The transitional home...

     Throughout the years we have owned different homes in different parts of the country and each had their own kind of special feel to them.  Years ago, Big D and I were just babies at the ripe old age of 25 when we bought our first home in Coralville, IA.  I remember buying a book something along the lines of Buying Your First Home, or the like, and figuring out what we could afford and which kinds of loans would be the best for us.  I remember how we saved for what seemed like forever to get the 5,000 dollar downpayment to be able to make owning a home seem like a real possibility.  Our first home was an old adorable 1200 square foot bungalow built in 1924, and I was completely smitten with it.  It was nestled in an older neighborhood where each home had its own story to tell. It was perfect for us.  We had two babies there, and to this day it might be my favorite home of all considering all the obstacles we had to get through to get it. A few years later we moved to Overland Park, KS and moved into classic suburbia with two kids in tow.  We were too exhausted to do an older home again so we went with a 3000 square foot cookie cutter yellow colonial with a bright red door.  The house was like a mansion compared to our sweet bungalow and actually had two fireplaces so I felt as though I was queen of my colonial castle.  Three years later and now with three kids to chase after we headed south once again.  The next move brought us to Dallas to live in another suburban village, but this time the home was practically brand new.  We did various renovations over the years to make it more our own, but the house never felt completely like home to me.  The next move was within the same neighborhood, but to a bigger house with a bigger yard and bigger closets.  The toddlers were now moving into adolescence and we needed the space to be sure!  Each of these homes had their own personality, but each were definitely traditional.  My last foray into home buying was Beach Cheeky which was the first one we have ever built, and we built it from four states away!  This home is actually a transitional home, much lighter and taken much less seriously.  It is my favorite place to be!  The older I get, I seem to gravitate towards things that are less fussy, fresh, simpler.  I still love all my antique finds in my Dallas home, but don't want to overdue it at Beach Cheeky.

The transitional home can be a breath of fresh air.  Here are some looks that I'm loving…
I love the primitive wood table mixed with the simplicity of the large black and white photograph and simple accessories…I would however get rid of those lamps…something larger and cleaner
Something more like this from Greige
Love this bedroom with it's simple linen headboard, loads of texture from the wood beams and various simple textiles on the bed, mixed with a pop of the amazing old mirror and a bit of sparkle from the chandelier…gorgeous 
This space is pure comfort mixed in with a modern touch of the glass coffee table which is really a statement piece for this room.  The star of this room is the architecture with it's stone walls and white wood beamed ceiling…again not a lot of color, but loads of layered texture...
The transitional bathroom very classic with it's white marble and white tile, but the simple lines of the cabinet take it up a notch to more fresh…
Another great transitional bath…love the pig!
Love this bath tub…
Love this transitional kitchen, the windows are amazing!
An open transitional eating area…
A transitional living room mixed with the traditional elements of the old patterned ceiling...
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Transitional with a bit of modern country check...
Love this home office…
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With a splash of glam…
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What's new at the Cheeky in Blue antique booth?

     I've just gotten in some fun new items for the booth, and a few more on the way that I'm pretty excited about.  Some of these are super special!  The first one is a "Portrait of a Lady" an old oil painting from the Cotswalds from the mid 19th century.




     She is amazing!  Now certainly it is imperfect, but I love it that way!  It certainly could be an amazing restoration piece, but I would leave it the way it is.

A lovely pair of orange and blue needle point pillows…

And these crazy huge alabaster grapes…

Love this vintage floral chandelier that would look amazing in a little girls room or bathroom…
Blue was getting nosy...

and so was Wags…
I picked up a couple of beautiful very old french blue bound books and a great magnifying glass…

An old weathered wooden duck decoy…

Some other items that are headed to the booth are old quilts, a primitive wood tray, farm house table, old fishing nets, and a gorgeous pair of vintage oars that are on their way here...