking the House Tour tab under the header and then clicking the link on the top of that page for the source list. Here’s the shortcut link for ya: https://kokokara.info/photo-gallery-2/room-by-room-source-list/
Hope it helps!
xo,
s
I was just wondering how you made the botanical prints?
I used photos of leaves and a photo of grasscloth (for the woven background) and just traced the outline of each leaf in photoshop and filled it with white paint. Then I placed it on the grasscloth background. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Do you still sell your prints? I remember in the past you used to sell a set of four egg shell prints. =)
Nope, sadly we retired our print shop a while back since we couldn’t keep up with it anymore. Maybe you can find something cool on etsy though?
xo,
s