Favorite Spot: Hattan Home

Are we all acquainted with Hattan Home? Please say yes. I am talking bright, colorful, bold and unique items for your home. And I am thinking yes, yes, yes and yes. Although my house is the equivalent to a house of pillows (if that should exist), I am quite taken with their pillow selection to tell you the honest to God truth. Maybe I could squeeze a few more in? Or maybe I could start a pillow rotation of some sort? Normal. Hattan Home has quickly become a new source for my clients to add serious style on a serious budget. Great prices = happy Lindsay. Oh and by the way, the owner of Hattan Home is also named Lindsay, and also Lindsay with an "A". You can imagine my instant gravitation. Check it. 

Get Hattan: Buffalo Check Pillow/Pagoda Pillow/Peony Pillow/Gold Piggy Bank/Greek Key Matches/Zebra Art/Towel/Toile Pillow

For you lovelies who want to deck their walls, couches and homes with some Hattan Home swag, use discount code "sadieandstella" for 10% off of your order from now until June 30th. Say what???? Go getcha some. 

JCPenney Say Hello to my Dream Home

Super jazzed to share a collaboration I have been working on with none other than jcpenney. A few months back, I shared with you all how much jcpenney is killing it. Between their Jonathan Adler Happy Chic collection and Martha Stewart, we have a stylish home decor pandemonium. To further my jcpenney excitement, they are hosting a Pinterest Contest, and the winner will receive $5,000 to make over your dream room. Oooohhh and ahhhh. Actually, each day a winner will also receive a $100 gift card. I mean get out of town. 

So you are wondering what you would spend your dough on if you should win the grand prize on this Pinterest Contest, are you? Let me show you a few items I have styled in my home from both of these collections. 

Charlotte Oblong Pillow

Jonathan Adler Vase

Charlotte Euro Sham

Martha Stewart Black Lacquer Lamp

So are we in love or not? To enter into the contest, all you have to do is create a Pinterest board and pin at least 4 items to your board from jcpenney. I mean how easy is that? Pretty certain Stella could manage. I am thinking of the many permutations of items I could score with $5K. Wanna see what I have pinned? Head over here. Maybe I shouldn't be letting you all in on this contest. I need to win! 

Favorite Room Feature: The Hunted Interior

So excited to share the lovely and serene retreat that The Hunted Interior has conjured up and implemented for us. Lots of pattern mix and match and dreamy colors. I could definitely lay my head down here at night. Wait until you see Kristin's major skills. 

Hey y'all!  My name is Kristin & I am the author & designer behind The Hunted Interior.  I'm so excited Lindsay asked me to share my favorite space today.  I am a bit of a stalker over at Sadie & Stella... not the scary kind I swear!  But definitely a fan.  Picking a favorite space is like picking a favorite color.  I just can't do it.  But I will say that I can actually relax & unwind in our bedroom.  Which is much needed after busy days of playing Interior Designer, Blogger & toddler wrangler (my most exhausting job!) 

Our bedroom was a sad room of blue and brown for the first five years we lived in our home.  Little on the walls... all Ikea furniture... now don't get me wrong, I love Ikea, but you need to mix it up a bit.  Now our room is an eclectic mix of furniture, patterns & textures.  All things that help make a space feel layered & put together I think.

We finally decided to get off the floor (I mean our platform bed) and get a real bed, but being me I wanted something custom.  So we got out the jigsaw & the staple gun & created our own.  It went with all white bedding for a while, but once I added the plum sheets & chevron West Elm Duvet my desire for patterns was officially fulfilled.

I finally got upgraded to a real nightstand too after our cousins were about to throw away this chest of drawers.  (yes! throw it away!) After a little tlc in the form of some white paint, some new hardware & some furniture polish this has become one of my favorite pieces in our home.  Plus I adore the extra storage! The top drawer has become my accessory drawer & the lock helps keep the toddler out of my jewels.  Super important as she is very fancy as well.

The art work was a scanned image of our hand lettered wedding invite.  I had been wanting to display it somehow & decided blowing it up on a canvas was the perfect solution.  Large & graphic really takes the invite to an unexpected level & turns it into a real statement.

Not having room for a bed bench at the foot of the bed, we were able to add an ottoman next to our full length mirror.  I created this fur ottoman using my mother in law's old fur & an end table we found on the side of the road.  Luckily, she gave me permission before I chopped it up!  It gets far more use in this form anyways.

Our Malm Dresser stayed thanks to a little paint & some flat metal L brackets.  And the TV was incorporated with a little gallery wall action.  

