Showing posts with label for the home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label for the home. Show all posts

Monday, July 1, 2013

Where I rest my head....

Hello lovies! I wanted to take a break from my usual daily wears posts to take some time to share with you our home. The Mister and I have been working very hard to make this place our own. We moved to East Austin a little over 3 years ago and have been making improvements throughout those years. Whether it's painting the walls or building a screened in porch we have slowly transformed out little humble abode to a really cozy, comfy place to live. It's the perfect house for entertaining (which we do often) and a nice size for just me and the husbear and our little pooch Lucy. We never wanted a house that was too much for us to handle so two bedrooms and two and a half bath was just right. 


Excuse the brown grass.... it's Texas and we are on a stage II water restriction. We've been in a drought for quite sometime now. I can't even remember the last time we were in stage I.  Besides the brown lawn the neighborhood that The Mister and I chose to live in is a little green community in East Austin called Agave.
It's a community that strives to be self sustainable. We were so lucky to find this neighborhood through a mutual friend of ours. It was truly a dream come true for us ..... and being married to an architect we could both appreciate the Modern design. 


Here's a view of our front porch and the newly finished screened in porch designed and built by The Husbear. He is such a handy man!


I love our Modern numbers. It's the little things ya know?


We are big plant people....and it's really important that we have native Texas plants that can thrive and survive with very little water. This guy is your typical agave plant.


The Mister as has collected some beautiful weathered wood for our zero-scape.


Here is some local Cacti that we planted in the front yard.


More natural driftwood.


A very silly cactus that I love so much!


What Texas front yard wouldn't be complete without bones?


The lovely addition my the Husbear.


It's coming along very well... wouldn't you agree?


A little Aloe and Palm tree.


Up there is where we sleep.


Our side door that we mainly use to access our home. The Mister had bought some very clever heart ornaments in honor of our name which is actually spelled H-a-r-t.


Winged heart on our back gate.


A view from our backyard.


The Studio designed and built by my Mister. He is so talented.


Our crazy Banana Plant that we have had for years.... since Ohio even.


Lastly, a lovely blue bench that Matt and I scored off the side of the road. It is the perfect addition to our Studio porch. So that's just a little glimpse into our humble abode. Hope you all enjoyed it. If you have any questions at all please feel free to leave a comment.

xoxo

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Festive Garland DIY Idea

Sorry I haven't posted on awhile.... I've just been having so much fun in my life that I haven't had the time to sit down. I have been taking pictures and have solid ideas on several of my next posts. 


This DIY idea was first seen by me on one of my most favorite blogs that I follow.  The blog is written by the cutest and most talented girl named Elsie Larson. Not only is she super talented and cute but she is also a co-founder of a boutique called
"Red Velvet".  I just adore her style blog. Anyhow. I saw this Garland DIY and decided that I must try it. It's currently in our house as we speak. Check out her pictures.



You can checkout her other DIY ideas on her site

I hope that one day my blog will be as successful as hers. In the meantime I will leave you with pictures of my Garland









Ta Da!

Tell me you think.....do you have any DIY ideas that you want posted? Send me photos to:

Taylorhedenbrand@gmail.com

Thanks for stopping by XOXOXO







Thursday, November 3, 2011

Holiday Wreath DIY Design

My friend Megan sent me a picture of a really cute wreath design that she found on line. It was so cute and fabulous that I decided to recreate it for this Fall.


For this wreath you are going to need A wicker wreath from a craft store. They are not too expensive. I bought a small one for about 3 dollars. You will also need felt in Fall colors and of course scissors and a hot glue gun.


So the first step is to mark and cut out circles in various sizes. I created 3 different sizes with embroidery hoops. Next cut them out.




After cutting out the felt circles..... cut around the outside all the way into the inside and then begin to roll them back up to make the shape on a flower bud. Once done rolling them up glue them to a separate sheet of felt. I used black. Make sure they are secure to the backing of the flower.



Once they are all glued to the other sheet of felt backing cut them out. This is just the same technique as the flower bud rings as shown in the other DIY post.


Now begin to glue the flower buds in the desired place.


And there you have it! Once you are finished place the wreath as a warm welcoming to any guest that comes into your home. 
Happy Fall!

XOXOXO







Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Oh Deer!



I was searching on line for bobbles and trinkets and came across these cute deer figurine's...which made me search for more cute deer finds. Here are some nice treasures that I found. I hope you enjoy!





The girl that created this sweet little headband I got the pleasure to meet at The Renagade Craft Fair.
Here designs are Oh so Toot!




This darling tea/deer head necklace has a little dangly that hangs down!


Mixed Media at Etsy.com




This little doe sits so quietly on your finger.....shhhhhh


xoxo