Giving our Master a Facelift

Hiya, friends! So, listen. I’ve dropped a couple of hints about it and now it’s time to unveil the plan for my master bedroom refresh!! If you’ve been following along on the blog for a while then you know we blogged the reveal earlier this year and you may think it’s a little soon to be changing things up but let me explain because there are a few reasons why. First, to put it simply, I’m over it. Even though I shared the reveal with you all in January, the bedroom doesn’t look all that different from the master in our old home. Most of the furniture is the same and heck, we even painted the walls a similar color as our old master. Second, as other rooms here in the Daly Digs begin to take shape and the overall style and decor identity for the Daly Digs comes to fruition, I’m not sure our existing master bedroom fits in. I tend to love and have a lot of art and accents in warm earthy tones and I am just not feeling the bright, cool tones in the master any longer.… Read more

For the Love of Copper!

Have you guys spotted all the copper home decor gracing the aisles of your fave stores lately? I see copper everywhere and I while I’m not going gaga for copper, there are a few pieces I could totally see working into my home. According to Domain, copper would be out in 2017 but House Beautiful said that according to 2016 Pinterest analysis, copper would stick around a little while longer. I don’t think we should concern ourselves too much with what’s trending and instead decorate with what we love. If you happen to love copper, go for it!

Now excuse me while I dream about displaying some pretty shiny copper cookware on the open shelving in my new kitchen…except I don’t have open shelving…nor a new kitchen. Someday, folks. Someday.

My Faves in Copper Home Decor

1. Copper Coffee Kit / 2. Basket / 3. Antique Copper Hammered Bowls / 4. Hangers / 5. Copper Plant Stand / 6. Copper Sconce  / 7. Measuring Cups  / 8. Round Tray / 9. Copper Cookware / 10. … Read more

Custom Frames Online

I recently purchased my first custom frame online from Frames By Mail. I did this mostly out of convenience since I was running low on time for my One Room Challenge guest bedroom reveal, for which I purchased this awesome buffalo print. I needed a frame for that guy and decided to buy one online rather than have it custom framed, especially since I didn’t want or need an elaborate decorative frame. I stumbled upon Frames by Mail and I found it to be such an easy and enjoyable experience I wanted to tell you guys about it.

The interface is super user-friendly. You start by choosing your frame from a wide variety of options. They have everything from simple wood frames to elaborate ornate frames.  Once you select your frame, it takes you to a new webpage where you can view your frame. The image of your frame changes to reflect your selections and features such as your art size and your matting size and colors. You can also choose from a few different backing and plexiglass options including non-glare plexi, an option I took advantage of since my art would be opposite a window in my guest room. … Read more

15 Black Outdoor Farmhouse Lights

Ever since we finished the guest room, we’ve been focusing most of our attention on the exterior of the Daly Digs. You guys may have seen on my InstaStory that we painted the exterior of our house (ourselves!), had a new roof installed (it’s finally done!) and purchased a few new accents for the porch. We still have to finish painting the bottom of the house including the front door, but we’re moving along and I’ve been on the hunt for some black outdoor farmhouse lights to replace the miserably sad ones we removed. I thought I’d round up some of my favorite black outdoor farmhouse lights I stumbled upon during my search. I’m pretty sure we’ve decided on which ones we’re going with, but as always I plan to make you wait until the exterior reveal. 🙂

1. Vintage Barn Sconce / 2. Vintage French Farmhouse Sconce / 3. Warehouse Shade / 4.Wall Sconce with Barn Style Shade / 5. Carson Shepherd’s Hook Wall Sconce / 6. Carson Straight Arm / 7. Urban Bronze Indoor/Outdoor Light / 8.… Read more

Shiplap Built-In Progress

It’s been a hot minute since I gave an update on our shiplap built-in entertainment center project and that’s mostly because our contractors are taking foooreeevvveerrrr. We hired them for the project five months ago and progress has been super duper slow. But rather than complain about the woodworkers that we’ll never hire again, let’s talk about the positives!

Here’s the first post about the shiplap built-in if you’d like to refresh your memory and see our inspiration for the project. We decided to use this awesome shiplap built-in by Studio McGee as inspiration for our build. I love the shiplap, the floating cabinet and the rustic shelving against the white. 

