One Thing I Will Never Be

Happy Tuesday!  We're off to my last doctor's appointment for my lasik surgery.  It has been smooth sailing, I've got to say, and that surgery was seriously one of the best decisions I have made.
I thought I'd share a beautifully organized pantry- something I could never achieve!

image via My Little Dream Home

Why can't I achieve this?  Number one- I do not have a pantry like this, so that would be a pretty hard thing to accomplish.  Number two- I am not nearly organized enough and I simply can't stop myself from cluttering things up.  Plus, I think that wine would be gone really quickly if it were in my house.

The apples would rot before we could eat all of them, and what is in the other basket?  Onions?  What the hell are these people making with that many apples and onions?  That would be one weird dinner party.  But I guess if you ply your guests with the wine first, maybe they won't notice you are feeding them  salt, onion and apple pasta.

Hope your Tuesday is fantastic so far!

Striped Floors

As you probably know, I am in the middle of a laundry room and powder room renovation.  You may not know that I am also planning a kitchen renovation in the near future.  My husband and I have been considering flooring options and designs and because our laundry room and powder room right off the kitchen, it is important that we consider this as well.  In my dreams I would do a dark slate floor with light grout in a herringbone pattern.  Problem is (in this case) my kitchen is huge and this choice would cost a fortune and take forever and a day to install.  What are my options then for a chic floor that doesn't cost a lot?  Well, my design idol Sarah Richardson did a kitchen recently on Sarah 101.  She used vinyl tiles to create a striped floor that I really like.  I want to continue the stripe pattern from my laundry room (since it is connected and the sight line is important) through the kitchen.  

Sarah Richardson (episode from Sarah 101) pinterest via MichaelPennystyle

pinterest via sueellengregory.com

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These are the three colors {polar white, fortress white, and pewter} I am going to have installed in my powder room, laundry room and kitchen.  Likey?

Now I want to know: What do you think of a striped floor?

I Fancy The Details

"Trifles go to make perfection yet, perfection is no trifle."~Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564.

Every room in the house deserves beautiful finishing touches.  Brackets, corbels, hooks, knobs and pulls are all useful elements, but they can also be unique and decorative, after all, I far prefer a beautiful thing to be placed for a purpose.




Corbels and brackets are perfect in a kitchen as support for shelves or an island overhang.

salvaged corbels

bronze flower bracket

Cute door knobs are a fun statement.

enter/exit door knob

This little pup holds open the door.

dog doorstop

I can see this pull on a desk or in the kitchen

library pull

Ideal for a gorgeous statement in the kitchen or bathroom

transitional bar pull

Dress up a simple piece of furniture.

glass pull

Classic kitchen pull--my favorite!

classic cup pull

Fun and whimsical.

clock knob

Perfect for a dresser

glass knob

I could see this shelf in a bathroom.

Yellow shelf with hooks

glass knob hooks

Type-set letter hooks

School house number hooks

Kid's room hooks

giraffe hook

Crown hooks

antler hooks

octopus hook

Star hooks