Hello and welcome back! After a few months off, I am back, hoping to bring more design series to you. I’m starting off with a fun one; What I’m Shopping For. It seems like you can never have enough opportunity for storage. My bedroom accent pillows are taking over our floor, and a place to get your socks on each morning sounds like a luxury! I’ve been looking for a bench to elevate our master bedroom and provide functionality. I’m sharing a few options below all under $200. The second bench stands out to me with the accented curved legs. Now, when will I add it to the cart? Which one is your favorite?!
Welcome to my next design series! My favorite thing – styling a space. From open shelving, an end table, the walls, we will style it all when it comes to Greta Lee Designs! I try to be more minimal when it comes to styling, but you want to fill a space with just enough to bring warmth and dimension to it. Bare spaces are a no! These next 4 weeks I’ll take you through 4 different spaces of a home. First up is the heart of a home. The kitchen & dining rooms! Styling a kitchen is so fun, because most of the pieces you are going to use. Makes it somewhat easier, and practical. I’ve pieced together the finds below inspired by my own kitchen! A serving board for breads, pizza night or a charcuterie board. I love any type of serving bowl for hosting. And don’t forget to display those cookbooks! You can pull those out and read them like a magazine. I hope you feel inspired to bring some life to your kitchen cabinets and gather some people around food! Come back next week for round 2 of styling your space! XO – G
I’m sharing with you today the 4th final nursery design in this print inspired series! This purple floral print has been the sweetest blanket I’ve sewn yet. Make sure you head to my Instagram page and swipe to see the pattern! Surprisingly, I did not go the purple color route for this one. I found a floral printed glider from the Home Depot and really built the design around it. The furniture pieces from Pottery Barn Kids led me to picture an enchanted, whimsical garden, like the blanket print, but the grey washed tone kept this design bright. Hence the name Fairy Garden! The accents in this nursery are really simple then. Crepe paper wall flowers and little butterflies from Pottery Barn Kids, a rug to ground the space. Sometimes, less is more! Yet I loved going outside the typical pink or purple nursery design. I am making sure I challenge myself in these vision boards. You’ll also find two of my favorite baby brands I love to follow! If you haven’t noticed, I’m building a baby boutique for everyone along with my designs 😉 BabyBjörn’s Bouncer is one of the simpler bouncers on the market to sit your baby in and play. It can also easily be moved around your house and folds flat when not in use! And for the sweetest and softest outfits for your baby, I turn to Lou Lou and Company for sophisticated patterns. The florals fit this design just perfectly! You may not always have a room you need to shop for, but shopping for babies and kids will always be needed. Let me know if you’re in need of a gift guide!
Thank you for following along these past 4 designs! I hope you’ll be back for the next series! – XO, G
Week 3 of my nursery design series! Which one will be your favorite?! Today’s design is inspired by a camo print blanket I’m working on sewing. I pieced a room around it, wanting a space to bring you into another world. Just like the forest does! Wallpaper is a really fun way to dress up a room and transport you somewhere else. This pine tree print varying in shades of green is almost dreamy. You might be taken to a drive up the mountains, or to the Christmas tree farm where the snow has fallen. It’s just perfect! I chose another iron crib by Namesake, this time in gold. I loved the contrast here against the green, but it does come in two other finishes. A crib is really what grounds a nursery, but I kept the dresser and glider still different and fun. I went with a taller dresser this time, although you may want to do lower for an easier changing station. The changing basket in front of the dresser can be moved around the house too if you’d like. And then how sweet and cozy is the textured glider. I need to see it in person soon! These designs are all about inspiring you and hoping you find a piece that excites you as you dream up your next space!
Happy FIRST day of Summer!! I’m getting this post out just in time for all the Summer time vibes. Do you ever just look at something, sometimes smell or taste a thing, and it takes you back? Well, that’s how my mind acted when piecing together my latest design inspo below. I’m not sure if it was the red, white and blue – my favorite Summer time memory – or if it was the crisp, cool and relaxing patterns and tones, but it brought me to Summer! Take a look below and let me know what you think. Where is your dream location to be in the Summer? XO, G
The heart of almost every home is the kitchen! You’re in there for at least three meals of the day, and if you think about it, whenever there is a gathering of people, there has to be food. For this reason, it’s a no brainer why every modern floorplan today leans towards an open concept – grabbing a snack at the large kitchen island and being able to sit close by on your couch. My apartment is already like that and I can’t imagine living any other way! When it comes to design though, the overall aesthetic of your homes floor, walls and cabinetry can really make a difference as to how you design your living spaces. The kitchen typically creates the foundation for a home’s overall feel and style, so today I’m bringing a design totally opposite from my current modern, bright and clean lined apartment kitchen and living room.
