Humble Pie's style ...and her ideas from Paula Dean

I LOVE this kitchen! I got it from the Humble Pie blog. I do Love her style...very simple, trendy, a bit Scandinavian slash French....I do believe my trip to Prague influenced my style even more than I realized it would. The Check's literally build right on top of the last style ...thus their buildings and style are beautifully mismatched. I find myself loving mismatched and loving putting opposites together.
Of course this is already a the trends of today, but I found myself naturally moving towards this trend way before I saw it in magazines. I love the irony in design right now. This kitchen, to me ...is beautiful!

Below is an example of architecture in Praja (Prague).

decorating for the holidays

I just finished decorating I wanted branches as a christmas tree. I've had all my traditional decorating done. Not sure what I think of the tree so far. I think next year I will not use white lights AND I will buy these antique looking-oversized ornaments from Target...after Christmas. Here's the process.

idea boards

I've always loved the clean look of ideas boards, but I haven't been sure how to pull this off! I started copy-pasting into a pages document. Here is the result. It worked real nice and after I had all the pics in order I locked the pics into a group. The only problem I came across is that you can't just save the idea board ...it saves the whole document. I had to then just take a picture of the screen and save it that way. I really have to figure out how to use adobe photo shop! Boo!

prints

I saw a print from the blog in Life in the Fun Lane and looked up the name of the print. That led me to etsy and to search through prints. I do love prints in general. This is one of my favs. I would love to put this in my kitchen on my ladder shelves.

grain sacks and linen pillows

I'm in love with these pillows right now.

white wire baskets and organizer

Still looking to redesign my office/craft room into a shabby chic paradise. I like this wicker basket and they have it in off white too.Plus they have a filing shelving in this as well. WooHoo!

Gold Mirrors

I've been looking for something super trendy and modern for our guest bathroom. Ballard design has some great mirrors for decorating. I love mirrors in my house. I've got to be careful though, because Zack starts feeling like he lives in a dressing room or crazy fun house at the the circus. Every time he turns around I've hung another mirror. This might be the last one I get to hang for awhile. :)