The Birch Lane Sale of Year in Celebration of Wayday

Birch Lane: SITEWIDE SALE

Who doesn’t love a good sale? I look forward to the Birch Lane sale of the year in celebration of Wayday every year! I’m always on the lookout for a great deal and I’ve been waiting for the sale to purchase some of the items I want for my home. I so excited to partner with Birch Lane and share the items I have in my home, as well as the items I’ve been crushing on! For the next 48 hours Birch Lane is offering up to 50% off throughout their site with FREE SHIPPING on everything! How awesome is that?!

Sale dates are: April 28th – Thursday, April 29th 2021 (12am 4/28 – 3am 4/30).

Birch Lane believes that home is a place that feels like family. They offer timeless styles of furniture and decor made for today, hand-selected and sensibly priced to help you create a lasting, welcoming space. Click here to see all the amazing deals at Birch Lane!

I can’t resist a great sale so I have picked out my Birch Lane home decor favorites and am sharing them all here!

This post contains affiliate links and is sponsored by Birch lane.

This is the Watson bed that I have used in a few different rooms in my house!

The chair is the corner is called Bloomington Chaise Lounge Chair and I have it in the Newton Nobletec fabric.

I recently updated the bedding, added these new night stands, lamps, and the chandelier.

Here’s all the links to the items in my guest room!

BIRCH LANE SALE

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Transitional + French Country Master Bedroom

Every Spring I like to do a little update to our master bedroom so I set out to create a transitional + french country master bedroom vibe. I love the new updates to our bedroom in the Highland house and how simple it was to give it a fresh look. The main color in the bedroom before was a sea salt blue and I wanted to change it to more of a french blue color.

Here is the before:

Here is the after:

I wanted a rug that was a little bigger. This size is a 9′ x 13′ which is the perfect size for my master bedroom.

Boutique Rug: Devine Area Rug 9′ x 13″

Use my code HOLLYJ55 for site wide 55% off plus another 5% for a total of 60% off!

The Rug

An area rug can make a big statement and transform a room. It adds color and texture and instantly warms up any space. The standard rug for placing a rug under the bed is three feet from the end of the bed. Depending on the size and shape of your bedroom, you can place the rug vertically or horizontally but I prefer horizontal with the shape of my room.

I love the quality and thickness of the rug. This is my first time using a Boutique Rug and I’m so impressed with the quality and price. This is an over-sized rug which is usually a lot more expensive but this was priced extremely well.

Update Your Bedding

Another inexpensive way to update and refresh any bedroom is to update the bedding. I have collected a lot of bedding over time and I reuse the bedding for different rooms in my home. The only thing I bought that was new was the blue blanket at the end of the bed. I had purchased this awhile ago and had never used it. When I pulled it out of the linen closet, I found that it matched the new rug perfectly.

I decided to keep the rest of the bedding neutral by using an ivory colored blanket I had bought  last season that is reversible. I flipped it over to the ivory side and added a second ivory blanket underneath it that had a ruffled edge. You can see in my above, before photo, how I used the ivory blanket at the end of the bed in last years decor.

I changed out my darker throw blanket with this beautiful knitted throw and swapped out all the throw pillows too. The euro shams match the top blanket and the pillow shams match the ruffled under blanket which were a Homegoods find.

Update Accessories and Flowers

To freshen up the room, I added new spring faux flowers in a vases and added some new books and candles. I like to keep it simple in my room and I don’t like a lot of clutter. I think of it as less items I have to dust!

New Artwork

I had purchased this artwork awhile back for my room and finally convinced my husband to help me hang it up! It’s a lot larger than what I had there before and I like the bright and bold colors. I’m not sure it goes with the new colors and bedding but I don’t dare tell my husband that now! It might be staying up for awhile until I can ask him to change it back to the old artwork.

Rearrange Your Furniture 

Another way to refresh, repurpose, and reuse your existing furniture is to rearrange it! I swapped spaces with the french blue chair and the chaise lounge chair to change it up.

I also swapped the light and added a little pouffe!

Freshening up your room every springtime with these simple changes and is an affordable way to make your room feel fresh and new. I usually do a deep cleaning of my room during this time of year too. I shared that in the post here: Refreshing My Master Bedroom for Spring.

I love the reflection of the bed in the mirror!

I’m still undecided if I should hang the mirror of leave it.

The pattern on the rug is so beautiful!

