Josephine's Powder Room Refresh

October 3, 2019 Erika Marston

When we first bought our home we did a full renovation of the main floor. We have since renovated the basement with the top floor being the only area untouched. We have no plans to renovate this floor as people like to remind us that children destroy things! This means that I have to work with the flooring, fixtures and finishings that are already there. But that’s okay, I like a challenge!

This powder room was very dull and I felt it needed colour and playfulness to really bring it to life. It all started with that adorable lama print. I found it and had to have it.

My biggest challenge in this room was the tile. The burnt yellow that runs through it is not my favourite. However I thought if I embraced it instead of trying to distract you from it, then just maybe it would all come together. Lucky for me the colours mustard yellow and rust are making a come back. This does not mean you should keep your grandmothers old floral couch (you know the one).

I figured the easiest way to make a quick impact in this room was decals. So I order and received the decals, strapped the baby on and went to town. Eyeballing their placement actually turned out pretty good. The great thing about these peel and stick decals, is if you don’t press too hard you are able to gently remove and reposition them. These alone made a huge difference in the room.

After the decals were up all I needed were some fun decor pieces. I spray painted the existing mirror, added two pink rugs in different shapes and tones and brought in a woven basket for some more texture. This room actually gets a ton of light so I figured a plant would be the perfect piece to finish it off.

Where To Buy

Watercolor Heart Decals (1.5 inches in Rust) - Urban Walls

Round Blush Rug- H&M

Rectangular Pink Rug- Ikea

Adorable Lama Print- Homesense

Woven Basket With Yellow Pom Poms- H&M

Garbage Basket- Walmart

Rubber Plant - Home Depot

Turkish Towel - Etsy

Nursery Tour

March 28, 2019 Erika Marston

Our Nursery Tour

It’s taken quite some time to pull this room together and we’re thrilled with the final result. I wanted the nursery to be a room that made you feel instantly relaxed. A room that both of us would enjoying being in, spending mornings feeding our baby and sipping coffee in that comfortable chair.

Unfortunately I completely forgot to take a before photo (baby brain) but it was really just the flooring and light fixture that we updated. Once we had the carpet installed it was time to finally start pulling out all of the items we had been storing and bring the vision to life!

If you know me I’m not into a lot of colour, which is something I know I’m going to struggle with when it comes to children’s items. I tried to keep most items a neutral tone. However once everything was in place I kept feeling like something was missing. My husband is not a big fan of pink so I promised him there wouldn’t be too much. I envisioned the velvet curtains taking center stage and therefore not needing much more colour. In the end it turned out we were both unhappy with the lack of colour. So what did we do? Big beautiful wall decals to the rescue! These were exactly what the room needed, they are outstanding quality and very easy to install.

Everything in this room was sourced from many different places. There were a few items that I had to do some hunting around for, so don’t worry I will link them all below!