Happy Valentine’s Day, friends. Whether or not you go all out on this holiday, I hope you have a lovely day with those you love.
We don’t typically celebrate Valentine’s Day at NewlyWoodwards, but this year, we invited a few friends over to our house for supper and games on Saturday night to celebrate the holiday of love.
It was a lot of fun and I hope to make it a tradition. I only took a few photos of the red and white decorations I pulled out right before the guests arrived.
February snuck up on me, so I’m glad I had an excuse to bring them out. (And clean the house, but that’s another post for another day.)
We served salad, lasagna and garlic french bread. Our friends brought appetizers and pie and then we played a rousing game of Apples to Apples. (I still can’t believe that Shannon doesn’t like the game and gave it away… Crazy talk. We love it.) Some wine and Coors Light was on hand and we were in bed by 10 p.m.
Perfect Valentine’s Day.
And, to make it the best Valentine’s Day in history, here’s a sneak peak at my favorite Valentine’s Day flowers of all time.
15 black hexagon daisies set in the floor in our newly-tiled bathroom. Ryan told me that these were the best kind of flowers to give, because I will see and admire them every day. And they’ll never die.
Sweet, right?
I’m obsessed with this floor and can’t wait to tell you more about it once it’s been grouted. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t all roses and chocolates. I may or may not have found my husband curled into the fetal position on the cement board floor at some point during the process.
Nothing better than a near-nervous breakdown to remind you why you love each other. Unconditional acceptance.
How are you celebrating the day of love?
Question: How far did you place the flowers from each other? Doing remodel and doing this idea in guest bathroom. Thanks! Cyndy Fowler
That’s a very good question, Cindy. I’m afraid I’m not in the house anymore, but I know we placed them by eye at first and then used the tiles as a measuring tool. There are about 22 white hex tiles between each flower and then about half that between rows (11ish white tiles). Hope this helps!
Awesome floor! I was reading back over all your home reno posts and this laughing because of how parallel our lives have been for the last few weeks and I didn’t even know! We ended up doing our first tile floor and painting the walls “Grey Area” in our new laundry room. And yes, I’m using the word “we” liberally! 😉 I can’t wait for the room to be finished this month so I can finally show it off!! 🙂
LOVE your flowers! We spent our Valentine’s evening tile shopping per my request. It was the perfect v-day. xoxo
You know I love this kind of flower!! 🙂 Gorgeous.
So cute! Sounds like the perfect weekend 🙂
I’m with Ryan, those are the best flowers you could get!!! I am so excited for this reveal, dear!! : )
happy valentine’s day! and i must say, your flowers are beautiful! i know you must be excited – can’t wait to see the final product (and hear the story about ryan in the fetal position!)
hahaha I’m never going to live that one down! Apparently, I’m the only one who isn’t a fan of A to A. What am I fan of? That fa-reaking amazing tile floor. It’s just stunning. Way to go Ryan. He knows the way to a girl’s heart.
yep would definitely take that floor over flowers!
Awwwww! Sweetest Valentine’s gift ever!!! 🙂 Ten husband points for Ryan!
That floor rocks- amazing! And Ryan is so right about the floor flowers! I like your red and white decor.
Oh. My. God. That floor looks amazing! I am soooo excited you went with that tile!
What a fun table setting. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too! Fetal positions aside, those are some spectacular daisies!
Love the table setting, Apples to Apples and the floor! We will be celebrating by getting over our colds. Maybe we will splurge on a dinner out later this week when we are both feeling better! Happy Valentines Day!
That floor is my kind of Valentine’s Day present. 🙂
I agree. Much better than roses!
Your table looks adorable. I completely missed the V-day decorating deadline this year. Oops!
And your floor, that is beautiful. Ryan is so right that these will be the best flowers that you will ever get!
Loving that floor!
Happy Valentines Day! 🙂
I LOVE the floor. And I’m super jealous you got to get out your valentine’s stuff… I never got around to it 🙁 Maybe next year?!
The floor is looking BEAUTIFUL!!!!! You guys are doing such an amazing job! (P.S. Your Valentine’s table looks gorgeous!)
Sounds to me like you guys had a pretty close to perfect celebration! I love the way you styled your table, and the new tile is fab!!! 🙂 I was hoping to take Michaela Byrd on a little date this morning, but Natalie got sick last night and had to stay home from her preschool Valentine’s Day party. 🙁
We don’t really do valentine’s day either, but it looks like you had a lot of fun with friends and if you ask me that’s just as special!
Your floor looks great so far and I love your hubby’s view on these permanent flowers!
Biz
I just love your blog… you’re so creative! LOVE your dining room table, can you please decorate mine for me for each season/holiday cause I SUCK at it! And the bathroom floor looks amazing, you’re right, those are the PERFECT V-Day flowers!
Everytime I see a photo of that lovely runner I pout… I seriously love it :+) I can’t wait to see more photos of the floor.
PS: I’m hosting two give-aways this week, make sure you stop by and enter (you’ve been lucky before). XO.
table setting is pretty…and floor is AWESOME!
Oh gosh. Sounds like a trying experience, but at least the floors are gorgeous!!! Can’t wait to hear the rest of the story. : )
Love the floor! Looks fab!! And ceramic tile can do that to a man. We have seen similar events at our house. 🙂
This is my all-time favorite floor and it’s going to be so worth it!!