Latest and Greatest Design Trends of 2015

April 1, 2015 Chelsea | StyleMutt Home

Hi All! Can you believe the first quarter of 2015 is officially behind us? Seems like it's gone by quick but so much has already happened in interior design that we've been excited to share! As with fashion, interior design style has a time traveling way of it's own, with particular decades making their way into current and modern interiors. However, there are still some trends that are cutting edge by their own right. Let's take a look!

Trend 1: Furniture Shoes

Time to show off the gorgeous gams on your sofas, coffee tables, end tables and the like! The best part is you can switch the shoes out depending on occasion and season!

Boots for the winter add an element of cozy to any room in the home!

Trend 2: Large Scale Grocery Lists

Here's a design trend for all! Everyone makes grocery lists, and now we're seeing them turned into large scale wall art. Once all items on the list are bought, just tear the tape down, throw it away, and start again! It's real living art, always evolving and changing.

Trend 3: Messy Drawers

Why hide the brilliant display of color in your wardrobe inside dresser drawers? Let your clothes breath and leave those overly full drawers open a smidge. The snap of color adds instant whim and vibrancy to the room. This is one of the most consistent trends we've seen in all the decor publications!

So what do you think? Ready to give any of these new trends a try? Let us know if you do - we'd love to see how you incorporate these ideas into your own style!

Thank you all for stopping by!

Reader Design: Annie's Farmhouse Charm House

March 27, 2015 Cate | StyleMutt Home

Ok so we already love Friday, but Annie's Reader Design is the cherry on top! Annie from Zevy Joy is a wonderful new Insta-friend (you can follow her @zevyjoy for some insta-inspiration). And I'm so excited she shared her #stylemuttspaces with us so we could share them with you! And the best part about this reader design is it's practically a whole home tour! Let's get gawking shall we?

From Annie:

Here is our kitchen with an eat-in Island... I would say my style is mostly farmhouse/country - a bit industrial. We completely renovated this sweet little kitchen by taking down a small wall and putting in an island I found on Craigslist and adding a butcher block counter top. We painted the cabinets and I recently painted our heirloom China hutch. As a finishing touch we added copper chicken wire in place of the glass doors. I spray painted our light fixture so it would look like copper pendants and this space is perfect for us.

Bessie the cow joined our kitchen a couple years ago and so did the open shelves from Ikea.

Who wouldn't want a sweet and laurel-ed Bessie watching over their coffee station?

Annie's open concept floor plan allows sight lines to move seamlessly to the dining and living areas. I love the mix of wood and metal for such a refined farmhouse vibe.

[The dining room/ living room] is an open concept room that you enter from our kitchen. It was originally built as a sun room but we use it for these purposes instead. Some of our of furniture was handed down from my grandparents and parents. We found our dining table on Craigslist. As I have developed my style I am drawn to neutrals and wood tones - a mix of farmhouse and country. Most of the time I am trying to use what we have considering we are on a very tight budget. Our sectional was a rich chocolate brown and very comfy. Instead of replacing it I ended up sewing the slipcover for it with 100% duck cotton. I still have many things I would love to do to this space but have had so much fun making it our home!

You sewed an entire sectional slipcover?!?! Mad props girl.

If you think that couch looks comfy you should see the bedroom! Thankfully the tour doesn't end here and we get to sneak a peek here too:

It is small but I have been working on making it a space that is comfortable for us. It has been the last room to really get any attention so I have enjoyed styling it to fit our taste. This room has the most color in my very neutral decor themed home. Again I love white linens and this room has touches of blue. Mirrors to reflect light and lots of texture with blanket layers. Many heirloom pieces in this room from my great grandparents - I love having these and they are very special to me!

Thank you Annie for inviting us into your home! I love the textured pile of cozy white linens and the desk as a nightstand! What was your favorite part of the tour ya'll?

Remember, sharing is caring here at StyleMutt Home and our SPACES page is meant to be a one-stop shop for decor drool. So don't forget to share your spaces with us for your chance to be a featured reader design. Just post pictures to our Facebook page or tag #stylemuttspaces on Instagram and we'll contact you with further details.

Sleek, glam desk || Before+After

March 26, 2015 Chelsea | StyleMutt Home

Hi friends! Quick rhetorical question for ya: Would you bring this desk home with you from a thrift store?

It certainly wasn't much to look at when I saw it a month or so ago. In fact, I passed it by twice before removing all the junk stacked on top to take a closer look. And let me tell you, the closer look did NOT help! Peeling contact paper on the drawer fronts, unattached corners of veneer, and what appeared to be a coded treasure map etched into the top surface. So, I took all of this and weighed it against the one pro - the shape! I thought, if I can do something, anything to help this desk, it could be da bomb diggity!

So I painted it glossy white and sprayed the handles gold. Done and done.

It's not every day that a simple coat of white paint impresses me this much, but if there were ever a piece to paint white and be DONE with it, this was the piece! I used Glidden's Trim, Door, Furniture paint in Bright White. I've shared this paint before with this custom three-piece set, but let's just say it again: If you want a high gloss finish that's as easy to achieve as the no-prep chalk paint, THIS is your paint. It's thick as molasses, and adheres to anything. I didn't do any prep on this piece other than cleaning it up a bit, (and I did use strong wood glue to reattach the veneer and peeled off the loose contact paper). But with a paint this thick, it's going to hold everything together anyways.

When dry, the surface settles to a smooth, glassy finish that is reflective and durable as anything I've seen. I've banged pieces covered in this paint and not a single thing happens. The paint won't chip, peel, or get a single ding.