Artwork display

So, it's been an eternity since I posted here. I went and had a baby, and she pretty much occupies my time. And I love it. She's the best. Anyway, I ran across this room on a blog I love and I thought this was a brilliant way to display children's artwork. Plus, I'm 100 percent in love with the little bed alcove.

Rugs, beautiful rugs!

Have you ever seen such delicious rugs? Man oh man, I'm loving the new line of rugs from Amy Butler. I love what a rug can do for a room, but I'm not a fan of what they can do to a bank account :) Maybe someday, right?

Mirror mirror on the wall...

I really want to put a mirror above my fireplace. Mirrors just seem to really open up a room and reflect in more light. And I'm all about openness and light. I saw this mirror in Anthropologie and fell in love.

Focal Point

I think too often the focal point in a room is some gigantic television, and I'm not crazy about the message that sends. I'd much rather have a room like this, with one entire wall dedicated to books (and various knick knacks for fun).

The Nursery

I really love this nursery for a lot of reasons. First of all, it's so inviting and cheery with the fun yellows and blues. I love that it's gender neutral and I LOVE the yellow chair. The cute mommy that put together this nursery blogs about it here with more pictures, "how-to's" and where she got everything. Would it be wrong if I copied this in my future nursery?

Decorative Hutch

I love the idea of having a hutch to display cute plate, bowls, pitcher, etc. I really love the pattern on this one too, I think it adds a fun element without being too loud.

picture found here

"A home without books is a body without soul"

Both Jason and I are big into books and reading. When we got married, our biggest problem was we had too many books and not enough shelving for all of them. We now own two giant book cases, and still have books in boxes because they don't all fit. My solution to the problem? Buy more books. OK, so that didn't really solve anything because these beauties (pictured above) are still sitting in a box (minus the one I'm currently reading) but it sure feels good owning cute books.

I originally wanted these for the shelves next to the fireplace in the house in Traverse Mountain we were supposed to buy. Had it not been for the seller and his shady practices that caused lenders to run for the hills, these lovelies would be perched there now.

Picture This

As someone who spends a lot of time behind a camera creating images for other people, I see the value in having images of my own family adorning my wall. Someday I plan to have a wall like these in a main room with nine 20x20s of my family. Color or black and white? I guess I'll have to see what works best with my home! Oh, and I'd love to do one of these for a client. Interested? Visit me here.

First image from here

Second from here