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XOXO,

Sources:

Pompom Quilt/Shams: Ballard Designs

The nightstands and dresser were discontinued a few years ago, so sorry!

Boutique Rug: Devine Area Rug 9′ x 13″

Use my code HOLLYJ55 for site wide 55% off plus another 5% for a total of 60% off!

The bench is discontinued but I’ve linked a similar one below.

The chaise lounge chair fabric is Nobletex Platinum. Chair linked below.

Here’s another option for a chair.

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Fifty Shade of Gray Guest Room Reveal

I’m so excited to finally be sharing another one of the bedrooms at the Highland, Utah house.

I decided to title this post Fifty Shades of Gray Guest Room Reveal because there are so many different shades of gray and, it’s just like the Blue Room, which I shared earlier this year, in that there are many shades of blue.  (Click here to see Fifty Shades of Blue Room Guest Room Reveal)

The Bedding

I layered the bedding by using dark gray sheets, a lighter gray blanket, and a white comforter.

I like using a lot of throw pillows and throw blankets. I also used pillow shams that match the comforter.

It gets cold here in Utah so I like using a lot of layers during the winter months and when it gets warmer in the summer, the comforter can be folded down.

I also used a bed skirt on the bottom to cover up the bed frame.

My FAVORITE sheets and blankets to use are from Cozy Earth Bedding.

The bamboo sheets and blanket are the softest sheets I’ve ever found and they help regulate temperature while you sleep.

I have a set of the white sheets and a white blanket that I like to use that’s under the more decorative comforter. They are linked here (sheets), here (comforter), here (duvet)

If you use code HOLLY50 you can save 50% off too!!

Furniture

When we bought the Utah house in 2016 I knew we’d have a lot of company so I needed to get beds right away.

I already had a set of full sized mattresses so I bought this upholstered headboard online and it arrived just in time.

I had a lot of rooms to furnish in the house and I didn’t want to spend a lot of this room. The headboard and frame were under $350!

I brought the ottoman bench at the end of the bed and the dresser from the Washington house and they matched perfectly. (both Homegoods)

I still needed nightstands and some lamps and found some for a great deal at Osmond Designs Furniture.

I kept my eye out for some lamps and found these at Homegoods as well as the mirror over the dresser and some accessories for the room.

Window Treatment

When we bought the house there were no blinds in any of the rooms except the blue room.

When I priced out window treatments for the arched window, I was shocked at how much they were!

They had to be custom-made and are large windows and the best price I could find was around $1000!

Yikes.

The window blind in this room cost more than the entire bed and bedding! It took me about a year before I had blinds in all the bedrooms upstairs.

Accessories and Knick Knacks

One thing I love to use that adds warmth and color to any room is throw blankets and pillows.

I purposefully chose a white and grey neutral color palette because it’s so easy to change it up by changing those items out.

I recently added some pink into the room to give it a fresh look.

The ottoman at the end of the bed also has some extra blankets inside for when I want to change it up.

I added some picture frames with family photos, fresh flowers, a clock, ginger jar, and a basket full of yarn (someday I’ll get to crocheting a blanket with it) to add some coziness to the room.

I put the white wood mirror above the dresser and a basket full of towels for my guests to use.

We have so many guests come to stay so I have 3 sets of sheets that I rotate after guests come.

I store them in the closet of each bedroom so I can change them out quickly and easily after guests leave.

I also like to leave some nice scented soap in a dish for my guests next to the towels.

The Jack and Jill Guest Bathroom

There is a jack and Jill bathroom between the Gray and Blue guest rooms.

Each has it’s own sink and counter and the shower and toilet area are separate so two people can be using the bathroom at the same time.

I hope you enjoyed this Gray Guest Room Reveal and all the different shades of gray!

I have a few more things I want to add to this room including a hanging light in the arch of the window, a rug, and maybe wallpaper the wall where the bed is.

Stay tuned because I’ll probably change it up soon!

XOXO,

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Fifty Shades of Blue Guest Room Reveal

I’m finally sharing one of our guest rooms that we call the “blue” room. When we first moved into the Highland house, we somehow named each bedroom by color. This room had blue wallpaper and was a baby boy’s nursery so it naturally became the blue room. There is a lot of blue going on in here so that’s why I’ve called it the fifty shades of blue guest room reveal.

It took me awhile to share this room because it’s usually being used by one of the kids home from college or guests. We jokingly call our Utah house the Holly Hotel because we have a lot of family and friends that come to stay.