The first step was for the woodworkers to frame out the built-in. Part of our wall was deeper than the other side so we had to frame it out so that the back wall would be flush. Then we had to have an electrician come out and move the electrical outlets out. We also had the electrician pre-wire for a mounted TV by adding HDMI cables and an outlet directly in the center of the built-in so we could conceal all of the wires.… Read more

Guest Room Reveal!

You guys, I’m so flippin’ excited to share the BIG REVEAL of our modern boho guest bedroom that we’ve been working on over the last several weeks as part of the One Room Challenge. We had some stagnant weeks in the middle due to some other projects that required our attention (and there may have been a weekend away by the pool that didn’t help). I was not quite sure we’d make it but that’s all history now because WE DID IT! It wasn’t without blood, sweat and tears but we. did. it.

Let’s jump in, shall we? But first, in case you’re just joining us and haven’t been following along with our makeover, here’s a flashback of what the room looked like before. And here it is now!!

Overall, I wanted the room to feel peaceful and relaxing yet, I wanted to make a bold statement without going too over the top, and the wallpaper is perfect for what I was going for. I kept the baseline color palette neutral and added pops of color in the accessories, like the throw blanket, the rug and the pillows. … Read more

One Week Until the REVEAL!

I can’t believe it’s week 5 of the One Room Challenge! If you remember from last week’s post, the wallpaper is up, but we still had plenty to do, most of which I’m happy to say we accomplished! WHEW! We installed the baseboards, caulked and painted the baseboards, finished painting the walls that are not getting wallpapered, changed out the electrical receptacles and installed new door hardware. Here’s a shot of the mess, I mean the room, mid-baseboard install. And after with the new outlets, which have USB ports which I think is a great feature! And finally, the baseboard work was complete and it was time to start cleaning the floors and start the FUN STUFF! Like installing lighting! Originally I planned to go with modern fixtures in brass but I decided since we were doing black door hardware (keeping consistent with the rest of the house) that I would stick to a simpler palette in here since we all know the wallpaper is stealing the show. I don’t want it to feel too overwhelming and busy with many different finishes, especially since some of my accessories are colorful.… Read more

Week 4 One Room Challenge Update!

I can’t believe it’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge! Time is flying and we have just one more update before the reveal in 2 WEEKS! This week, it’s all about the cactus wallpaper!

Progress

Our ORC progress report grade for this week is a C-. Our minor stall in progress from last week continued into this week since we were distracted with painting the 2nd story exterior of our house! Oye vey. That project was a bit more time consuming and labor intensive than we anticipated so our to-do list for the guest bedroom did not get done (more on the exterior later). The plan was to have the baseboards and painting done and all the electrical receptacles replaced, to make way for the wallpaper installation. We did not get the baseboards in yet but we opted to go ahead and have our cactus wallpaper installed, so the WALLPAPER IS UP folks! Normally you would install baseboards and any trim before wallpaper so that the wallpaper hanger can cut directly along the top edge of the baseboard.… Read more

One Room Challenge: Modern Boho Guest Bedroom

It’s week 3 of the One Room Challenge! I can’t believe it! We’re in the middle of our modern boho guest bedroom makeover but let me start by saying we did not get all of the to-do list done since our last update. Wah wah. We had to push the wallpaper install a week because we didn’t install the baseboards yet. Sometimes life just happens, #amiright?

Painting is almost Done!

We’re pretty much done with all of the trim and door painting so here’s a few updated progress pics.
This is the small hallway coming into the room, the bathroom is on the left and the walk-in closet is on the right. So much better, right? Above you can see the progress on the window trim and that door is to another small closet in the room. Ahhhhh brightness!
Here is the huge wall of windows with all of the trim painted. We’re using Sherwin Williams Alabaster, which is the shade of white we’re carrying throughout the rest of the house. If you remember from my last post,  we’re not wallpapering this wall of windows because of how many more rolls we’d need, and the amount that would be wasted after cutting it for the windows.  … Read more

One Room Challenge: Modern Boho Bedroom

Last week I shared my plans to participate in the One Room Challenge, a biannual event hosted by Calling it Home in which a bunch of designers and bloggers redo one room in six weeks, blogging updates about it weekly. I decided to participate because I thought a deadline would force me to finish the upstairs guest room…we’ll see how that goes. Check out last week’s post to see the all before pics of the room and the plan to make this room into a modern boho bedroom oasis.

