that didn't make it into SUMMER magazine.
i couldn't stand to see them go to waste……
happy happy happy.
and it hasn't been that clean in here since i took those……in february.
HA.
Holly Schmitz - What inspiration! Love all the bright and cherry colors…like the way you combine things that compliment each other!! & cute rustic touch, too!
Heather - I just fell on love. Big puffy heart love.
Robbie Marinero - ABSOLUTELY! Your kitchen’s actually my favorite. I love it because it’s pretty, and it’s not like the usual kitchens I see on other blogs or magazines. So what are your plans for this spring and summer?
Nikki - I LOVE your house! What fun wonderfully inviting textures & colors. Where did you get the large chalkboard where you have written, “Be nice. Tell the truth….”???
Rachael Kiefer - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your house!!! It is so my style! The combination of clean surfaces and lines with “older” or antique furniture!!! It is beautiful!!
Michelle - On the bulleton boards you have the coolest photo collages hanging. What are they of ( high lights of each month or season? or favorite things of each family memeber?)and where did you make them. I love them.
Mique - I want your house. The end.
Kelly - We have those same polka dot glasses at my parents’ house! Very fun! I scored a globe at a garage sale on Saturday for $1 (I tried not to smile too big when they told me how much they wanted.) and thought of you. I have three big ones now, a small ornament one from Crate and Barrel and a tiny pencil sharpener one. Sounds like enough for a grouping somewhere in my new house that we hopefully get to close on tomorrow! Here I come house, so long apartments! Yippee! Still anxiously awaiting my copy of Summer. Kelly
michelle - wow! it’s amazing how far i have to scroll to leave a comment! 🙂 you are a loved woman. love these pictures! i too want to move in! and your profile craft post… so cute and good memories for them of what they love right now. i did something like that with my oldest many years ago and we were just looking at it the other day and laughing about all that has changed.
Wendy - Just gorgeous. Can we trade houses?!
Nichole - Looking at pictures of your house makes me so happy! I can only dream about having that kind of color in my home but I will try! Beautiful pictures!!
lindsey - the pleated poppy - I WANT YOUR HOUSE. BUT UNTIL YOU KICK AND AND WRITE ME INTO YOUR WILL, CHOOSING ME OVER YOUR KIDS, I WILL JUST KEEP TRYING TO COPY EVERY AMAZING THING YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING COLOR BACK INTO MY LIFE. and maybe now i’ll turn off caps lock. oops!
RLG - Love the pictures. I wish someone could take magazine quality pictures of my clean house! You do kids-friendly so well. You should do tutorials! Got Matthew Mead Summer (and the last Xmas) at your suggestion. Love it. Cheers, girlie. xoxo
Karina - BEAUTIFUL pictures! I love your outfit in the one you are using the blender, too. Very inspiring, all of it. The colour just makes your heart SING!
wendy, NJ - Oh Meg, I just fall in love all over again every time I see pictures of your home. I love your style and I so wish I was the type of person who visualized like that. Unfortunately, everytime I try something different I get scared and go back to my traditional decor…any advice?
Beth - Ok I REALLY think you should do a magazine with nothing but pictures, no words not that I wouldn’t want to hear anything you have to say cause I love hearing you words…vlog! Now that is one magazine I would buy and buy for a few friends…Something like the old Ideas book that was in my grandmothers homes when I was a little girl. They were the best color pictures and I loved seeing them…had pretty poems in them. I don’t even think they make it anymore…now that would be awesome to see a modern day mother make one of thses…
Ok if you don’t do it…well do it once a month for all your bloggers…I would be glad to share that with everyone cause u have an EYE for photography like noone else I see in blogland…Yours is so eye popping…just love it!
I have really enjoyed looking at those pictures…the cupcake and smoothie look like it could jump off the screen into my hands…yummy pics your have!
Oh and I am 50 yrs so my grandmothers have been gone since the late 70’s and early 80’s.
Samantha - These pictures make me so happy. So bright and colorful and my house is not this pretty! I aspire to have your clean house. The mess I can make very well on my own 😛
becky - LOVE all of your throw pillows. makes me want to get to sewing! where do you get most of your fabric – especially the HAPPY HAPPY polka dots?! i want some big polka dots!!!!
