Saturday, December 11, 2010

inspiration




I finally set up my studio space and put a few things together for my current inspiration board. I've been hard at work on making some items to sell on etsy...and I'm working on some DIY's for The Brides Cafe! Hopefully I will have a pile of fun posts coming up:-).

Monday, December 6, 2010

etsy

I registered as an esty seller today! Now I just need to list some items...I am feverishly working on making some up! Stay tuned:-)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

nursery

I'm sorry, I don't know who to give credit to for this picture. If you know, please let me know! Anyway, what a sweet place for a little one! Keira is napping up in her new room and I am thinking of ideas for her space. I think I would be happy waking up every morning with a pile of pretty pink poufs above me!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

lobster and swan



I love this house, its so cozy and sweet and oozing personality. I love the lights over the bed! Am I crazy? ...tell me you don't like this...
check out more of Jeska's sweet british style at lobsterandswan.blogspot.com

galaxy tote

J.Crew has this sweet little old tote called the "galaxy" tote...its cute...




Chris says I have a knack for picking out the most expensive items in the store...that means I have good taste, right??? Haha..anyway, this thing is 595 bucks, so its safe to say I won't be getting this thing for Christmas, but I bet some lucky gal might!

Monday, November 29, 2010

the good, the bad, the ugly

Here are some photos of the new house. This is like a sneak peek more than anything. I have so much work to do that I am afraid to show all the problems with this house until I make some improvements. I do love a fixer-upper...but this one needs lots of fixin'!

I got some of my curtains up and installed my urban outfitters tie-backs...I love them!

The living room above is now a grayish beige, much more calming than the fluorescent red when we moved in!

We installed a shelf that wouldn't hold, it busted right out of the wall! The plaster in this house has been awfully trying, to say the least!

Ok, take a closer look at those bricks...they are real bricks that had been painted over and then repainted to look like bricks....ahhhhhhhh....my worst nightmare! Not to mention the other atrocities going on in the picture(gas hose, rusting fake brick insert, gobs of yucky old cat hair, the porcelain plate with a country scene painted in the center). I am in the process of painting this over, can't wait to show you the new and improved "after" shot!

Oh yes, it gets worse, the linoleum is all over my kitchen and it is gross! I could wash it all day, and have(!), and it still is awful.
Some grimy creature scurried up the wall...many many times.




No words are needed when describing the bathroom:-(. I will say, however, it has tremendous potential! I will be on this project in a flash, but it will take me a while! Wish me luck, I'm gonna need it!

new chair

My "new to me" chair! Its not a reproduction like the one below, and it might be really orange, but it was 10 bucks! Reupholstering this thing should be a breeze!