The TV is a necessary evil in the bedroom for an insomniac like myself, but it works with this eclectic mix of collected art & our giant vintage lamp.

Thanks again to Lindsay for letting me share (one of my) favorite spaces!

xo-Kristin | the Hunted Interior

Lulu & Georgia Giveaway!

Ok y'all. Big day. Big ol' day. One of my all time go to home decor stores, Lulu & Georgia is going to be giving it away to you S+S readers. Giving away what you may ask? How about $100 towards ANYTHING you want in their store. Yessir. You want art? They have it. Rugs? Done. Furniture? They nailed it. Lulu & Georgia is a somewhat new online store and I have to tell you, they have been killing it since day one. They have quickly become my first source for all things rug related. Just check out all these fabulous pieces. 

My favorites: Lotus Lamp/Cupid Mirror/Art/Abstract Art/Metal Table/Rug

So what say you? I need to know immediately what you would choose should you be so lucky to become the winner of this amazing giveaway. You can enter a total of 18 times. Yes. 18. All is fair in love and war. Get in on this. 

Also, just for you S+S readers only, from now until Friday use code SADIESTELLA20 for 20% your entire order. 
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A JewelMint Winner

Ladies, ladies, ladies. A winner is to be named for some free jewels. Ready for it? Ok so you won't be getting any of this, but who can forget this moment? 

Drumroll. The winner is Holly! What will she pick? How will she wear it? So many questions with no answers. Loves! XOXO

Monday Musings: Trimming it

Love muffins! How are you? My apologies for an impromptu 3 day break from y'all. Sometimes a girl just needs rest. Chay'all feel? Did we all have marvelous weekends? Before we get down to business this morning, can we please have a round table discussion about the RHONJ? Did anyone else watch the premier last night and feel like it was super scripted? While last night was a snooze fest, the previews for this season look to be lacking absolutely no drama. I am talking back to the Danielle Staub days. Bravo, you nailed it. 

So getting down to business here. I know a few months back I mentioned that adding millwork to my home was a top priority. And since I do not want to make a liar out of myself, I am in the process of that implementation. When I first moved in, I had thoughts of reconfiguring the kitchen to create more delineated kitchen and dining room spaces. Well folks, I got off the crack pipe and decided that might be a waste of money and the perfect way to "specify" these spaces, would be to add fancy dancy trim to my dining room. It's about to go down and don't you worry, you will be privy to all of the deets. 

Full House

Elle Decor

Ok. So show of hands. Who is with me on this? I cannot even stand how lovely it is going to be paired with a neutral grasscloth. It is bound to blow your socks off. XOXO

Where I am nursing today...

Ok. So, that didn't sound right. You know what I mean. I am showing off a nursery design for the oh so talented Darlene at Fieldstone Hill Design. She is prego with a baby girl and is heading up a new serious called the Bébé bébé bébé Nursery series which consists of a new designer each week spitting off their own girl nursery flair. If you do not currently follow Darlene, I suggest you do so and thank me later. XOXO

Favorite Room Feature: brittanyMakes

So I know I have been a little slow on the DIY train lately, but thank baby Jesus for today's guest who will pick up the slack for me! brittanyMakes is all about breaking down her amazing DIY projects step by step. And they are not just any craft project. I am talking pom pom curtains y'all. Today she is sharing her living room in her amazingly bright and inspiring loft. I love it and know you will too! 

Hello S&S readers! Let me just say I'm beyond thrilled to be here today! I'm Brittany, author of the blog brittanyMakes, where I journal projects and tutorials related to all things home design & DIY.  Lindsay asked that I share with y'all my favorite designed space, which just so happens to be the room I spend the most time - our living room!

Our living room just so happened to be the space that we "finished" first.  Like most people, my man and I spend significant time in our living room, so we wanted it to be a space that felt fun, fresh, comfortable, and most importantly, a true representation of our lifestyle.

My fiancee and I moved into our loft just about a year ago.  We moved in with no furniture to our name, apart from our bed and a few items we bought off Craigslist.  We designed our space gradually, in 'layers', with the first layer being most important: comfort.  We went shopping for a sofa right away, and ended up finding the perfect double chaise at Macy's.  Let me tell you, a sofa with a double chaise is amazing, you'll never have to call 'shotgun' over a chaise again!

