I know you all love touring gorgeous houses as much as I do, so I've got something fun to help you through your Monday afternoon! The Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver is currently running a raffle to support the very important work they do for the kids of Denver, and the largest of the 2,750 prizes is an incredible, contemporary dream house. Want to see what $2.75 million gets you in Denver's exclusive Cherry Creek neighborhood? You're in luck because I've got lots of photos for you! ... View the Post
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Dry Erase Memo Board + Free Laundry Symbols Printable Poster
When I redesigned our laundry closet, my goal was to not only make it pettier and better organized, but to also make it easier to ensure that our clothes always come out looking their best. I had seen lots of cute laundry symbols posters online, but what I really needed was a memo board to keep track of notes about special washing instructions... and I got the best of both worlds by creating my own. And now I'm giving it to you as a free printable, in your choice of colors! Laundry is ... View the Post
{style inspiration} Making Marsala Modern: Learning to Love the 2015 Pantone Color of the Year
I'll admit that when I first saw Pantone's pick for the 2015 Color of the Year, I was disappointed! My style is very modern and I tend to prefer cool colors for the majority of my home, with pops of brighter colors here and there. My first reaction was that Marsala and modern JUST. DON'T. MIX! In fact, I have had a Marsala colored chair and a pair of lamps in my home office for about 10 years, and for a while now I've been wanting to redo that room and reupholster the chair ... View the Post
Behind the Scenes of My Better Homes & Gardens Photo Shoot
When I was in law school rushing home from my contracts class everyday so I wouldn't miss an episode of Trading Spaces, I could have never imagined that one day I'd see photos of me and my home spread across two pages of Better Homes & Gardens. Talk about a "pinch me" moment!! Last week, Blue i Style celebrated its fifth anniversary. When I started this blogging adventure, I was still practicing law full time, Beckett was only 14 month old, and I was 6 months pregnant with Cooper. ... View the Post
DIY Chalkboard Clipboards + 3 More Back to School Projects
Happy Friday, friends! I am so excited because today I have three other fabulous ladies joining me for Five Minute Friday, and we are bringing you four back to school projects that you can complete in - you guessed it - five minutes! Simple Book Covers by A Prudent Life | Apple Teacher Gift by Dolen Diaries Chalkboard Clipboards by Blue i Style | School Files by Addicted 2 DIY Chalkboard Clipboards Featuring Kids' Artwork Both of my boys attend preschool two days a week in a ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Kid’s Closet Pinspiration and a Plan
We are slowly {so very slowly} making progress on Beckett's new room. We have all the furniture purchased, and Scott and I have hot Valentine's plans to assemble the bed and bookshelves tomorrow night. Don't be jealous! But there was been one area of the room plan that I had been procrastinating on - the closet. Sometimes I work best under a deadline, and that was the case this weekend. The annual Elfa sale at the Container Store was scheduled to end on Tuesday {but has now been extended to ... View the Post
Designing a Colorful Rooftop Deck
I'm working with a new client who has a very hip house near the city, with a modern and colorful vibe. We're starting from scratch on a few rooms in the house, and sprucing up a couple more. Transforming the rooftop deck is his top priority, so we're hurrying to finish it in time for him to enjoy a couple of months of warm patio weather before fall arrives. I love working on design projects, and this time around I wanted to get you guys involved in the fun as well! Over the last couple of ... View the Post
{featured} I’m Sharing My Pantry Makeover at Pretty Well Organized
I am excited, today, to be sharing my second post as a member of the Pretty Well Organized team. This week is all about pantry organization over at PWO, and it finally gave me the motivation I needed to get my own pantry whipped in to shape! Our pantry was desperately in need of a makeover {no exaggeration, folks - the before photos speak for themselves}! I'd like to say that our prior organization system just wasn't working well anymore...but that would be a lie. The truth is that we ... View the Post
How to Hang Patio String Lights
Raise your hand if you love the look of string lights... Yeah, me too!! Every time we would eat on a restaurant patio with the glow of string lights overhead or stroll through Denver's Larimer Square, I would dream about hanging patio string lights over our backyard! But if we were going to do it, I wanted to do it right - with commercial grade light strands and guide wires. The installation process seemed very intimidating to us, and we weren't sure where to begin, so we finally enlisted the ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Planning a Kitchen Mudroom
Earlier this week I talked about all those funny quirks that each house has, and the ways that you find to fix them or live with them. Today I'm sharing the story of how we "fixed" one the quirky parts of our home - that big empty space in the corner of our kitchen. When we toured our house for the first time, before purchasing it, we couldn't help but wonder why the kitchen cabinets came to an abrupt end, leaving five and a half feet of unused space. On move-in day, we found the ... View the Post
Vintage Industrial Letters
I have a major thing for typography, so I can't get enough of letters and words in home decor. From the moment that we decided on the Vintage Preppy theme for Beckett's new room, I have had my eye on the Vintage Industrial Wall Letters from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child. My original thought was to spell out Beckett's entire name, but that would have cost me over $100, and I just wasn't willing to spend that much! As the plan for the room evolved, I decided that it might be better to ... View the Post
{five minute friday} Tick Tock: A Chalk Wall Clock
I rely on the cell phone in my pocket to know what time it is, completely ignoring all the clocks in our house most of the time. My boys on the other hand are fascinated by clocks - and not the digital ones on the appliances, but the real ones! So while they were at preschool the other day, I added a quick and easy clock to their chalkboard wall in the kitchen. They spotted it the second we came through the door after school, and man were they excited! A while back, I ... View the Post