Send Some Love

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Etsy Cravings

Sometimes all you need are some little handmade treasures! And Etsy is the chest to those treasures. Here are some of the things I'm currently craving on Etsy.com 

You Can Do No Wrong With This Hysterically Cute Paper By: GemmaBear 

Super Trendy Right Now, But I Still Want One By : PinkyOurLimb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I Can't Begin To Express My Love For These Plates By London Artist, James Wards Design.

I posted a few because I love them so Much! How great would it be to finish your meal and have these looking at you. Such a good laugh. 

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Make EveryDay Your Birthday With These Candles From : KoKo Candles 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T.G.I.T Eye Candy!

Thank God It's Thursday! That means it's almost Friday. Wanted to leave you all with some chic spaces I'm currently craving. Enjoy

This is the way to do a bookcase.

 BowHaus Dog House $599

This has become my new All-time favorite image and inspiration. It includes ALL of my favorite things: French Bulldogs, Alcoholic Beverage, White Couches and a urban chic doghouse/side table. (I have to note I designed a variety of this when I was about 13 and convinced I was opening a high-end dog boutique. I got as far as making some dog collars.)

Elle Decor 

 Holy perfect color palette! .........oh let me just pick my mouth up off the floor now.

Australian Vogue

What a perfect harmony. Adore the collection of prints, stealing the trend for my bathroom!

$10 Floating Bedside Tables

In a small space, with few exceptions, less is more. Although I'm fortunate to have a good amount of space to work with, I still don't enjoy clutter or overbearing pieces of furniture. So when it came to the bedroom, I was looking for a relaxing, calm and visually clean environment. Keeping a fairly neutral and bright color palatte, I kept everything simple and neat.

room before

Working on such a tight budget, ($700 to be exact) for the entire apartment! I put most of the budget into the main living space so that didn't leave much wiggle room for the bedroom. I passed on a bed frame for the time being and focused on accents to give the room a little life.

In Progress 

So, after digging through Ikea's Ahmazing As-Is section, we found 4 scraps of wood for .99 cents each..can't argue with that. We stopped by home depot to get some simple gray L-brackets and screws. 

I primed and painted the little suckers and we measured and leveled and attached the brackets. 

We (well, I was busy taking pictures and directing) My mom worked to attach them securely to the wall at a decent height for when my bedframe does arrive. 

for $5 each I really can't complain! They are super functional, take up practically no space and fit in perfectly to a poor girls budget! 

The End Result: 

More on the mirrors and artwork later, oh and accent pillow! ;)
Happy Thursday fellow Bloggers!

Zoe - Taylor ?

Season Premiere of The Rachel Zoe Project is tonight at 9pm! (Central Time) I cannot wait to see what went down between Team Zoe and Taylor, but whatever it was didn't leave them on very good terms...from what I can tell from the previews on Bravo's site.
AHH! Its going to be ....



I just adore Brad and Roger! So freaking cute!!! Always impeccably dressed. Loves it!

While I have no aspirations to become a Hollywood stylist, it is fun to indulge weekly in the musings and outrageous events that unfolds at "Camp Zoe". There is no doubt her style is above all and that alone is enough for me to watch, and ok, maybe I do close my eyes and click my heels three times wishing I could steal her condo and bedroom set-up. Oh for the love of Missoni.

Blogging Troubles

I'm having a few experimental issues with Blogger. I took quite the hiatus from the blogging world and upon my return, found many changes to the templates and such. So I'm working out the kinks and also have decided to rename my blog. Hope this doesn't cause any problems for anyone!
Happy Tuesday!

Chair Facelift

I found these two fabulous ratan chairs at a small vintage store off N.Burnett and I fell in love with not only them, but the price. Hold your breath....

$6. I can't really argue with two ratan chairs for $12.
When I found them they were rather dirty and their cushions were rather stained. But there is nothing a magic eraser and some $5/yard-fabric-from-Ikea won't fix.
I had never reupholstered something before (other than my headboard project, which you can find in the archives), so my mom showed me what to do. And it was surprising simple.

After I gave both the chairs a good scrub down with a Brawny Magic Eraser to get rid of any grubby marks and scruffs, We removed the old fabric off the cushions.
We cut the fabric finding the pattern piece we wanted and actually darted the corners to give it a more polished look.
Then we simply used a staple gun to secure it back on to the cushion and reattached them to the chairs!! So simple, it took us about an hour total for both chairs.

I had one fabric from Ikea picked out that I ADORED for them, but they were out of stock. So I chose a rather funky Viking and Maid print instead and decided to make a "His & Her" chair. For a first time project having a center focal point wasn't the best choice as this made centering them and stapling them correctly very difficult. I give my mom many thanks for helping me pull this project off.

"Hers" Chair.

The end result with chairs in place. A simple conversation area!