charm home

loving…

2.12.2010

1. oversized industrial lighting like these.

{NOT LOVING} the price-tag that comes along with them.

2. furniture factory carts.

you can spend $1,250 and get a reproduction from restoration hardware, OR you can get the authentic version at the scott antique market for $395. i’m gonna take a wild guess that anyone would take the less expensive authentic version over the fake any day.

reproduction…

authentic…

3. this rug from west elm. it’s the andalusia rug. similar to a discontinued rug that was awesome.

4. this waterfall ruffle duvet cover from urban outfitters. 5. marjorie skouras chandeliers. i saw the turquoise one in this months house beautiful. simply stunning.

i’m enjoying the pretty snow that has fallen. sweetie, my jack russell, got so cold from playing in it that i didn’t think she would ever stop shaking. as soon as she stopped though, she wanted to play again. hopefully you are warm and bundled wherever you are.

here’s a funny video for you to watch. “weatherman freaks out” about snow. it’s hillarious. for some reason writer is not letting me insert the video in this post but to see it you can click here.

have a wonderful

valentine’s day!

LiveJournal Tags: loving...,industrial lighting,furniture factory cart,andalusia rug,west elm,urban outfitters,ruffles,marjorie skouras

is it possible…

2.10.2010

to be IN LOVE with a fabric????

i think i’ve fallen madly in love with a vervain fabric that i found while i was in the fabricut showroom at adac today. the image(above & below) that i found online doesn’t do it justice at all. it’s soooo much prettier in person. it’s a printed linen with the most beautiful warm colors in it. i may be so in love because this fabric reminds me of a warm spring day (warm weather please come back; i really, really miss you!!!).

i would love to design our family room around this fabric. it would make for some truly stunning window treatments. i would also have pillows made for my two antique chairs(which will one day be recovered in a light beige linen). our family room is already painted with sherwin william’s accessible beige, and it’s just the right color to go along with the fabric. by the way, accessible beige is one of my “go-to” colors. in my opinion it’s the perfect neutral color. of course, this whole plan hinges on convincing mr. charm home that it’s not a girly fabric. hmmm, i highly doubt i’ll be able to pull that off. so, right now i’ll just continue to dream about it in my head. i got a memo sample at the showroom today and i’m quite positive i’ll never return it. well, i guess that’s enough of me drooling over my fabric find.

in case you haven’t heard lonny’s third issue is out. make sure you check it out. they did a fab job once again.

this photo of pam voth and tim barrall’s belgian is my favorite image in this month’s issue.

check out the rest of the issue here.

LiveJournal Tags: vervain,fabric,lonny magazine,my home,fabricut

catch up

house beautiful

i’ve got a lot of blog reading to catch up on. i haven’t read any blog posts since saturday. i’m going through serious withdrawals.

house beautiful

hopefully i’ll get a chance to read through all of my favorites later today. it’s going to take me a while to catch up since i’ve got so many daily reads. it seems like every time i hop on the computer i find another great new blog. although that really excites me it’s hard to find enough time in the day to read all of them.

i also have two brand new magazine issues laying on my coffee table that i need to read…house beautiful and elle decor. the images in this post are from those issues.

elle decor

have you guys read any good posts lately? let me know if there are any really good ones that i’ve missed out on that i should definitely go back to read.

LiveJournal Tags: house beautiful,elle decor,blogs

new, fun online mag

2.08.2010

there’s a new online magazine out there for us all to enjoy called nesting newbies. thanks to my friend barbara for sharing it with me. some of you may have already seen it because it’s been online since last fall. it’s a “newbie” to me though. they’ve only put out one issue so far. it’s filled with yummy recipes and decor tips and articles. it’s not near as long as our favorite online magazine but it’s still very much worth reading.

the format is very easy to read just like lonny and best of all it’s absolutely FREE!!!

with so many of our beloved shelter magazines going under it’s nice to have online magazines popping up to help fill the void.

they featured one of my favorite pendants in the premier issue.

head on over to nesting newbies and enjoy!

LiveJournal Tags: nesting newbies,online magazine

authentique

last week i was in the inman park area and i stopped by a new store called authentique. candi, the owner, opened the antique/home design store about six months ago, but i hadn’t had a chance to get over there until last week. authentique is a mix between authentic antiques and gifts for the home. she also has a few furniture reproductions that she carries, but candi says she tries to make it really clear what is a production and what is authentic.

below is a shot of the store as you first walk in. doesn’t candi do a great job merchandising the shop!

if you are crazy about owls then you will be in heaven in authentique. there are quite a few owls hanging out in the store.

i fell in love with her industrial style coffee tables, like the ones below. another shipment of them was supposed to be arriving over the weekend too. if you are in the market for an industrial coffee table make sure you go check them out.

i took a ton of photos there because the shop was so beautiful and because i loved all of her furniture and accessories. here are just a few of them.

don’t think that because a shop sells antiques that the prices are going to be sky high. authentique’s prices are extremely affordable.

if you are in the inman park area make sure you stop by this adorable shop. it’s located at 312-A north highland avenue, ne.

happy monday!

LiveJournal Tags: antiques,design shops,authentique,inman park

loving…

2.05.2010

i’m not sure how this happened but most of my loving list for this week has to do with bedding. maybe that happened because with all of this cold and wet weather we’ve been having curling up in my bed is all i can think about.

anyhooo, onto the list.

1. these design your own pillows from inmod.com. here are a few i just created.

2. and this design your own duvet from inmod.com. here’s another designed by me.

3. these adorable animal pillows from target. click on each individual picture to get to its link.

4. this amazing DIY detacher-style pillow designed featured over at bromeliad.

5. these really cute zig-zag beach towels that were for sale on one kings lane this week. erin at elements of style featured them earlier this week. sorry, but they are all sold out now. if you don’t follow one kings lane you really should. they have some amazing deals.