open for business

Well, I've definitely been busy decorating my own house.... but I want to decorate yours too! So let's consider Emily Davis Interiors officially open for business :) If you are in the market for a fun, creative and customized space that is PERFECT for you, I would love to help you out!

I've updated my pages (on the left) outlining my services and how to contact me. Can't wait to hear from you!

Miss Flo progress : Formal Living Room

As I've said in the past couple of posts, feeling like I'm ready to share the progress at our new house has been tough. Before putting any space out there, most decorators want things to be picture perfect and 100% finished. And I definitely don't blame them for that. But I know how much I enjoy seeing spaces evolve, so with that in mind, I'm sharing where we are currently at with our formal living room.

So, we've been in the house for about 3 weeks and have been making lots of progress! You can see my original design plan for the space and the 'before' pics here. Overall, I've stayed pretty true to what I had planned.

The art above the fireplace changed from doggie silhouettes to the lyrics of 'our song'. It was a request from the Hubs, and I am really glad he had an opinion on what went up there because I LOVE this. Funny story about the half-filled fireplace.... still working on that :)

The coffee table was a lucky find at a St. Louis vintage shop.

The art--- essentially, I wrote out the lyrics on a regular piece of paper, took it to Kinko's and had it printed out as an 'architect print' and cut it to the dimensions I needed. Seriously turned out so cool.We (it was a team effort for sure!) used this method to hang it.

Overall, I am really pleased with how things are progressing. It's definitely a mix of formal and casual. Ex: tufted banquettes on a cowhide-- a great juxtaposition. Still on the 'to-do' list: better wood to fill the fireplace, pillows for the banquettes, a great plant by the windows, accessories and eventually will switch out the curtains.

If you want any sourcing info, please let me know. Would be more than happy to share. Let me hear your thoughts- love getting feedback!

snapshots of our progress pt. 2

I know just sharing Insta photos is a total cop-out of a blog post. BUT I just keep telling myself that I don't want to take real pictures yet until things are a little bit more 'done.' However, I know things will never be done.... so..... rock and a hard place.

Nevertheless. Here is some more progress:

I don't know if I ever mentioned that I found some AMAZING bamboo chairs on CraigsList. The ones from this post to be exact. They are going to be our new dining chairs and this is the direction we are heading. I loooove this fabric and am so glad the Hubs agreed to it. Now I just need to give them a fresh coat of white because the paint on them now is super worn out. Easier said than done, right?

Dais absolutely loves all the windows in her new house. It makes my heart happy :)

We finally got our new bed and bedding and are so happy with both. Next up, the upholstered headboard project I talked about here. Also, you might notice that I went with red lamps instead of the white ones I was planning on. Sooooo happy with that choice. They are perfection.

I found an amaze vintage rug on eBay and it is a perfect addition in our kitchen.

There has def. been other progress made (switching fixtures, painting, hanging art, etc) but this is all that has been captured so far.

Thanks for following along!

some snapshots of our progress

We are officially 'moved'! The movers unloaded our truck on Saturday and since then we have been swimming in boxes. We've had so many wonderful people in our lives help us in some way with this move... So because of that we have been able to get a little bit done already and I wanted to share our progress here!

Formal living room progress:

Dining room progress:

Family room progress:

What is not pictured is the chaos that is happening elsewhere :) Literally, I think there are 4,285 things left I still have on our 'to-do' list. But so far, we are loving it! Love our house, love our neighborhood, love having friends and family close by!

Oh, and Dais loves it too, especially her yard :) Hope you all are having a great week!

Miss Flo master bedroom: the plan

Well, we are in the throws of moving craziness! The packers were here yesterday, and all of our belongings are being loaded onto the truck today. Even though this is the third time we've gone through this process, it still makes me quite anxious....

But that doesn't mean I've stopped plotting, planning and scheming about Miss Flo's decor. **Full disclosure? Since I put this post together, I may have changed my mind about a few things. My indecisiveness can be both a blessing and a burden. Blessing because it ensures I 100% know about every source option out there and have weighed them equally. Burden because I drive myself crazy doing so! i.e. staying up wayyyyyy too late the night before we move web searching for 'white ginger jar lamp' 'white urn lamp' 'white gourd lamp' 'white double gourd lamp' ......  ANY.WAY. The master bedroom in our new home isn't huge- and that's ok! This room has been a super fun challenge space planning wise- but we'll get more into that later. Here is a visual of a few design elements:

And the layout:

the before:

In words:

Layout: The picture above is taken from the room entrance. As you can see, the bed is pretty much in the center of the room. The door you can see on the far wall leads into the family room. In the layout plan I did above, you can see that I plan on placing our headboard on that wall. This means I will lose this door, and I am ok with that. Mostly because I prefer to have the bed be on the wall  you see right when you walk into the room- its the most visually pleasing. Also, losing that door will create more floor space and make this room more secluded (not a walk thru). SO, I am going to make a headboard like this one (OBSESSED) that will hang over the door.

Color scheme: Love the gray walls. Leaving those as is. We are going to use white linen on our headboard, and our bedding will be white with a blue scallop detail. This Robert Allen fabric is going to be a loooooong pillow that will lay across the bed, pretty much being the main pattern/detail in the room. And I'm using these nightstands with two white gourd lamps on them. I also found a great upholstered bench on CraigsList that is in the process of getting a facelift.

Can't wait to GET IN THE HOUSE and get started.