Made for Living

While all the spaces in our home matter to me, our living room is a special place. I want it to be comfortable as well as stylish, a place we crave and look forward to spending time in.

As I was perusing galleries on My Home Ideas, I found these living rooms particularly inspiring. Take a look:

Colorful, patterned accessories meld together nicely in this white room.

It's almost impossible to tell where the indoors ends and the outdoors begins.

Could anyone ever be crabby in a room this sunny?

Neutral tones look sumptuous thanks to lots of different textures.

I wish more rooms were this vivacious!

Photos from here.

Cool Cucinas

Everyone talks about the kitchen as being the heart of the home. Indeed, it's where we end up chatting at the end of a day, where friends inevitably congregate during parties. What's great is so many styles of kitchens are conducive to forging these types of connections.

Here are a few kitchens I liked at My Home Ideas.

I love this room! The blackboard walls are so irreverent and fun.

Equal parts clean and natural.

Can't you imagine talking with friends for hours at this table?

Such warm and luxurious materials!

This kitchen is graphically gorgeous.

Photos from here.

Bathroom Bliss

Designing or decorating a great bathroom is tricky. But isn't it a treat to be in a nice one? There are some cool ideas to be found in these bathrooms from My Home Ideas. Check 'em out:

I love the mix of elegant and natural touches here.

Square tiles and clean lines create such a contemporary feel.

A little bit rustic -- but somehow I quite like it.

The combination of stone, wood and stainless feels inviting.

Probably the crispest green-white pairing I've ever seen!

Photos from here.

Homing In

Every once in awhile, the home improvement and decorating projects and ideas that swim around in the back of my head come to the forefront and demand attention. I get anxious and want to fix everything -- immediately! I realize this isn't the best way to do things but sometimes the urge to improve, tweak and just plain nest becomes overwhelming.

I'm hoping to get cracking on some projects over the long weekend. I want to put finishing touches on our living room (and figure out what to do with two dull chairs that are bugging me), start sprucing up a bathroom and majorly de-clutter the master and guest bedrooms. And I want to rearrange and create new art for some spaces. I can't wait to start!

In the meantime, let's talk inspiration. I recently pored over the galleries on My Home Ideas. Here are some bedrooms I liked:

This headboard is gorgeous -- and I love any room with a dog!

With such a great view, simple white furniture is perfection.

These shades of gray are so comforting.

The details -- the chandelier, mirror and lamp -- totally make this room.

A crisp headboard and clear chair temper the girly bedding.

Photos from here.