Sessie's Mood Board

This mood board is for my Aunt Sessie, I helped her decorate her living room about 8 years ago? I don't really remember when it was... I was in high school. It was when jewel tones were really in... But anywho, I was in Arkansas visiting a couple of weeks ago and she said that she was ready for a change,but she didn't want to spend a lot of money. Well that is my forte!

1.) Beige Slip Cover- free- I have a set of slip covers from my old couches that I am giving her. My husband has been trying to throw away 170 bucks worth of slip covers and I kept tell him "NO I will need them one day." Yes, I'm kind of a hoarder...I blame it on my Dad and Papaw.( My Papaw is the old man digging in your dumpster out behind your house.)  :)

2.) Canopy decorative pillow- $14.88

 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canopy-Fairbanks-Square-Decorative-Pillow-16-X16-Pea-Pod/11050921

3.) Home Trends decorative pillow- $10.00

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hometrends-Fininte-Decorative-Pillow-Sage-and-Brown/13269427

4.) Home Trends decorative pillow-$13.00

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hometrends-Marmon-Decorative-Pillow/13269419

5.) Home Trends decorative pillow-$13.00

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hometrends-Highland-Decorative-Pillow/13269416

6.) Better Homes and Gardens Fern Prints- $16.00 (per print)

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-Ferns-II-Framed-Art/10902660

7.) Large Sea Grass Basket-$13.99(I'm going to budget 4 of these.She said she wanted it to be clutter free.)

http://www.target.com/dp/B003JUVU2U/ref=sc_iw_r_1_0_3665671

8.)Small Storage Ottoman-$32.00 (I'm going to budget 2 of these. My uncle is a pastor, and they have two teenage daughters, I think they are going to need all the seating they can get.)

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Small-Storage-Ottoman-Brown/8033843

9.)Drum lamp shade-$10.00 each(If you like the shape of you lamps you already have just spray paint them)

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hometrends-Crosshatched-Drum-Lampshade/13279096

10.) Sessie is crazy about pictures, so I thought we could show case them in a gallery style arrangement by taking the frames she already has and spray painting them a matching color and making all the pictures black and white.

11.) Drop cloth curtains again...I know you must be tired of seeing them, but there are so many options with them and I can't justify spending 20 bucks a panel for curtains when I can have two extra long panels for 14 bucks! If you wanted them a color you can always dye them.

12.) For the wall color (the background color of the mood board) I would do a tan with a green undertone, and crisp white trim. For the furniture that need to be painted I would use espresso satin paint, and for the lamps Matte Aluminum Spray paint. She also has a big mirror that I would paint in the espresso. I'm budgeting $100.00 for paint. That is probable over what the paint will really cost....

TOTAL: $336.88!

I don't think that is to bad for a whole new living room. If you are interested in a mood board for your own home just shoot me an email jekkalaine622@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading! Come back soon I have some great projects in store for you!

My Living Room Mood Board

My mom is brave. She let me decorate my first room by myself at the age of 11. I loved it! It looked like an Easter egg threw up all over it. My walls where mint green, the ceiling was light blue and my built in shelving was light blue and the back of the shelves were light purple. My bed was a white four poster bed. I was so proud of myself, but when I look back at the pictures I can't help but laugh at how horrible it looked. But I loved every minute on if it, from picking out the bedding to the paint colors. This is where it started, from then on when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I said an interior designer.

Ok lets get this mood board started! The color palette is gray, chocolate brown, teal, and burnt orange. I would paint the walls in a toupeish-gray (yes, that is a word) like  Behr "Belvedere Cream". 

I like making my money go as far as possible so the furniture is relatively cheap, the couch is from Big Lots, the TV stand is from Walmart, and that wonderful chair that my husband will never let me have is from Pier 1. ( He says it is floweredy, yes that is a word too.)

The rug is either from Lowe's or Home Depot, the curtains are drop cloth curtains that I have added a grommet top to. For the pillows I like to mix patterns that you wouldn't normal pick to go together these are from Pier 1. The lamp I picked out is from Walmart too. Pottery Barn has one that looks almost identical but for 3 times the price.

If you are interested in getting a custom mood board for FREE send me an email I will be giving 10 away!
jekkalaine622@hotmail.com