AAAHHHHH!

Our new home:


Believe it! I am so pumped and I still can't believe it. We put a conditional offer in on Sunday... it was accepted on Sunday and today we cleared up all the conditions and it's ours! Our move in date is the end of August.
I love this big old beast! Let me tell you about it: there is different wallpaper in every room, and different carpet, a secret door from the basement to outside, two bathrooms, five bedrooms, a huge yard!!! (my dream), it's on Jubilee, amazing oak trim and baseboards, a front porch, the master bedroom has a closet with a window in it! I am going to have so much fun renovating it and making it our home! I seriously can't wait!

Now we have to sell this house.... kind of nervous about it. Wish us luck!

There was a little picture...

There was a little picture that lived in a little frame.
And all the people wondered of where this combo came.
And as sure as grass is blue, and lies are true... this I tell to you:
This love match, of picture and frame, of vintage origins they are the same.

(like my poem? It's kind of confusing though, because I really did find the frame at a thrift store, and the photo is from a vintage book.)

Painting... you should try it!

I am not really a painter, but I tried my hand at it a few years ago and created these:I found them a few days ago so I thought I'd display them... to inspire me to keep trying new creative outlets. (Even if I just try it once.... or I guess twice in this case)

My ever changing bedroom shelf...

April

May
June

Weardrobe.com

I just found out about this funky website that is devote to fashion. People sign up and register for a profile and then they post picture of their outfits, including wear they purchased the clothes from. You can actually click on a popular store name and then it shows you how different people wear items from that store. Then, as a user, you can add 'friends' and so you can keep up with your favorite fashion bloggers. I love the site because the bloggers are real people with creative ideas on how to wear clothes. I totally recommend checking out the site, if you are interested in fashion... @ http://www.weardrobe.com/. Here are a few examples:

Pretty over h{ear} Pretty over there!

I bought this jewelery tree from Urban Outfitters. I love being able to display my earrings somewhere other then on my ears!

New vs. Old

The other day me and my husband were at Ikea and saw these glasses. (pictured above) We thought they were totally cute. I can't remember why... but in the end we didn't get them. Then yesterday I was strolling the Salvation Thrift store aisles, like I usually do, and came across these:

I love them, more then the Ikea ones for sure. I know some people would pick new item over old item any day, but I think, more then not, I love the character and history of the old. (Only four are pictured, but I bought a set of eight)

Contriving Livingroom #2

Warning: This is going to be a photo heavy blog.

So since we bought our second couch (which was a few months ago) we decided to nix the dining room and have a second living room area. So it's now the time for me to pick a fabric to reupholster, but I need a concept to work off of.
This is my idea:
Most of the photos are from anthropologie and a few are taken from flickr. To sum up my concept, lots of prints, different textures (including wood textures... which I've been excited about already) and heavy on the antique look. So besides finding the right fabric for the job I've also been accessory hunting online. These are real butterflies that are framed. I found them on ebay, I think they'll be perfect!

My Two Dollar Lamp....

DVD Display

The other day we switched our cable provider. This small decision caused this change:Since I had to take the shelves down to get to the wires I decided to re-stain and varnish them. So with my glisteningly re-done shelves I felt kind of sad putting the old stuff back on them.
That's when I decided I wasn't a huge fan of seeing the DVDs. So I made the three DVD boxes out of wood. I stained them then used stickers to spell out quotes from some of the movies we own, then painted over the stickers with white paint. I then removed the stickers and varnished. I love them... so much better then the line up of DVDs.

My second favorite thing about my shelves is the books stacked with the Wii. I didn't know you could put the Wii on it's side, it was such a revalation to me. I love the look of old time entertainment, the books, mixed with new technology... the Wii and the XBox.

And, as you can probably tell, I am going big into wood for summer. I love the different textures and stains.