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House Tour – The Bedrooms

So, I meant to get this post done last night, but when I hopped in my car after work yesterday I was unpleasantly surprised to find that it would not start. Three and a half hours and a tow truck ride later, my car and I were safely dropped off at home (after which Jordan was able to discover it was just a loose and dirty starter wire. Or something like that anyway…) – but it kind of put a wrench in the evening’s plans and no blog post was done.

I realized earlier this week that I never really finished the “House Tour” by showing you the other two bedrooms. Probably because I haven’t done much for decorating in either one – but that’s ok, I’ll give you the before and afters anyway. [Read more…]

Tuesday Inspiration

Is it really Tuesday already??

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. Jordan was out of town, so I did a little exploring – I finally made my way to a fantastic shop a friend had recommended a while back – and what a treat! The whole place is full of handmade and/or salvaged pieces and has inspiration bursting out the windows (it’s called Lucky Junk in Arlington Heights for any of you in Chicagoland – I highly recommend stopping in). I also made a visit to one of my favorite antiques stores and found some new treasures. Everything was 20% off – you know I couldn’t walk out of there empty handed! 🙂 Sadly, we had a little rain Sunday morning and so I didn’t make it to the flea market like I wanted, but there’s always next week! [Read more…]

Antique Bottle Hanging Bud Vase

One night a couple of years ago, Jordan came home with a box of antique bottles he found while working near the site of an old landfill. Some husbands bring home flowers, mine brings home old bottles from the dump (Just teasing, J – you know if given the choice I’d choose the bottles every time! 🙂 ).  They were full of dirt and bugs and who knows what else, so I placed the box on the back porch and kind of forgot about them for a while – until recently.

I had the idea to make some sort of hanging bud vase, and I immediately thought the bottles would be perfect for the project. What do you think? [Read more…]

Treasure Hunting

By now I think you all know I love a good antiques find. Don’t get me wrong, I love retail giants like Home Goods and Target just as much as the next girl, but the items I find while out at the flea market or antiquing always tend to be the most special to me – I call them treasures. 🙂 [Read more…]

Monday Inspiration – Week 2

Good morning friends! I think we’re going to make Monday Inspiration a weekly thing for a while. I mean, who doesn’t like to start their week off being inspired by beautiful spaces?

Clearly I have been craving some time at the beach as you will see by what I’ve been drawn to lately. Maybe because it was 80 degrees and 200% humidity all weekend here  – I could have used a little time by the water (ok, so I might have exaggerated the humidity part a wee bit, but it was very humid). I’ll take the 80 degrees – the humidity not so much. 🙂 [Read more…]

Shipping News

I received an exciting email the other day…our new sofa has shipped!! It should be delivered by June 8. Am I excited? YES! Am I also terribly worried that I made a very expensive, horrible mistake? YES! 🙂

Here is a reminder of what we have coming [Read more…]

A Quick Change to the Bookshelves

“To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.” – Cicero

I have always dreamed of having one whole room as a dedicated library in my house – complete with rolling ladders and overstuffed leather chairs. I have been an avid reader for as long as I can remember, and can spend hours wandering a bookstore, coffee in hand, browsing shelf after shelf, aisle after aisle.   There’s something so calming about being surrounded by books, don’t you think? [Read more…]

Monday Inspiration

Do you ever have those weekends where you just can’t find the motivation to do anything? Well, that’s the kind of weekend I just had. I had (and still do) a list a mile long of things needing to be done, and I didn’t accomplish a one of them.

Instead I filled my weekend with some “window” shopping online, getting caught up on the DVR, and a fair amount of time on Pinterest. I also managed to find the time to squeeze in a nap or two. It was tough, but I managed. 🙂 [Read more…]

Vintage Finds for the Dining Room

I have acquired a few new treasures over the last month or so, and I finally took some time this weekend to display some of them. I was getting kind of bored with things in the dining room, so that’s where I started.

I started by reorganizing the buffet a bit. It was starting to look a little sloppy, so I moved things around on the lower shelf and inside the glass front doors and now I feel like it is a little more balanced. [Read more…]