A Few Pieces of Furniture That I'm Using In My New House

If you don't know me personally, you probably don't know that I have recently moved, and am in the process of designing rooms! My family is letting me help them design almost all of the rooms, and my bedroom is gonna be all me. The rooms aren't near finished yet, but here are a couple pieces of furniture that I will be using:


First off, my bed is from the Malm collection at IKEA (one of the best places to shop if you're into modern furniture).

Obviously, my room is aqua and gray, and I will be using yellow and maybe even some red as accent colors. The bed should be coming in August 11 and after that I'll start getting bedside tables, chairs, rugs, lamps, the works.

Next are some couches the we found on Walmart's website. I know it's not exactly as high-end as most designers would like, but it will go great in our all-gray bonus room, which is basically for me and my friends.

Since the room is already pretty dark, and can only get darker with these couches, I've decided to get a light cream-colored shag rug to go in between them, and colorful pillows and other accents to go around them. The couches should arrive before August 4, but could be as late as August 10.

I know it's not much to go on, but I can imagine it and it looks awesome! Now, as long as my imagination can coexist with my budget, I'll be in good shape. I'll also be posting pictures of the final product as soon as I can, as I hate to give sneak peeks of unfinished projects.

David Bromstad's Most "Me" Designs

I know that after reading this, you will think that I have been hired by HGTV to say good things about their designers, but that isn't true (yet). Instead, these are just some of my favorite designs that I found today that all happen to be by David Bromstad. Here we go:

• I love orange and blue, so it's no wonder this room jumps out at me. Mainly though, I really like the chairs and couches, and would love to know where he found that rug.

•  (Sorry for the poor pixel quality) I really like aqua, so this one scores for me there, and the rustic painting and many light fixtures make it fun yet industrial.

• I know it's pretty girly, but the bright colors and classic white yet modern table make this room very fun, but not completely over-the-top. However, when I was watching the episode about this design, I could not for the life of me understand why they would bring in the glass mosaic with such bland colors that seem to dull up the room. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the oddly patterned chairs.

• There seems to be a common theme here.... Anyways, the aqua and yellow are pretty awesome if you ask me. I love the couch, the grey walls, I even find the antler chandelier attractive.

Modern, but Some More Colorful

Design by Cathy Hobbs

• I like the modern look of this one, but the group of three mirrors hanging on the wall and the gray and white rug really aren't speaking to me. Not even whispering. And who doesn't love a good picture of a horse? (Unless, of course, it's hung in a living room).

Design by Kellie Clements

• The way the light filters through this one looks great to me, so it may just be the photo, but I really like the colors. I could definitely see that pillow, those curtains, and maybe even the bird in my own room.

Design by Kellie Clements

• I love how everything (other than the chandelier and the flowers) is so simple and streamlined, but is done in fun colors and patterns. (All of the colors used in both the one above and this design happen to be my favorite, so that could influence my opinion just a bit). The only thing that this room doesn't have going for it in my eyes would have to be the brick floor. While I definitely can like floors like this, it just isn't working in this room.

You can catch both of those designers on the all-new season of HGTV Design Star starting this Monday on HGTV. (Emily Henderson and David Bromstad, two of my favorite designers, were both winners of the show).