Jody - I could look at your happy home all day long!!
One request (please?!) show us newer-than-new sewers how to add pomspoms to pillows!! that could be a video idea!! really!! i have tried to do it and i don’t get it!!
Love your blog.
Maria - Love it.
Amnah - Hands down, my dream home. Seriously, I adore your style Meg.
Cindy - Love every single thing! Thank you for the bright and cheerful inspiration!!!
Emily - happy… happy… happy!! Thanks for making my Monday morning with these bright cheery photos! Go Meg!!!
Su@The Intentional Home - what inspiration. . .
makes me want to take pics of my house. . .the random things. . .that make it home. . .the things that say “home”. . .good motivation for me to clean 🙂 thanks for sharing!!!
Nikki @ Mummy's dress - I love all the photos… your house is beautiful. I love your style!
Hannah M - I saw your Singer and need some advice! My Grandma is offering to by me my first own sewing machine as a wedding gift, she just told me to pick one out.. Do you like your singer? what would you reccommend getting?! any advice on sewing machines would be AMAZING : )
email me!
danielle burkleo - ok i love all the pictures. it makes me sad that i don’t have one of your pillows. was an hour too late to your etsy shop that day. boo that. but it also makes me happy to see the picture of your READ room. that is how i first came across your blog you know? from that picture…. and from there…. it’s all history ….or destiny ….or something like that 🙂 have a great day sweet friend! love you!
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - You seriously have the cutest house ever. I could sit there and drink a strawberry smoothie and chit chat with you all afternoon.
Nicole - I love your style Meg! Your home is so peaceful and cheery. I can’t wait to get the Summer magazine. It should be here in a few days. Wa-hoo! Also, your pillows are gorgeous!! When do you open your shop back up? I am a new reader. 🙂
Nicole Q. - Your smoothie and cupcake pic are WAY better than the cookies!!!! :))
Kat - Love, love, love the colour in your photo’s, in your home, in your life.
It is so uplifting and happy!
I was just wondering how much cleaning, tidying and decluttering you had to do with 5 kids to get it looking that fabulous and picture perfect, lol.
My Husband is always telling me not to believe what I see in mags and blogs.
I for one know that you also show us the flip side of “real life” with 5 kids, washing, messy bedrooms etc, so I really appreciate that!
Mindy Harris - you could make money on home tours.
just sayin’.
love it all..the GLOBES!
talby in that picture. model material.
peta - can i move in, please?
Rebecca W - umm love the pictures – the rock collection = rad
and like that the books are organized by color
Shaina Brown - can i please come vacation in your house? i nannied for 4 kids for 10 years so i can handle the chaos of mutitple kiddos, love to clean, love to play… who am i kidding, want to adopt a 32 yr. old?
your house makes me happy:)
Erin - i love your kitchen!
Elise - I am so in love with your home!!!! Can I move in?? I’ll clean your toilets and bake for you, sound good?!?!
Elise
Katie Sellers - Beautiful!!!!
karen - eye candy!
Kimberlee Jost - So much color—so much happiness.
Great pics!
I’m glad you posted the other ones too.
Vonda - Your pictures are beautiful! You have a beautiful, happy home, and I just want to thank you so much for sharing it with us! You and your family are just amazing! You make me smile!:) I love a colorful home. I think kids do too!
Beth Horn - I love your crisp clean photos! So SPRING-y and vibrant! I especially love daisies and your flowers are stunning! Good job!
Lori - Your pictures made me happy! I love your blog!
robin - so pretty and cheery… i love the kids’ rooms… 🙂 polka dots, reading inspiration…so neat… 🙂 and i love the little messages you have on the chalk boards… 🙂
one question… what is the rest of the quote hanging on the board behind your sewing machine? “Today I will be happier than a bird _______________________.” 🙂
Bernice - These photos are beautiful! I love how every single one of your pictures are so full of vibrant colour!
Angela Atkins - I love these. Thank you so much for sharing them. I haven’t been able to convince myself to spend so much for SUMMER–have too many other things on my wish list. Your house is so awesome, colorful, and looks like people live there!
happygirl - Shasta daisies are my FAVORITE summer flower. LOVE them. Yeah, loved the clean house, too. I’m so jealous.
