Second thoughts on design

You all know me by now. Decorating and designing my home is definitely one of my favorite things to do. I mean, as a ten year old I used to watch Lynette Jennings for fun when I stayed with my grandma during the summer. **Nerd Alert**.

When we first moved to Casa Cushing, it was a hot mess. We bought a fixer and we definitely knew that going into it. We made a lot of design decisions quickly in the name of making it our own and getting settled.  Some of those decisions now have me saying eh... I'm not loving it.

Because we have an older home, the floor plan is not open. There are lots of walls which I don't hate, but most of our rooms are each a different color. This makes an already choppy house even choppier and there is no real flow. We decided that painting the whole downstairs the same color would help it feel more cohesive. First, we had to pick a color and we've settled on Silvercloud by Glidden.  Gray is definitely the new beige :) Here are a few of my inspiration pics.

{Silvercloud}

Our office is the room that didn't pan out like we'd hoped the most. I loved the idea of dark blue but the finish came out super glossy. The other problem is that we call it an office, but it's where we keep all of the toys downstairs.  So, it only makes sense to turn it into a play room while we still have little ones! It's small but that will help us keep clutter to a minimum and donate toys that aren't being played with. It also has built in shelving which couldn't be better for all those toys!

{Pics were taken back when it really was an office.}

Here is what it looks like currently..

It will be a slow process considering all that we have going on at a given time. Painting isn't our favorite thing, but the payoff will be worth it!