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Loving Textures….

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Good Morning,

I am really excited about this weekend. Tomorrow we are headed to the Ayres Tea Room for lunch! I have not been in about 2 years and I really wanted to go last year but Covid happen and that was all she wrote. So I made reservations and we are headed there tomorrow for an early lunch or brunch. Then on Sunday afternoon Lauren and I are headed to the Nutcracker! I hope it is good this year. I believe that the dancers have to wear masks and I really hate that. I want to see everyone’s beautiful face and I want to see those smiles. It has been really hard this year but I am hoping for the best for both events. I will share next week how everything went. 

In today’s post, I wanted to share my recent change in home decor interests. 

 

 

Captured at La Mirande on Feb 08, 2020 by Stacie Flinner Photography.

 

I am starting to fall in love with textures! I don’t know why but every time I see a room that is filled with different textures and colors I just begin to study it. I really don’t like all of the white rooms. That takes no effort to decorate. Not to me anyway. How you layer things and pull colors together says a lot about your imagination. 

 

Captured at on Oct 13, 2020 by Stacie Flinner Photography.

 

I love these photos from Stacie Flinner’s blog. She does a great job capturing textures and colors. It inspires me so much!

 

Captured at on Oct 02, 2020 by Stacie Flinner Photography.

 

Isn’t this stunning? I love the reds, greens, corals, and creams. There is so much richness in this photo. Some of the textures even have history and I love that aspect. It’s wonderful to hear of someone’s vintage rug coming from their great grandmother, or a china set belonging to a great, great aunt, or furniture that has been in the family for years. I adore heirlooms and history. 

 

Captured at on Oct 13, 2020 by Stacie Flinner Photography.

 

I am really loving how designers are now incorporating textures and fabrics in their designs. I adore the Brocade pump from Tory Burch and the Mademoiselle pump from Sarah Flint. I love how sophisticated and premier they look. The fabric gives them such character. 

I hope this post inspires you today. Let me know in the comments section below if you are an “all-white room” person or a “texture person”. I think for the most part we all love a little color in our lives. Have a great weekend!

 

 

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Mrs. Higgins’ Room Tour

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Oh goodness, it’s only one week until Christmas! I can’t believe it! We still don’t have snow here in Indy but there is a rumor going around that we are expected to have some this weekend. It has been so warm here which has made the holidays a little sad to me.

For this week I have been trying new recipes. I have been bringing my own salads to work this week for lunch and making my own dressing. It has been delicious! I have also been adding apples with roasted chicken (my chicken from home) and that has been a wonderful combination. I wanted to try and make Nicolas Fairford’s cranberry sauce. Seeing that on those turkey tea sandwiches that he made had my glands salivating. Oh yum!

In today’s post I wanted to talk about the Mrs. Higgins home in My Fair Lady. 

 

photo via Pinterest

 

I adore this room. Whenever I watch this movie I replay this part over and over so that I can get a glimpse of the details. I learned that the room was decorated by Cecil Beaton. I believe he was inspired by C.F.A Voysey. I also believe that there is a little bit of William Morris inspiration as well. 

I love the chairs, table, just everything about this setting. I still can’t believe that people actually lived this way…. 

 

 

I paused the movie at this point and tried to take in all the details. I looked at the wallpaper, the blue and white dishes at the top of the cabinetry. Just look at the cabinetry! It’s timeless. I see cabinets in homes on Pinterest like this now. Oh and did you get a peek at the chandelier? It’s blue and white!

 

 

I tried to take up-close photos of the movie. There are so many wonderful details in this room. How about that beautiful brown wood floor? 

 

 

Oh, I did notice this section in the room as well. This beautiful white secretary desk with a stunning blue and white chair! I couldn’t find any information on this furniture. I think the lamp might be Wedgewood. It sure does look like it. 

Let me know in the comment section below if you know anything about Mrs. Higgins’s room. I would love to know what you love about the room or dislike. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. 

 

 

 

 

New Fabric Purchase

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Good Morning Everyone,

I don’t want to complain but I am ready for some much-needed time off. I feel like I need another week of staycation! But as I look at the coming weeks things will start to slow down here soon. Honestly, I just want to sit in my bed, look at design books all day and watch my My Fair Lady with a cup of tea! 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

Okay, so today’s post is going to be a quick one. I was on eBay recently just looking around. Well, I was inspired by some of my favorite antique Instagram accounts to look for certain items. The first item has been this china pattern called pink Minton Cockatrice. I actually found some sets on eBay. The next has been chintz patterns. I started watching the pattern above about 2 weeks ago and it had quite a few bids on it. I only bid on the last day and at the last minute. I mean I literally wait until there are 30 seconds left and then I give my highest bid. It has worked for me on numerous occasions.

That is what I did for this fabric. I gave my highest bid and won! I was really surprised that I won. I am always apprehensive when I see that someone has set up automatic bids because you don’t know what their threshold is. But I won…. 

So now the question is what do I do with it? When I saw this pattern I thought, oh pillow covers. Now I am thinking pillow covers and maybe an apron. What do you guys think? What should I have made with this gorgeous fabric? Let me know in the comments section below. Enjoy your Wednesday! 

 

 

 

 

My Christmas Decor So Far…

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Good Morning Everyone!

It has been a wonderful five-day weekend! I loved every minute of it. I did a present review this weekend to make sure that we have gifts for everyone and I am happy to say that I am officially done Christmas shopping. Yay for me! I am now working on my Christmas dinner menu. It will be about the same as Thanksgiving but I am trying a new dessert recipe. I will attempt to make a caramel cake. We will see how it goes. In today’s post, I wanted to share my Christmas decor so far…..

 

I was asked to share some of my Christmas decor this year. I really did not put out a whole lot but I do have 3 full-size Christmas trees up! 

