comfy cozy

So with my summertime dwindling, I started thinking about things I want to do before all the craziness of school starts. Mostly, I want to decorate my new place :) I love a blank canvas BUT we can't paint here so I've been trying to think of different ways to bring in color with white walls and all neutral furniture. Also, we're on a tight budget so this is all going to take some creativity. So today I have set off for inspiration and here's some top picks I've found!

I saw this DIY idea for a doormat and LOVED it! I've been racking my brain trying to think of ways to spruce up our front door area but seeing this, I pictured some potted plants arranged next to it and maybe a cute wreath on the door? I then thought how this would actually make a really cool bathmat. think spa... not sure about that one though. what do you guys think??

sorry for the blur on this one but I loved this little vignette and I've pretty much decided to use this navy, coral, turquoise color scheme for our bedroom. I already have a lot of turquoise accents I can move to the bedroom and steven loves orange so I think this will be perfect to keep our bedroom fresh but not too feminine. yeah yeah??

                                                                   

Some feminine is good though. I love this bold floral headboard and am wanting to do something like this with our own head board. Looks like it's time for a trip to the fabric store!

 I really like this room as well- both the colors and the style. Our bathroom accessories are already blue and brown so this may be something we could do to spice it up a bit if we don't go with the whole "spa" thing.










Framed or not framed, I also thought this"Get Naked" idea was funny for the bathroom. At least it's something I don't think Steven would fight me on haha.

 

These were some fun ideas for curtains. The one on the left would be a great way to dress up boring closet doors. The other would be an easy DIY for sewing curtains. Seeing as a few of our windows are currently bare, I very well may be doing this soon!

I loved this idea because it solves my problem of not being able to paint my walls! This came from a pin on pinterest (addiction!) where the pinner claimed to use some corn starch concoction to adhere the fabric to the wall. I'll have to look into it more but if it's easy to undo/clean up, I will deffffffinitely be doing this all over the place :)

and I just thought this was cute. I actually have a monogrammed letter framed like this but I like the addition of the buttons to add some texture and a bit more character.

Any brilliant suggestions from you guys? My main concern right now is color. I need some ideas on how to bring color and warmth into an apartment full of white walls. dark green carpet throughout doesn't help either haha. What do you guys to do make your place feel like home?

<3 K