{ Home Decor } Just a little still-life off my shelf

Owl I got from Chrismas, nestled in by some books, and a Sweet Briar blank book from Anthropologie. The package of 3 is 12.95.  I put them in Christmas stockings this past year.  Such beautiful colors.

Photo: Anthropologie

{ Thrifting } Mirror, Mirror…. new vintage find

I am so excited about this latest find.  It was in Goodwill.  We went in and as I walked up I always do my usual game of “wonder how much it will be” and I probably shreaked in delight when I saw this one was low-balled at only 9.99.  Its hard to tell in the picture, but it is almost three feet wide at the greatest part.  I think it was probably once part of this kind of vanity

Photo: Here

It was one of those buys where I was thinking, ” I don’t know what I am going to do with it, but I am buying it anyway and will FIND something.”  The mirror is in relatively good shape with only a few parts that have lost their mirror coating, but I think it adds to the piece.  I figure if I can’t figure out a way to add it to a dresser, I could always just use the round mirror on its own.

Anyone else find any good finds this weekend thrifting?

{ Home Decor } Vintage Clocks Finds

Photo:  Pottery Barn

For a while now I have been wanting to spruce up my bedside table with one of these classic clocks.   I think these old  (or new to look old)  clocks are so much classier than the new digital models we have now. So imagine my excitement while we were in a Veteran’s Thrift Store when I came across this clock… and for only 2.98$ … and it works.

I was worried at first that the ticking would be too loud next to my head, but it is a perfect white noise tick. You hardly even notice it till all is really still and you try.

Then, I was in our local Salvation Army and saw this little guy.  My daughter had mentioned she was thinking of doing a collection of them in her bedroom, so I picked i up.  It was only 99 cents. (sorry for bad phone photo).

Where as the one above I found was battery operated, this one is wind up operated.  Sadly, although it ticks (and ticks way too loud), it doesn’t keep accurate time.  However, I figure it would look cute in a collection or vignette just not wound up.

{ Anthropologie } Bundled Up Critters Candles

Photo:  Anthropologie.com.

I think this owl is so adorable.   There is a collection of three … a rabbit, owl, and racoon and the top deocrative part is actually the lid over the candle you remove to burn.

The scent for the owl is described as:

Owl (Balsam Cedar): fresh balsam and oak moss intertwined with aromatic cedarwood, cinnamon and eucalyptus

Which sounds right up my alley!  They are a bit pricy for a candle alone, but I think that you could keep it as a Knick-Knack when all used up.  Perhaps it will go on sale?

{ Holidays } Individual Heirloom Pumpkin Tureens

Photos: Williams-Sonoma.

I was flipping through the mail and came across the new Williams-Sonoma catalog and I am in love with these individual, unique pumpkin soup tureens. As always, I LOVE anything in white, and aren’t these so cute on a place setting?

The set of four is $49.95 and also there is a big soup bowl to go with it.  My husband always gets me a card there for Xmas, so I think this might have to go under the Christmas tree this year for me! I think the quality of their products is worth paying a little more than usual, but hopefully by the time I go shopping, maybe it will be discounted post Thanksgiving!

{ Home Decor } Old Garage turned into a Dream Home!

Photos:  Downsize my Space

The before shot of an old garage, that gets transformed into the most adorable small dream home.

You have to go see the story and pictures behind this gorgeous house.  So inspiring.

{ Anthropologie } Dreaming of the “Oh To Dream Quilt”

Photos: Anthropologie.com.

I am loving this new quilt and shams from Anthropologie.  Though almost juvenile looking, the whimsy of the quilt and the cute shams just makes me smile.

I almost want to do a room just around these shams.  Love the way the wording is done.

This definitely is going in my wish list to see if it ever goes on sale!!

{ Home Decor } The bathroom aviary …

I have a confession.  We have lived in our current house for almost two years and in that time I haven’t painted a single wall.  I have mainly done furniture and nonpermanent decorating, … but I am ready to finally make some commitments.  So today, using my Pottery Barn quarterly coupon I finally broke down and committed to this really pretty Adrianne shower curtain for the bathtub.   I haven’t decided yet if I want to use it for the bathtub, or perhaps make curtains out of it for the two windows (the cheapest yardage of this fabric they have — its organic).  It was kind of a splurge even with the coupon, but its only sold online so a trip to my local store wasn’t an option.

We currently have the Neena quilt in the master bedroom and I felt, although another pattern, the Adrianne fabric was still in similar colors and feel.  They both have this dusty slate blue color, yellow, and a hint of pinky-coral.  You can’t see into the master bath from the bedroom, so hoping it will flow well visually.

I love the chubby cheek birds in the fabric and the oriental style flowers. I am hoping I can find perhaps a real orchid in that yellow or pink/coral color.

They carry this bathroom set, but I am not sure, worried its almost too matchy-matchy, though I think I might just get the  tall container piece.  I can’t understand why they haven’t realized that most of us use motorized toothbrushes that don’t fit in half of the toothbrush holders they make these days. 

How cute are those robin egg soaps?

This little dish is really cute.  Its only 19.00 with free shipping. Still at Pottery Barn.

Or perhaps have the bird motif in some artwork.  I love this artist, Geninne’s Etsy store full of beautiful prints.

{ Home Decor } Adorable owl Sleepy Hollow Pencil Cup and free shipping

Photo: Anthropologie

How many times have you perused the Anthropologie web site and didn’t buy that cute little something because you didn’t want to pay shipping?  Well for the month of September on full-priced items, you don’t have that as a reason not to shop!  Therefore, I picked up a cute little owl pencil holder for my desk.  I love anything white ceramic …especially in my kitchen, but on my white and glass computer desk, I think he will be perfectly at home. This is a photo of the desk in our house prior to this.

 

penny souvenir decor

 

 

Photos: Design*Sponge.

Over the years we have collected many of these pressed penny souvenirs and having stumbled upon them recently, I have been trying to decide how I can show them off.   Recently Design*Sponge featured a house with a cool idea how to do so.

This homeowner is basically gluing them in a wreath form on the wall.  What I love about this is that they could easily just start a second ring around that one when they run out of room.

I was thinking of mounting our pennies in a long, panoramic-style frame from ikea like this one (just remove the matting), perhaps mounted on some linen or burlap.   That might be the perfect project for this holiday weekend.  Will share when I get it finished.