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September 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

Decorating With Detail – How to Style Your Space

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Hey friends!

Do you have a space in your home that just feels unfinished? It’s okay but not great? It’s decorated but it doesn’t wow you? I’ve had that. Actually, I still have that in several rooms of my home. Sometimes we do just enough to get the space presentable slash liveable but we don’t close the deal by finishing it. To create a finished, well-decorated space, you have to decorate down to every last detail.

Decorating With Detail - How To Style Your Space

That last bit of decorating – how to style your space, is my favorite part. It’s how you bring the whole room together, so it’s really important. It’s the most fun, yet it can be paralyzingly brutal to do if you don’t know your decorating style or if you aren’t so confident in your decorating. I think that’s why many of us just skip that part and stick with the livable stage of our homes. Styling your space is picking throw pillows, adding wall art, selecting vases and frames. It’s finding the right lamp, picking the perfect hardware, and hanging wall treatments. It’s the nitty gritty of decorating and I think it’s where most of us just give up because frankly there are too many decisions to make and there’s money on the line so we don’t want to mess it up.

Today, I want to show you a few spaces in my own home where I think I’ve done a pretty swell job at styling and explain my thought process to you – hopefully, it’s helpful!

Master Bedroom MakeoverOur  bedroom – When I set out to decorate this room, I really wanted a calm and relaxing room. My decor tends to be simple and that’s what I did here. Blue and white is the name of the game for the bedding. I wanted to add a layer of glam to the space without being too overstated so I opted for brass accents here. Brass hardware, brass mirror, and even the lamp has a touch of brass. I think it gives the right amount of luxe to the space without being over the top. When I decorate a little vignette like this nightstand, I like to use objects of varying heights so the taller candle holders with the smaller plant is a good mix. Also, having objects in the background and foreground create layers within the vignette which give more visual interest. So having the lamp which sort of steals the show in the center with other objects in the background and foreground to balance out the lamp. I also love mixing wood with metallics so the wood candle holders are the perfect contrast here.

DIY Oversized Wall Art

This shot of our old living room still gets a lot of attention and I think it’s the oversized wall art. This space was really simple. We had a large blank wall behind the sofa that needed something to put on the wall that was of large scale. My DIY 20×40 wall art trio worked perfectly in this space. The wood wall art plus the blue and white pillow combination created a perfect coastal tone for the space that I totally loved. Both of these styling decisions were very simple but have a huge impact. Wall art and pillows can make grand statements.

WOW this girl reveals all of her throw pillow sources.

Our current living room – This is the room that I feel like most represents my style in my house. It’s been my experiment for the longest time. Accent furniture plays a major role in the styling of this space. The nailhead ottoman, coffee table (and accent chair just to the right of this shot) all provide functionality as well as design. For this space, the pillows were the first styling selection, after I selected the colorful floral pillow, I wanted to tone down the overall look of the room so I added this abstract piece of wall art. The blue hues complement the floral pillow. I still wanted the dominant color here to be blue, so additional blue pillows and a blue and white striped throw help achieve that goal. Additionally, I try to add greenery in every space. The greenery is an element of nature that I love but sometimes paired with blue it can feel a little cold. Adding in the seagrass baskets gives a warmer tone that balances out the cool blues/greens.

I sincerely hope that this helps you when you are deciding on how to style your own space.

 

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Chelsea Coulston is the resident decorator, baker, and pillow hoarder around these parts. A wife to an active duty Sailor and mom of two girls, Chelsea's got a knack for decorating even the most challenging spaces (just see her military base house!) She's inspired by cool beach tones and warm natural elements that remind you of a day at the beach. After living in a half dozen rentals, she's enjoyed spending the last few years in a cute ranch style home that she and her husband have almost completely renovated themselves. Chelsea lives in sunny Jacksonville, Florida with her husband and two daughters.

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I'm Chelsea. Wife to Matt, and mama to P and Millie. I'm a fan of making and decorating things and everything blue + white. I believe that there is no such thing as too many throw pillows. Lover of iced coffee and cocktail Fridays. I'm glad you're here.

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Sitting here thinking about everything that’s go Sitting here thinking about everything that’s gotten me through this last year.
1. My family - having my girls home has been everything I never knew I needed. 
1a. My mom - in those early pandemic days, when we didn’t leave the house, she would meet me halfway between here and Vegas. We would sit in the middle of the desert with our masks on and just visit. I needed that so much and I know she did too.
2. My friends - it’s hard to imagine making it through this year without the friendships I have. They’ve carried me. A small group of neighbors here that would meet at the park for some outdoor fellowship and our weekly dinners made life feel a little more normal. Having regular calls with my best friend in FL was gold especially since we can’t see each other. And regular chats with @bykaithanson got me through especially in those early days.
3. Regular therapy - if I wasn’t already going before all this happened I surely would need to now. This all is very heavy stuff and having someone that is outside your circle to talk to is so important. This saves me again and again.
4. Making bread. I started making last year so when it blew up during that first quarantine I was so excited that we all were baking together. Whenever I’m feeling anxious making dough helps.
5. Exercise - this was the year I finally made exercise a priority. I love how much better I feel when I move my body each day. I’m less anxious and I’m more at peace.
6. All the technology that connects us. Marco Polo, FaceTime, texting, FB Messenger, all of it. Being able to reach all of my loved ones with the tips of my fingers has made it a lot easier when I can’t see them.
7. Television - how many shows have we binged this year? I don’t even know but I remember tackling Friday Night Lights in the beginning of the pandemic and being so sad it was over. 
8. This community. One thing I wanted in 2020 was to CONNECT with you all here and that has happened and its been wonderful getting to know each of you!
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We’ve been through a lot this year what has carried you? Tag a friend that’s gotten you through. 
Hoping and praying for a truly happy new year. 💙💙
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