Office chic

(door knobs can be found HERE)

I did this post a while back, but today I am linking it up over at Momfessionals.

When we moved into our new home I was so excited to get my hands on the office!  I wanted  a space that was unique, calming and inspiring.  I love to mix different styles...shabby chic, rustic, vintage, french, etc and this was the perfect place to combine them.

Welcome to my office...let me show you around

I love rooms that are neutral with a pop of color.  I chose to use a neutral gray color on the walls.  I used Behr paint that was a color match of Walmart's Colorplace Paint in the color Falcon.  I love that color, but like Behr paint better.  Then I wanted to mix rustic with very girly.  The office has a tres ceiling so I chose a faux wood wallpaper to go there and then added a crystal chandelier.  I LOVE the way it turned out...the ceiling really looks like wood.

Click HERE to find this wallpaper.

Once I had a neutral base I wanted to pick a pop of color and went with one of my favs...Robin Egg Blue.  I had this section behind my desk where I needed the perfect piece!  It needed storage, I wanted a combo of cabinets and drawers and it had to be the perfect size to fit between these 2 built-ins that I designed with our builder.

Then I found this perfect piece!!! An antique Empire dresser/buffet.  

Now time to get to work on her make over.  I chose a Behr color match of the Walmart Colorplace color of Bahama Underwater Blue.  

And here she is...the newest member of my furniture family

She was the perfect fit and I just love her...totally makes the office.  I used glass knobs from Home Depot and have these same knobs on my desk in the office.  This desk was one of my first House of Hargrove pieces!  

You can find the rug HERE

More pics of the office...

I love bulletin boards...  Here I have photos from our wedding day, furniture inspiration, fabric swatches I love, and one of our House of Hargrove custom art signs with important dates in my life...you can get yours too!!  Lots of options available.  Click HERE to see the choices and just email me at houseofhargrove@gmail.com to get yours.

Moving around the office I have this House of Hargrove piece that is perfect for crafts!  It has tons of compartments in the top drawer to help organize everything

An amazing customer of mine gave me this Pottery Barn file cabinet and after a little HOH makeover it worked perfectly!!

Bolts of fabric...

Detail of hardware on built-in cabinets

I still have work to do in the office...I need to add curtains, wall art, etc.  I LOVE Kravet Riad fabric in black and white!  

I think it would be perfect for the drapes, but it is so $$$.  It is $55-$65 a yard and I need 4 panels made!  

Luckily I found an amazing knockoff fabric!!!

It is perfect.  

It is called Quatrafoil Black and you can find it HERE.

You can pick what base fabric this pattern is printed on and can get it for about $18 a yard!!  Much better.  Getting these made will be one of my next projects.  I am thinking of having them trimmed in Robin Egg Blue grosgrain ribbon to bring more of that color into the office...still not sure on this idea.

To me the office and the powder bathroom are perfect areas to do something a little different in your home because they don't have to flow as much with the rest of the home.

When you come into our home the office is on the left up a small set of stairs, but in the middle of the large staircase that leads upstairs.  

Here is a view from outside the office down the stairs.  You can see my favorite Mora clock replica.  Email me if you want one of your own!!

View from entryway, up small set of stairs to office.

View from top of stairs down to office

(you can see miss Avery coming up the stairs)

Thanks so much for stopping by...more decorating posts on our new home coming soon...stay tuned!!

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Priceless Peacock!!

Peacock Princess!

I have been seeing all of this Peacock stuff all over lately and decided that it would be the perfect Halloween costume for Avery!  I love all the girly stuff so I wanted her to be a "Princess Peacock".

My mom came over and helped me and it was so easy and inexpensive!!!

We made the tutu for under $5!!

Brown Tulle  $0.77 a yard

Navy Tulle  $0.77 a yard

Aqua Tulle  $0.77 a yard

Green Tulle $0.77  a yard

The elastic was $1.29

All you do is cut the elastic to the size you want for the waistband, cut the tulle (we cut it in strips that were 25" long and 4" wide) and tie the tulle on the elastic in 1 knot in the middle of the 25" so that its basically 2 pieces hanging off the elastic at 12.5" each.

Simple as that!  

Then we hot glued Christmas glitter Peacock picks we found at Hobby Lobby (right side of photo).  They are in the Christmas Tree aisle with all of the garland and picks.  They were $2.49 and 40% off.  They also sell some at Walmart for $1.47 (left side of photo)...we didn't end up using those, but they were also cute.

Next, we worked on the top.  We had the brown top already.  You could use any onsie, or top you wanted.

We glued a Christmas ornament that they sell at Hobby Lobby to the middle.  It came just like that and was like $4 with 40% off.

