Wordless Wednesday: A Color Palette from Martha's Vineyard

Dream Closet

If you follow Easton Place on Instagram, then you already know my home has been going through some renovations for nearly a year. If you've not visited my Instagram feed, please go have a lookie-lou. We started in May, 2013 with replacing 90% of our windows, getting the exterior painted, changing a french door, adding new garage doors and adding a trellis over. Next we moved onto the boys' bathroom, the kitchen and finally our master bath and bedroom. As the painters will be starting on our bedroom next week (fingers crossed), I realize I would love to have my small walk-in closet reworked. My husband has the larger of the two walk-in closets. We refer to his as the "cloffice". It's actually the same size as our nursery was in our first home and it has a double wide, double-hung window. The reason we call it that silly name is because it's his closest and an office space for him as well.

Back to my simple walk-in... It's a fine size for hanging clothes, but it's not special. I've been looking at amazing examples of closets on Houzz and Pinterest and thought I'd share a few dressing rooms that've caught my eye. (all photos via Pinterest)

I love how elegant and feminine this closet is. I'm not normally a big fan of brass features, but this closet's brass knobs & added elements are perfection. The light from the window is wonderful.

I love the monochromatic feel of this room. The storage to the (high) ceiling is amazing.

I think I will do something like this in my closet. I have a couple extra large Kallax bookcases from Ikea that could serve as an inexpensive version of this shoe organizer.

There is so much about this space I love: It's bright, organized, feminine, functional, and can you hardly stand how perfect the wallpaper is in this space? Swooning!

I don't think this dressing room / closet is a great use of space, but I do love the color and I like the sweet mirror etc. There are several design elements I could see using in my space.

Have a look at my Pinterest board of Dream Closets  to see these photos and others, and let me know what you think! I'll continue to take photos of the Wunder-Renovation and when all is complete, I'll post a full report here on the blog. 

Cheers!

-Patti

It's Just A Little Paint

We'll have lived in our home for 12 years, as of January 31. I was feeling like I needed a change but didn't want to spend a ton of money. Paint is always the answer, right? If you follow me on Twitter and Instagram, you might have seen some of these photos. I thought for fun I'd post the "before & after" photos all together. I love how dramatic a paint change can be!

We started with a warm golden color on the walls. It was nice. I liked it, but I wanted an update.

The new color is "Storm" by Benjamin Moore.

The color looks great in day light or evening light.

Even though it's a "cool" tone, I still think the room is warm.

I've been wanted to change the honey oak banisters since the day we moved in!

Finally... Now they're stained Espresso.

And the back stairway, which features a family wall, looks great with the grey color.

It's amazing what a little paint will do for a room. Feels so fresh and new! 

I painted my studio as well. I'll share those photos next week. I still need to hang a few things.

So what do you think? Paint is good, yes? It's such an easy way to change a look. And this was done over the course of 5 workdays. Not too long to live in chaos (though it feels that way at the time).

If you've done some sprucing up using paint or stain, let me know about it! Do you have before/after photos on your blog or on Pinterest perhaps? Give me a link in the comments below. Happy Painting!

xoxo

Patti