There is a Jack and Jill bathroom between the blue room and what I call the “gray room” on the other side.

Guest Room Reveal -Blue and White Bedding

I bought this dark navy duvet for the top blanket and a quilted white blanket to go underneath. I usually keep a heavier blanket on top that can easily be folded down for when it’s warmer weather and a lighter blanket underneath for those that like to sleep a little cooler.

One thing I always use is a mattress cover underneath the sheets and pillow covers that go over the top of the pillow and under the pillow case. This way the pillows and mattress stay cleaner. I always have a throw blanket at the end of the bed and a few more in a basket nearby.

I always have a lot of throw pillows on my bed. I’m pretty sure some of my guests are overwhelmed by this as I’m teased on occasion. If they only knew that I have a pillow and throw blanket closet! There are actually three Euro Pillow Shams for this bed but after taking the photos I realized I had stolen one for another bed in another room! Oh well! I can’t always have everything perfect right!

Blue and Gold Decor Accents

I had a hard time finding the right artwork for this room because the walls are a little quirky and there’s a lot going on with the pattern in the wallpaper. A company called Mapiful reached out to me and asked if I would like one of their unique maps. When I looked at their website, I knew exactly what map I wanted and where I would put it.

It was so easy to create this map on Mapiful’s website. I chose a blue print color and a place that is special to me. My fathers side of the family is from Denmark and I’ve spent a lot of time there. When I have visited Denmark, I’ve felt a connection to it and this was a special way to remember how special it is to me.

I took the print to my local framing store and had it matted and framed. It was supposed to be in a gold frame but when I went to pick it up, it wasn’t what I’d ordered. It was a little darker in color but I think I actually like it since the bed is dark brown ties them together. I probably could have gone a little bigger on the frame but I do love how the map turned out and I love that it’s sentimental.

I found this cute little pouff at a local store in Utah called Highland Gardens. I had been looking for something leather and a darker brown to go in this space and as soon as I saw this pouff, I knew it was perfect.

I put this off white dresser in the room (it’s twin is in the gray room on the other side of the bathroom) and added a faux flower arrangement, some blue books and a gold metal basket with blue and white porcelain balls.

Lighting and Window Treatments

The gold pendant was installed by the previous owners and I love it. This same pendant light is also in the master bathroom. I think its the perfect light for this room and space.

I put two blue lamps with gold trim on the night stands. I searched for these lamps for over a year and finally found the perfect fit! I always like to have a nice scented candle and a little bud vase with fresh flowers.

The windows upstairs in our home are all arched which is a challenge for window treatments. This blind was installed before we moved in but after doing some research, I discovered that any kind of custom fabric blind for this size of a window was about a thousand dollars per window! Yikes!

This was the preferred guest room for awhile since it was the only room upstairs with a blind! Everyone who is a frequent visitor to the Holly Hotel are quite happy that there are now blinds in all the upstairs rooms, especially the bathroom!

The last thing I added to the blue room was this blue and white rug. I’m still not sure that I like it. There’s a lot of different patterns going on and it may be a little too busy but I’m leaving it for now. I’m sure I’ll find something I like better before long.

I have bought some nice picture frames and that’s all I’m missing for now. I’m notorious for not putting photos in picture frames! I have a stack that need photos in them but this always seems to get knocked down to the bottom of the my to-do list. I think family photos in a nice frame bring warmth to any room.

I hope you’ve enjoyed a seeing our blue guest room reveal! This room is definitely fifty shades of blue! I’ll link sources where I can below.

XOXO

The beautiful photos are by @catcherintherye.cara  www.catcherintheryephotography.com

Room Sources:

Click here to learn more about creating your own map from Mapiful.

Click here for details on Highland Gardens:  

I bought the leather pouff and throw blanket basket at Highland Gardens in Utah but linked similar items if you’re not in Utah.

The dresser, throw pillows, and artwork above the dresser are from Homegoods.

Framing for the Mapiful artwork was done at Joanne’s.

Window coverings Osmond Designs in Orem/Lehi Utah

Click here to see more of my Highland home: Fall Home Tour

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One thing I enjoy doing is refreshing the master bedroom every so often without having to buy a lot of new furniture. Because my furniture is still fairly new, I just changed up the duvet, linens, pillows, and throw blankets. This is an inexpensive way to freshen up your room and add some new colors into your decor. Your bedroom should be a warm and cozy space that you want to spend your time in.

