My husband and I started officially hunting for a house last week and managed to find one that we already love. Fingers crossed! The idea of moving into a place that’s completely ours is such an exciting thing. And being a designer, I’m already brainstorming how I’m going to whip all our new space into a comfortable + relaxing home. I’ve made some design decisions that I wish I hadn’t and am looking forward to a big re-do. Let’s just say there will be a minimal amount of dark wood and furniture in our home.

I have a few home decorating books, including and by BHG, that I find myself constantly flipping through. I’ve bookmarked so many pages of fresh ideas that I want to try when the big move happens (and with all these ideas coming in, I’m hoping it’s going to be really soon; I just might explode from all the excitement). This is going to be good. The photos below are not from any of the two books mentioned above, but are ones that I pinned onto my . Now that’s another big source of inspiration for me.

Living room via Camilla Tange; dining room via SF Girl by Bay, photo by Petra Bindel; kitchen (image source unknown); bedroom via NIB.