Honeycomb Stitch Along - Fabric Selection

A few weeks ago, I was browsing around the internet looking to see if there were any active stitch alongs that I wanted to join, when I ran across the Honeycomb Stitch Along by Echinops and Aster. It's an old stitch along from 2013 but I really loved the design so I decided to make it anyway. I told my sister, Laurel, about it and she decided to join me so I'm still stitching along with someone, yay!

I'm planning on putting it in my front room.  Which has a neutral color palette and currently I have a pop of green going on in there.  I had a leftover piece of green, black, white, and grey polka dot fabric from some St. Patrick's Day skirts I made for the girls in 2012 so I decided to use that as the start of my color palette for the pillow. I was just going to use stash fabric but I didn't have anything in the right shade of green and so off to the fabric store I went.

I think I'm going to use the bee toile for the middle panel, the green fabrics for the hexagons, the black for the frame and the binding, and all the fabrics except the toile for the patchwork. I love that this pattern lets you use all different kinds of sewing skills and I've never made hexagons before so I'm really excited to learn a new skill as well!

Downstairs Bathroom & Laundry Room Inspiration

Here is my Pinterest Inspiration Board for the Downstairs Bathroom and Laundry Room.


I want to work with the shower tile that's already there but pretty much everything else is getting changed. I want to put in a pedestal sink instead of the sink and counter combination. The washer and dryer will be centered on the north wall with a counter (reused from the one that's in there now) with drawers on the right and a laundry basket shelf on the left. I want the room to remind you of a bright sunny day or like fresh laundry drying on the line outside. I plan on painting the walls a blue or blue/green color and using pops of orange. This will be the main guest bathroom with the upstairs bathroom being our family bathroom.

Downstairs Bathroom & Laundry Room Before

Downstairs and to the left (right across from the family room) is our downstairs bathroom which is also the laundry room.  It's a very strange shape, small, and hard to photograph but I did my best.

 

It's kind of confusing but the shower is directly behind where the door opens.  The toilet and sink are next to the shower.  The washer and dryer are across from that.  So the right side (looking in) is the bathroom and the left side is the laundry.  It's actually a very bright room, which is nice.  The shower tile is newer and nice enough.  I don't like the flooring or the sink and counter.  Also the door to this room is a swinging door with no way to latch it.  That means the bathroom part of this room never gets used because no one wants to get walked in on while using it.  This room is high on the list of rooms to work on because we really need a second functioning bathroom, especially if we ever want to work on the upstairs bathroom.

Family Room Inspiration

Here is my inspiration board for the family room.

I really want this room to be playful but neutral enough to entertain in. I want plenty of storage for the kids arts, crafts, and homework supplies but in a way that keeps it looking nice or out of sight. I want to decorate with nods to our favorite games, television shows, movies and video games. I want to make some large floor pillows for lounging and watching TV. Overall I just want this room to be fun!

Family Room Before

Downstairs and to the right is our Family Room.  This is our main living area of the house.  We definitely spend the most time here.  It's where the television is and it has a second table (in addition to the one in the dining room) where the kids color and do homework.  Since it's the largest room in the house it is also where we will be doing most of our inside entertaining.

 

Sorry about the picture quality this is a very hard room to photograph.  I don't know where to start with this room.  The big square spot on the wall is where a cabinet used to be that I already had my husband take down and move to a different room.  I want to paint the two walls that aren't brick.  I want to remove the wood paneling all together but for the short term I will probably just paint it the same color as the wall.  I want to paint the crown molding white and we'll have to figure out what to with the gap from where the cabinet was.  I also want to do a wood floor (or more likely wood laminate) since this is such a high traffic area plus carpet and play dough aren't really a good combination.  The downside to having wood instead of carpet is the room will be even more chilly in the winter than it already is.  Also there is the matter of those decoratively painted bricks which I have no clue how to go about fixing because I do not want to paint all the brick.  This room will definitely have plenty to work on and keep me busy.