dining in grey

photo via delight by design blog

Sorry for not being a better blogger...

I know I have a long way to get there.

Busy summer days for me and my children and to be honest...I enjoy reading more than I do posting. School is right around the corner...maybe I can catch up then.

P.S. Joan...I keep trying to post on your blog but I keep getting that operation aborted thing. Very frustrating as I've been so excited by how your house is coming together. Maybe it will just go away soon...it has happened to me before and finally worked itself out. Just wanted you to know. :)

1969

My Mom just emailed me this picture that an old friend sent her. I have never seen my mom with long hair...I think she was stunning. She still is. I love you Mom. :)

I want, I want, I want.

photo via Design Sponge

This room belongs to Lindsay Bierman, editor at Cottage Living and now at Coastal Living Magazine. Those posters...I love them. He sourced them at allposters.com and they are $79.99 each. What to do, what to do, what to do?

To see more of his home go here: http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/12/sneak-peek-night-owl.html

Painting today...

My husband is grilling and the second we finish eating our Memorial Day dinner...the kitchen is getting a fresh coat of paint. We have been working on our kitchen for a year and a half... Other things like (KIDS) always seem to get in the way. The new appliances started rolling in several years ago...then the granite and most recently the cabinets got new paint and knobs. Still left to do is lighting and new pantry doors. The ceiling is a pale blue that I don't really like because it doesn't really show up...so that will probably change to a cream.

The old paint color is BM Woodlawn Blue and the new is Aqua Mist or something like that from Lowes. Not a big difference, but hopefully will look nice and fresh. I hope I have some pics to share soon.

In the meantime...I'm loving this from here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17429319 .

container gardens

I'm looking for some planting inspiration...

country road greenhouse

army of mom
farm fresh living . com

ilonas garden

sublime garden design

fancyflowerbeds.com last 2 images

bakers village garden center (last 3 images)

stone canyon studios

birds

via design sponge

Barstools done right

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Freshening up

I've had this picture for awhile and never tire of it. I feel some bedroom freshening ideas stirring around in my head. :)

via midwest living

Happy Friday

imagine via Country Living

sweet perfection

I can't even begin to describe how fast my heart beats when I see pictures like this. :)

credit to Coastal Living Magazine

Pups

I find it funny that these pictures are from 2 different houses...aren't those labs and beagles in both pictures? I think I would smile everytime I walked into one of these rooms. I can only imagine my husband's thoughts on this idea (and that is because he thinks I make over our pets way too much...and of course I do!) :)


realtysouth.com

plastic egg cuteness

This weekend I made one of these:

I totally copied it from some I've seen hanging on doors around town. Three bags of eggs from WalMart and a grapevine wreath from Michaels...total investment $8. Usually I have eggs and old wreaths laying around...this time I didn't. I simply hot glued them down and in about 30 minutes I had it hanging on the door.

The census lady came by yesterday and told me she "loved" it. That made me happy. :)

Then I was flipping through a new PBKids catalog this morning and saw this. Oh my. Big, fat, brown buffalo checks...my favorite. Reminds me of a chair in my previous post. Oh the places I could go with this yumminess.




This is the view out my window from where my computer sits...it's so beautiful this time of year.

I think most of the bluebirds in Alabama have taken up residence in my yard...I don't remember seeing so many before.

And here is a little (very old and crazed looking) vase I picked up for a dollar this weekend...sitting on one of a pair of dropleaf tables I bought several weeks ago at another yardsale. I'm having a hard time with these. The girl I bought them from said they had intended to paint and then use them in their beach house. Must be nice to have a beach house at the age of 23, 24, 25? Anyway...I asked her what color she would paint them and she said "perhaps a robins egg blue?" Oooooh. So that got me thinking. Don't know what I'm going to do yet...but I've got my thinking cap on. I saw a similar set on Ebay for $700...I paid $25 each. I'm not sure if these are worth anything, but it makes me nervous to think about painting them.

And that's it for today. My thoughts are done. :)

There's just something about a linen sofa...

Ginger Barber

Ellen Kennen site

house to home

city chateau blog

gracious southernliving blogspot

neiman marcus

country living magazine

picture via stylecourt

g-3 interiors

Domino

This last picture inspired me to bring up my linen sofa from the basement where it had been taking a break from dirty kids. It has inspired a mini-make-over of my living room. Bringing this sofa in...bumped my old one to the den...where it joined it's twin. Now...I'm thinking more slipcovers...in linen, of course. Something like this...

I checked them out in person today at Pottery Barn...just the 2 slipcovers are $1900...I already have the sofas. DH will be MOST PLEASED, I tell you...not! I could have them made...but the fabric alone for each sofa runs about $450 and the labor is another $300. Maybe I'll have a big ole fat yardsale? Yeah...that's the ticket.

Happy weekend to those who read. :)