January Style Challenge with Weddington Way

Recently I was asked to participate in the January Style Challenge with Weddington Way. Although I have been married for two and a half years now, I was thrilled at the opportunity to play maid-of-honor and create a stylish winter wonderland look for bridesmaids. I honestly miss the wedding planning phase. Some brides hate it -- I loved it!

Winter is not always the bride's first choice on when to get married. However, there are a lot of fun things you can do with a winter wedding! I had a lot of fun thinking up new ideas that were completely different than my own summer wedding. My bridesmaids all wore different short dresses in varying shades of blush. I am a huge supporter of unique looks for each bridesmaid. I just love when I go to a wedding and each bridesmaid that walks down the aisle has something different about her. I know it is totally the bride's time to shine and I never suggest taking attention away from her -- but, I like seeing a little of the ladies personalities shine through their looks. Here are a few images of my bridesmaid's looks for our June wedding.

Images: Lily Glass Photography

As much as I tried narrowing down my top choices, I couldn't. Therefore, you not only get to see one look -- you get to see three! Being winter I opted for long dresses on all my looks. I also chose to stick with neutrals (surprise, surprise). I wanted to play off of "winter whites" without upstaging the bride. Therefore, you will see a lot of taupe, grey, silver and gold in these three looks. The inspiration boards could be used to create a single look for bridesmaids, or play as inspiration for each bride to create her own unique look.

Winter Wonderland Wedding Look 1: the dress in Palomino, the jewelry, the nails in Topless & Barefoot, the clutch image by Michelle Lange Photography, the flowers image by Edyta Szyszlo Photography, the makeup image via Flatnews, the hair image by Ciara Richardson Photography, the shoes via Burnett's Boards by Kate Weinstein Photography (similar here). 

Winter Wonderland Wedding Look 2: the dress in Taupe, the wrap image via The Pretty Blog by Louise Vorster Photography, the jewelry, the makeup image via RUMEDIA News, the hair image via Pinterest, the flowers image via The Nest, the nails in Fiji, the shoes image by Kim Kalyn Photography, the clutch.

Winter Wonderland Wedding Look 3: the dress in Oyster (dress and top color), the jewelry, the nails in Over the Edge, the flowers image via Brides, the shoes image by Marta Locklear, the sash, the makeup image via Harpers Bazaar, the hair image by Ever Whim Photographs, the wrap.

What's your favorite look? Check out more of my winter wonderland wedding inspiration on my Pinterest board and be sure to check out Weddington Way's new exclusive bridesmaid collection here.

Thanks for stopping by! Also, thanks to Wedding Way for choosing me to be a part of such a fun challenge!

XO,

Jacqueline

Family Room Reveal

A moment of truth here. As excited as I am to share our first Brown House Project with you all, and as much fun as we are having making this home our own, home ownership is not always pretty pictures and roses. This past week we were hit hard with the "Welcome to Homeownership" curse that everyone had warned us of. During the last seven days we experienced a flooded basement and a broken furnace. Our furnace going out couldn't have come at a worse time since we were experiencing zero degree temperatures and negative wind chills. Let's just say I am very happy to be writing this post in a 70 degree house rather than an a 50 degree one!

Now onto the fun part! Today marks six months of being in our home, so I thought it would be fun to share our first room makeover with you all today. When we first came to look at this house, Dan had a really difficult time seeing us living here simply because the style of the home was so different than ours. If you cannot tell from the pictures, we purchased this home from a sweet old couple in their seventies who moved into this home after downsizing. As you can probably imagine, once we moved in we were very eager to start making the home our own!

(Before images from realtor's website)

The changes in this room were mostly cosmetic. The first thing I wanted to do was lighten the room up. It's amazing what a little (or a lot of) paint and new window treatments will do! We also spray painted all of the hardware and replaced the ceiling fan. This room will always be one of my favorites simply because of it's character. I love the amount of natural light it gets, the arched doorways and the double-sided marble fireplace from the 19th century (which we don't plan on changing anytime soon). I like that we have something original to the room and the color scheme fits perfectly! If you want to check out how I decorated the other side of the fireplace for the holidays, read all about it here. Here is our lighter, brighter and younger version of this sitting room. 

(Pre-furniture)

Horse Print c/o my friend, Sarah Gibson and f2images via giveaway.

Mounting our TV on a brick wall and hiding all the wires in a tiny space was a job in and of itself. So, we decided to get creative and try something new. We are pretty happy with how it turned out!  

Petal Study Print: Pencilbox Shop

We recently re-planted our fiddle leaf fig into a bigger pot and I am still looking for a new, bigger basket for it to go in (please ignore).

Gallery Wall Art: Sarah Swanson

Hope you enjoyed the room as much as we have. Thanks again for stopping by!

XO,

Jacqueline