How is this for an inspiration board?via dti
11/10/08
11/6/08
Kid's Room
If this was our home we would have to start eating meals in the bedroom because the kids would never want to leave it.10/26/08
More Cube Bookshelves...
The reading "nook" is a nice addition.Photography by Rachael Smith via desire to inspire
Ofi Bench Box
Woohoo! This bookshelf I liked is the Offi Bench Box (with tube legs, not casters). You can get it with a pad too.
I had decided I was just going to get Ikea's Expedit Bookcase, turn it on its side, and find steel tube legs - now I'm not sure. The Offi bench isn't available until 2009 though, and my son needs shelves now.
I like the low profile look of the Lack Shelf used like Sfgirlbybay did (Thanks Jane!), but it would be a bit long for the room.Double Coffee Tables
Doubling up the coffee tables is a fun look + it takes care of dead space in a room if you've got it.via O at home mag
Meiji Almond
Meiji Almonds with bitter chocolate: I think I love you.I'm a dark chocolate girl and would be perfectly fine never eating milk chocolate again. There was no online resource for these - fortunately I will be loading up on my next visit to my local Asian store. If only they would start stocking the massuman curry paste again...
10/20/08
10/19/08
10/18/08
Baby, its cold outside
The weather is starting to turn. One consolation is delicious hot chocolate and cider...
...Thank goodness for a Starbucks on every corner.
image via Starbucks.com
10/17/08
Contentment
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
-unknown
10/16/08
Chocolate Skulls
These were on clearance at my local WS store so I picked up a pack to stick in the kid's lunches. They are so into skeletons and skulls and this is probably the best time of year to send them to school without becoming the truly creepy family.I must remember to do more fun festive things. That is what holidays are for!
Footed Candy Bowl
I think I need this candy bowl. I would probably fill it with these chocolate-filled peppermint snaps:
They are so pretty + I think the kids might not be inclined to gobble them up in one day since peppermint is best in small amounts.10/8/08
More Eye Candy
I've been "collecting" any images I find from Amy Atlas Events to supplement the first few I found. Everything she does is so delightful and inspiring - I could stare at her creations all day.
10/3/08
Optimism
“I am an optimist! What a wonderful time it is to be alive…my plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life, we ‘accentuate the positive.’ I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
“I am not recommending that all criticism be silent. Growth comes with correction. ..What I am suggesting is that we have had missing from our society a buoyant spirit of optimism. What I am asking is that we turn from the negativism that so permeates our culture and look for the remarkable good in the land and times in which we live; that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults; that optimism replace pessimism; that uncertainty and worry be pushed aside by an enduring feeling of hope.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
9/25/08
Bathroom Chandelier
Why shouldn't the bathroom get extra special attention?Styled by Hannah Simmons, image via desire to inspire
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs
via black eiffel
via black eiffel
9/22/08
Fantastic use of color
I have a serious tendency toward neutrals. These little spots of color are so bright and cheerful - I think that I might have to start consciously adding a little more brightness into my life...{... and not just with the decor.
What aspect of any life couldn't use a little extra cheer?}
Multi-Light Crystal Pendant
I am still looking for a dining room light, and like this crystal pendant. It would lend a contemporary twist to the room while still holding onto a classical look and offer some flexibility.
I'm not in love with the room, but it is always nice to see a light in use.image via Taylor Hannah Architect via desire to inspire
9/19/08
I tend to be a slow walker...
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast."
Thomas Jefferson
Lovely, lovely, lovely...
I must start collecting pettiskirts right this minute!
This room is oozing inspiration...
{From this house tour of the designers of Obedient Sons and Daughters.}
{From this house tour of the designers of Obedient Sons and Daughters.}
9/17/08
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”
-William Hutchinson Murray
9/15/08
Purple Cow
Purple Cow Product: A product that will infect clients/buyers with so much enthusiasm that they will rave about it to their friends. Once you have a purple cow product, you incite your clients into selling it for you.
-via a magazine clipping
Marketing should begin with a differentiated product or service that gets attention (like a purple cow does among a field of brown ones). Be sure that those who care deeply about that differentiation learn about your product or service (as Krispy Kreme does by providing free donuts when it opens a new store). Those who care will e-mail and tell everyone they know (the idea virus concept). Keep adding new differentiated enhancements to your product or service (pretty soon you don't find a purple cow so interesting). Start looking for totally new business models that provide a breakthrough like your first purple cow did. Don't waste your time and money on advertising. Alternatively, it's dangerous not to do this because your product or service will be lost among all of the other brown cows (undifferentiated offerings).
-via an amazon.com comment
9/14/08
Pull-Out Table
Rather than have a dining table that collected dust, this homeowner designed a table that pulls out from under the kitchen counter and can seat anywhere from the daily2-4 all the way to the special occasion 16. I like the idea in theory.scanned via O at Home mag
9/9/08
Separated Yard
A fantastic example of a yard that as been separated into different usable areas vs. plopping everything down in a large grassy area.
scanned via Sept. BHGPottery Barn Clock
I'd doing some organizing and found this page torn from an old Pottery Barn Kids' Catalog years ago. I've been in love with the clock idea (vinyl numbers + clock hands of your choice) from the moment I saw it. Now I just need to find a clock mechanism I like....
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