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Before & After: A Bright, Affordable DIY Kitchen Update

January 27, 2017January 20, 2019Categories Home85 Comments on Before & After: A Bright, Affordable DIY Kitchen Update

My $250 kitchen update that started it all...

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Nope, this isn’t a magazine shoot. It is my parents’ house! My Mom loves styling and color as much as I do. Every time I come to their house, styling is different. This time, EVERYTHING was different because they moved! The new house is charming and beautiful and full of character. My mom has styled it with tons of vintage touches and color, which is cheerful and fun. I guess you could say, “I got it from my Momma!” Today is also her 29th birthday, which is weird cause I’ll be 23 this year 😉 Happy birthday, Mom! ✨💛

This photo is from yesterday but 1. That is my husband and I love him 2. That is the ocean behind us 3. That is a naked golden statue on top of a fountain 4. California is sunny and I am trying to figure out how to internally store all of this sunlight for a snowy day

Went to the other location of the “Anthropologie coffee shop”, which had an equally amazing mural. I think I have a plan in the works to help you get this mural into your home even if you don’t think you can freehand paint. Stay tuned.

Today we went to a castle, ate fried seafood by the ocean, watched the sunset on a pier, and had dinner with family. A+ first day in California. (Also that’s the ocean in the 3rd picture!)

In the words of my husband, “It’s like if Anthropologie had a coffee shop”. 😂 He couldn’t be more right. We went to Scout Coffee today and I died. Excellent coffee and pastries, topped off with my favorite Rifle Paper Co. wallpaper, all of the same accents as my kitchen (subway tile, Duck Egg Blue cabinets, and gold hardware), plus lots of other beautiful decorative choices like a hand lettered mural and weathered wood tables. I’m inspired to go home and add some of these elements to my kitchen! (Oh, and did I mention that there were palm trees outside?) Ben and I are going on a date to Hearst castle today, and plan to have sushi by the ocean tonight! The sunshine is doing wonders for my body, and I’m soaking up every second! California, I understand why people think you’re so great. ☀️☕️🌴🌊

I’ll be spending time in Louisville this month (where my family lives) and I’m thinking I might have to spend more quality time with this dollhouse! It is my Mom’s from her childhood, and my dad and I fixed it up last summer. I ran out of time to give the inside some love, but that might have to change soon!

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