Lastly, we bought a peacock feather clip that was over by the ribbon section at Hobby Lobby.  It was $6.99 but I used a 40% off Hobby Lobby coupon which you can find here!

COSTUME COST

Tutu (with glitter peacock feathers): $8.85

Top: $2.40 (price for ornament...had top already)

Headband: $4.19 (price for peacock feather clip, we had bow and band already)

Seeing your baby girl as an adorable Peacock.... Priceless

(ok actually $15.44)

Bye Bye...thanks for reading about my costume!

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Custom Art Prints

Check out these adorable custom art prints!!

Order yours today for ONLY $10!!

These sell for $20-25 on ETSY.

These prints fit an 8x10 frame.  

They are custom JPEGS to be printed from your computer.  

They look the best if you print them on textured paper (like linen paper or resume paper) or scrapbook paper if you 

want a fun print behind.The JPEG is yours...you can print as many times as you want!

Pick the one you want and email me at houseofhargrove@gmail.com with your info (dates, etc)

I will send you an invoice and once paid you will receive your JPEG ASAP!!

These make GREAT GIFTS!!

BABY'S FIRST YEAR

SPECIAL DATES

                                                                                        ** printed on burlap scrapbook paper**

"WE HAD YOU" BOY

"WE HAD YOU" GENDER NEUTRAL

"WE HAD YOU" GIRL

TYPEWRITER FIRST NAME

TYPEWRITER LAST NAME

MONOGRAM FAMILY

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My House of Hargrove-2nd Edition

We moved in in June and I am still super busy working on the house!  Slowly but surely we are getting there!

I think my favorite room in the house is the Mud Room!  I have always dreamed of having one and love the idea of having a place for everything!  Avery is only 1 so we haven't dealt with her backpacks, shoes, coats, etc. yet, but my husband is a huge fan of leaving his stuff lying around =).  Now....he has a place right when he walks in the back door to drop everything!  This make me very happy!!  

I wanted to add some "sparkle" to this room and it is coming along!

Here is the before photo:

and NOW:

I added some stripes and a giant crystal chandelier.  The door straight ahead is the laundry room and on the left of the photo are the mudroom cubbies.  Just to the right of the stairs is the door into our garage.  The door that I painted our house address on (see blog post here)

Here are the cubbies.  I need to add more baskets at the top! There is a cubby for each of us and one extra for child #2 one day =)

Here is a view of the mudroom from the top of the stairs.  These back stairs lead up to my husband's favorite room....the game room.

Eventually I have plans to make the far right wall a family photo gallery.  I want to do lots of large black and white canvas prints of the family.  This will be a work in progress over the years.  My cat Ariel decided to jump in the photo.

Here is a view of the mudroom from inside the game room.  It has this incredible barn door that I designed and had built by the super talented Dumpster Diva!!  We LOVE this door.  It adds such character to the room and glides so easily to cover the opening and close off the room which is nice when its boys night and it is really loud upstairs.  I had done lots of research on barn doors and couldn't believe how expensive all of the hardware was!!  I couldn't find anything online that was any cheaper than $350!!  So...seeing as I like the "look for less" I went to the local Tractor Supply store and bought a real barn door slider.  It was silver and I just spray painted it.  It was only $125 for all of the pieces!!  Much better!!

Here are the french doors from the hallway that also lead into the game room. There are 2 entrances....the barn door/mudroom entrance and this one.

This is the view when you walk through the french doors.  You can see the barn door to the right.

The opening to the left of the barn door is an entrance into the card room.  My husband loves to play cards with his friends.

I wanted the game room/card room to have an industrial/rustic/farm feel.  I was searching for the perfect light for above this table and found it at CB2 for $179!!  It looks like an old antique farm light.

You can find it HERE.

Here is a view of the game room from the other side near the window bench.  My cat decided to crash this photo too =)

In sticking with the industrial/vintage/barn theme I fell in love with this light at Lowes.

Its by Allen and Roth and it was $199.  You can find it HERE.

Close up picture of the Bar

These are a set of french doors behind the couch that lead to the "Juliette Balcony" over looking our Family Room.

View on Balcony overlooking the family Room

There are still some things I am working on for the game room.  I will be adding Roman Shades, pillows and a cushion to the window seat.  I also will be replacing the sofa with this incredible sofa I found at Home Decorators!

It looks like the old vintage Chesterfield sofas with casters and tufting.  I LOVE it!  Find it HERE.

I also want to change out the coffee and side table to these great industrial reproduction pieces from World Market!

Find them HERE

Stay tuned and I will update as more projects get complete.

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