lovely interiors

image via Elle Decor.

I love the feel of this small San Francisco living area that belongs to Celia Tejada.  The space is small and contains lots of furniture, yet doesn't look cluttered at all.  The large mirrors also help to make the room appear larger.  I especially love the mix of red and green in the furniture and pillows.  It doesn't look Christmas-y like you think it might.  It just looks so clean and fresh.  Makes me happy.

eye candy.

Since my last post had some less than beautiful pictures of my new closet, I figured I'd leave you this weekend on a good note.  Here is some eye candy!

 all images via my eye candy board on Pinterest.

Happy fall! Happy Friday! 

...and another closet

contemporary closet design by other metros interior designer ardel claveria

Okay this one is awesome too.  Look at all of those Louis!  I also love the idea of having a island-type table in the center of a closet for more storage.  Hope you all had a great weekend!

{closet crush}

Image via Houzz

Love this simple closet design - although there definitely is not enough space for all of my clothes. Or shoes.  Hopefully they have another section not shown in the picture...?

happy friday!

eclectic living room design by san francisco media and blogs SFGIRLBYBAY

Isn't this just the cutest, well-lit, city-overlooking, white nook you've ever seen?  I can so imagine myself there - drinking my coffee out of a vintage china cup, curled up in one of those white chairs reading Pride and Prejudice or something.  

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday!

painted beer bottle from the other night...

So here is the beer bottle I painted like the one I found on Pinterest via PS I made this:

Not bad for my first try, but again, it was just a practice round.  I'm not sure if you can see from the photo, but the spray paint looks crinkly in some places.  Does anyone know what that is from?  I think maybe I sprayed too close?  I'll post a diy when I do my next piece! Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Inspiration board part I

I am desperately in need of an inspiration board.  I bought a simple cork board from Target months ago, and have been meaning to decorate it for a while now.  It is especially necessary now to cover the board since my cat, Bella, got to it:

I guess the cork was just super fun to scratch.  Lovely.


I'm thinking of using a simple, patterned fabric to cover it and adding nail head trim to make it a little fancier.  Maybe I'll use fabric like these: 

 all via Madeline Weinrib.  Love her fabric.

And I was going to hang it over the dresser, but I kind of like it leaning on the wall like it is in the above photo.  This will also save me time and headaches from having to hang it with the hardware the board came with.  Perfect!  Look out for part II coming up!

penny wall

So I found this ah-mazing DIY/cool interior idea on Pinterest, originially from House and Home.  And I want to start saving my pennies!  Isn't it awesome??!?!

 image via here.

There are sooo many different things you could do with pennies along this same wavelength - make coasters, backsplashes, floors, table tops, frame them, make a design out of them...

This is such a great idea for me because I personally hate pennies and sometimes actually throw them away (don't judge me).  I'm thinking I need a beautifully-decorated jar or bottle to hold them in.  Perhaps one like this:

Yes, it's another DIY from Pinterest via PS I made this.  I think this would be the perfect little bottle to hold all my pennies!  I'll keep you posted on the penny collecting progress as well as the DIY bottle!  Hope everyone has had a good Tuesday!

{obsession} anthropologie

loving anthropologie (as always).  Since we don't have a store in south carolina, I really enjoyed being able to pop over there whenever while I was in alexandria.  Here are some of my favorite picks from their site now:

hot pink things

For some reason I am really loving the color hot pink right now.  I'm not sure if it is the summer weather or what, but I am really digging pink things!  I'm coveting these items, all in hot pink!!

1. Lilly clutch via here. 2.  Jil Sander flats via here. 3.  Lilly Bowen dress via here. 4.  Dress via here.

5.  Jonathan Adler throw via here. 6.  Live what you love via here. 7.  Moschino sandals via here.

8.  Kate Spade Idiom bangle via here.

What is your favorite color these days?

living room style board

Today I created my first style board for my living room.  Here it is:

(all pieces from ikea, west elm, target, joss and main, cb2, pottery barn, and restoration hardware.)

Since I'm still learning how to use my mac, I ended up saving all the images, putting them together in word, taking a screen shot, cropping the screen shot, and saving.  Nuts.  I know there has got to be an easier way to do this.  I downloaded gimp but am still trying to figure that out too.  

Anyway, I think I did a pretty good job considering all the crap I went through!  Some of the things I already have in my apartment - the tv/tv stand, the white bookshelf, and a similar blue lamp - but the rest is stuff I'd like to someday decorate with.  Especially the karlsdad couch(es) from ikea.  Love the modern feel to them.  Oh and the amazing peekaboo coffee table from CB2.  Want it.