friday favorites

favorite stand {antique farm house}

favorite app {eclectically vintage}

favorite dining room {maison de pax}

favorite bunting {stone gable}

favorite diy project {a burst of beautiful}

favorite wall gallery {five marigolds}

favorite after {mountain modern life}

favorite sofa {pop & scott}

my very own herb garden

Last week On Sutton Place's, Ann posted her mason jar herb garden. Ann really motivated me to decide to put together on my very own. It was an easy, therapeutic project.

I started off with a trip to my local nursery, and then target.

I selected rosemary, lemon thyme, sage, lavender, parsley, and oregano.

At target, I picked up these filler rocks...

...and I found blue ball jars there too!

These are quart sized and wide mouth. Isn't that blue just gorgeous!

I started by putting a couple handfuls of pebble sized rocks at the bottom of my jars. 

Ann at Sutton Place does this too... 

1. it weights down the jars

2. it gives water a place to drain so the roots don't get over saturated

3. it adds texture to the overall look

Time to fill your jar with some potting soil. 

I pretty much followed Ann's directions all the way! She does a great job explaining her process.

Using wide mouth jars helped, but I found keeping the moulded soil intact was still too wide to fit in. So brushing all the loose soil off is key - mainly off the top and rim. 

This allowed me to be able to slightly squeeze my plants rooted soil and place down in the hole I created. I then took the loose soil I removed and placed back on top filling in any empty gaps.

I'm so happy with how they turned out! 

Now I have three things left to do....

1. find a jar carrier for them

2. make herb markers {Ann has a free printable of some super cute ones here}

3. keep them alive!

Thanks Ann for the motivation to make my very own herb garden!!! It was a success!

herbs {lowes}

blue jars {target}

filler rocks {target}

watering misting can {target}

morning room reveal

I told you this was coming! It's here... my morning room reveal. This room is one of the most used rooms in the house because it's where we eat ;) Minus the lack of window treatments, I adore this room. It's large, with a lot of open space, and you may have noticed, nothing but windows!

I actually shared those framed burlap prints a couple of months ago.

Those EAT letters are the newest addition to the space.

Because our table is 60 inches round, we decided to go ahead and get six chairs for it. However, we are only a family of four, so for now the extra two are just placed to the sides.

These dining chairs were such a great find at overstock.

This beauty came from restoration hardware. And even though we only bought this table one year ago, it's already retired! They still have lots of round table options, however this concrete top version is no longer on their website.

This light was the first thing to go into this room. We ordered almost all our lighting from pottery barn throughout the house. This one's called napa wine barrel. I love what this light fixture does for this room :)

So there you go! There's my morning room. This space gets so much light! When it's diffused by direction or clouds it's wonderful. However, then its direct it can get really warm in this room. I'm hoping to find a great window treatment option for this space... hopefully in the near future. 

copper napkin holder {home goods} - similar

navy round basket tray {home goods} - similar

white hobnail holder {green country market} - similar

aqua/mint round placemats {home goods} - similar

concrete table {restoration hardware}

dining chairs {overstock}

burlap prints {DIY}

EAT letters {pier1} - similar

{new} morning room decor + reveal sneak peek

happy saturday!!

My home tour is lacking a few rooms... okay, more than a few! However, there's one that's about time to reveal because it's a room we spend a lot of time in. Our morning room. Now I did say "about"... but here's a new piece decor I just recently put up in our morning room to give you a little sneak peek ;) I'll do a reveal for the morning room here real soon, promise!

I wasn't looking for decor for my morning... in fact, when I saw these I originally thought kitchen. However, I really don't have any wall space in my kitchen. So the only way for these farmhouse letters to go in my kitchen would be to be propped on my countertop against my backsplash, which could be cute. However, when I pulled them out the box, it hit me "these would go great in the morning room."

You have actually already been exposed to my morning room... if you saw my burlap print post - that was in my morning room.

Now, back to my {new} morning room decor...

I got these at pier 1 {online} when they were on clearance for $20. 

Since they were a clearance item, they are sold out now.

However, since these are sold out, of course, I thought I'd share you some other great options!

 {world market}

{world market}

{target}

There are endless options on Etsy...

{hewn woods}

{charmingly crafted cf}

{sign shack}

I was so excited to get these up. I actually only used command's refill strips, two on each letter.

friday favorites

favorite centerpiece {a burst of beautiful}

favorite staircase makeover {the lily pad cottage}

favorite recipe box {amazon}

favorite porch {our fifth house}

favorite shoes {jcrew factory}

favorite diy project {mason jar crafts love}

favorite carb {place of my taste}

favorite accent wall {everything emily}