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Showing posts with label home. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Just Browsing...

So...
we cut up our credit cards a while back so we could get a movin and pay those
suckers off!...
which is great.
but.
I CAN'T BUY ANYTHING!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

I am desperate to pretty up my home!

So...
in the meantime...
I will just look at beautiful pictures of spaces I love!
hahaha!






images via: www.pinterest.com


Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Photos Galore!...


There is something so personal and fun about COVERING a space with photos...
whether it be all around a mirror in the bedroom...
or on a big board in the family room...

I just have always been drawn to it...

But, will they get flicked all over when we are rushing to get our lunches out the door in the morning before school?!
or...will the dog brush up against it and knock half of them down...?

I don't know...but, I think I really might try this out!!!

Anyone have photos covering crazy places?

Friday, May 18, 2012

Yardwork...




Hubby and I are gearing up for some MAJOR yard work this weekend!

Trimming hedges and bushes...
Filling planters...
Pulling weeds...
New sand for Ethan's sandbox...
Picking up a couple ferns for my deck...
and dreaming about all the other wonderful things I would like to do to my house...

{like this AWESOME painted deck}
& p.s. someone remind me to wear a caftan at my next party please!
too great!

but, can't...because...
a)  I am definitely not this talented (even on my best day)
b)  I don't have enough money!
But...it will look pretty and will make me so happy to sit down at the end of the day...
watch E playing softball with his Dad...
grilling some food & sipping a cold drink...
and thanking God for what I DO have...


Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Farmhouse Table...



 
I am OVER THE MOON excited for my new Farmhouse Table!
I stumbled across this beauty while searching for chairs for my dining room and VOILA! 
A DREAM TABLE!

We have a hand-me-down...not so great dining table that my mother in law lent us...
which is SO NICE of her to let us have until we get our own...
but, it is no where near my style...

and no wonder I go through chairs like water...
the whole "vibe" that I have been looking for is forever thrown off by the not so perfect table...

Now, Restoration Hardware, Layla Grace, and Pottery Barn have BEAUTIFUL farmhouse, rustic versions for oh...$2000 - $4000or so...
But,
I don't have $4000!

This is a HANDMADE...quality...table by an Amish company about 2 hours from us! They refinish, paint, or distress it any way you want!
This particular one they happen to be asking $650!!!!!!!!!!
for a 7 FT TABLE!!  and (2) 1 foot LEAFS!

I about fell over!

They are also splitting the bench set for me because I only want (1) bench...

I love love love the look of a rustic table...my chandelier above...bench seating on one side...with two faux fur throws placed haphazardly on the seat...and two chairs on the other side...
(yet to decide on Steel Tolix or Victoria Ghost Chairs)...
and anchored off at the end caps by my Craigslist Queen Anne Armchairs slipcovered in Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic White Denim! 

{Love these looks below...}



HOLY MOTHER...am I excited!

We have to drive 2 hours there and 2 hours back...
but, lucky for me...
I have the BEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD who will use his Saturday to make his wife happy...
(did I mention that I am the luckiest woman ever???)
...I might add that he is going on a golf trip for 4 days with his buddies and not coming home until Mother's Day afternoon...(hmmm.hmmmm...)!
and I don't care a bit because he ROCKS!

Yay!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Chairs...Fabric...What to do!!!...

Annette Tatum fabric - 100% cotton poplin
(I don't know about doing a chair in poplin...???)
Ideally...I need this is a denim or a twill...something heavier than poplin..

Serena and Lily Fabric - Flax Linen
(I really dig this...but maybe just a smidge lighter and greyer)

Serena and Lily Fabric - Spade Fog
(This is good to hide wear and spots...)

Or...
call me crazy...but, I dig the look of the pink STRIPED!!!!

Or something like this...

Kind of pale oatmealy...but, I might lean towards a blue / grey / oatmealy linen
or velvet...

VELVET???
What is wrong with me...? 

haha!
By the way...it would be to recover the chairs below!


This is what inspired me...
Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic...again ;)...
but...the more I look...
the more I JUST DON'T KNOW!!!!!!

These are all a little pricey...at around $50 a yard...