Jenny B. - Ahh… my Pinterest is now an even happier looking place! 🙂 A couple of questions (sorry if you’ve answered them previously)… Did you make the bedding for the girls’ room and the “read” room? Do you like your sewing machine? I really want to get one, but I haven’t sewn anything since 9th grade home ec. So, I need one that is super user-friendly. Thanks for sharing!!
Sandy - Your house is so white yet colorful…I love it!
I saw a globe at a garage sale yesterday and thought of you. 🙂
Christy - love the photos!!
marla rae - Your home looks like a happy family home full of love (and color)!!! I am still waiting for my magazine too! I know it will be great! Have a super duper Sunday!
Jenn S. - Beautiful, feel good pictures! Thanks for sharing.
Kerry - Beautiful Meg – every single picture made me Smile 🙂 Love the girls rooms, we have the same heart duvet covers – need to get the rest of the girls room looking that good! xx
mandy madison - Your house is a nice little ray of sunshine on my rainy Sunday…thanks for sharing! love it!
anita - You have the happiest home on earth!!!!!!!!
DebZorn - Your photos are beautiful. I love the heart rocks.(I have a collection, too.) I love the books in the basket. I love the photo of your daughter the most. She is beautiful
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Lisa - Great photos. I love the one with the heart shaped rocks, it would make a great print.
Ali Richardson - Your house is SO dreamy!! Sigh! You have a gift!
Shauna Howington - What a blessing for your children to grow up in such a happy home. They will always have such warm memories of all the color, the art work proudly displayed, the messages on the chalkboard door! Thanks so much for sharing!
jen - Ok so I am going to pin sooo many of these on pinterest that I think I might need a Meg album!
Linda - Love Love Love!! I’m sure you’ve been told this before but I just want to move in. I love all the color and brightness in your home!
Shannon - Love all the color! Brighten my morning since I am stuck with clouds here 😉
Deputy's Wife - Seeing your pictures of your globes reminded me that I bought a globe at a tag sale last week! I saw it WAY back in a corner and thought “Hey! I love Meg’s globe pictures, I should buy one for myself!” Ha!
I love it in our living room. The kids love it, even the hubby does!
Samantha - If you ever feel like coming and decorating my home, please feel free! however i am Husker fan, hope that doesn’t cause any conflicts! ha jk! beautiful pictures!
stacey - A lot of comments went through my head as I looked at your amazing photos…mostly…just…
can I come live with you ? 😉
Courtney Henson - So fun to see more of your home! I think I’ve said it before but your home is my absolute favorite in blogland! So pretty, so me, and so many great ideas to be had just by looking at these pictures! And the photographs by the way are stunning – not just the subject matter!
april's craft nest - gorgeous photos! i love all the awesome color. i waver back and forth about really colorful or all white. i can never decide.
ingrid - they are all so beautiful. super happy home filled with love….
Sarah @ this farm familys life - Love them all. All those colorful pix were the perfect pick-me-up on this gloomy rainy day we are having here. Happy Sunday!
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Hannah - Meg, this is such a beautiful collection of photos from your wonderfully colourful home. I love how you have added your creative touch to everything in your home – it looks like an inspiring environment for you & your family. Thanks for sharing : )
Ellie Perez - I always love seeing pics of your house! If I wasn’t married to a man who is in love with beige, Mine would be much more colorful too! Loved the pic of Talby, she is GORGEOUS! She will be quite the hearrbreaker. Tell Craig to go get the shotgun ready for her teenage years! He’s got some boyfriend scaring to do!
Short, Sweet Season - Happy happy eye candy! I love the little girl books and sparkly nail polish together. The picture of Talby is so striking…gorgeous eyes!
carolyn - Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos. I love the way you’ve punched up your home with so much colour. I struggle with colour! Thanks for the inspiration.
Linda Sousa - Yay…thanks for sharing the rest of the photos..gorgeous! I think that Talby looks so much like you in that picture.
shelly - Girl–how in the world do you keep your furniture White with 5 kids (cough…2 Boys?!?). My 3 boys make our dark couch look dirty!
