Home Work

It's been a full and great weekend. I've definitely had the spring cleaning bug, and it's been so satisfying to go through closets and drawers and entire rooms, clearing out clutter and organizing. We've coupled that with doing some work on the yard and buying a few new things for the house. It's such a great feeling to get the house a little more polished and put together. It makes me love home even more than usual!

Speaking of polished and put-together, this New York brownstone, featured on Design*Sponge, is exactly that and more. The combination of wood, organic shapes and lots of white is stunning and incredibly appealing. It's spare yet still filled with personality and charm. Perfect inspiration for springtime and the start of a new week, don't you think?

Photos from here.

Fresh Starts

I have the day off today and it has been glorious. I love my job but it has been so nice to do some spring cleaning at home.

It's so nice to simplify and eliminate what we don't need -- especially when it's something we no longer want but someone else might be able to use -- and then organize and spruce everything up. And it's fun to get our house the way we want it. I love working with what we have and bringing each space to its potential and our style. Even little changes make a difference.

Recently, I had the urge to make our bathroom more of a calming space. After all, it's where we spend a good portion of our mornings getting ready for the day ahead.

I drew inspiration from spa-like bathrooms outfitted with white towels, earth tones and natural elements. By taking out our old blue towels and rug and simply adding in fluffy white towels, shaggy cream rugs, wood baskets to hold our toiletries and a plant, I got the look I was after.

Here are some inspiration rooms from HGTV.

So simple but really luxurious feeling.

Very clean and geometric.

The open space and natural light of this bathroom are fantastic.

This one has a touch of color thanks to the tiles, stool and flowers.

Photos from hgtv.com.