Wallpaper Update!

As of last week I couldn’t decide which color of the Aimee Wilder cactus wallpaper to use. We’re going with “desert” color in the middle, which is white and a tannish hue they call oatmeal. While I love this wallpaper in the green and pink, I decided to go more neutral since it’s such a busy print and we are doing all of the walls.  Well, most of the walls. We’re not doing the hallway or the wall with all of the windows because I would have needed an additional 3 rolls just for the window wall and so much of the paper would have been left unused.… Read more

Wallpaper Roundup!

I have wallpaper on my mind folks! As you may know, we’re in the middle of our guest room makeover for the One Room Challenge, and I’m so excited to finally introduce wallpaper into the #dalydigs! I love wallpaper so I thought I’d put together a wallpaper roundup of some of my favorite wallpaper prints and sources for you!

Aimee Wilder

I love Aimee Wilder wallpaper! We are using the cactus spirit print in our guest room and I can’t wait to see it up! I also really, really love the pineapple print for a pantry. There are a ton more color options  for these prints on her website, check them out.

1. Pina Sol / 2. Cactus Spirit / 3. Jungle Dream / 4. Deliciosa

Amber Interiors

Amber is a designer out in LA doing fantastic, inspiring things with her clean Cali boho style. I love everything she does, including this fantastic wallpaper she designed, inspired by global textiles. Mudcloth wallpaper!?! Shut up. I am so in love with Mali print I am convinced I’ll use it when we redo our powder room.… Read more

One Room Challenge: Week 1 (The Before)

Heya friends! I’m so excited to be participating in the One Room Challenge, an event hosted by Linda over at Calling it Home twice a year in spring and fall in which 20 design bloggers redo a room and blog about the process weekly for six weeks, revealing the finished product in the final week. Anyone with a blog can be a guest participant and redo a room while blogging weekly updates, so that’s what I’ll be doing. 🙂

For my One Room Challenge, I’ll be redoing the…..drummroll please….guest bedroom! It’s been a couple months since our dining room reveal so I’m pumped to get the ball rolling on the guest room! Alright, let’s show ya the room.

Guest Room: Way Before

This is what the room looked like when we closed on the house. You may remember from my intro post about the #dalydigs that we spent closing day ripping out all the nasty carpet. Yup, that’s what happens when you buy a fixer upper…rather than celebrating with champagne the day we finally closed, we were knee deep in disgusting carpet.… Read more

Holy crap you guys! IKEA has a new, limited edition line of some awesomesauce boho shiznit!  You may know this already since I’m a little late to the party reporting this very important news, but I wanted to see for myself first. And I’m telling you, it’s sooo good!

IKEA’s Boho JASSA LineWould you look at that rattan loveseat! And the prints! They’re wild, colorful and awesome. 

I love the rattan pieces so much am seriously considering them for my patio, which isn’t even on next on the list of rooms to tackle in the #dalydigs…ooopsie. But seriously, this lounge stopped me in my tracks and I am all heart eyes about it.

I love the entire line, but I narrowed it down to my faves, and here they are. Well done, IKEA. Way to step out of your streamline scandi design ways. Guys, go now and check out the rest of IKEA’s boho line! It’s genius and fantastic.… Read more

Built-In Entertainment Center

So check it! The next project in the #dalydigs is a custom built-in entertainment center in the living room. The living room is in the center of the house and has a huge wall that’s seriously begging for a built-in unit. It already has a nook and at almost 14′ across, it’s large enough to accommodate a good sized built-in.

Here is a handy depiction of the wall.

As you can see, one section of the wall is deeper than the other so the woodworkers will frame it out so the back is flush. We’ll be losing a little bit of space but we want the TV centered on the entire wall so that’s what we have to do. Once it’s done no one will know the back wall wasn’t flush. Well, except for you guys. 😉 The wall is almost 14′ across and 9′ tall. #motd (man of the digs, aka hubby) wants an 85″ TV so we’ll pre-measure to accommodate it and add some shelving on either side and cabinets on the bottom. By the way, do you guys know how big an 85″ TV is?… Read more

Daly Digs Dining Room REVEAL

Hi, guys! It’s time, it’s time! I’m so excited to share the reveal of our revamped global eclectic dining room! I am SO in love with this room! Let’s get into it!

