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Lesson learned #5- I LOVE decorating

For those of you who know me, you know I love planning things. This might be why I love my job. Most of my "free" time outside of school is spent planning future lessons and activities for my students. I loved planning my wedding. I love planning mini-honeymoons for Greg and I.

My most recent planning obsession has been the decor of what will be our first home in Virginia Beach. Greg and I are very lucky to have a large 2 bedroom/2.5 bath townhouse here in Enterprise. However, we knew we would not live here long so we did not want to purchase all new furniture and have it moved to Alabama then a year later moved to Virginia. We were lucky enough to be able to borrow wonderful furniture from Greg's sister to use while we are here.

While we do love what we have now, we are excited to purchase our very own furniture that will complete the design we have in mind for our first home. We are very excited to move back home as we will be living at the beach. We will have a 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment 4 blocks from the oceanfront. We cannot wait to put some miles on our beach cruisers and cruise to dinner/happy hour/lunch/etc.

Obviously, living at the beach means we want a very relaxed environment in the apartment. Everyone knows how much I love my blues and greens and I really like the idea of painting accent walls in major rooms in the apartment. Unfortunately, I am not a professional and am not sure how all of the little ideas I have floating around in my head will fit together to create a relaxing home environment.

So here is what I am thinking. Please share your comments to let me know what you think!

Master bedroom-

Colors: light blue and light brown

Accent wall: some sort of light brown

And of course, the gorgeous Valencia II sleigh bed from pottery barn with rectangular bed side tables.

Living room:

Greg and I know we want a large wrap around couch of some sort. I would love one with an L shape or one that is curved like the one pictured below. We have not found one we are in love with yet, so if you know of any good ones please let me know!

Accent wall: sea foam green

All of the frames and shelves in the living area will be dark mahagony
Dining Room-

Accent wall:???

Greg and I want a table that is small enough that we will not be at opposite ends of the room eating when it is just the two of us, but something that can also turn into something larger for when family/friends come to visit. I just found this table that seems to fit that and also has a lazy susan built into the center of the table which I find incredibly fascinating.
So what do you think? We are moving back home the end of August and cannot wait. I hope to get everything painted before we start moving things in. I expect lots of visitors once we are all settled in :)

xoxo