feeling Springy...

And getting tired of the "muted" colors throughout the family room.  Looking to bring some Spring into the decor...
in the name of pink and orange!

Nabbed these little seats at the Salvation Army...great for extra seating and love the orange!

See that rug??  Pretty, but lots of red, gold and persimmon...and very busy pattern.   Just not crazy about the floor being the main focal point of the room.  So...it's getting a new home in the master bedroom.

In its place, this nice neutral grey rug from Home Depot!   A great deal...it could be ordered in different sizes and three different colors.  The big 10'x13' I ordered was just under $300 and delivered for free to my doorstep.

Grey/Ivory and Gold/Ivory
(also comes in Brown)

Had some pink greek key fabric on hand so whipped up a couple of pillows...

Worked a little magic on a pair of $6.00 Ikea pillow covers with

some orange grosgrain ribbon and Stitch Witchery (new BF).   The only tricky part was the mitered corners, but basically anybody with an iron can do this!

Finished up the week by gluing on some hot pink ribbon trim to new chandelier shades...

It's starting to feel much Spring'ier!!  More pictures to come as the room comes together!

it's over...

it is about a week until march begins.

our thoughts turn to melting snow,

daffodils popping up,

pastel colors and easter.

but everywhere we look,

we still see this

and not the fresh version...

the dried up and saggy version.

Bow faded and falling off,

the greens are now brown.

How can you walk in and out

of your front door for two months

and not notice a dried up piece of forestry hanging from your door?

When you back out of your driveway,

do you take a good, hard look at your house?

What are you doing?

Take your Christmas decor down!

Christmas is over people...

it's over!

bye-bye blank walls!

A new obsession of ours is this vintage printables website.  There's NO excuse for empty walls folks, not when you can scroll through hundreds of free pictures and print them right from your own printer.  Everybody has frames kicking around the house, otherwise head to Ikea for some inexpensive ones.  If you can, use a heavier weight paper for printing and there you have it...art!

Wouldn't these three look great in a beach house...maybe a guest bathroom??  Hmmm, perfect for a bathroom with oil rubbed bronze faucets and finishes.  Spray some old picture frames with this

and accent away with pretty pinkish purple.   Lovely. 

lamp progress...

making progress on the dump lamp!

a quick trip to the wellesley ace hardware

 to pick up krylon fusion (sticks to glass!)

the color selections were pretty limited -

primary colors, white, off white or gray...bleh.

with a 2 year old running through the aisles, 

had to make a quick decision...dover white!

i am thinking it's looking a lot like milk glass - agree?

going to spray the other one tonight...

my house is full of spray paint fumes!

looking for some simple drum shades -

wrap them in fabric and ribbon trim - done!

stay tuned!

found @ the dump!

it has been slim pickins at the needham dump boutique...

until last friday!

check out our latest project!

grandma's cut glass ginger jar lamps are a little farty for our taste

but just you wait and see what we have in store for these lamps!

we can't decide...spray paint the glass a fabulous color...

or pour some latex paint into the bottom of the lamp -

maybe silver to make it look like mercury glass -

or even white to make it look like milk glass.

finish them off with simple drum shades - add some grosgrain trim...

fantastic addition to bedside tables!

finished product coming soon!

craigslist lust...

no, LOVE these suckers!

http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/fuo/2193275656.html

Groton, MA anyone...?   $100 for the pair...offer $80... paint the bentwood a warm white, reupholster them in this charcoal linen  

and with all the money saved splurge on a pair of these Trina Turk pillows to plop on them. 

        

anyone...?