An important factor I took into consideration when designing our living room was how to make the space feel less bachelor-pad-like (as my man is ever so used to) and more sophisticated and adult-like.  Hands down, the best way to achieve this is to find unique and clever ways to hide the clutter.  I chose to use an oversized dresser, which we found on Craigslist, as a storage solution and TV console, which effectively hides all the DVDs, video games, and remote controllers.  I bet you'd never guess how many BluRays are hiding in those drawers! I also love it because I get to store my go-to craft and jewelry supplies.  Seriously, you'd never know!

I created a layer of fresh sophistication by painting our TV stand/dresser in a bright shade of coral.  You gotta love a pop of color, and this dresser completely takes the stage!  Painting this dresser was the best decision I made.

The final layers of designing a space come down to your choice of accessories and personal elements of style.  I love gold accents, fresh neutral patterns, subtle texture, greenery, and of course, bulldogs! I found a way to incorporate all the things I love by thrifting, collecting, and DIY-ing projects and items to make everything feel cohesive.

Thank you so much Lindsay for letting me stop by and share with you our favorite space! I'm so honored to be a part of this killer series!

Source List:

Dresser - Craigslist; French berger chair - Craigslist, self painted & reupholstered in a snow cat fabric; double chaise sofa - Macy's Elliot sectional; distressed vintage trunk - family heirloom; gold frames, brass floor pharmacy lamp, white table lamp - all thrift store finds; gold leaf framed art; table & legs canvas art - Studio 13 Designs; floating shelves - Lack shelves from Ikea; ikat curtains - handmade from fabric from Home Fabrics & Rugs; French Bulldog bank - Target (no link avail); succulents - Trader Joes; olive tree - The Home Depot; disco mirror ball - Alameda antique faire

Tuesday Musings: Minty Spaces

Lovelies! To be apart from you all for 3 days, is almost unbearable. Did you all enjoy your weekend? I spent mine getting caught up on work, with friends and family and let's not forget, waking up to standing water in my basement yesterday morning. No lie. I have to give props where props are due, my parents rushed over and we got it all fixed up. However, for those of you out there who have ever called me high maintenance, just know I was on a ladder in the pouring down rain cleaning out my gutters. Eat your heart out. Gotta love home ownership.

So today, Tuesday (yes I still have musings on a Tuesday), I am totally crushing on pastel spaces.  I am talking as pastel as a dish of dinner mints.  I know many of you might have a hard time stomaching this craze, but hear a girl out. You can layer so many different pastel hues in one space and yet it still looks classy and tailored. Trust me on this. Let's check out this pastel biz, shall we? 

Belle Maison

Elle Decor

Ana Antunes

Decorpad

House and Home

Links I loved this week

3 day weekend, my lady friends. Take it in. Today I am sharing the links I loved this week and you can let me know what you came across this week that you just cannot resist. Deal? Show and tell. 

-So I discovered Gizoogle this week. Let me just tell you, changed my life. Just type in your website address into this search engine and it translates your site/posts into gangster speak. I am thinking of conforming my entire website to this in the future. Beware. 
-I came across this amazing work by Clare Elsaesser. I am so hooked by the femininty and anonimity of each and everyone of her paintings. They are whimsical, beautiful and dark all at the same time. 
-So impressed with the DIY ribbon curtains my girl Elizabeth turned out from Little Black Door. Makes me ever so envious that I cannot produce the same. Get it girl. 
-In case you didn't know, my favorite store of all time, Furbish, is having 15% off of EVERYTHING this weekend to honor the holiday. Stock up on everything that is not boring in life. 
-Totally digging the bitty bitty spaces designed on Apartment Therapy. This space especially rocks my world with the moody walls and colorful accents. 
-Has everyone seen this studio apartment reveal on The Hunted Interior? Let me just tell you this. The space has more oomph in 500 sq ft. than most do in their entire house. Striped refrigerator? Yeah that happened. 

JewelMint Giveaway!

Let's get acquainted with JewelMint, shall we? If you are uninformed, let's get informed. JewelMint is a free, members-only website, with personalized jewelry recommendations based on your fashion profile and style. You know we all love taking our style profiles and being deemed as glam boho modern chic. I mean what a combination.  JewelMint is all about the affordable, luxury jewelry, with each piece only being $29.99. Holla! Who doesn't like a glitz and glam bargain? I have spoken. I love how they have new and improved items on the regular. I am talking new inventory monthly, people. Just look at some of my favorite pieces I am rocking hard lately. 

And how about all of the things I am totally digging right now? Please try to stop me. I will take one of everything. 