(compared to my white denim at $15 a yard!)...
which I could do slipcovers in...
YIKES!...
stay away from the white...
yes, I am obsessed ...
but, I would be a NUT again...
SOMEONE talk me out of the white...

Phew...
I am calm...
focus, Tara, focus...
Anyhoo...
I am entertaining options...!

ideas...


thoughts...


concerns...


comments...


Although, believe it or not...
I am really leaning towards the flax linen...
but, maybe in a slipcover...

Thursday, August 4, 2011

My Newest Find!!!

So...I finally finished recovering my cane back chairs in my Rachel Ashwell white denim...
& they look GREAT!
(pics to come soon... my camera broke :(   )

I had a party for my hubby's 35th birthday the other day...
and moved my white wing back chairs into the dining room...
(cause there were 45 kids there!  YIKES)
...and I LOVE LOVE LOVE them in there!!!!!

So...
Now I need something else to go back into my family room
where I just took the white chairs from...!
Yes...
I am obsessed with chairs...
well...at least that's what my husband says...

BUT...
I found these beauty's on Craigslist for...
wait...
wait...
$25 DOLLARS A PIECE!!!!!



Stinkin beautiful Queen Anne chairs!!!!!

The woman was the NICEST thing ever and is moving to another state!!!
She actually didn't really know if she wanted to part with them..but, her daughter talked her in to it...
(a HUGE thank you to you!... ;)

So...I am going to pick these up for $50!!!!!

Now...these I think I will recover in something "sit able"...!
Still beautiful and light...
but, something that won't give me a heart attack if people walk near...

Cause as GORGEOUS as my white wing backs are...
I am absolutely paranoid of anyone even touching them!!!
which...is no way to live...

but...damn they make me happy!!!!

So...
I am thinking Damask pattern...
Pale colors...

hmmmm...
I LOVE CHAIRS...
&
I LOVE CRAIGSLIST!!!!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Have you ever fallen in love...

with a RUG?!!!!




Well...Lordy Be...I have...
Problem is...I don't have the money to purchase it...
I am actually contemplating getting my behind in gear and selling some stuff!!!!

This rug is SCREAMING my name!
Lordy Be...
I. AM. SMITTEN

Friday, June 17, 2011

Loving My...



PEONIES!!!!!!
Seriously...
there is nothing that makes me happier
than my peonies in full bloom in my backyard...
What SUCKS is that they bloom for, literally, 2 weeks and then...
BOOM.
dead.
So, I have to pick them to be able to enjoy them!

My wonderful hubby bought me two bushes for my birthday when we first moved into our home
6 years ago...

The hot pink POP in my kitchen and dining room amongst the black and white is just stunning...

EVERY time I walk into the kitchen, I actually stop and say "DAMN THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL"...
I am not joking...
EVERY.SINGLE.TIME.

They last a couple days...the ants crawl out of them...and all over our house...
my son gets freaked out...and my husband complains because he just spent the week prior to this getting all the ants OUT of our house...
and then I bring them back in...
I can't help it...

I am IN LOVE.
He understands...

Thursday, June 16, 2011

To paint or not to paint...

So...I am almost finished redoing my cane back chairs I got off Craigslist for $20 A PIECE!!!
I have 800 yards
(seriously...I bought WAAAY to much)
Rachel Ashwell White Denim Fabric...
which actually...I could redo EVERYTHING in this fabric...
so it's totally fine that I over bought...


anyway...
I decided to recover these seats the other day...
I started taking them apart and the padding underneath was SOOO disgusting...
and completely falling apart...

So, I picked up some new foam...borrowed a staple gun from a fabulous girlfriend (thanks Chas!)
and am off to my new adventure!

Now...
do I keep them this color (the stained wood)...
or...
do I paint them white...
or...
glossy black...

Let me tell you first that I just purchased a rug...
yes...
I found an 8 x 10 rug for...wait for it...
 $200!!!!!
I almost fell over.

Anyway...
it is black and white...
well...
here is a pic from where I found it...


IT IS SOOO COOL!

This dresser she has in her daughters room is almost exactly the style buffet I have in my dining room...
but...it is white with a glossy black mirror.

