Dress This Mess > Barn Chic

The other day, one of my favorite gal pals happened to mention that she had been wanting to redecorate her living room. *Ping* My interior decorator spidey sense started to tingle!

I then began slyly (Not really. It was more like, "TELL ME MORE!") asking her what she was thinking about doing - all the while taking furious mental notes. She showed me this pin from everyone's favorite obsession; Pinterest:

http://ahappyhabitat.blogspot.com/2011/09/were-you-born-in-barn.html

She also showed me this lampshade from my favorite obsession; Target:

Flocked Lamp Shade Yellow (Large)

And that was it, I was inspired and her redecorating fever had spread. (Which is waaaaay better than catching all the other stuff that's been floating around lately...)

I started laying awake at night, thinking about her great, light filled living room. During the day I would daydream decorate her room with fabulous accessories and furniture. Words like barn chic, and contemporary rustic, ran around in my head. I dug around her Pinterest boards like a stalker and spied on all her favorite pins and decor ideas, where I discovered her love of yellow and gray, horses, and country with a splash of contemporary living.

And then I took my intel and made a design board. It's an illness, I tell ya!

barn chic2 by glossyflossy on polyvore.com

And then I made another one:

barn chic3 by glossyflossy on polyvore.com

And another one:

barn chic by glossyflossy on polyvore.com

And then I took a nap and made an appointment with my therapist.

Thanks to my insanity, my friend asked me to help her out, which is way better than asking me to stay a stalker's minimum of 50 ft away. Yay! I'll keep you posted!

~Angela