true story

Last year at this time my husband got a new job, he moved about 2-3 hours away during the week and visited on the weekends. Last November we bought a foreclosure closer to his new job and moved. We never really got settled, never sold our original house and then in April we moved back! So needless to say life has been crazy! Also, I worked on a wedding, made a wedding dress, started decos for another wedding, and I am working on a pile of other projects. One of which is our bedroom. Chris and I converted our old office into our bedroom. It gives us much less space as a bedroom but our previous bedroom is giving us a whole lot more office space. Can't complain. So I've been drooling over ideas for the room. I think it looks cute as it is now(pics to come as soon as I charge my batteries), but I am missing a few pieces. Like a bed-

Love this one from Anthropologie!

Although, the hammock looks quite inviting for sleeping as well!

Ok, so maybe I am subconsciously looking for a way to relax...too much moving, I want to stay in one place!

Oh yeah, this pillow...I loathe the $198 price tag! So I think I might make my own version...right after I finish those wedding decorations!

all photos are Anthropologie

styling

My old standby- Anthropologie...one of the many reasons I love this company is they do styling right! I am always so inspired by the stuff they put together. I have to say the objects they find, make, sell, are a little easy to style because they look great on their own. But then they take it to a whole different level! This makes me want to throw a dinner party, it makes me wish I had things growing in my garden already, and it makes me want to style more tables:-).

doilies

Anthropologie has a cute 5ft diameter wool rug that looks like a doily! Maybe for Christmas???

they've done it again!

My husband sent in the paperwork for approval on a second home loan...yikes! We are still trying to sell the home we are in, but we found a home for a steal fairly close to where Chris works so we are literally minutes away from making an offer. It is sort of exciting thinking about the next place and making it our home. I've enjoyed the home we have had and making it unique and fixing it up. Its sort of sad to think we put so much effort into it and will most likely not get back what we have put into it, people are just not buying homes right now! But on the other hand, I've missed being with Chris daily and well this home that we are looking at has at least 10 foot ceilings! Haha...it also needs major work in the bathrooms and kitchen...oh boy.

As I was browsing Anthropologie the other day I came across this door knocker...I love it! Maybe if we get this next house we can spring a few extra bucks towards this thing:-). Anthropologie has figured out how to make me broke!

curtains!

Anthropologie's "yoruba" curtains are ridiculously cool! They take the whole pleated or smocked idea to a new level with me...love.

entry table

Sewing table I found for $6 at Goodwill...

I took the old brass knobs off and sanded some scratches...the brass knobs I'll keep for another project.

I like the dark brown but it was beyond beat up on the legs...so navy it is! Love navy...

The navy blue in reality is a bit darker...my camera ain't fancy!

As you can see, the legs need another coat of paint. The pink Anthro knobs are great. Can you believe it, Chris picked those out! I love that he isn't afraid of pinks and purples:-).

break

I need a little break from all this cleaning. I wish I had little pillow like this from Anthropologie to lay my head on!

while I'm at it

So I had a full day of exploring Anthropologie's website again. These are images I keep coming back to, partly because I am redoing our bedroom and partly because they are super cool. The bed actually looks cool pushed almost against that wall. We don't have tall ceilings in our upstairs and we don't have enormous decorative windows, but I see some ideas I want to steal!



The bedding is soft and amazing looking. I have seen it in the store. I just don't want to pay full retail for it. I am not sure I have the patience to make my own version of it either. What a predicament!

gosh darnit

So this is the color teal that I wanted our hallway to be. I have wanted that since I was about 17 years old and Anthropologie has gone and done it for a super cool knob display! Oh well, I am actually enjoying the flat khaki color we found on the mis-tint pile. But it made my heart flutter a bit. The bathroom and the livingroom are both way watered down verions of a teal or turquoise so I've had my fix.

The reason I am looking at knobs again is not for our dresser, just yet, but a desk! That's right a free desk I saw outside of my husband's new townhouse...I must explain, he is working far away now, but he still lives with us too:-). Anyway, his best friend picked it up for me. I wish I had a picture of it. Its coming home Sunday so you can see it after that, and then I'll have to pick a color to paint it and find some cute knobs:-). I'm so excited!

need a reason...

...To make something like this...found this on Anthropologie's facebook page, by Nathalie Lete. Gosh, if only I could find fabric that cool in the mountains of Virginia!

hardware

I had some recent inspiration to work on my bedroom. Last fall we bought a new-to-us dresser from an antique store nearby, I doubt we even spent 50 dollars on it. Since I was thrifty in my purchase I wonder if it would be ok to indulge a little in fixing it up. I am thinking a crisp wintery white, high gloss paint and one of these beautiful knob selections from Anthropologie. At 6-8 dollars a piece and 16 knobs I think I may have to resort to Home Depot.

anthro~love

I opened up the Anthropologie web page today and to my delight I saw myself wearing this outfit...it's too cold now, but come April I may be sporting something similar!