Inspiration

Shelf Candy

Styling my new floor-to-ceiling bookcase is an ongoing project right now- that's a lot of surface to style apparently.  I'm shopping the house for books and accessories and no surface is safe!  Most likely I'll need to restyle every surface in the house once the bookcase is set, since I'll be stealing accessories from almost every vignette.  Sounds like a terrible problem and no fun at all to solve.  No fun at all. With a new bookcase with unlimited styling potential, I've also been noticing new books that I'd like to add to the shelf.

Design Book roundup

 

1// A Life Less Ordinary by Alex Legendre & Zoe Ellison

2// The Flower Recipe Book by Alethea Harampolis

3// Elements of Style by Erin Gates

4// Vintage Modern Style by Emily Chalmers

5// The Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith

6// Design Sponge at Home by Grace Bonney

7// Paper to Petal by Rebecca Thuss & Patrick Farrell

 

I'd love to hear your design/decor book recommendations!

 

Inspired By

Between shoveling, moving buckets of concrete into a bagster, and rolling Drylok (paint as thick as frosting) on the basement walls, my arms are sure to look like Popeye's soon.  I'm not sure it's a look I'll be able to pull off, but it sure beats paying extra for a gym membership!  Even though I'm been physically hard at work getting this flip ready to list this weekend, my brain has been collecting inspiration and planning ideas for the next flip and for our own house! Here are some of my favorite inspirations from around the web that I've pinned recently.

This sweet table styled for valentines day by Carrie over at Dream Green DIY hits the right balance.  It's sweet and girly with a bit of vintage flare to keep it grounded.  I see those salt and pepper shakers everywhere... this table's making me think about picking them up next time they cross my path.

dream green valentine table

Every time I look at Dina from Honey and Fitz's bedroom I fall in love all over again with the reading lights.

honey and fitz bedroom

If you've read my blog for more than a week, you may have figured out that I've been fixated on gold lately.  It's no wonder that I'm enamored by this bathroom from Cuckoo 4 Design.  Gold... dots AND stripes... and still neutral enough to accessorize.... why, yes please!

gold white powder cuckoo 4 design

Since I REALLY need to get going on my basement work space if I plan to accomplish it for my 30 before 30 list, creative work spaces have been catching my eye.  This one from Be True Image Design is such a cute, family friendly space.

be true office

Last but certainly not least- you rarely see high chairs make an appearance in professionally styled and photographed dining rooms, but with a high chair like this, why not??  I don't think I can find a single thing with Jessica and Scott's eating nook (featured on Apartment Therapy) that I would change.  The mix of patterns and the light really bewitch me.

apt therapy breakfast nook

What's been inspiring you lately?

Snow Day

My boss was kind enough to grant me a snow day.  She's kind of a slave-driver, though, she's gonna make me work this weekend to get this flip done (yes, "she" refers to me... the good and the bad of being self-employed).  The plus side to the weather, I guess, is that no one's buying houses under feet of snow, so at least my unfinished house isn't missing out on a super hot market. Another benefit of a snow day is having unexpected time to get a leg up on a few DIYs, so in lieu of a full post today, I'm putting my nose to the grindstone and making the most of being snowed in.

backyard-oasis

As pretty as the snow is, I'm craving green and sunshine and warm.  Is it Spring yet?