House Decor Inspiration

I haven't talked about any of my decoration ideas or themes for the house so I thought I would post some pictures to give y'all an idea. The theme for the house is "Old Florida Meets Southern Coastal Charm". {I saw that in a magazine :)} but it perfectly describes EXACTLY what I want our house to look like. 

I am definitely on the hunt for a bed similar in shape to this. I LOVE anything tufted and I just think it make a room look so nice.

I have had this type of table in mind for awhile and I completely love harvest wood tables. My FMIL might have found a perfect one at Z Gallerie and I really hope we get it or one similar to it. I am also thinking of getting some awesome tufted, dramatic chairs to put at the heads of the able and something simple for the sides. 

I have found a few DIY projects on Pinterest I want to recreate and this is definitely one of them. Living in Florida my entire life I have no shortage of a shell collection and I think these would look awesome on the wall or in a bathroom. I think I might do it in a silver frame though. 

Love coastal/beachy lamps and there are so many different options!

I LOVE these paintings and I am hoping to find some similar to these to place around the house. 

I have fallen in love with everything mercury glass since we picked the hanging pendant lights below that will go over the island in the kitchen. Definitely hoping to find some awesome lamps like this maybe for the guest suite or our master bedroom. 

The mercury glass pendant lights that will go over the kitchen island. There will be 3 of them

I love the ottoman in this picture. It makes the room feel so cozy and I LOVEEE whicker 

Such a cool mirror

Absolutely love these two items above and below. Definitely want these for our coffee table in the living room

So now onto the color scheme for the house. Since we are going with a coastal theme I wanted different colors of blues throughout the house in the paint colors and decorations used. As well as a rainbow of corals and tans. Below are the 3 things I have been using for inspiration for the corals, blues, and tans. 

I LOVE this bed so much. I love the color and everything. it is more neutral which is great. 

I really love the idea of having a few nautical things in Shane's study and I just think sail boat plans are the coolest things to hang on the wall. Thinking of painting Shane's study a darker hue of blue. 

This picture above was the inspiration for our living room entertainment area. I have seen this done in a lot of houses recently and I just love the shelves on each side. We decided not to have a fireplace because you know… we live in Florida {haha} and there is no need for one. I would rather have extra cabinet space to store things.  In the picture below you can see how they are framing the areas to the left and right of where the TV will go. We don't have a lot of walls in our house because it is such an open concept so I really wanted a place to put wedding photos and other photos and some cool decorative items that would be in a common area. 

I found this lighting fixture and totally love it. We are trying to find something similar to go over the dining room table but something that is a lot longer and oval so it covers more area over the table. I love that it has the hanging crystals but I really like the shade as well. 

Well that is it for now. The house is moving along great. The wall insulation went in last week as well as all the windows, and the french doors to our master bedroom and the door leading out to the outdoor area. The glass sliding doors haven't been installed yet. They have started putting the roofing tiles on the roof and should be putting up dry wall this week. 

Until next time :)

xo, Alina

Building a House AKA THE MOST STRESSFUL THING IN THE WORLD!

As many of you know from some previous posts my fiancé and I are building a house in Naples. I honestly had NO IDEA what I was getting myself into when we embarked on this journey. It is a million times harder than planning a wedding. I have been so decisive about what I do and don't want for the wedding but with the house one day I like something and 3 days later I have changed it to something else. Shane has been on internship ALL summer and will be back at school this fall so its has been REALLY hard doing this on my own. Thank god for my future mother-in-law who has been AMAZING during this entire process. She literally knows everything about building and decorating houses and without her I would be lost and probably crying my eyes out after every appointment. After some long hours and looking at tons of magazines and trips back and forth to here and there I think we have some final FINAL decisions on things. Just wanted to share some pictures of things for the house and vent a little. As hard as this all has been when you find that one piece of tile that matches everything else and makes it all work it is 100% worth it!

So here we goooo

This is what CHAOS looks like. Carpet, wood, tile, paint = OVERLOAD

Ok for whatever reason the floors look different than they do in person but trust me they are to die for!!! These floors will be throughout almost the entire house except in the bedrooms and bathrooms. We found these floors at Southwest floor design in Naples. 

y'all have NOOOO idea how much work we put into this guest suite. I picked out the tile floors, shower walls, and shower floors for our master bathroom in like 10 minutes it was a piece of cake. But this guest suite has been so hard! This bathroom will also be the powder bath for people at the house to use and for anytime we have guests staying over and I really wanted the shower accent to be very dramatic. I picked out the shower wall accent first and we picked everything else for the bathroom around that piece. That is dedication! We went through 5-8 different pieces of tile flooring trying to find something that would match the shower accent since it will also be the shower walls. Finally today my FMIL found the tile and it was so meant to be I was doing cartwheels. Not really but I was sooooo happy!

Below I put all the pieces identifications haha 

The shower floors for the guest suite is a tumbled marble and it is amaze balls {side note my momma said amaze balls the other day.. I died} and we are using it in the master shower as well for the floors. 

All the tile for the house we are getting from DeMarco's in Naples. 

Now onto the "kids" bathrooms. This kind of just fell together and I love it. Agreeable grey is the possible cabinet color and with the shower accent piece and the tile floors/shower walls I think it will be gender neutral but still coastal. 

Do NOT even ask me about paint colors. All I know is I want the house to have varying shades of blue and turquoise. Why are there so many darn shades of the same color. Its exhausting. All of this is really. 

Shane and I are so blessed and so lucky to be able to build a home together don't get me wrong but all of this + planning a wedding + looking a for a job + a part time job + an internship I feel like I have barely any time to do anything but those things. Okay I guess that is enough complaining for one blog post haha. Let me know what y'all think! :) 

 xo, Alina