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Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

*Today’s post was made possible by Loloi, and features gifted product for the purposes of a candid review. All opinions are my own.

I know, I know…How many times can one girl redecorate her bedroom?! Well, first of all, you should know by now that I love change when it comes to home décor, so no room is ever safe from a redesign. Secondly, I’ve just generally struggled with the design of our main bedroom. This eclectic mid-century space really has taken years to perfect, but I’m genuinely over-the-moon with the current iteration. A new calming aqua wall color, fun patterned wallpaper, plenty of thrifted accents, and my dream bedroom furniture combine to make this room a true oasis. Keep scrolling for the full story, plus a list of all the product resources I could find links for.

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

RESOURCES: Bed frame, Nightstands, Brass dome lamp, Oatmeal bedding, Lumbar pillow cover, Curtain panels, Area rugWallpaper, Two floral framed prints: vintage by Bernard Cathelin

This updated design hinges on a number of factors: the wallpaper, a refreshing blue/green wall color, and a new rug from Loloi. I’ve tried making this room look more minimal, and I’ve also gone “colorful boho,” but neither one felt entirely right for us. The look I’m debuting today feels like the perfect middle ground between those aesthetics, plus it nicely incorporates our own natural instincts in design. There’s plenty of color and pattern to enjoy, but it feels less trend-specific and more sophisticated. At least to me!

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

RESOURCES: Mini wood table lamp, Tall dresser: handmade, Similar tall dresser, Similar black arch mirror, Paint color, DIY Wood Mobile, Laundry basket

Instead of letting Pinterest and the Internet influence me, I tried really hard to only bring what we love into the space. Some things feel very “in vogue” this season, like the sleek, symmetrical wood furniture and modern lighting, but the art is something that I chose purely for love rather than using the pieces to fit some kind of home décor trend.

While unintentional, there’s a bit of a Parisian theme with a lot of the art I decided to hang in the space, like the vintage city street print you see pictured below (in a frame that matches the wood tone of the furniture, you might have noticed!). The street scene framed and leaning on my tall dresser is an original painting my sister bought for me in France when she was there last December, and the two 1960s floral prints are by French artist, Bernard Cathelin. I chose those specifically because I love the way the orange/red tones complement the bluish green wall color. The piece above our bed also helps break up the somewhat wild pattern of our peel-and-stick wallpaper.

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Another piece I have to point out is our new area rug. It’s the Layla area rug in Olive / Charcoal from Loloi, and is definitely a new favorite in our collection. John, especially, really loves this piece. When we unrolled it, I was a little unsure about how the colors in the rug went with the paint color and wallpaper (this was before we had the art in place), but his excitement won me over. Once we had the art hung up, it all came together so perfectly, and I’m glad I decided to defer to his instinct.

It’s another one of Loloi’s flat printed designs, which means it’s made to look vintage but without the hassle. The flat texture is so easy to spot clean and vacuum (that’s essential for us as pet owners) and it’s super cushy under-foot, too. The colors in this rug really are kind of stunning. It has lots of charcoal, olive green, burnt orange, and navy in it, but you’ll also find shades of pale pink and aqua blue, which looks so nice beside our “Mist On The Moors” wall color.

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

RESOURCES: Low dresser, Figure painting print, Two Paris art pieces: vintage/original, Blue side chair: vintage from Galaxie Modern, Leather pouf, Ceramic dresser table lamp: thrifted, Mid-century floor planter, Faux plant

There’s obviously no guarantee that the room will look like this forever, but I’m feeling so much more settled with the design now. It makes me happy everyday to wake up in this space. There’s so much to look at when I’m laying in bed, and most of it brings up fond memories and makes me think of special people and places I love. Yes, everything was chosen strategically to fit our home’s color palette, but the pieces were also picked because they feel most like “us.” I think this room makeover proves that balancing décor choices from both camps (function and sentiment) is essential for a happy final result.

