AROUND OUR HOME: LINDSAY + JAY

Names:  Lindsay and Jay Snider (and Reece)
Occupations: Business Analyst and Musician
Hobbies:  I like projects.  Jay likes movies.

Dining room:
Table - Crate and Barrel
Chairs - Marshalls
Chandelier - in the house when we bought it - I just painted it and moved it in here from another room

Trees - I fell in love with the super trendy Cole and Sons woods wallpaper...but it costs something insane like $125 per roll.  And we would have needed several rolls to cover just the 1 wall (gotta line up those trees...).  So then I was depressed because I'm just not going to spend $500 to wallpaper a single wall.  Then one night I was looking online at Ikea's website and saw those panels.  I made Jay get in the car and rush to Ikea with me at 9:45 (they close at 10!) to buy the panels.  All in, the project cost about $100.

Front living room:
Couch - Craigslist (we had reupholstered)
Floral chair - Craigslist (we had reupholstered)
Club chairs - free from parents (we had reupholstered)
Side tables - 2 from Craigslist and 1 free from parents
Green lamp - free from parents (I spray painted on a whim at 1 am one Wednesday night after going to see Freelance Whales...it just seemed right; shade is Anthropologie)
Brass lamps - saw at a garage sale in our neighborhood when I was out running and sprinted home to get $$
Record player cabinet - from Jay's parents (originally his dad's dad) and I painted white with my mom
Records - from both dads
Display shelves - we built - I got the idea from a picture of a museum gift shop's book display
Rug - West Elm
Pillows - my mom helped me make them - fabric from Ikea


Living room:
Couch - The Dump
rug - stole from my sister (ie free)
piano - from Jay's parents (originally his mom's dad's)
table behind couch - made it
brass lamps - found at a garage sale down the street from the brass lamps in front room while sprinting home for $$
black table thing - was a dresser that someone gave my sister.  We ripped off the hardward, removed drawers, and painted little table by window - was an ugly brown table that had been in my parents' garage for as long as I could remember. I was helping my dad carry it to the curb to trash and he starts telling me that his grandfather made it from what the called zinc boards during the depression.  They lived in a town that had a zinc smelter.  Zinc would be brought in on rail.  They would break open the boxes, and his grandfather had an agreement with the railroad to collect the box pieces and would make furniture from it.  I decided we should keep it, so Jay and I stripped off all the paint, cut off the rotten feet, and stained.  It's a little awkward and doesn't serve too much in function, but I like its story.
rug - stole from my sister (ie free)
Painting behind couch by Scott Erickson (www.scottericksonart.com) I painted other 2

Kitchen: 
Original cabinetry - had outsides painted and then decided to paint the insides ourselves - terrible idea (I cried multiple times). Updated counter top (marble), backsplash, appliances when we moved in and ripped a hood out from above stove.Breakfast area (still a work in progress) - I just bought the table and chairs from Craigslist last week but want to recover the chairs; also bought a chandelier from Craigslist that I will paint and hang in here; bar stools I stole from my sister (ie free)Painting by Sam Wedelich (www.dwelldeep.com)Bar Cart from Ikea

Master:

Rug - West Elm

Bed - Star Furniture

Lamps - Target

Side tables - 1 free from parents and other is from Ikea

Dresser - My dad worked in DC for 10+ years.  When he retired, we took this from his house there.  I always loved the DC house, so I really like having a few things from it.

Painting was designed by my sister and painted by me

Guest:

Bed - free from DC house

Side tables - free from my parents

Lamps - free from Jay's parents with Target lampshades

Rug - free from my parents

Mirror - Was in master bathroom when we looked at the house but the owner's removed it right before closing.  Jay made them bring it to closing on principle.  It sat in a closet for a year and a half.  I finally painted it and hung.

Oriental table - my mom and I bought from a store going out of business

Painting by my sister

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AROUND MY HOME/// THE LISENBE GUEST ROOM

maybe you have seen this room in THIS VIDEO before but...I decided to show you again with detail.


The room was clean but I forgot to take photo's before our guest arrived. This is the room while it's being used, and bless his heart, he made the bed everyday.
Here are some of the things we do to make our guests feel right at home.
- Comfy pillows
- It is very important to have clean sheets, pillowcases, and linens (make sure they smell good and fresh).
- Have some reading material on bed stand so they can look through incase they can't fall asleep.
- Scented candles. Because rooms are always better if they smell good.
- Fresh flowers or a plant makes it a litte more cozy.
-Have a bag for your guests dirty clothes. (hanging on armoire)
-Make sure you have a lamp on the side of the bed incase they get up in the middle of the night.

Set aside some essentials like water, snacks (goldfish, assorted nuts), candy, razor, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, loofa, shower cap, gum, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, wash cloth, towel. There is always something you forget when traveling.
I like making it feel like a hotel, but way better!

If you have an out of town guest a little welcome to Texas gift is a fun idea!
We silk screened yellow roses on a texas flag bandana for one of our guests. I hope he loved it!




This photo is awful! Jacob can't stand the bin of bags and purses I have on top of armoire but I don't know where else to put them for now. Yes I have a problem. I can't stop buying purses, bags, wallets, and fanny packs! HELP! How should I store them?
- We like having little inside jokes around the room. We can't show you, it might offend some.

-If they are on a business trip maps of your city, and lists of your favorite places is a big help!

- Little hook for their towels.




Just for fun we (Kelly and I) made a guest check-in. Every time we have a guest stay over, it's recorded and if we have film on us we take a photo. We have index cards too in case they want to leave us a note. They always leave a note:)

We also have an index box filled with polaroids for guests to look through. Polaroids are always fun.

As you can see we still have a long way to go with this guest room, but if you saw what it looked like before, you'd be proud. It used to be filled with rolling racks and boxes of clothes. Thank God my friend Susan came over and helped me load four huge boxes to sell and donate to the women's shelter. Also, thank God I have a seester that helped me put the room together!

I would love to see your guest rooms, or hear any tips how I can make my guest room even more cozy:)

-B

CLICK HERE for more photo's of our guest room and living room.