Whimsy, Fun and Color

Meet my friend Kendra beautiful, isn't she! Here, she sits on a church pew in her dining room. A little birdie on her shoulder and rooster over her head. These are the kinds of "not so typical" set-ups you'll find in her home - out of sort, but only in her house does it fly. Kendra describes her decorating style as "fun, comfortable, creative, casual. I obviously love color and lots of it." Oh, we believe you, Kendra! 

You walk into her living room - a pretty shade of yellow. The righteous beginning to start the path to the rest of the house, starting here with a burst of sunshine and work your way to the bright pink family room. As you walk into her house, you can't help but to look around to take in all the details and creativity she puts into each room.

The kitchen, no designers' rules apply here. The ceiling is green, the trim is blue, the backsplash is checkered green and black, the cabinets are yellow. Hanging from above are beautiful paper birds. Kendra credits her friend, Stacy Litow by saying "I always like to say I know what I like, but could have never put it together without my friend Stacy Litow.  She is AMAZING with color among other things."

There's not one space in her home that is left without color or touch of creativity. Not only a mother of 3, an artist, too. You'll find her free hand art work throughout the house, like the flower vine flowing through her kitchen.

One of Kendra's favorite piece is this "central family communication center." It was a furniture piece that Kendra had built-in the kitchen. Each family member has a drawer to keep their belongings and each labeled with their names.

Her downstairs hallway is painted in pink stripes with a chalkboard door to write notes to each other. Kendra saids "I always have a million projects in my head, of what else I want to do next, and they never seem to get done.  First on the list... finish painting the rest of my dining room chairs blue!" Three of her dining chairs are blue, the other 5 are white, but when walking through, I thought they were suppose to be that way. This is what exactly her house expresses that "nothing is wrong".

In Kendra words: "We love entertaining at our house. The 'party' lights stay up all year. Turn down the lights - so no one can see the dirt - and turn on the party lights.  They make any event more festive, whether it's dinner with friends, Friday night and I suddenly have 10 teenagers in my house eating pizza or Sunday dinner with just our family."

And here it is, the hot pink family room along with fun graphic printed furniture. I admire Kendra's sense of style to think outside box and stay true to what she likes and not what is right or wrong. These pictures are just the rooms, part 2 (later on) will show all the details...stay tune.