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The Bedding, Linens, and Pillows

For the bed, I bought an inexpensive sea salt colored duvet cover for the top blanket, a new quilt to go at the end of the bed, and new euro shams. I added a few new throw pillows and a light colored throw blanket on the chaise lounge chair. I am always on the lookout for inexpensive pillows and throw blankets.

I decided to try some 100% organic cotton sheets from Doplnok. I had heard good things about them, and now they are my new favorite sheets! I love getting new sheets and climbing into my bed when they have been freshly laundered. These cotton sheets are sustainably sourced and of excellent quality and come in a variety of colors. Mine are champagne color and I like to use a neutral color that go with any of the bedding colors I have.

Add Some Flowers

Adding fresh or faux flowers is an inexpensive way to add beauty to your bedroom. I like to make my own floral arrangements but you can buy them already made if you prefer. You can find inexpensive ones at stores like Homegoods.

I filled a small vase with some pretty white faux flowers and placed them on a gold tray with a few books, candles, and some wooden beads. This small addition creates warmth in room and makes me want to curl up in the corner and read a book. The only thing missing is my cute fur babies on the bed!

I also made a larger arrangement in a pretty vase that I placed on the side of the dresser.

The Mattress and Spring Cleaning

Spring is the perfect time to turn your mattress if it needs rotating, wash the mattress cover, duvets, pillow covers, and to clean under and around the bed. Each spring I lift the mattress up and vacuum and dust under the bed and behind the furniture. It’s amazing how much dust accumulates under the bed and it feels so nice knowing its clean and all that dust is gone. I also have my carpets and rugs professionally cleaned.

Speaking of mattresses, we purchased an expensive pillow top mattress when we moved into the Utah house. The longer I slept on it, the worse I felt. I’d wake up in the morning and my shoulders hurt so bad I could hardly do my daily crossfit workouts. I had just started blogging and sharing my home on Instagram when I received an email from Sleep Frankly. They asked me if I would try one of their mattresses and give them a review. If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that I will only share things that I actually like and that I honestly use. When I share something, it has to be because I love it and it’s added some value to my life. Frankly sent me some information on their mattress and I agreed to try it out. I told them I wouldn’t give it a great review unless it was a quality mattress and was everything they said it was.

A week later a box was delivered to my porch. I opened the box and was surprised that a mattress could fit in a box that small! With the help of my son, we switched out the pillow top mattress for the Frankly mattress.

To speak frankly,(no pun intended) I have an expensive memory foam mattress in my other home in Washington. It’s a great mattress but, it also cost over $13,000.00 and it had a chemical smell for the first 6 months that caused me to have an allergic reaction to it. It took me awhile to figure out it was the bed that was causing this reaction. My allergic reaction finally subsided about the time the chemical smell went away so I can only guess that was the cause. Anyhow, the reason I’m sharing this is that when the Frankly bed arrived, there was no chemical smell and the king size Frankly mattress costs $845.00! I was really impressed after my other experience with a memory foam mattress.

The memory foam mattress also came with a washable cover and looked exactly as shown in these photos. It was wrapped in plastic and easy to slide onto the bed. I kept my same box spring underneath.

The Frankly Mattress was a little more firm than I was used to but I gave it about three weeks to get used to it. Soon my shoulders were not hurting as much when I woke up and I was not tossing and turning all night. Before long, I realized that I was sleeping much better and my shoulders were back to normal.

I was impressed with the quality of the Frankly Mattress and how simple it was to have it delivered to my door and set up in about ten minutes. I keep a pretty hectic schedule and the thought of mattress shopping makes me cringe. I had never heard of a mattress in a box that’s delivered to your door and I’m grateful that Frankly asked me to review their mattress and to share my experience. I can honestly say that I love the mattress and if you’re in the market for one, definitely consider trying a Frankly Mattress. There is a 60-night trial period and easy returns if you decide it’s not for you and they have a 10 year warranty.

Adding Simple Accents Pieces and Rearranging

There are other simple things you can add or change up in your room to make it feel refreshed. Rearranging furniture is always an option. Sometimes just moving things around gives your room an entirely different look. Unfortunately, that isn’t an option in my room with all the windows and how the fireplace is situated.

Adding a bench to the end of the bed is an inexpensive way to refresh the room and it gives me a place to stack my pillows at night!

Placing a rug under the bed is another way to update your bedroom. The rug should be about three feet from the end of the bed and centered with the bed on the sides.