Let me know about your favorite part of the room in the comments, and shout if you have any questions about something we added to the space (or maybe something we left out?). I’m always open to continuing the conversation in the comments section, so speak up! I also put together a new YouTube video tour of this room, which you can watch in this post by scrolling back up a little bit, or hopping over to YouTube here. I’m trying to be more active on my channel this year, so your likes/comments/subscriptions will show me that you’d like to see more. Thanks, as always, for following along!

Reviewing The Layla Rug From Loloi

*I earn a small percentage from purchases made using the affiliate links above. Affiliate links are not sponsored. Rest assured that I never recommend products we wouldn’t use or don’t already love ourselves.

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Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

*Today’s post was made possible by yeedi, and features gifted product for the purposes of a candid review. All opinions are my own.

If you’re new around here, you might not know that I’m positively obsessed with cleaning. Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been kind of fanatic about living in a neat and tidy space. I remember my childhood best friend’s mom actually paying me in new toys when I offered to organize and straighten their giant playroom one summer afternoon. It’s just something I’ve always really enjoyed! That said, I do have my limits, and it all comes down to vacuuming. I hate doing it.

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

I think it has to do with my hearing sensitivity (I get immediately anxious when faced with loud noises) but I also get really frustrated with annoying cords and the repetitive parts of vacuuming. John is pretty much the sole vacuumer in our family, which I’m so grateful for, but now we have a new “person” to do our dirty work: our yeedi Vac Station Robot Vacuum and Mop.

I teamed up with the brand on a sponsored Instagram post last month, and even though a blog post wasn’t part of our contract or the campaign at large, I decided to go ahead and write up my full review in post format because I wanted to make sure I gave you guys a chance to hear my entire review. In other words, I wanted a whole blog post to gush about it!

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

Before the brand had reached out to me, the thought of getting a robot vacuum hadn’t crossed my mind. Oh, sure, I thought they were super cool whenever I heard about them or saw people online who had them, but for some reason it never occurred to me that we should get one for our house. Now that I think about it, though, it makes so much sense for us. I hate vacuuming, I hate loud noise, and I’m a solopreneur who barely has enough hours in the day to get work done, let alone spend time vacuuming! It should have been a no-brainer for us to make this kind of investment. Maybe you feel the same way about your situation.

Anyway, I genuinely love our new yeedi Vac Station Robot Vacuum. It’s much quieter than any other vacuum we’ve ever had, but it’s still very powerful and gets the job done. It was very easy to set up the physical parts of the vacuum and its station, and it was even easier to get the app set up. The first time you power up the vacuum, it takes time to create a custom map of your home, logging the square footage and obstructions, like walls, furniture, appliances, etc. I included a graphic above to show you what all of the white negative space represents in the map our yeedi created. You can actually see exactly where all of our individual pieces of furniture and walls are—kinda cool!

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

After it does a thorough pass of your home, it automatically heads back to its station where it empties its dust container into a concealed bag. I haven’t tested out the mopping function yet, but I have all the confidence in the world that it will be a really pleasant experience. I’ll be sure to update this post if it’s not, though.

There have only been a couple of occasions when the vacuum got tied up in cords or lost (I think I must have moved something out of place based on its internal map), but it was a very easy fix both times—I just picked him up and put him back where he needed to go. It’s very lightweight, so that wasn’t any trouble at all. The app alerts you if the vacuum needs help, by the way, so you don’t need to hover nearby in case of a hang-up.

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

All in all, I couldn’t recommend this little robot cleaner more. I’m able to vacuum the entire main floor of our house while working (or while sipping a glass of much-deserved wine with my feet up on the coffee table), and it causes very little distraction to our lives or senses.

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Do you have a robot vacuum? My sister and her boyfriend just recently added a robot vacuum to their house, too (they are a 3-pet family as well), and I know they’re loving the cleaning upgrade. Big thumbs up all around!

Reviewing The Yeedi Robot Vacuum

*I earn a small percentage from purchases made using the affiliate links above. Affiliate links are not sponsored. Rest assured that I never recommend products we wouldn’t use or don’t already love ourselves.

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