A Few Things...

Well, hope everyone's week has been going well.  I have been a little under the weather, thus why I'm back for the second time this week ;)

I have not been doing much lately, just a few things here and there, and wanted to share it on the blog.

First, I picked up this cute little topiary at michael's, along with the white planter, put them together, and added some moss on top. The wire basket came from Hobby Lobby (50 % off right now) and the white pitcher from Ikea, it is currently sitting by my kitchen window. I am loving white right now, I think it has to do with the whole making my house brighter thing.  I got the whole idea from Joan's  blog (on the kitchen island). I so wish I could get the courage to paint my cabinets white or cream color.

I picked up this little wooden box at my local mercantile, but I must have been blind that day (and not able to smell either) because as soon as I walked home, I saw the inside, and let me tell you, this stuff was gross, I don't know where this was used in before, but it smelled like manure.  It stayed in my garage for a while, because I was afraid to touch it.  I finally decided I needed to do something with it, so after washing with soap, staining, sealing it, and mod podging a musical sheet on the inside, it finally made it to the inside of our home:

Sorry for the blurry phone picture

Much better.  

I totally fell in love when I spotted this on Courtney's blog, and have been meaning to do it on my Ikea frames with my entomology prints, but I finally got the motivation when I saw Sarah had done the same thing to her frames.  I used the rubb and buff in gold leaf, and basically followed Courtney's directions (minus the tape). Love how they turned out.

Lastly, this is how my living room is looking these days:

Notice that the rug is missing?  That's because I sold it on Craig's list, and going in it's place is this beauty:

It's the braided jute rug from Ballard Designs, and it's on sale right now.  I also got a matching one for our foyer, but both won't be shipped until the 18th, so for now, my floors are cold and bare.  I would also love to replace the pictures with a gallery wall, and have been pinning inspirations for a lay out, here is just one (or many):

Now, if the kids would just let me take some current pictures, this might actually work out.  

Hope everyone has a great weekend, and here's hoping you don't catch what's going around either!

Kristel

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