A work in progress...

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Dost thou love life?
Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin

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Vertical Gardens

Every time I see them I fall more and more in love with vertical gardens.

scanned via Garden Design April 09

Cottage Garden

The structure throughout this cottage garden makes it so appealing.

We have finally finished a front yard overhaul and I have realized more than ever just how much you have to enjoy gardening if you want to have a truly incredible yard. Fortunately I am also realizing that gardening grows on you, and the more you do it, the more you know, and the easier and more fun it gets.

Scanned via April 09 BHG

Bookshelves

I could stare at books and bookshelves all day.

Don't you love checking out the titles?

via dti

Ava

These lovely lips that refused to stay up have really grown on me.

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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

LaoTzu

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Updated and Remodeled Eichler

This family took some creative license with the update and expansion of their Eichler home and I think it is a tasteful blend of old and new.

(At first glance I thought that the table was a pull-out table, similar to this one. It isn't, but it could be a convenient feature.)

See more images here and read about this house here.

Snowy Mountain View

T misses the mountains. With this view I do to.

via dti

Fire Pole

My son would go crazy over this.

(I just showed him the picture and after staring wide-eyed for a minute he informed that he wanted a bed just like that.)

via cookie

Cork Walls + Flying Books

Setting cork into the wainscoting in this Craftsman bungalow was brilliant.
This might be the best idea ever for displaying daily art projects.

The flying books in this reading corner make me happy.

See more of this house here, and see how to make your own cork wall here.

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A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

-Jerry Seinfield

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I think the word "child" could be traded for "two-year old."

Happy Earth Day

image via a cup of jo

Eichler

A friend has an opportunity to buy an Eichler home, and while I realize that these images are the "afters" to what would be their"befores," I can't help but be a bit too jealous.





This sunken kitchen made me think of the one from this house, although of course I didn't scan that part of the home in.

all images images via here

Concrete Floors

T has been mentioning his love of concrete floors.

He has also been talking about I-beams, which makes me give him sideways glances wondering how he could have forgotten that our daughter bumps her sweet little head on everything.

via dti, one of my must-sees, even with my temporary very limited computer access

Color + Animals

Aren't these details great?
I am loving the color and the genius way of displaying stuffed animals.

{See more from this room here.}

Squares On Wall

I did something similar to this with squares of cork on my office wall and use it as a place to pin and save things. I have loved the look so much that I have seriously toyed with doing it in my entryway. These squares look nicer than cork and show how great the idea can look.

design by re:place, image via dti

Perfectly Imperfect

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via le love

My laptop is dying...

I gave it a weeks vacation in the hopes that that might help revive it, but after 5 years of good service it is saying goodbye. I am sitting here holding the power cord in place, transferring anything and everything to my external hard drive hoping I don't lose anything in case of sudden death.

Art - 2Michaels Design

I like these canvases.

{Design by 2Michaels}

via dti

White Brick Wall

We had a brick wall in one of our first apartments and we loved it.
Whitewashing it would have made it even better.

via this photostream

A few more of Mary

Paint Colors

Choosing paint colors is such a pain. We currently have around 5 colors painted throughout the house in "test spots," and while we have narrowed down the main floor color to something similar to the light blue on the top image, we are still trying to figure out a darker color for the kitchen, bathroom, and possibly the dining and laundry room. T has a favorite, but I think it might be too "Easter egg."

These are some of the images via this this photostream that we were looking at for blue, gray, or white rooms:

Au Fil de

These fine art floral prints are lovely.
{See more here}

boopalina + bebe - eco modern mobile

I like this minimalist mobile.

Painted kitchen floors

via here