Clean, Simple, Fresh.....WHITE

okay..... are you in the mood for some cool, refreshing whites for

 White Wednesday?

here are a few of my favorites.

i cheated a bit and created a polyvore board.

but i so wanted to get back with my friends from white wednesday

that i knew you'd understand:)

here's what i think of when i think of white.....

Clean, Simple, Fresh.....WHITE by shabbychicks featuring hair clip accessories

XOXOXOS.

Sometimes they know best...

...I'm talking about 15 year olds.
As in 15 year old girls.
No, I'm not crazy.
Because we're talking about decorating here and not dating.
That's for another post on another day! (thank goodness:-)


By the way, I missed signing up for White Wednesday
but we're going white today anyway.

So, Taylor asks for a room makeover.
A WHITE room makeover.
My pink girl.

Nooooooooo...

I knew what she was picturing.
And you KNOW I love shabby and white.
But her room???

Well, this sweet girl...
who is no longer a small child...


but a young woman who knows what she wants...
wanted a white bedroom.


I think Jordie and I lost sleep the night before...
but not Taylor.
No pink room???
In my house???
Say it isn't so...

But Taylor was positive,
so off to the paint store we go.

I tried to sell the idea of soft white, off-white, linen white, fluffy white...you name it.
But no...we got PURE WHITE.
As in white base color.
Yikes!!!!!

Her bed is cream but her idea was to go white on the walls,
cream and white furnishings,
white bedding,
lots of shells and beachy stuff...
with bits of pink (as in pointe shoes)
and seaglass green thrown in...
And glam it up with bits of silver or gold glitter/glass.

I was so worried.
Worried it would be too bright.
Too white.
Too boring.

I was WRONG!!!!!
It is amazing!!!

We still don't have much on the walls
as she is trying to go about it slowly
and only put up what she really wants.

People always tell me that Taylor smiles a lot.
So when I saw a sign that read "smile", I knew she had to have it.
The first thing to go on the wall
is a seashell SMILE sign she embellished.




The new white room is so pretty and bright...in a good way.
Not glaring or anything like that.
It's HAPPY.
And looks BIG!
It's so CLEAN.
And cozy...yep, COZY!
And COMFY!
We decided to add lots of different textures with the bedding.
Lace, ruffles, chenille, pom poms, tulle...
Maybe that's why it is so sweet and cozy.

This pillow is to die for!
And do you see the lace ruffle pillow on the stool above?
The sheets and pillow cases all have that extra large ruffle.
I found the bedding line at Belk's...ON SALE!!!:-)
The line is Mary Jane's Farm and it is so pretty.

The ballerina is still in the room though...
Is this the cutest EVER jewelry holder?
Even the center of the flower has a vintage earring in it.

So tell me you wouldn't love to crawl in this bed...



(at least there's still room for the sweet blue Teddy named...
Teddy. Her intitals are T.E.D:-)

She knew what she wanted...


and she LOVES it!
Sometimes they DO know best:-)

White Ruffles...

Have I been M.I.A lately or what?

Life has just been very busy and I have to confess...

I was either too lazy to write or had ZERO inspiration...

meaning I couldn't think of a thing to talk about:-)

Not that things have changed all that much.

Maybe I have blog burnout.
Does that ever happen to you?

Anyway, I did find a tiny bit of inspiration yesterday,

perfect for Faded Charm's
White Wednesday!

I discovered a new little shop in town.

It's called Beach Custom and they do interior decorating and staging.

Have you ever walked into a store and loved EVERYTHING???

This little place was my dream.

I could live there.

Or at the very least I would like to live with everything I found there:-)

I saw some great things but didn't have much time so

I'll go back when I can really think about what I want.

I did see a mirrored armoire that was so reasonable and similar to this.

Love it!!

I bought one little thing and not even for me.

This sweet white ruffled laundry/tote bag is for for Taylor.

Perfect little home for her collection of pointe shoes, don't you think?
(At least I think it's for Taylor. I haven't actually given it to her yet so... hahaha)

The bag is from Pom Pom Interiors
and they also make this...


Tres chic...don't you think?

I'm thinking of redecorating my girls bathroom.

How perfect would this shower curtain be?

Speaking of white ruffles...
Aren't these lampshades so cute?



And I love, love, love these white linen pillows...


I think I saw these ruffled dishes at Home Goods awhile back.
At least I know they had the cake stands.
Home Goods, here I come!


Wonder if my husband would like these chair slipcovers.


I have some now but they're more tailored.
But THESE are the ones I really love.
A bit more romantic, you know?
Somehow I don't think he'll get it but then again,
I have been a very good wife this month:-)

Well, I could go on and on but my "to do" list is calling.
Please visit faded Charm to see the other White Wednesday blogs.

Au revoir