Its Friday!!!!

I ran across a new blog today and pick up this Chart! I love it. First of all, I definitely need to hear more "Here, have some wine." more from my husband!! That line never gets old... I think if he follows this we are all set!

Second, if you have time, check out everything LEB, she did this wonderful before and after of a $20.00 chair she bought on Craigslist! I am so impressed... Inspiration!!

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Have a great weekend!

Week's Obssessions

There is something about this colored pillar that I just love! We have a long living/dining room layout with tall ceilings. I feel that it would be a great addition in our corner next to the sliding glass doors or between our couch and dining space! I can not wait for the next flea market in Alameda!!

My next obsession this week, is this leather woven floor mirror. I actually purchased this item at Z gallery while attending the Union Street Fair this weekend. The leather is actual leather is not as shiny as the picture here. I now need to figure out 1. how to pick it up (preferably without the husband... he will love it once it is in the house but not so much before) and 2. where exactly I am going to place it in the house!!

Finally, I am loving antlers. I was looking for 2 tall candlesticks to place on our corner fireplace mantel. I think I may get either 2 tall antlers like the ones above or some variation of the above. The picture here is from Roost.

This week's obsessions

This week the following are items, I would love in our house, but where... my forever ongoing struggle?  

We need more seating... we totally would use them... but how to fit them into the overall flow!

Filing systems

What do you guys think of these great filing boxes. I love the idea that they are room accents that do something! We are in need of a file cabinet, if I do anything this month it will be to finally rid our home of my dear hubby's plastic filing system nightmare!

(credit: www.horchow.com)

Bedroom

(image from: The Stamford Wife blog)

I am back on again today! Quick Post!

I am in love with this headboard and even more inlove it comes from Target for under 500.00!! I think I am going to order it!! Thoughts?

Bookshelves

Okay, I am really getting into this... So for today, I have uploaded these Leaning bookshelves. I was thinking maybe .... What do you think? I could put one or two where i have the desk now or between the couch and the dining room. I was even thinking of one set that consists of (1) leaning shelf with one leaning desk self?

Coffee Table Discussion!

(images from: www.macys.com)

Okay, so here are the final coffee table suggestions... I have it down to three!! I like the clean lines of the wood and metal. I like the glass and drawers of the retangle wood one and I love the round shape of the middle table, however, it lacks drawers and we do tend to use the drawers in our coffee table now!! See the below post to gain an understanding of the chair options we are thinking about...

More Designing Dilemmas

So, for today's entry I thought I would continue with my designing Dilemmas ... One two our livingroom... So we have a 'galley' living / dining room room... it is long and narrow... I find it very hard to fit what I want to in its space and working to make it amazing...

One objective of the redoing the living room is to add more seating space. We want to work with a theme of eclectic unique classic.... We named our theme Hemingway Design stuff... I want to get accessories (once I fix down the furniture) that incorporates different animal leathers, silver, antique items (photos, letters, ect.) and other treasures from our travels...

I like this room, but I am not sure if the stools here would clog up our space... the room is 12' x 16'. We have a low profile TV (52") that in some upcoming blog I will want to discuss what to do with... conceal/ disguise but keep in our living space ...

{images: www.roomservicehome.com}

I like the stools here... Garden stools are so in right now... I am not sure how I feel about them... but I love some of these recycle wood table / stools options from www.vivaterra.com ... I really like the look of recycled wood... but want to keep a classic / clean... look... I think I like the darker colors best!

I think I would like some stools to be placed under our console (glass and metal) table that is in the dinning space)... we will need small round tables to go in between 2 chairs (I think ...) and maybe 2 stools in front of our fire place... Thoughts??

2009 ...

Trying on 2009, I decided to give blogging another try...

At the end of last year I hired a local interior designer to come to our condo and assess our Living / Dining Room and 2 bedrooms. This was an interesting process... Her layout for the living / dining room was almost spot on what I already had laid out (expect she recommended her furniture store's furniture in replace of what we have) and her design for our bedroom did not include my most favorite antique barrister bookcase (which I told her how much I loved that piece of furniture). A long story longer, I spent some time at the store and discussed likes / dislikes and options... so we will see... at least she is helping me with understanding the size of furniture to purchase... ect....

So.... where does that leave me now... hunting down ideas of what I want to do with our place...

I guess for today, I will share some of the ideas I ran across for our bedroom...


{bed from www.vivaterra.com}


My husband LOVES heavy Manly wood beds... okay... well he does not feel beds are necessary, but I do and he likes heavy sturdy things...

Some other options I like are :

{bed from www.vivaterra.com}

I like this bed solely because it seems to blend both of what we want!! I like upholstered bed and he wants heavy wood!!

I bet this bedroom is cute, I like the desk as a nightstand... but that would mean I would have to buy the desk and the bed... hmmm...

We have this desk at home and it is in our bedroom now... I think I love this desk chair?! Or is it I just love the color palate!!

Thoughts???