Plank Wall Photos

Hello lovely friends! I hope this finds you having a wonderful weekend!

We had a successful time of it last weekend working on the house, and were able to lay a new subfloor in our girls' room, not including the walk-in closet. {We did that yesterday.} No pretty pictures of this room...yet! Although I am liking even the new plywood floor a whole lot more than the carpet that was there! 

But I feel things are going much more quickly with this room, and I will be moving on to the beadboard ceiling on Tuesday! Yippee! I have been looking forward to covering up their popcorn ceiling for years! 

{I plan on doing a whole post of inspiration pictures showing just what is in store for this little room! And I also plan on showing before and after pictures of each phase of this room renovation...gulp!} This does not come easily for me, because I am such a perfectionist and would rather show the before pictures after! But isn't it always more fun to see those along-the-way progress pictures when someone is working on a big project?








But tonight I have some finished pictures for you. All I have really shown of the room is the faux fireplace, and so I thought I'd show you the plank wall I put up, and that side of the room. But first, please excuse the dimness of the pictures! We live in the land of perpetual rain, hence the grayness! I should have retaken these pictures later in the week, because we have had sun for a few days now! {gasp!}









Although when I say finished, I mean the renovation is now complete, and I can decorate now!








Just a little perspective:
The gray wall to the left in the above picture is the long wall where the faux fireplace is. On that wall is the doorway to the walk-in closet, which I have purposefully now shown yet! {It is awaiting a little makeover of its own!}









But oops! Do you see a glaring problem with this picture? You guessed it: a lack of handles on the dresser! Would you believe I actually declared myself finished with the room, having forgotten to paint the handles of that dresser? Oh dear...I will have those finished and where they belong lickety-split. Although this dresser is only temporary, until I find the dark walnut dresser I am looking for...


But you might be wondering why I haven't decorated yet...I had planned out and even purchased some things for this room along the way that simply didn't work when it all was said and done. I wanted a certain look and feel in the room...And weird as it sounds, you can't force inspiration. So I just had to be still and rethink things.







Now I have finally decided what to do about the bed linens, curtains, lamps, accessories~ the very feel of the room! Some of it will involve a visit to IKEA with my sister tomorrow, and some of it my sewing machine!







At first I had a gray comforter set that was very pretty, but didn't work. This quilt set isn't quite right either. The problem? I need to be brave and go for all white on this bed. I can mix in some off-whites, though, if that works.





I know, it is a lot of white in this room, without a lot of varying texture. But it won't stay that way. I like having a clean, blank canvas to work with, and it hasn't been altogether bad living the pared down style.
In fact, I have found I rather enjoyed it! So I will add textiles and textures and warmth without compromising the simplicity I love in this room.

In keeping with my new resolve to show things as I go along, I will be sure to show photos of decorating progress, promise! :)

I hope you each have a restful night, and a beautiful Monday! {And thank you for stopping by for a visit!}


Much love,


Jenni

Plank Inspiration {Vertical versus horizontal}

Hello sweet friends!

How was your week? I hope it was a lovely one for each of you! :)

SO...I was wondering...do you remember my "wide plank dilemma" that I wrote about a couple of posts ago? I just couldn't decide between vertical or horizontal to save my life!

Well...

After hauling this home:

And considering this:

I have finally and resolutely decided on this:

I first saw this picture from Southern Living while visiting the beautiful blog, Cappuccino Cottage.

I am crazy obsessed with this style of wider horizontal planks, if you must know! I want to slap these planks up on every available wall surface in our home! ;)

This picture is IT. By "it" I mean, I found the picture that showed me exactly which way I wanted to run the planks and how wide!

Do you ever find it hard to find a picture that screams what you want to do exactly? This one is pretty close.

{I think.} ;)

Now for some other "plank inspiration":

The above picture is not exactly my style, but just look at those gorgeous plank walls!

And some bedrooms that do not have plank walls, but are so pretty nonetheless, I still had to include them here:

And I saved this one for last because it is just that gorgeous! See that sweet gray painted table peeking out of the corner? Simply lovely!

So, it's horizontal all the way for the master bedroom! Which would you choose for your home?

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Jenni

{Photos courtesy of Southern Living, Coastal Living, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, and Pottery Barn.}