{Chateau Floor Plan}

Wanna see the floor plan? Since I don't have pictures of the interior, I thought I'd share the floor plan I created on floorplanner.com

{Chateau DeJonge}

We found it! We have to sell our house first, but it will be ours soon enough! Our future chateau has the same floor plan of the house we first fell in love with, minus the sun room. This house has a bigger yard (3/4 of an acre) and the same great neighborhood.


We're already picturing ourselves living here, how we want to decorate, and any changes we want to make to it.


Now we have to focus our attention on selling our current maison!

{Shwee daaaaa ba pa shwee da}

I don't think I could give many designers free reign when it comes to my house. I've given it a lot of thought. I could never be on Trading Spaces. I would be the girl cries at how awful the reveal is. I think I'm just too particular when it comes to decorating.


Candice Olsen, however, could do anything she wanted. I've loved every one of her shows.




I love her modern/traditional style. It's a style I have a hard time putting together. Her rooms are so "put together," yet livable. So, Candice I completely trust you to redo any room you choose! Unfortunately, she only works in Canada...oh and her budgets are more than my entire house cost! Oh, well a girl can dream!

{Proud Aunt}

Since we don't have kids of our own yet, besides our furbabies, I get to spend lots of time spoiling my new niece. She's perfect in every way, and absolutely adores her aunt ;)

Matt and I enjoy making photo postcards and invitations. We made them for our wedding, friend's showers, save the dates, and now a baby announcement for my dear niece. I come up with crazy ideas and Matt tames them down and puts my ideas "on paper." It's a fun way to be creative together!

{Working up the Courage: Rate My Space}

It's going to take me a while longer to work up the courage to post on Rate My Space. I'm not quite ready to compete with all the talent out there. Until then, I'll just admire others, especially my new found love of JenniH-I love every room she has posted.


This is the kitchen from her new house, but her older kitchen is equally as cute:


I'll have to save all these rooms in my inspiration folder for our future house ;)

{House Itch: $$$}

While drooling over the house we missed, we found this house in the same neighborhood. While the location and lot size are right, the price is NOT. While we're willing to work with a ho-hum floor plan, we just can't justify the expense of remodeling if the price isn't right. So, the search continues!

{Classic Girl at Heart}

I just took the style quiz at Sproost-I like taking the various style quizes around the internet, but they are usually dead wrong. But, I think Sproost finally got close!

Your personal style is a mix of 3 specific styles:

60% Classic

20% Nantucket Style

20% Wine Country Style

Classic

What's old is new again! The beauty of Classic style is how well it takes all of the beautiful forms, colors and textures of the past and reinvents them in a way that feels both fresh and inspired.

The style itself is a mix of European influences and French, English and Italian antiques and replicas are often used together. Furniture is well proportioned and comfortable and the rooms give off an air of sophistication and grace. Oil paintings depicting still-life or nature scenes and emphasizing symmetry of pairs helps maintain the traditional nature of the room. Windows are often covered with opulent fabric shades and/or drapery.

Traditional rooms give off an air of history that seems to say "I was here long before you, and will remain long after you've gone." And yet, even with this level of sophistication, the rooms are soft and inviting.

Nantucket Style

Oh how you love the beach! Who doesn't, right? And so your dream home is either perched in your favorite beach town, or you've brought that favorite beach town into your house.

Your art and accessories speak directly to the activities that are found at the beach. Pieces of driftwood you found here, pictures or paintings of the amazing views there. Things that remind you of the coast - surf boards or fishing boats - are found throughout the house. The feeling of the seaside is both abstract and literal in the design of your space. The fabrics are natural, cottons and linens and are light in color and touch. Much of the furniture is wood or wood framed (the lighter the better, think driftwood!) and wicker, when done right, is a must.

And since your true inspiration is the sea, the colors and textures in your home are the same that you would find at your favorite beach: white, light beiges and grays of the sand and driftwood, a variety of blues for the ocean and sky, and greens and vibrant blues of the sea glass� but the key is white! Your space should feel light and airy and give off the mood one has when at the beach: laid back!

Your furniture is comfortable and the layout is cozy. The more it reminds you of actually sitting on the warm sand, the better! And what do you do at the beach? Hang out with family and friends - and your home is just an extension of this play place. And though the space is filled with large white furniture, it somehow manages to feel both durable and casual

Wine Country Style

Tuscan sun, here we come! The Wine Country style reflects the feelings evoked by the seaside regions of Europe such as the South of France, Spain, Italy and Greece. The style manages to be both refined and casual, such that you can mix beautiful antiques with more rustic wrought iron or wood and the result is both sophisticated and cozy.

Furniture is large and comfortable, colors are bright and cheery, and regardless of the color palette the spaces almost always feel warm. You can easily translate the style into the perfect family environment but you can just as easily emphasize the more formal pieces and make your room the perfect adult getaway.