New Color, new Cozy Feels

This room makes me happy. It's collected looking. It's vintage looking. It's warm and inviting. And best of all, when I asked my girls what they thought of it, Anna said, "it looks like a Calico Critter home". You can peek at our love of all things Calico Critter here and here and here.  

This whole wall used to be big white frames with family photos in them. While I still love those family photos it was too 'heavy' looking and we didn't need all six of them. So while antiquing Scott and I found 3 more simple old frames and put up one of each of our daughters and one family one. I love having plates hanging on the walls (there's that cozy Calico Critter charm), but the star of this wall is the oil painting my Dad painted for me as a birthday present. 

Trying out a collected mantle (very full) look and for now, this summer, I'm loving it (epecially with all of the baskets and the new cozy mantle color) 

Here's the vew looking out toward the screened in porch... an extra room in our house April - October (some days warmer than others of course!) 

Old country books that are my design inspiration (rather than anything on a screen) I just love winter nights in bed with those books, dreaming up dreams for my home. 

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Well this room certainly has taken on many different looks over the years and of course the one I'm in is always my favorite. It's almost hard to believe that I liked anything else. ❤