happy friday!

If/when we get our first home, I would like to hang something like this in our dining room:



{via Lamps Plus}

I had a glorious week spending time with my sisters (my older sister lives in Virginia and came in for a visit) but I am exhausted. Tonight will be a lazy night, as my husband will be off recording. I'm thinking a good book and some kettle corn popcorn.

Have a lovely weekend!!

going green

I know the color white is so timeless and perfect for any room to brighten it up, whether it be curtains, pillows, vases or just odds and ends. However, I am more of an ivory color kind of gal. I love how the white looks in homes, and white trinkets are so available these days, but what about ivory trinkets?? They are a little harder to come by, or maybe this is just "not their season." Whatever the case, whenever I see adorable pieces I love in white, I just picture them in ivory and start a mad hunt to find them.

Such as these lovely textured white vessels:

I've done just a little more to the dining room (the big green painting is going to have a drastic make-over soon, meaning the color is going, but this picture had the table and shelves together. And those vases will have flowers in them soon, I hope)



If I could add more of these amazing vases to my green collection, I'd be one happy girl:

{vases via West Elm}

It's been such a busy week. I never knew how much time and energy went into the possibility of purchasing your first home could be! Hopefully we'll know more with that over the weekend.

Just a funny little picture to leave you with. My adorably kitty, Tigger, during his bath.

Have a great weekend!!

welcome home

I love being a newlywed. Well, more importantly, I love my husband and the marriage and life we are building. . We've gone from hand-me-down furniture to buying pieces that reflect our design styles. It's truly been a lot of fun, and a bit challenging on a budget. Right now we live in an apartment, and as busy as our first few months of marriage have been, I've been grateful not having to deal with the up-keep of a house. However, if any of you have lived in an apartment, you understand my frustrations style-wise when dealing with ugly walls, carpet, cabinets...the list could go on.

Our dining room in the making...(PLEASE excuse the awful photography job I did. I was in a bit of a hurry and the pictures looked better on my camera, I promise. Well, I'll just keep telling myself that.)
The table and chairs are from West Elm. The painting is a work in progress. I love the color green and am now deciding on what else to do with it.


I love collecting salad plates with fun designs on them. The tea pot is from my grandmother and my inspiration for the color of the painting. And don't you just love fresh flowers?


The chairs I love, two green and two brown.


There's still so much we can't wait to do with this dining room, and I'll add pictures as we update!