Tim and I watched I Love You, Man tonight which was a pretty funny movie (but then again, I take all the laughs I can get these days, so maybe I’m just easy). In any case, what I really liked was the upholstered bed in this scene — so grown up but not too fussy. Anyone know where this is from? Or who might sell one like it? I’ve checked the usual suspects: CB2, Room and Board, Mitchell Gold.
I bought a discontinued ottoman just like the one above at the Pottery Barn Outlet in Riverhead, NY for $70. Now I’m thinking about upholstering it with an old blanket since I have tons of moth eaten wool blankets from my grandparents lake house that I’ve been holding on to for just this sort of project…. Found via Aesthetic Outburst.
I bought this awesome industrial laundry basket today ($77 from Steele Canvas Basket). If I like the size, I may buy another one for the babe’s toys. As seen in Martha Stewart Living and Cookie Magazine.
My kitchen is insanely hard to take good photos in, but, really this is just to show that I took your good advice from this post and moved the Gourmet Magazine covers from the 1970s (which I bought on ebay) farther apart and reframed them in cheap ($11) frames from this great online store. I ordered their Simple Black Photo Frame-8.5×11 which are perfect for magazine covers. PS Use coupon code TY10 for 10 percent off your order!
Two weeks ago, the babe slept through the night for the first time and I woke up the next morning suddenly raging to get back to decorating our apartment. So, here is a WIP shot of the dinning room, which is looking less sad these days (see the sadness here). I bought the CB2 lamp (thanks for the encouragement), moved the citrus tree, and since is usually just Tim and me eating dinner at the table, I put some of my favorite design books as our dinner guests. This image below was my inspiration for the books-on-the-table idea.
If you know where this image came from, remind me and I’ll link to it!
Between above ($199, cb2) and below ($199, pottery barn teen)? I’m leaning towards the cb2 one because it is returnable and slightly sleeker.
It’s for our sad (soon to be happy) dining room. Oh, and I’m working on the art bit too!
Our dining room is in serious need of some art (see sad picture below) and I found inspiration in this vintage aerial photograph found on kellylj’s photostream. You can search for vintage aerial photographs of your house, town or city here, but they don’t make them as large as the image above (I guesstimate that I’m looking for something 6 feet by 4 feet or a little smaller).
