Five on Friday: home projects and dreaming of summer

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My second week in family medicine has been pretty good. Pretty uneventful, but educational. I missed Monday thanks to a killer cold that knocked me out for 2 days straight so it was a short week. Is it just me or do "short weeks" feel like the slowest weeks?? Still hating the commute, but taking advantage of the alone time and trying to stay positive!

The highlight of my week was eating lunch with Garrett's Nana [now my Nana too!] on Wednesday. She lives about 15 minutes from where my rotation is so I got spoiled with country style steak, corn, peas, homemade rolls, and her specialty… lemon pie from scratch. Y'all, that lady can cook. I literally was in a food coma seeing patients that afternoon.

Slightly better than the spinach salad I take for lunch every day

T W O

As I wrote about in a previous post, I have been searching for something to go on the wall above our new bar cart. Well, I saw this piece of wall art last weekend at my favorite store at the beach and knew it would be perfect. And I am thrilled with how it looks and completes this space! 

T H R E E

This girl. I can't even. Being an aunt is the greatest blessing in the whole world!

F O U R

This was my view last weekend and I am missing it badly! I am dreaming of summer weekends at the beach. By the way, has anyone else read this book? It was great!

F I V E

I'll be honest, I'm not much into "beauty products" and wasting money on things that don't work. However, a friend recommended this clay mask and I have been really happy with it. Put on a thin layer, watch tv for 20 minutes, then peel it off and your face feels clean and fresh. I got roasted slightly burnt at the beach last weekend and my face had started to peel. I put this mask on, peeled it off, and poof! all the dead skin was gone!

This mask is super flattering….

How was your week?! I am looking forward to a weekend at home to spend time with my husband and furry baby!

Linking up with April and Amanda

Guest bedroom projects!

Our guest bedroom has been unfinished since we moved in a little over a year ago. As I've said in previous posts, furnishing/decorating an entire house is EXPENSIVE. Just ask my husband ;) So the guest bedroom has been on the bottom of our priority list in terms of decorating since we've only had people stay a handful of nights. Since all our family lives within an hour of us, we don't really have many overnight guests. However, every time I walk by that room my OCD gets the best of me. You see, I want everything finished… like, now. So when Pottery Barn had a 20% off sale last week, I pulled the trigger on the curtains I had been eyeing. 

The hardware for the curtains is from Lowes. I considered buying it from Pottery Barn until I realized a curtain rod was approximately $100… no thank you. All of the hardware, including the clip rings, was around $50 at Lowes.

I have been looking for something to go over this bed for forevvvver. Everything I found was too modern. I wanted "french country"-ish, something classic and distressed. Well when I was at my favorite furniture store at the beach last weekend, those wooden mirrors screamed "GUEST BEDROOM!" So I took them home on approval and am so happy with how they look.

Eventually I will add trim to the curtains to make them "pop", but for now they will do. And I need to finish styling the bedside table. Overall, I am pleased with how these 2 projects have transformed the room! Now, who wants to come stay with us?!?

[drapes in oatmeal] [curtain rod] [duvet- Pottery barn; sold out] [lamp- Home Goods]

Thoughts for Thursday: bar cart!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I had been wanting a bar cart for a while. Well, Santa [read: mom] has great taste and brought us one for Christmas!! I played around with styling it and am thrilled with how it turned out. It looks perfect in our dining room. I love that it has 3 levels… perfect for all the gifts we received at our "Stock the Bar" wedding shower! Also, it freed up SO much space in our kitchen cabinets. Now I just need a piece of art to put on the wall above it.

Before:

After:

I think Bella wants a drink...

[Bar cart] [Kate Spade "his" and "hers" glasses] [Kate Spade "ours" decanter] [Moscow Mule copper mugs] [monogrammed decanter] [martini glasses]

Linking up with Annie!

Oh hey Friday, home decorating edition!

Happy Friday loves! As I have said many times before, furnishing a new house is EXPENSIVE! Since we moved into our new house right after we got married we have been purchasing furniture and decorating little by little. All summer I was itching to get curtains for our bedroom and dining room. We finally decided to pull the trigger on this costly project [hubs might not let me do anymore decorating for another year after that bill...]! 

Due to my lack of time we had a family friend interior decorator help with fabric choices. She gave me a few options and I chose the final product. Sooo I guess I can't take total credit for how great they look? I am so happy with how they turned out! They make our house look even more "complete" and "homey". Check out before and after pics:

Bedroom before [with a photo bomb by Bella]:

Bedroom after:

 Dining room before:

Dining room after:

Linking up with Karli and Amy!