today.

Today I love these items...

this dining room table made from an antique door.
these ring holders. I love the way these look.

these snowflakes. I only wish I were that handy with scissors!

this little table. this would be perfect for my little entryway

vintage books...or new books that look vintage.

this picture. It makes me want to fall in love all over again.

this great graphic print.

this lovely garden party...oh how I'm missing summertime!

this is going to be my new inspiration board. simple. lovely.

a great christmas project. on my way to goodwill to pick up some beautiful goblets, I think these would be great for a candle lit christmas feast.

an outdoor bed. I can see myself curled up there reading a book, or basking in sunshine.

what are you loving today?

beautiful bedrooms...

I swooned.

love this. hang something over your dining room table that's not a light fixture, what a novel idea! And the christmas ornaments are such a wonderful touch.

white.

sticking with the white theme, I thought I'd post these lovelies.

definitely.

This is definitely one of the loveliest white rooms I have seen. Love the bedding, especially the pillows, love the lamp, and the painted panelled ceiling is charming. Not to mention, how fun that the decorations are articles of clothing and accessories. very nice.

found it.

here is the kitchen I couldn't find. I love the chalkboard wall. so sweet. Very simple, with clean lines. love it.

cucina

that's italian for kitchen. Here are some favorites; however, there is one I couldn't find which I will gladly post tomorrow. enjoy.

family dinner.

an american institution. we haven't had family close by for several years. my brother and his family moved to a neighboring town last month. yesterday we had them over for dinner.

it was simply enchanting.

they have 3 adorable children who i love to pieces. and a new tradition was born, or an old tradition was re-established i should say.

family dinner.




and the food wasn't so bad either if i do say so myself!

change it up.

I decided to change it up today. no feature friday.

today its all about the washroom (as my sister who lived in Canada says). lets be honest we all spend way more time in here then we would like to admit...and that's why it should be lovely.

here goes:

very cool vanity.
this tub looks luxurious
best use of a small space. I think most of us have a bathroom about this size...but lets be honest they don't look this good. okay maybe I'm speaking for myself here.

perfect way to make your bathroom more inviting...add furniture. love this.

how cool to walk right in from outdoors. love the concept of outdoor showers...probably not ideal for every climate. I like the tile too.

nicely done. notice that the mirror isn't the whole wall, its only above the sinks. cool design aspect.

and thats all. have a lovely weekend.

sweet.

I thought this was super sweet.

love the idea of taking a cookie cutter to brownies, it makes them so much more exciting. and the bag was also homemade, which I thought was ultra clever. this project would be great with one of those lovely date stamps that always remind me of the library. or you could just throw a brown paper sack through your home printer.

the mister has been working extremely hard this week, and i think this might just cheer him up. Who would you give this too?

coffee table books.

I've always thought that buying books was not for me. I don't want to store them, haul them when I move, pay for them, and most of the time I don't read them twice. I am a very strong advocate of local libraries.

However, I have become a coffee table book fanatic. I find myself swooning over books that I long to put on my coffee table. This first occurred with the domino book mentioned a couple weeks ago; however, this weekend heightened this new addiction. While in NYC I came across book after book that I longed to own. I shant list them all or even attempt to list very many...but suffice it to say it started at the metropolitan museum of art where i wanted to buy 3 or 4 books full of beautiful artwork and photographs and only worsened at MoMA. where it became almost unbearable and I had to leave the store...

so if i had loads of cash today. I would purchase the domino book previously mentioned, The Sartorialist, Frank Lloyd Wright's complete collection, and something featuring photos by Walker Evans.

*picture borrowed from apartmenttherapy

By Me

I'm not even sure I can call this a "project" per se, but I did add a new 'element' to my bathroom.

That's right, I put sticks in a clear vase. And although the picture is horrible, it looks really cool. I am very happy! The best part of the whole project was finding the sticks, each one I found I liked more than the first. I found myself getting carried away and picking up more then I needed, and I even put some away for later. That's right I am storing some really good looking sticks for later!




it reminds me every morning to enjoy the simple things in life.

*disclaimer: no trees were harmed in the process of making this "project" all sticks were found on the ground because, lets be honest, I didn't have any tools to cut them off trees and it was dark.

i wish.

spent the weekend totally enraptured in this splendid book. I thought I could settle for just borrowing it from the library, but I have already asked Santa for it....simply fabulous!

Feature Friday

todays feature is blackeiffel.

rachel at blackeiffel is splendid. She has lovely guest bloggers each week. She posts georgeous pictures. and she totally inspires me. she and i share one great similarity, we live in the same great city and both adore a bakery called tulie.



that's not all. She posted the most adorable child's party that was peter pan themed. She took a trip to France recently that has me swooning each time she posts about it. She is incredibly talented! and I would love to meet her one day at our favorite bakery for one of these (which is the coconut cream torte I got last time)


and if that's not enough she recently posted about what has become my newest obsession...travel journals. check these out!



after seeing these I wished I had made one for every trip I've ever taken. so neat!

my own.

i made these cake stands and thought i would share.

i think they are lovely.
now i have to bake something to display on them, i'm thinking mini cupcakes.

there are a couple others, but these are my favorites.

more favs.

bad week in the business world. however posting these favorite accessories has made me feel much better. enjoy.

love the branch with the birds in the corner

the entry way piece of my dreams. simple. cute. functional.

love these chairs.

definitely need a wall hanging inspired by this one!

sweet dresser.

lovely.

nesting tables, so cool.

love those boxes