But first, a quick recap. In case you missed it, check out the post with the before images and the detailed plan for the room. I also wrote a post about my dining room chair saga.

Here’s the before to jog your memory.

Here are some inspiration images that I love, and have the overall vibe what I was going for in our space.  Eclectic, with a global l feel and a dash of a farmhouse vibe. Sources: 1. / 2. / 3. / 4. 

And now, here is our finished global eclectic dining room! Drumroll, please……

Our Global Eclectic Dining Room!

Here’s the lowdown on what we did. We started by caulking and painting the trim on all those windows. It was a tedious process and required 3 coats plus a 4th round of touch ups. When trying to choose the right white paint you would have thought I was choosing my wedding dress.… Read more

Heya folks! I’m Becky and I have a Target addiction. It’s a real thing. #motd told me I need adult supervision to go Target. (Insert monkey covering his eyes emoji).

Target is one of those places I can go for a couple things and come out with 560. Anyone else experience this? With talented product designers like Nate Berkus, Oh Joy! and brand ambassador Emily Henderson (one of my design idols), it’s no wonder we are all going gaga for Targé.

I went to Target the other day to source some accents for a fun project I have coming up, and I was so giddy with excitement to see all of the new Spring stuff out (which also means Winter stuff on sale so it’s a win-win).

Here are a few of my favorite things from Targets Spring 2017 line. And you guys, they are soooo good! This year global accents are trending and I am alllllll about it! The #dalydigs is filled with global accents, whether it be art from places we’ve traveled, Hmong textiles, or Moroccan blankets (remember my master bedroom reveal?) It’s safe to say I am a sucker for global-inspired decor and Target nailed it with its Spring 2017 collection.… Read more

MASTER BEDROOM REVEAL!!

Alright, everybody! It’s reveal time! I’m so pumped! It feels like forever since we photographed the room and it’s my FIRST REVEAL on the blog soooo YAY! Huge thank you to Kera Photography for coming over to the Digs to capture the space! Welcome to our modern boho master bedroom!

Let’s jump in!! In case you need a recap, check out the first post about the room where I showed the before and discuss our goals and plan for the room, along with inspiration images with the vibe I was going for. To refresh your memory, here’s a peek of the room after we removed the nasty carpet and had the new wood floors installed. Yes, we did the floors before we painted. :/ Things were crazy and we were juggling projects in the house, couldn’t decide on a paint color, and that’s just how it worked out. Besides, that’s what drop cloth is for.Allllll right, here’s the after of the room from that perspective! So, as you can see, we painted the walls and the window trim, installed new baseboards, put in new white roman shades and a new white modern fan.… Read more

You guys, I have a love affair with my bar cart. If you have been following along, you may have picked up on that since I use it in just about every project. I can’t help myself, it’s so versatile and so pretty! Mine is vintage Hollywood Regency, but there are awesome new, reproduction bar carts out there. Since I think everyone should have a bar cart, I thought I’d do a bar cart roundup complete with bar cart styling inspiration! Because I’m partial to brass bar carts, my suggestions include strictly gold bar carts, all less than 300 buckaroos!

11 Gold Bar Carts Under $300!

1.  Metal Bar Cart / 2.  Velma Mirrored Cart / 3. Silverwood Sinclair Cart / 4. Abbyson Hamilton Kitchen Cart / 5. Lakelyn Serving Cart 6. Gold Mirror Felicity Bar Cart / 7. Round Gold Metal Cart / 8. Argentia Bar Cart / 9. Sauder International Cart / 10. Mirrored Cart  / 11. Carrie Bar Cart

A quick historical note about bar carts. They are so popular these days (rightfully so) but the modern day bar cart is actually a reinvented Victorian age tea cart!… Read more

Happy December y’all! I can’t believe Christmas is almost here! Today I’m sharing my cute little boho Christmas tree that I’m pretty in love with. If you’re following me on Instagram, you may have seen a little sneak peak on my story last week. This year, we got the largest Christmas tree I’ve ever had and I’m so excited about it! The #dalydigs has some high ceilings so I wanted to take advantage. Our tree is about 13 feet. Ok, I know it’s not huge, but  it’s the tallest one they had and he’s full and fluffy. We had one hell of a time getting him inside, and then we had to cut him down a bit for him to fit in the largest tree holder we could find. It was fun :/ I decided to take my tree down a boho path this year. I love the bohemian style which, if you’ve been reading along, you already know that. I found some pretty great ornaments for our boho Christmas tree so I thought I’d share my sources and inspire you to go boho!… Read more

Master Bedroom: Before

Heya, folks! I’m here today with the before pics of the master in the #dalydigs and the grand plan to make the room into a natural, bohemian master bedroom. Lets jump right in.

