I’ve been trying to brain storm up some ideas for our “mud-room”. We sort of have one now, but it’s in no way pretty. Our shoes just pile up into a mountain, and we have a bunch of coats and hoodies on a standing coat rack. I really want to get a bench with underneath storage, and some wall hooks for our coats, but I just haven’t found anything I like yet, or that’s in my price range. So, I thought I’d take this weeks Inspiration Stamps to focus on small Mud Rooms.

Mudroom Image Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

What are your weekend plans? Doing some Christmas shopping? Preparing for Thanksgiving?
I’m going to a craft fair on Saturday morning with Travis & his Mom, and I’m hoping that we are going to Ikea afterwards. Sunday will be another day at the wine fest with my sister.

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Still no decision on my gray & plum living room, so I thought I’d pull some other images from various places that either have a sectional or an Ikea Karlstad. I still love my mood board, better than all of these inspiration images – Uh oh.

[Inspiration Stamps Source: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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Now let me just warn you about something, I have never, ever, done a mood board before, so don’t make fun of how horrible it looks. (Okay, fine.. you can laugh once.) By the way, that chevron pillows has two colors on it because I wanted to show what it would look like if the purple actually matched the rug.

Travis and I are on the hunt for a sectional, and we both want a gray one. I’ve had my eye on the Karlstad collection at Ikea for quite awhile now, so I’m definitely going to check them out. (I’ve already checked out Value City Furniture and Ashley Furniture, with no luck.) With the Karlstad collection I’d like to get the sofa + chaise lounge combo in the Isunda Gray color.

We basically have a gray scheme going on in our apartment. Our bedroom is white, gray & blue and our bathroom is gray combined with some blues, whites & natural textures, so it’s only natural to continue on with our theme instead of having every single room being complete different and unbalanced. (I’m still at a loss with the kitchen…) So I thought we’d stay with the gray theme in the living room and toss in some deep purple and continue on with our dark walnut woods. (Hoping to score some walnut end tables & coffee table) I found this amazing 8 x 10 shag rug at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

I also found some amazing pillows that would work perfectly with our scheme and describe us quite well. The pillow with the cameras all over it is because we love taking pictures, we have tons. I fell in love with the burlap pillows that have the moose and bear on them. (Plus, Travis’ nickname is Moose some days during camping season) We both love nature, and Travis loves to hunt, so they are perfect. The chevron purple pillow was just one that I threw in for fun, even though ours would have to be a darker and deeper purple. The one I found was a little too pink for my taste.

Travis and I are planning on going to Ikea next Saturday, so I’m hoping we nail down what we are going for in the living room. I’m still waiting on his opinion of this mood board that I worked on for 3 hours! *Fingers Crossed*

[Pillow Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Posted on May 19, 2013 - 11 comments
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