Two Rooms ... which is your favorite?

Oh have we been busy having fun!  Busy being the operative word.  It has been non-stop refreshing this past week!  We have been working on two girl's bedrooms and doing a little here and there around the rest of the house too.  The family has been on vacation and it's a good thing.  There has been painting and more painting and molding installers and furniture moving and mountains of shopping bags.  You know to make beauty, there's gotta be a little bit of messy first.   The girls are coming home to new rooms.  We hope they love them as much as we do.

The first room is for an eleven year old with very sophisticated taste.  When we first walked into her room and saw the bedding she had already picked out from ZGallerie, we knew we were in for a treat!

Before - the room was pretty much stripped for the painters.  
It's not really an accurate before shot, but it gives you an idea.

Here's our inspiration for her Asian Spa Room

Are you feeling the zen?  





Now on to Room #2... the big sister is 15 and definitely had a theme of her own.  From looking at her before room you know that she is a beach lover!  She really loves everything about the beach and the ocean.  She even had an aquarium hanging on her wall.  Her mom wanted to go in the direction of "elegant beach".  Is that an oxymoron you ask?  Well, here's what we came up with!

Before- getting ready for painters so she had to take everything out of her dressers
that were being moved out of the room.  But you get the picture....

Here's our inspiration.

I could definitely live in this room!

And last but not least, the bathroom!  It was pretty plain.  We figured it's an upstairs kids' bathroom.  Let's have fun!

So what do you think?  Do you like the asian inspiration?  or would you go with beachy elegance??  Let us know!

There's more to come from this house as we head downstairs!!  Stay tuned.

Serenity Now!

Shari came to us with a storage dilemma.  She had just given away the roll top desk that she used to store her sewing machine and supplies.  Everything that used to be in the desk needed a new home.  She was also trying to decide if she needed new bedroom furniture.  It was functional, but she was a little tired of it.  She figured it was a good time to do a little refreshing.   But should she get rid of the furniture and buy all new??  Nope ...  we found the best solution!

The beautiful upholstered headboard is from Pier One.  We used it as the starting point of this room.  It broke up the bedroom set and made it much more interesting!

 We decided to keep the dresser and nightstands and try painting it.  

Amazing results!  We love the gray in the room.  This dresser looks better than new.  Thanks Nathan!

Here's where the desk used to be.

We replaced it with a great bookshelf.  The sewing machine went to a nearby room.  We wanted to keep this room serene and work-free!

She loved her reading corner.
 We just painted her bookshelf and added a cool new lamp.

New lamps and pictures add a touch of glam.

The print was meant for the wall above the bed,
but the headboard stood
a little taller than we anticipated.
We actually love it over the dresser.

The headboard is pretty enough to stand alone on the wall!

 Thanks Shari!  Enjoy your room and tell your husband we are sorry about all the pillows!

Do you have some old furniture that you are thinking of throwing out?  Think again!  We know someone who can help you too!

I love Christmas!!

Even though I started my Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving, it has taken me this long to post my pictures.   I guess I was waiting for the house to be perfectly clean and for some reason that just hasn't happened!  So here it is... a Keeler Christmas where apparently the theme is "more is more" because there is a whole lot of Christmas goin' on around here!

It was so fun doing my mantel this year, because a few months ago my handsome and talented husband added some fun molding to the top of the fireplace.  I think it made it quite grand!

 

So, of course, I had to buy new stockings to go with it!  I bought tons of yardage of vintage lace from the barn sale that I have used all over.  Lace and bells were definitely a theme this year!Birds are always a focal point at Christmas in our house or any time of the year!  

My cute feather tree that I bought at Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic store on super sale before it went out of business.   There's nothing better than a high end store with a liquidation sale!

 The bells were another score from there!

 It's okay to put a nativity under a cloche isn't it?  

  I bought the new console table at Marshalls for $60!!  It really "glams up" the dining room, don't you think?

I bought the vintage garland at the barn sale and draped it over my chandelier.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It is just the perfect creamy white shade, with a really subtle sparkle.  It's my favorite find this year!

The branch that hangs over my kitchen table got dressed up for Christmas too.  Birds and nests, what else?  Well, snowballs and icicles too.

The felt garland was a gift from my sister Stacy last year.  It was a labor of love.   She planned on making a bunch of them but they were so time consuming she only made one...and there it is.  I love it!!!

 

My girls did a lot of the decorating this year, including this bakers rack in my kitchen.  Here's a little tip for you:  take a picture of the area and put it in the box with all the decorations from that space.  I handed them the box and the picture and they were able to recreate it for me.  

I used to decorate a lot upstairs when my loft was mostly red and white.  We redecorated the loft this year and it just didn't look quite as Christmas-friendly.  I had to add a new tree that would flow with our new look.  

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!   

Love, the Refresh your Nest girls

Bobette and Kristi

Christmas Decorations

I love Christmas decorating!!  It takes me a week or so to do it all and I keep adding things all the time but the end result is completely worth it!!  Especially if your having any events (mine is a bridal shower on Dec 22nd!!!) But it makes you really step up your game! 

I sprayed those frames a glossy white to Christmas them up a bit!

My new sunburst mirror that I got at an estate sale for 10 bucks!!!  Love my more modern look this year!

New stockings from Farmers Wife....linen with a touch of gold threading!!

Lanterns are awesome for so many things!! Be creative!  My branch is still getting something done to it :)

My new stockings and the Walmart glitter letters for $1!! Love them!!

Ikea cute tray for $6 bucks and put this tree in a cute pot with snow to cover ugly container it came in.

Kitchen cabinet with my new favorite color of tealish plates!!  Ross 6.99 for 4!!

Look how cute some pops of red are with that awesome tealish color...

Still working the jar look from fall just switched out the colors of cookie cutters and the candy of course.

Loved this tray from Target when it was $30 but waited till it clearanced at $7.48!!

Another ugly hidden container in a cute planter I had from outside.

My lovely new (ok loaned) china hutch from my good friends who had to go and move to Austrailia (yup I'm bitter)!!  But it has changed up the look of my dining room sooooo much!!!  I need to post before and after pics but I am waiting for my chandelier that I hope Santa (or anyone for that matter) will bring me for Christmas!!  Also look at my new crown molding!! Thanks Doug!!  He is out for hire if anyone needs wood work.

Another cute Ikea tray for $9.99 and ALL my mercury glass grouped together!! (even my fall owl, they are christmassy too right?)

Yes I have an outdoor tree in my house :)

My modern art looks good with everything!!  Great backdrop for the cloches.

See so cute!!

I am adding a wreath above the Noel sign, I just hadn't yet :)  Kristi made that cute Noel sign!

I use this tree for Valentines day also.  Cute silver mirrored tray from a garage sale for $10.

Tried to go more moderm and clean on front door.  Spray painted my pots a glossy white and the stick wreath also.  But nothing looks cute on my poop brown front door!! I so need it painted and new hardware.

A bird of course :)  Hope sign at walmart for $1.

You can put balls anywhere and it adds so much!!

I wanted you to see that I don't hate red :)  I think that is the glare not dirt on my stainless steel...

My new Anthropologie dish towel... Love it!!

Hope you enjoyed a partial house tour!!  Once I finish the girls trees I might post those also...

If you need some guidance send us an email!! b.carpenter6@hotmail.com or kristikeeler@msn.com !

HAPPY DECORATING!!!