To Stick or not to Stick?

I know that wall decals are coming back in a big big way, but I'm still a bit...eh? I don't know. Is it weird? Are they pretty? Are they cheesy? Is it too much trouble?

I mean, I get it for a baby's room. That's the majority of cool ones that I found. Like this one from Coolil:

But what about for a home? Like..your living room?

Glamourpuss for $1500

If I am blessed with a baby girl one day, I am going to force her to have a bedroom like this.

Honestly, I'm tempted to make my own room like this, but I think my husband would have a heart attack. (I WILL however have to find a way to work in that rug, the coatrack and the umbrella stand. In a very very manly way, of course...)

If you can't tell, I'm becoming obsessive with online deal finding.

{ And by the way, that fab sequins pillow IS from Babies-r-us. Who knew? }

A Bedroom for $1500

I was so inspired by finding the $70 kmart table that I decided to build a $1500 bedroom using the orange and pale blue palette.

Ok. I'm aware that I have no bedding and no place to put my clothes and I might be a tiny bit over budget. But I couldn't help myself! That Asian settee put me over, but it had to be done...=)

Tray side table - $69!!!

LOVE this tray side table from Kmart . I saw it in this month's issue of House Beautiful listed at $90, but when I went online, I saw that it was on sale!

What a happy surprise. Buy it now!!!

I heart pink

I noticed after I completed my spring line that I had a exceptional amount of pink.

I haven't always liked pink, though. It's been one of those friendships that develops after you hang out so long you suddenly realize that they're your bestest.

Here are a few of my pink creations this season:

The sad thing is, this is probably only HALF of my pink designs! So I starting to realize that I actually am in love with pink. It looks fabulous with orange, so fancy with black, chinoiserie-esque with red, perfect with brown...and the list goes on. I have decided that in my someday home, I will be painting a room pink.

But for the meantime, in lieu of having an actual address that's NOT the upstairs of my parents, I've collected my imaginary pink stuff. You know, just in case.

{ Breakfast at Tiffany's poster, Annechovie print from etsy, books box from Wisteria, paperweight from Iomoi, peacock feather wastebasket from Layla Grace, moroccan pouf from Serena and Lily, arrow decoupage tray from John Derian, pink storage bench from BNP Discount Furnishings, chest of drawers from Wisteria, pink agate bookends from ebay }

Build a room - the Sophia Bed

So I have this game I play when I flip through home magazines. I'll turn the page and pretend at I can have anything I want, but I can only have one thing from the spread..what would it be? Sometimes it's a piece of art, sometimes it's a chest of drawers. This time, it was a bed. 

Once I choose my free merchandise, I'll decide that it's way too fabulous to go with my current boring menagerie of home goods, so I decide that I'll redo the entire room based on that piece of perfection. 

So here is my room based on the "Sophia Bed" from Layla Grayce .

Bedside pic - frames from Pottery Barn, wire lamp from Wisteria, luxe alarm clock from zgallerie, leather journal from Barnes and Noble, decoupage tray from John Derian, chest from Wisteria, large clam shell from zgallerie


Other furniture - chair and sofa from Wisteria, silver etagere from Layla Grace, fabrics from Quilthome.com 

I heart chairs

I am loving this gravitation towards antique chairs in art. They're so beautiful and architectural. I found a sampling of gorgeous art prints on etsy of just chairs!

These are from Annechovie - her blog is fabulous and so is her artwork. (I just HAD to throw in the vase)

These are from other various etsy artists (starting from top left): Nestahome , ToxicInk , My Wire Empire , Lucky Bluebird Art , Larara , Justin Richel

Vintage Champagne Rack

My lovely in-laws came in town this past weekend to help us pack some art and a few special items to move from our house in Dallas to Alexandria, Louisiana. Saturday morning we spent going through consignment stores and the usually fabulous Wisteria outlet (usually, because it was a bit of a let down this time).

Forever, my hubbie and I have been wanting a vintage French champagne rack. We found one at White Elephant on Industrial in Dallas for $599, but it was a tad too rich for our blood! Well, lo and behold, we walked into Consignment Solutions on West Lovers Lane and saw one for $289!!! They saw how in love we were and graciously got us an early Christmas happy. We pick it up tomorrow!

Artwork from Blanca Gomez

I stumbled upon these fabulously whimsical prints from Blanca Gomez at Velocity Art . I'm in the process of moving and have no house to move to yet. So in the possibility that I find some spectacular house with a little empty wall that is begging for a little whimsy, I'm getting these. They're only $30 a piece! I think these three framed in a row will be just perfect!

My Grown-up Christmas List - pillows!

I'm obsessed with pillows. I have about 3 boxes filled with pillows that I am not currently using and I haven't the heart to part with any of them. In case I wanted to add to my collection, which totally isn't out of the question, here are my favorites. Granted, one is just fabric, but I see a pillow in there dying to be born!