Want to win one piece of your very own? One lucky S+S reader will win 1 piece of JewelMint of their choice. Enter into giveaway by going to JewelMint, sign up for JewelMint (completely free, no obligation to buy), and then leave a comment letting me know what your favorite piece is. I know. How could you ever choose. Giveaway will end at midnight, May 30th. 

For those of you who cannot wait to get your greedy hands on any of these items, go to JewelMint to receive two pieces for the price of one for all first time purchases and members. You are welcome. 

Favorite Room Feature: Proper Hunt

Today's guest requires no introduction. Her spaces and aesthetic speak for themselves. Really and truly. With each and every reveal of Christina from Proper Hunt, I am truly amazed by what the girl can accomplish. Just wait until you see her little girl's space. To die for!

Hello Sadie + Stella readers! I am Christina from Proper Hunt . When Lindsay reached out asking me to be a part of this fabulous series, I instantly said yes! I mean, how could I not? I am so honored to be here today and to share with you my favorite room in our house, our daughter Cora's (full name Victoria) nursery! There are so many reasons why it's one of my favorite rooms, not the least of which is that it's actually a completed room (we've got major renovations going on now)! But let's get to the other (more aesthetic) reasons why it's my favorite room in the house.
Cora's closet alone is one of my favorite design elements in our home. I'm a huge lover of wallpaper, but because my husband is against wallpaper (doesn't want to deal with removing it when/if I get tired of it), I couldn't wallpaper the inside of Cora's closet with this like I had envisioned. So what's a girl to do if she wants a wallpapered effect but with no wallpaper? Wall stencil of course! And this flower wall stencil was the perfect compromise. Every time I open up her closet, I get so happy seeing that back wall, especially knowing that I accomplished it at 34 weeks pregnant. *Here's the DIY post on how I wall stenciled the closet. There are two more DIY projects in this room that I am extremely proud of. The first is a custom mushroom pouf that I had commissioned after seeing this Lulu DK version. It adds the perfect amount of whimsy to her room and is a great footstool for the glider. The second DIY project is her changing table. Or rather an Ikea dresser that we just fashioned into a changing table by adding a changing pad to the top. We had originally wanted to use this dresser as an entryway table, but I didn't realize how deep it was so couldn't use it for those purposes. But it worked out, because the color of the Greek key accents were perfectly in line with the rest of the color palette in the nursery. *More deets on how we added the Greek key trim to the dresser.

I wanted to have a rug in her room, but between the furniture configuration and the size of the room (very small), it just wasn't in the cards. At first, I was against any type of wall decal but after realizing that the giant, slanted wall needed a little something extra, I decided that the 3D wall butterflies were exactly what it needed - a perfect mix of color, whimsy, and texture. The minute I saw these lattice drapes, I knew they were "the one". I wanted drapes that would add visual interest but wouldn't be a scene-stealer. I'm sure it's no surprise that Cora's nursery is on the girlier side. I mean, I've got gold, corals, pinks, and lilac all over her room. I definitely wanted it to feel feminine and soft, but also whimsical with a touch of modern. You can't see it in these photos, but I rotate her crib sheet with a navy polka dotted sheet so that you get a big hit of a "boy" color in there to balance out the corals & pinks. And I purposely chose a Kelly Green for the 3D wall butterflies to add some contrast and to make a statement against the lilac walls. Thank you Lindsay for having me on your Favorite Room Feature series! I hope you all love my favorite room as much as I do!
Source List Floral Wall Stencil Natural Canvas Bins Gold Pheasants - Thrift store find Mini Yellow Velvet Hangers - HomeGoods Pink Lattice Curtains - Sold out but are available in green and purple Threshold Trumpet Drapery Rod Antique Brass Pennant Floor Shade & Lamp Kendall Fixed Gate Crib Yellow Flower Mobile - Sold out but here's a similar one Pottery Barn Kids Glider - Sold out but here's a similar one Parrot Pillow - HomeGoods Punch Basics Crib Skirt Hot Pink Eiffel Tower print - HomeGoods Navy Harper Roman Shade Mushroom Pouf - Custom order by Otto Moms 3D Wall Butterflies in Kelly Green Hemnes Nightstand Tivoli Model One Radio in Sunflower Yellow Oval-shape Gold Circles Mirror above the changing table - HomeGoods Cocoa and Hearts painting Gold apple - TJMaxx Green apple - HomeGoods Blue & white striped mini hat box - thrift store find Antique black & white tea cup - Family heirloom Bust of girl - Thrift store find Floating shelves White Frame - TJMaxx