February 2013 Birchbox

I know I'm a bit late here, but without further ado:
It's my favorite time of the month again!

In case you have no clue what Birchbox is, check out my post on what it is & how to sign up {here}.

I was pleasantly surprised by this months Birchbox.

This months theme was "red carpet ready" , I can never get over how cute the packaging is when I receive my Birchbox!

What you don't see pictured is my ghiridelli chocolate bar that came with my birchbox....I couldn't help myself haha.

What I got this month:

• Color Club Neon Nail Polish - Age of Aquarius

I loved this color! It wasn't something I would normally pick out for myself but it was a fun bright color!

• Skin & Co Body Gel - Sicilian Orange Extract

I actually really hated the smell of this, it sadly went straight to my trash can... I thought it smelled like a flower// an old musky smell. I just was not a fan, but I looked it up on Birchbox & they have another scent, Rosemary & Verbena, which would be RIGHT up my ally. I love anything with rosemary & verbena. Wish I would have gotten that one!

• Dr. Lipp Original Nipple Balm for Lips

So funny story, my husband LOVES to open my birchboxs' with me, we were opening everything up & he goes "uh... Birchbox sent you nipple cream?" I was like "WHAT!?" then looked at it, & we both started giggling like little school girls, Apparently, this stuff is like the shiznit, it was once used as nipple cream for new mothers but people started using it on their lips and it worked really well for chapped lips {my little card from Birchbox told me that ;) }. Birchbox was reading my mind again & new I had chapped lips from all the crazy up & down weather we are having in lovely ol' Jvegas NC. {Jacksonville} & it noticeably helped by the next morning. I will so re-purchase this. Its more of a think lip balm, not an everyday chap-stick in my opinion, just for when it is needed.

• Twist Band Headband - Black

I love Twistband! I was so happy to see they came out with headbands after receiving the hair tie in one of my other birchboxes. In case you are completely clueless to twistband products, they are the new take on hair ties//headbands, they don't give you indents in your hair after you take them out & are much more stylish. They come in so many colors & prints as well! They are more pricey though, a pack of 4 for $19 but they are worth it!

• Lastly I recieved my favorite chocolate ever, Ghiradelli Caramel Sqaures.

If you have never tried them, get them. Enough Said.

If you don't have a Birch Box yet sign up for one {here}. If you already have one I would love to see what you got this month! Leave a comment below!

xoxo 

Jordyn Luise 

Grey Green Bedroom Set

I love when I get the chance to do something different for clients.

Recently I was asked to update an old bedroom set.

This lady had a way to my heart, she informed me that she had thrifted the whole set!

I couldn't wait to get my hands on it, & when she mentioned she wanted a "grey green color" I knew we were meant for each other ;).

1. Because I love anything grey, & 2. I love finding new colors! I had never refinished anything in a color like this.

I thought it was a fitting project since we just recently finished painting our office// my husbands "man cave" a shade of green as well.

Before:

As you can tell, I forgot to take a picture of this until I had already started getting my hands on it,

& it is lovely cellphone quality haha.

All three pieces were a black color before.

Along with the armoire, there was this headboard & a lovely little night stand {which I forgot to take a before picture of}

After:

I love how the color & distressing turned out.

We decided to keep the original hardware because they were super cute, especially with the new look.

I love how the antique hardware mixes up all the solid clean lines of the nightstand.

It adds a nice touch.

My favorite part about the night stand & armoire is the lovely little detail accent at the bottom of each piece.

I love how well the gold hardware goes with the color choice,

which is Murky Sage by Valspar in Satin.

& look at those awesome scrolls! It makes it feel like such a substantial piece of furniture. I love it!

Some pieces are better left solid, & some look great with a little bit of distressing,

I love how well the distressing goes with these pieces, it definitely gave it some added character against all the solid clean lines of the pieces.

As you can tell, I forgot an after of the headboard. :(.

It was the same green grey color with a little bit of distressing around the posts & legs.

I love this set! I know it'll look adorable for years to come. Its a nice neutral set but still has an element of fun  with the different color. I hope you all like it! I know my client was very happy! :)

Have a nice day everyone!

xoxo

Jordyn Luise

Kitchen Update

Awhile back I posted about how we had updated our Kitchen.

Ever since it got a face lift to the cabinets, a dishwasher {which it lacked before}, and an amazing pantry my dad built when he was in town,

I have been itching to make to add a few more decorative touches to it.

Quickly after that post I put the light plates back up & realized I had completely forgotten to paint under the cabinets {ooooops, forgot you could actually see that} haha!

So I thought I'd share the little  updates I made here and there with you all!

Here's the link to my previous post of our kitchen.

&& here it is currently:

From Trash to Treasure

Best part about living in a military community?

Everyone PCS's at some point && if they are in a hurry they often throw a lot of things away rather than trying to sell them.

A lot of my great finds have been found around trash night,

{yep, i'm that person. don't judge me. I have found some cool stuff! fo free yo.}

Like this little number:

You catch that duct tape action?

How about all that handy dandy rust going on? 

Not so pretty huh?

Yeah my husband looked at me like I was completely crazy when we drove past this on the side of the road next to someones dumpster && I made him turn around and get it.

I didn't realize how gross it was until we got it home, it had duct tape on it, it had wood stuck in the holes,

it was rusting,it was just gross. 

So I left it in our sun room for awhile.

Then one day I was like "yeah, I should probably deal with this now".

{more like my husband said "hey you should probably do some of these projects now ;) whoops, love you honey!!}

Long story short, anything can be made pretty with a little elbow grease!!

I wanted to keep it pretty simple and neutral with my house because I had no idea what I wanted to do with it or where I even wanted to put it.

Luckily these were made out of some really nice wood, it doesn't look it, but this stool is heavy!

The best part about it? It swivels :)

Once I had this piece done I thought about selling it, but its missing it's back and the holes probably wouldn't be that appealing to others.

So I moved it around my house until I sat it at the end of our kitchen counters one day & it's been there ever since.

I never thought "hey we should put a bar stool there" but we actually get a lot of use out of this bar stool!

When I'm cooking my husband will just sit there and chop stuff up for me or, I use it for when I'm doing laundry as a place to set the clean clothes as I'm folding them, 

{or when I'm lazy and don't want to stand and fold laundry ;) haha lets be real here...}

Anyways, I can't picture not having this bar stool here now. It comes in a lot of handy && the best part is I got it for free and it wasn't too hard to fix up, nothing a little sanding, paint & stain can't fix :)

Have you ever gone trash picking?! It sounds a lot dirtier then it is, by no means do I suggest you go dumpster diving, but hey, just drive around and you might find something cool on the side of the road!

Try it out &  let me know if you find something cool ;)

Can't wait to share with you all a few little updates I've done to the kitchen tomorrow since I posted our D.I.Y. makeover last year!

xoxo

Jordyn Luise