My Curio Cabinet...

Well, I finally finished my white cabinet. It has turned into a curio cabinet of sorts with all the random pieces, but this space makes me smile.

The very first thing I bought was the mirror. I was browsing one of my favorite shops in downtown Muenster when I spotted this beauty. I instantly knew I loved it and knew it would 100% work or would 100% not work. When it got delivered, it was a perfect fit. Then I started looking for lamps. I am EXTREMELY picky about the lamps I buy. I really hate lamp shades and knew I either wanted all metal or mercury glass. I found these lamps with metal mesh shades from a favorite online store and then it was onto filling the nooks. I knew everything on this shelf had to be neutrals or it would feel junky and I would hate it. Most of the fillers are from local anitique stores and others are just little bits I found here and there.

I just put the finishing touches on the wall with the little posters, yesterday. I lucked into finding the beautiful paper prints locally and spent a grand total of $10 finishing them off with yard sticks and a little brown paint...

A Little House Decorating...

This week, I am going to try and finish up my house documenting. I think I only have a handful of areas that I haven't blogged. Today, I will share one of my favorite rooms of the house...

The Guest Bedroom!

I never planned to really love this room....very rarely does anyone sleep there, but I do fold laundry there almost everyday and so it has become a little oasis of sorts. I think that if I were single today, perhaps this is what my 'big girl' room would look like. The sun blankets this room most of the day and the way it falls through the windows gives the most comforting feeling nostalgia....







I have been hunting and scrounging around since we moved in, for the perfect piece above the stairs. There is HUGE area of vertical space that faces the top of the stairs. There is a long chicken-wire glass pendant that hangs from the ceiling but blank other than that. I wanted something a bit quirky since it is viewed from the playroom but also wanted it to cooridnate with the kitchen since that is what is viewed from the top of the stairs.

I found this woodblock print from artist, Anthony Burrill and fell in love. This reminder is something everyone in the house can appreciate... and I only hope will be so ingrained into the heads of my boys that they will follow suite. These pictures make it look a bit small but this print is 20x30...

Our Home: The Outside

Welcome to our country home...