I wanted a chaise lounge chair in the corner and had been looking for the perfect one to go in that space. The one I chose had many fabric choices so before I picked a pattern, I ordered swatches of my top five fabric choices. This made it so much easier to decide once I could see them in person and up close to the other fabrics in the room. I chose a neutral fabric that would go well with the other colors in the room.  (Nobletex Platinum is the fabric on mine)

I searched forever for the perfect full length mirror and finally found this one. It arrived the day before I photographed my room for this post! It still needs to be hung on the wall but I had to sneak it into this post because I love it so much! Adding mirrors and artwork are a nice option to bring more color and beauty to your bedroom.

As always, thank you so much for following along and allowing me to share my home and ideas with you all!

Wising you all a happy Spring!

XOXO

I’ve linked all the items here for you. Some items are no longer available so I’ve linked similar items where possible. I’ve also tried to link some items that are at different price points.

Frankly King Size Memory Foam Mattress

Audree Pom Pom Quilt Spa/Beige and Shams Beige

100% Organic Cotton Sheets: PRIME PECALE SHEETS CHAMPAGNE COLOR FROM DOPLNOK

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Fall Home Tour – Highland House 2018

Welcome to my Fall Home Tour of the Highland House!!

I’ve been excited to share this fall home tour of the Highland house! I hope you’ll find inspiration here on how you can decorate your own home! I haven’t always had a nice home and I’m a big believer in creating beauty no matter what your home looks like. Whether it was the apartments I managed and lived in (with 3 kids) while my husband was in dental school or the Army housing we were assigned, I always tried to create a beautiful home with what limited money and resources I had at the time.

It just takes some creativity and some DIY to add some beauty to your home. One of the reasons I started sharing photos of my home was to create inspiration on how to make a house feel like a home. Creating warmth in my home has always been something I’ve enjoyed doing. I hope you’ll feel the warmth too! I tend to keep it simple on the fall decor. I am not a big Halloween decorator. Not because I don’t like it, but I’m too lazy and busy to do both fall and Halloween! I want to decorate for fall and call it good!

Front Porch and Entryway

For the front porch and entry, I hung two wreaths and added some mums and pumpkins. I found some rust colored obelisks, placed them in the flower pots and stacked pumpkins inside of them to make these cute pumpkin towers. I planted a few perennials to add some greenery around the the pumpkin towers.

For more details on how to make these Pumpkin Obelisk Towers and Front Porch Decor click here:

Living Room

In the living room I took out the grey chairs and swapped them with the ivory colored spindle chairs. I took out the blush pink pillows and throws and added in the blue and ivory pillows and throws. Because my fall colors this year were blue and orange, I took out everything that would clash. I added in some blue and ivory velvet pumpkins and switched out the flowers to match.

Kitchen

In the kitchen I used faux flowers to create the blue and orange flower arrangements. I kept my blue everyday dishes out on the open shelves and pulled out my orange plates and pumpkin dishes for the opposite side. I used my light blue cake stands and serving dishes on the upper shelves and tied it all together with some orange and tan velvet pumpkins that I put in a raised wooden serving bowl. Using some wood tones brings a little bit of warmth to the white and gray tones in the kitchen.

The island is always fun to decorate.  I put one of the flower arrangements in the center on a wooden cutting board and tied orange berry wreaths around each of the bar stools.

For the details of this Fall Blue and Orange Centerpiece click here:

Family Room

For the family room, I added an orange plaid blanket and some new blue blankets. Having a basket of cozy blankets warms up any space. I put a few more velvet pumpkins on the end table (sorry, you can’t see them from this angle).

Dining Room

For the dining room, I put some faux branches and flowers into an orange metal can and set it in the corner. Then I made the cutest pumpkin tablescape. For the tablescape I used my tan dishes with little pumpkins on them and to add some color and contrast I used orange salad plates. I used brown, tan, and orange velvet pumpkins and a large wooden pumpkin as a centerpiece. You can read more here about the pumpkin tablescape.

Master Bedroom

For my bedroom, I changed the top blanket to a satin champagne coverlet and salt blue comforter and changed out the throw blanket.

My Closet

I didn’t decorate my closet for fall but I did spruce it up a bit with some new books and a flower arrangement.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of my Highland home decked out for Fall.  Pretty soon it will be time to Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly!

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For more Fall Tablescapes and entertaining ideas click here: Outdoor Entertaining Farm to Table

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