Sponsor Welcome + Giveaway | Kelsey Design

September 25, 2012
I’m so excited to introduce Kelsey Design, my newest sponsor! Kelsey is a freelance interior designer and has such an amazing eye for styling. I’m obsessed with her storyboards!
If you have a room you need to re-envision, or just need a little room-styling help, today is your lucky day because Kelsey is giving away one of her storyboards to a reader! 
WHAT IS STORYBOARD DESIGN?
Storyboard Design is a guide to putting together a budget friendly, cohesive, and well designed space, inspired by your style. This includes three files:

  • The Storyboard with one round of revisions
  • A shopping list using on-line sources
  • How-to Guide for putting the room together                                                                                              

    •                                         HOW DOES IT WORK?

    After a winner is chosen, Kelsey will email you a questionnaire. This questionnaire will ask about your color preferences, styles, questions about the space and ask for a link to your Pinterest board with inspiration or there is also an option to upload photos of your favorite spaces. This is key in undestanding your likes and dislikes, so please be thorough in your inspiration. Kelsey will correspond via e-mail with any additional questions. You will receive your Storyboard Design, look it over, and, if so desired, you may have one round of revisions. Too find out more, check out Kelsey’s service page here.

    Enter here! Good luck!

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    UPDATE: Random.org chose lucky #20. Congrats, Emily!

    Around the House

    September 10, 2012

    It’s been a very busy last week and I feel like I’ve been totally out of the blogging world — a huge thank you to Amanda, Erika, and Rachel for filling in for me! Thanks also for all of your comments and emails — I’m looking forward to a new week and catching up with all of your blogs.

    I thought it’d be fun to share a few detail snaps from around the house:

    01. I finally found the perfect cane-back chair pair on Craigslist for a total steal! I tried staining them last week and the stain wouldn’t hold at all — it just ended up being this huge, sticky mess that I had to wipe and then sand off. The wood is so smooth and even if I try to sand it it’s not the kind of wood that holds stain — it just sits on top and won’t absorb or dry. Any tips? I’m thinking I just need to prime and paint them instead of try to stain them. Either way, I’m looking forward to transforming these little guys.
    02. A bar cart detail shot — milk glass + a sweet book.
    03. A favorite book that I’ve been loving lately — on top of our Docksta table.
    04. Shelving arrangement in our kitchen.
    05. A copper tea kettle + my favorite kitchen item.