Sorrryyy about the blurriness in the photo above. I didn’t exactly know I was going to start a blog and share these images publicly, otherwise I would have been better about those iPhone snaps haha. 

Alrighty, so this is the master in the #dalydigs. A good size room with ample light and pretty bay windows…and ugly trim and nasty carpet. #storyofmylife

The best thing about the master bedroom are the closets! That’s right, his and her closets people. And ya know what? My closet is the size of a small bedroom! I really should measure it for you guys, but it’s seriously huge. #motd has his own little closet too, and it’s about a quarter of the size of mine. Tooooo badddddd, honey!

Alright, so thankfully this room didn’t need too much work. Well, I say that…yet after living here for nearly five months it’s still not done!… Read more

I’m GIVING away this macramé runner for FREE!!

Hey, friends! As you may know, before we launched our blog we gave away a couple awesome home decor accents including this awesome pink fringe pillow and a leather Moroccan pouf! Swoooonnn! Welp, the party isn’t over yet. We just posted our next giveaway and it’s this awesome 6′ macramé runner from the Etsy shop Fiber and Threads. I love Elizabeths’ work and I already have one of these runners. I love it so much I thought it would be the perfect giveaway for you guys so I got one just for you! Macrame is so hot right now and I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon. I’ve seen the one Anthropologie macrame runner everywhere, and now you can have one! This runner is the perfect accent for your home, even for those that do not fully embrace the boho style, this runner will add just the right amount of boho softness to your dining or coffee table, credenza, or bar cart (like I recently did in our fall brunch coming atcha’ soon) or you can even hang it on the wall for a textured piece of art!!!!… Read more

Oh my gosh you guys. The dining room is keeping me awake at night. In my last post about the dining room I revealed before images and the plan for the space. We’re in the middle of the project now. We’ve sealed the windows, painted about 10 miles of wood trim, painted the walls, installed a “new” light fixture and it’s just about time to furnish and style!! YAY! I’m determined to mix old and new in the room, and I think I’m seeing black, modern dining room chairs on the horizon!

Normally I have  a pretty clear vision for what I want a room to look like. You know how sometimes you stumble upon furniture and accents that you just know are perfect for your space? Well,  the decor Gods are not speaking to me when it comes to the dining room. I’ve been pinning like a crazy person and I’m still torn on a couple details, in particular, dining chairs are annoying the hell out of me. This poor room is having an identity crisis. I’ve “decided” on about 20 different chairs and changed my mind every time. … Read more

I have always wanted a formal dining room, an eclectic dining room that could feature our art, where I could merge the old with the new. Our last house was an open concept with the dining room open to the living. While I think the dining room got more use because of that, it was not large enough to accommodate a lot of guests…at least not without adding an additional table and spilling into the living room – which we did, many times. When searching for the new home, I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated formal dining room, large enough to house a huge table and fit the whole family around. Especially for the holidays when I really kick up the styling and entertaining and attempt to cook a meal.

So, you can imagine my giddiness when the #dalydigs had just this kind of dining room.

This is the before of the dining room. The two photos on the right are when we first saw it prior to some improvements the bank made. Interesting huh? It had some issues – namely a friggin plywood window.… Read more

Here she is y’all! The #dalydigs. We have a lot to do, but trust me when I say she didn’t always look this good. Keep reading.

But first, the backstory.

The path to the forever house was not an easy one. We had been living in a typical stucco home that we built in an HOA for several years. Florida is plagued with stucco homes that all look the same, built in an HOA community about 2” apart. We could high-five our neighbors through the kitchen window and our yard was the size of a postage stamp. It was a nice home, but we knew we didn’t want to be there forever. The #motd (man of the digs aka hubby) wanted a home with some land, more privacy, and space for the doggies. I was hoping for a home with unique architecture not too far in the country. We put our HOA house up for sale, and probably had 100 showings over the course of a year. We took it off the market for a couple months just to take a break and we hired a new realtor.… Read more