Cranberry Lovin'

I have a feeling that red is going to show up a lot more in color choices this year.

Or at least I hope it will!

I can't tell you how head over heels I have fallen in love with cranberry lately.

More and more red might just be popping up in my posts to come, so don't be too surprised when it happens ;)

If you all are anything like me I have be captivated by the neutral & calmness of white, grey and wood tones these past few months. Yet a few weeks ago I found myself sitting in our house thinking wow, we need to add some color in here!

& my first choice was red. way to go from one extreme to the other Jordyn. 

I love the look of red against grey but it just wasn't the right mesh for my house since my lovely vintage couch is navy- a bit too Americana for my taste but boy oh boy do I love these lovely red tables I re-did, 

I was sad to let them go since they didn't flow with my house but I'm happy they are in great hands now with a lovely new owner who has the right place for them!

Before:

I was totally in love at hello when I first laid my eyes on these cute tables (there are two of them by the way)

I was sad though that on the other table one of the pulls was missing and I couldn't find another so I had to replace them.BUT I saved them for future projects so I'm not too heartbroken.

I loved all the little extras these tables had to add.

From the detail in the legs...

to the "bead boarding" look alike sides. They looked quite vintage, especially in the wood color.

By far my most favorite find out there!

** Please excuse the poor lighting, it was pouring when I went to start sanding these beauties, I always forget befores! So at least I got them this time.

After:

Like I said, I can't help but love the look of red against grey!

Now the paint color was called cranberry but they definitely were a bit more red then I wanted but I was still very pleased with the outcome.

I opted to go with basic knobs on the drawers because I didn't want to take away from all the detail everywhere else. I really wanted the details to shine.

I'm sad I couldn't find a place in my house for these tables! Who wouldn't be? They are too stinkin' cute!

Have any of you fallen in love with any bold colors or color combos lately?!

My goal in 2012 is too broaden my horizons in color choices.

What about you all? What is your goal for 2012?

I would love to hear from you! If any of you happen to do some furniture refinishes lately with fun colors link them up to my Facebook page here!

I would love to hear from you all & see what you all are up too!

I'll be back tomorrow with a fun post on what we have been up to in the Pruitt household! Many changes have come since my dad has been down in North Carolina visiting! I can't wait to share them all with you!

Xoxo

Jordynluise

A Punch of Color.

Hey everyone!

I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend!

I know we sure did, minus the fact we missed our family.

We spent the day with great company though, our good friends have family close by so they had a big thanksgiving dinner up in New Bern and invited us over.

The food was amazing.

I probably gained a bazillion pounds, no biggie.

Recently my friend Brittney got into Pinterest and she stumbled across a pin about a thankful tree,

it was the cutest thing ever:

You wrote down on little pieces of paper what you were thankful for then tied it on the tree for everyone to see, it was a nice homey touch!

All she did was go into her backyard, find some twigs from trees,

cut them up & throw them into a vase, then she cut up pieces of paper, made a hole for the string and viola!

On another note,

As I've hinted at in my past posts we are currently in the process of redoing our master bedroom.

So far it's coming along great!

The first thing to go was the paint, the people that owner our house previous to us were really into the 

"one wall one color and the other wall the other color" fad.

Which is beyond me because I can't stand it. 

Maybe it would be okay if they hadn't done it in every room of our house.....

Well thanks to pinterest all the walls in my house 

minus my bathroom downstairs that I still need to paint, are all grey.

Grey is just so neutral and goes with everything, just like white, so you can't blame me for falling in love :)

When it came time to choosing colors for our room it wasn't much of a decision.

Last Christmas I got the cutest bedding ever from my mom as a present.

It looked great with my red walls there, but I wanted a more calm feel in our room so we painted our walls grey. 

The bedding is black and white, made by the country living brand.

Black, white & Grey. Not the most eye catching color scheme.

So here comes that "Punch of Color".

Naturally we chose red because it looked so good in my room before.

We just wanted it to be less bold as it was in my old room.

Well I didn't know how I wanted to bring in the red, until I stumbled across this beauty on Lejeune Yard sales:

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{Close up on the detail }

I personally didn't like the choice of nobs on the vanity, they were really flimsy & just looked cheap.

Even though spray paint is my go to for everything I decided to pick up some new nobs instead.

I've been look for a vanity to put in our room since I had a built in one at my parents house.

I couldn't help myself after I saw this one.

I loved the detail that was put into it.

And I got it for an awesome price! Along with the fact that it had already been sanded and everything.

All it needed was some new nobs & Paint.

There was no doubt in my mind that this lovely piece needed to be red.

And if I do say so myself, it was a great idea.

Take a look for yourself:

After:

I love the different color mirror against the red & black vanity.

The detail in the vanity is so much cuter in person! 

I can't even begin to tell you how much in love with this piece I am 

You can't tell in the picture as much but the nobs have a detail on them that suits the vanity well.

I thought the nobs looked better than those old pulls that were originally on it.

I love my vanity and the color it brings to my room! I can't wait to show you all the finished result of our bedroom, but there is still some work to go. Until then I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Xoxoxo

Jordynluise