I am really digging the Vintage...Modern...Glam...Earthy look...
yes, I know...
kind of alot of looks...
but, it's what I love. so. I will make it work!

Anyway...
thoughts?  suggestions?
wood, white, or black?

Thursday, May 26, 2011

To Sit Or Not To Sit...

So...I FINALLY got both my chairs done!!!!
This has been a work in progress...
Got my Wing Back Chairs off Craigslist last Fall...
I ordered my BEAUTIFULand SOOO versatile...
Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic White Denim Fabric back in December...
took my chairs in (one at a time...) in March...and again in April...

& I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!!

So...here is the inspiration picture...

Here are my Craigs List Chairs...{well...one of them anyway;}

Here is my chair ALL FINISHED!!!
What do you think?!!!!
{I only took a pic of the one...I actually have 2}!

YAY!!!! 
& Yes...people think that I am crazy...a black dog and a five year old little boy...
My beautiful sister in law refuses to even sit in them {hee hee}
& maybe I am crazy...
But...I do believe that you should LOVE your home...
So...I decided to do what I love...
Surround myself with beautiful things that make me happy...
& really...these chairs make me sooooooo happy...
that is until someone ruins it...grrrr....
then I definitely won't be happy...
but...that is my decision...and until then...
I *heart* you white denim chairs...


Now...my next project is to recover my (4) Cane (Cain) back dining room chairs
I got off Craigs List for $20 a piece!!!!!



Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Not Just For Weddings...

                                                                                 *Loving*
                                                                                 BHLDN!!!!
                                       While mainly a beautiful, vintagey, organic online wedding store...
                                                      it has many many treasures for your home!

                                                         These are some of the pieces I adore!!!
                                         {for on my buffet filled with white M&M's!!!  How fresh!}
                     {Again, on my buffet...this fantastic slate piece for writing life's little pleasures upon!}
                                    {How fabulous are these straws!!! They come in every color!! 
                      PERFECT for a kids party or an outdoor soiree sipping lemonade under the sun!!}
                 {Ordered myself some of these beautiful pompon's to hang from my dining room ceiling...
                       or on dinner plate for a Summer Beach table...on the beds in the kiddies rooms...
                                                the options are ENDLESS for these cuties!!!}
                                         {Pretty, fresh fans for your guests at an outdoor garden party...
                                 just pop them in a tall glass jar and have the ladies help themselves! 
                                                         Very elegant and old fashioned!!!}
                                                      & they have a bunch of beautiful colors!!!
                   {LOVE these old fashioned keys to just throw on a table for instant conversation!}
                                          Or tie an individual one to a gift for a unique gift tag!
                    {Hang these from tree branches and add a votive candle for beautiful outdoor lighting
                                         at a dinner party...or just cocktails and fun with the family!} 
                                                         Ambiance is KEY in my world!!!
                     {How great is this mushroom style cup/cake stand!  Very earthy and whimsical!}
{ADORE this wide brimmed floppy hat for sitting outside in the Summer...Very feminine...}
                      {String these gorgeous glittered letters together to make ANY saying you want! 
                            Happy Summer!  Warmth!  Welcome!  Fun!  The options are endless!
{I cannot get enough of this fantastic cruet!  Fill with Raspberry Lemonade...Iced Tea...or Sangria...}
Yay Summer!!!

Sometimes you can find the most beautiful and unique items at places you wouldn't think to look!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Library Love...

I stumbled across this shop on Etsy the other day and absolutely fell IN LOVE with these prints...
I would love these framed and put up on one wall in my Library...over my desk...
STUNNING!

Cate Parr of silverridgestudio is an artist/illustrator born and educated in England. Currently living in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Watercolor Fashion Illustration Print - Deutche Vogue

Watercolor Fashion Illustration Print from Original work by Cate Parr

Watercolour Fashion Illustration - Belle

Watercolour Fashion Illustration Print - Galliano Feathers 

Watercolour Fashion Illustration - Giselle

Watercolor Fashion Illustration Print - French Champagne

Watercolour Fashion Illustration - Meditation 4
 
Watercolor Fashion Illustration Print - C'est Magique


Beautiful!!!

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