My inspiration started here:
And led me to this:
A warm, very traditional, with pops of patterns mixed along! I really started with the flooring and cabinet color. Mixed in a more neutral kitchen surface and backsplash to bring the pattern alive as the star of this room. Let me know what you think and if you’re wondering how else I would complete this look. A couch, pillows, bar stools, anything. I’ll have everything linked down below. Thanks for checking it out. XO, G
Officially into Spring over here! I needed to bring something new to the blog and I’ve been envisioning a girls brunch set in a traditional coastal designed home. SO, here it is! I went over to Pottery Barn to start; I feel like they always have just the right amount of traditional yet more transitional pieces when it comes to looking for that style. The drapery and wall color really started this palette and then I knew I needed a pop of color. The main focus of this Spring Time Dining set up though is the place setting! Everything is from Pottery Barn – they just had the most perfect pieces to pair together. Monique Lhuillier has a new line with them and it’s just what you need to set the most perfect table for a Sunday brunch. I made this one girly! Check it out and let me know what you think. I’ll have everything linked below! XO, G
I was feeling inspired, so here’s the inspiration for you to enjoy too! I often think of how dramatic I can make a powder bath, and how that looks for different styles and colors. I designed an emerald green powder bath not so long ago, but lately I’ve been drawn to navy and gold. I was just scrolling through The Home Depot’s website when the vanity popped out at me and the rest fell into place. This powder bath has a more fun and transitional style to it than my first one. Let me know what you think! Links to every design element will be below.
Today I am sharing some inspiration for a men’s study room, or home library. I started with the colors and fabrics and then from there worked to source the furniture pieces. I hope you find this just as inspirational as I did!
Keeping your kitchen organized can seem like a daunting task. Organizing anything at all actually can seem like more work than it needs to be. I want to share with you though how I got excited about organizing my kitchen cabinets and what I purchased to keep them looking clean and clutter free!
Plates/Bowls/Glasses
Plates, Bowls, Glasses, Organized Water Bottles & Tumblers
This is a cabinet that is getting opened everyday! I made sure to keep what was in here a necessity, and the minimum of what we’d use. Plates and bowls are on the bottom, while glasses and everyday mugs are above. Since our cabinets are so high I picked up some organizing bins and in each one I have tumblers and water bottles.
In our kitchen it was kind of a challenge to store our pans and pots. There is really only the tall pantry and one small bottom cabinet that are deep enough for pots and pans to be placed. Purchasing this pan and lid organizer from Target though helped us maximize the one small cabinet. Those are the ones we use everyday, minus the lids kept towards the back, so all of our other bigger pans & pots could be stored in other areas.
Baking/Entertaining
Baking & EntertainingEntertaining
These are my two favorite cabinets! In the first one I organized my baking pans and mixing bowls and then on the very top shelves of both cabinets I have entertaining dishes that aren’t used as often. The two wire racks we ordered are perfect for adding another shelf for stacking more things in the high cabinets. We ordered them here from Bed Bath and Beyond.
Silverware/Utensils
Silverware & Knives Baking Utensils Utensils
As you can see, two drawers are more organized than the other one. I knew for the bigger utensils, putting them in a drawer was fine, as long as it wasn’t too cluttered. I’m going to try and minimize what I put in this drawer. As for silverware, knives and some baking tools I picked up these drawer organizers from Costco. They aren’t hard to find at either Home Goods, TJ Maxx and even Target. Here are some similar ones. Any extra small things like chip clips I keep behind the organizers where I’m not needing to access those things as often.
Pantry Staples
Pantry Cabinet PantryBaking Cabinet – OXO ContainersCooking, Baking and Entertaining
Pantry organization is the number one cabinet or in some homes, ‘rooms’ that needs to be organized! I thankfully already had a few of the bins used to organize food, spices, and baking things, but they aren’t hard to find when needed. I’ve loved these Room Essential bins for organizing a lot of things in our apartment. Target has a ton of different sizes and colors in them. As you can see I used two big ones for snacks and grains, another one for extras and have more through my apartment used for things like cleaning supplies. I like to be able to pull a bin out and see what’s all inside. Rather than dig around a cabinet, it makes things easier! I do the same thing with my spices, and small baking items. Another storage bin I like using are these iDesign fridge and freezer bins from Amazon. I have 4 of them lined up in the pantry for granola bars, extra baking things and large peanut butter and honey jars. They’re great for keeping things separated yet together. You can also easily find these at other stores too! The first two I bought were from TJ Maxx. Last, but not least, are my OXO Pop containers helping me stay organized. I got these for a huge deal when I found a set at my local Tuesday Morning. I always see them around Home Goods and TJ Maxx though. You can customize the sizes more to what you need them for then. I mainly wanted 4 for flour, sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar. The extras I keep fun things in, like chocolate chips and popcorn kernels. Here on Amazon you can shop their collections.
If you would like to see this in a bigger ‘picture’, check out my kitchen tour video that I’ll be posting on my Instagram (@stylinglifebyg) in a couple of days. I even share more of my cabinets than what is pictured in the post. I hope you can check it out! XO, G
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