kismet! a find for the "retro bedroom" & the project board

I was working on the project boards for the boys' bedrooms. Bowie's nursery, Emery's loft, and Satchel & Dane's retro rooms are all just about planned out.

For Satchel (7) & Dane's (3) retro room, I was planning oat walls with a stripes of a very retro orange and green. I was really excited about this room and picked out a few accessories to scout out on the web. One item was an Eames chair that I found in orange. It was a neat item, but a bit more than I wanted to spend on a chair for their room, which could potentially be decorated with a marker or something. Here is the project board here:

So, Steven and I went to Good JuJu today, the once-a-month flea market in the West Bottoms of downtown KC. Now, the West Bottoms is a fabulous old industrial area that has these gorgeous old buildings, which sadly now are used mostly for Halloween haunted houses. I dream of one day being a bazillionairre and buying these old buildings to turn into super posh historic lofts... but I digress...

First I found an old set of Homer Laughlin dishes for $20. Steven found a solid wooden chair dated 1932 for $24. I found some super cute vintage pumps, IN MY SIZE, for $12.50. I found an antique dresser, the most unique one I have ever seen that will have its very own blog later, for $115. And lastly, I found these two orange chairs for $30 (Bowie's new dresser is in the background there):

Can you believe it? Just last night I was showing Steven a picture of the chair, and then today we find an orange chair from the 50s? That's fate. Or pure lucky. Either way, the kids love the chairs. Satchel gets the big one, and Dane gets the little one. Just perfect!

project board: dining room

After the kitchen and master bath are finished, and while Steven works on Bowie's nursery, I will begin work on the dining room. Right now, the dining room has the table pushed to a wall, covered in computers and books. It also contains one of the kid's dressers, and exercise equipment. I would like to reclaim the room for actual dining... so I began working on some ideas for the space.

My big question now is: What color to paint it?

You can see I have included pale blue and pale pink. Since I recently gave myself persmission to decorate with pink. The dining room is connected to the entry way (seperated by an arch doorway), so the two rooms are connected by do have the arch to deliniate the space. The entry way is pale blue... which makes me wonder if it would be too much to have 2 rooms in a row with the same color. Yet, I think the walls being pink might be too much with all the pink fabrics I have chosen.

Thoughts? Blue, pink or other. And if other, suggest a color. :)

Update: I changed my mind... I am thinking Cameo Pink instead of Icelandic Poppy... just a smidge deeper pink since Poppy really is reading too white in my mock-ups. :) I really think Cameo Pink with Gust of Wind (white) trim is the winner...

project board for the master bathroom

I might scan in the sketch I drew up earlier... but I thought I would share the project board with you now. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions! I always entertain suggestions. ;)

Apparently the gigantosize feature is not working... let me do some troubleshooting and see if I can get it working.