Love your Home! Such a happy post on a dreary IL morning 🙂
Beth - I was gonna ask if your house was always that sparkling clean. If so, I would have to hate you! LOL j/k j/k (as my teenage daughter used to say to me all the time – it’s probably not a cool thing to say anymore, since I said it). Beautiful pics.
erica - lovely, as always – thank you for the eye candy this morning!
Danielle - love your style! i am so crazy about your kitchen!
Amber - I always love to see pics of your home. It makes me happy 🙂 You are wearing 2 of my favorite MJ pieces…..sigh One day I will own them…I hope!
Kimberly Dial - All the colors make me happy! Thanks for sharing those!
Kimberly Dial - All the colors make me happy! Thanks for sharing those!
Dianne - I have a dream that I will have a HAPPY COLORFUL house just like yours one day. I’m really working toward that… one room at a time. Gorgeous pictures.
Stacy - Love your house and the photography is wonderful. Thank you for sharing it all with us!
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - I did a major splurge and ordered the magazine weeks ago. I cant wait to get mine!
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - LOVE it all. Seriously, I think you could make a magazine of JUST your house. Its fabulous Meg! And Talby looks so grown up and beautiful in that photo. Wow!
xo,
Sarah
Sonia - ahhhhhh…. i’m stil waiting on my copy of MM… can’t wait!
Lori - Truly gorgeous pictures, Meg! Saturated color, so cheery. And to think that these are the ones that didn’t make it in the magazine?! If I had a spare $25 to use for the Summer magazine, I would. Just wish they made it more affordable. I am sure it is a fabulous bookazine, though!
jill - As always, pictures of your home make me so happy. You have a great way with vintage pieces and color. Your home always seems perfect for both kids and adults! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Emily - Love the kids rooms so very much! I pinned them for sure!!!
Carla G. - Gorgeous!! I love your shabby style mixed with such bright, happy colors!! Love, love, love it!
Lori - Great pictures – especially the heart rocks. And I seriously want your kitchen.
Jessica @ One Shiny Star - Where is the bicycle fabric from… or what is it called… because I think I neeeeed it!
Debbie - Oh my, I’m pinning several of these to my idea scrapboard – we’re moving to Kansas next month, and I love some of these ideas for our house! I love the chalkboard and picture clothesline especially.
Shauna - Beautiful photos as always…I love your outfit in that picture–must be matilda jane! I couldnt help but notice those photography books and just curious…do you recommend any of those?? I just want the basics of how to work my camera (I know a little but not a LOT) and use of light to get the best pictures of my kids that I can.
lori - Your house is beautiful! It is so HAPPY. I wish you come over and decorate my house for me!
sue - Each photo has a theme of colors. Love that.!
Zoet & Zo - I’m wondering about the photo’s that made in into the SUMMER magazine, because thése photo’s are a-ma-zing! I love the mix of coulours and vintage.
Zoet & Zo - I’m wondering about the photo’s that made in into the SUMMER magazine, because thése photo’s are a-ma-zing! I love the mix of coulours and vintage.
Danielle - I love your home! So very happy:) I spied a few of your things that I own as well! I think we have very similar tastes and styles. Thanks for sharing the extra pics!
Courtney Walsh - oh wow, Meg. So much colorful eye candy!! And that Talby is stunning. 🙂
I need to get a copy of that magazine!!
Amy @ dwell in the season - What beautiful pictures! I especially love the one with all of your heart rocks – so fun! 🙂
Terrie G - Still waiting on my Summer magazine 🙁 These pics sure make me happy while I wait! Love your taste! Really loved the globes on your happy links! BTW…my hubba asked me what else I needed to complete my craft room. (He & my son bought me a tv for it tonight.) Kidding, Preston said…how about a fridge…I told them Meg has a pink one…I think they both rolled their eyes! I laughed! Happy Sunday!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, thank you for sharing those! Talby is so beautiful!
Leah - Love all the photos! I get tons of inspiration just looking at your photos and decorated home. I love your spread in the Summer magazine too!
Lisa - Love all these pictures… they really are just happy! 🙂