 

 

This is the family room. I always have at least 2 trees in this room. The kids love it! I must admit so do I. There is something about having these in this room and watching a Hallmark movie. It provides peace and gives you a feel of coziness. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I believe I shared my Santa last year. This year he is camped out on my table next to the blue and white tree. I think he fits well in this spot. I still can’t believe that I have these gorgeous blue and white ornaments. They are so elegant and are of good quality. 

 

 

The family tree is always hard to decorate. I really didn’t have a theme this year. I just placed my favorite ornaments on it. I did want some really big ribbon to wrap around it but I could not find the color I wanted. I love the white poinsettias on it! I may add more next year! 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

This is the Barbie tree. I have shared it before. It is in a different location this year but in the same room. I normally have it placed by the window but I decided to move it to the other side of the room. I do love having the little pink Victorian home under it and the feather tree skirt. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

Isn’t it adorable? 

 

 

My nutcrackers are also making an appearance next to the Barbie tree. I think all the pink and glitter look great together. I have a dash of leopard around as well. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I also have some garland around our kitchen cabinets with lights. I added some garland around our mirror in our master bedroom. I did it last year and loved the way it looked. We have some stars in our windows that light up and our giant elk that I named Max is outside in our front yard. He lights up as well and looks so real! We’ve had people stop us about him because they thought he was real.  

Well, this is what my home looks like so far. I don’t intend on adding any more Christmas decor. I do want to go and get more poinsettias to add to my tree and stay on the hunt for ribbon. Let me know in the comments section below if your tree is up! Have a great Monday! 

 

 

 

 

My Current Glamour Wishlist…

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Oh goodness, Thanksgiving is next week! I hope you all are prepared for cooking or maybe you are one of the lucky ones that does not have to do a thing! If so lucky you!  I on the other hand will be preparing Thanksgiving dinner for my family. I believe it will just be me, my husband, and the kids this year. For Christmas Eve we usually have guests but we will see how things go. I do plan on using my china that I purchased from FBMP. I did not decorate with a lot of reds this year and honestly, I am loving the change. 

Today I wanted to share some items that I have saved to my phone. I want to purchase all of these things but most of them are too expensive so I am hoping that maybe I could get a few as gifts. So we will see. 

 

photo via Aerin Lauder.com

 

I think I have already shared this book but I am a huge fan of Estee Lauder. She created a beautiful company and I admired that greatly. I have purchased most of Aerin’s books and love them. I have gone back to them repeatedly to get inspiration for my home. I hope to get this new book sometime next year. 

 

Tory Burch.com

 

So I have been swooning over these Tory Burch heels for the last 2 weeks! I REALLY WANT THESE! Oh my goodness, the fabric and pattern are sensational! The brocade fabric is so rich. I actually went to the Tory Burch store a few weekends ago to smell her new candles. I wish I would have known about these. I would have tried them on. 

 

Lillou.com 

 

I literally spotted this gorgeous silk chinoiserie scarf on Instagram. I think Jenny from Tallwood Country House had it on her account and I just had to find out about it. Once I went to the site it felt as though I had traveled to another land. The website is constructed together so beautifully! It is exactly what I love. The homes, the flowers, clothes, it is an exquisite website if you are a grandmilliennial at heart. And the scarf… oh be still my heart. When I tagged them in my story a few days ago they reached out and told me that they had a limited supply and I was able to order one! I can’t wait to see it and will share it once it arrives. 

 

Amazon.com

 

The next item is this extremely chic pair of heels from Amazon! That’s right Amazon. I found these while looking for glitter heels and thought wow! These are under $40 and come in several other colors. I will definitely be ordering these soon!

 

ChicasaMother (LTK app)

And last but not least is this very tasteful leopard print area rug. I saw this on Emily from Chic as a Mother’s Instagram account. The other bonus part is that it is from Amazon! As soon as I saw this rug I saw it in my office. I will be ordering this soon as well. 

I hope you all enjoyed my current glamour wishlist. I always hope to mix the expensive with the affordable. Having both in life is necessary and can be if done right very beautiful. Enjoy your weekend!

 

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Home Project: New Carpet Installed

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Good Morning,

I wanted to say a quick thank you to every veteran that has served this country. My husband served during Desert Storm so I understand it as well. Thank you for your courage!

 

Yesterday I got quite a bit done. I finished organizing my step-son’s/husband’s mancave. It looks so much better and smells better. My husband finally purged and dropped off some items at Goodwill! I can hear the Hallelujah chorus! We went to Costco and got a few things. I got my turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I am so happy! The Honeysuckle turkeys are my absolute favorite! And I put “Alfred” back on his cleaning schedule. The house still feels so empty without Deacon but we are getting better. 

I did want to share our recent home project. We have been in need of new carpet for the last 3 years! Our old carpet was in such bad shape! We had rips, tears, dog hair, and dog feet smells!

 

 

This was the original carpet. This is the same carpet that we picked out when we built our home. It looks so outdated but we were able to stretch it out for as long as we did. It seemed to have gotten worse over the last 2 years. And with Deacon’s last two weeks with us, it just reeked of pet urine. 

 

 

I was so excited about this project. My husband and I have been wanting to update the carpet for a few years now. When the workers pulled out the old carpet and placed it outside, I have to admit that I was a bit embarrassed about how it looked. It looks so bad and smelled bad. We were both so happy to see it go!

This is a beautiful gray color. We got extra padding underneath so that if we do have spills or pet accidents we will have that protection in the carpet. 

 

 

I got new carpet in the sitting room too! So exciting! 

 

 

It looks so much better and smells wonderful! I love the color and feel like we got a fresh start. After dealing with Deacon for two weeks and cleaning up all the messes it was nice to say goodbye to the smells and damage. It is so soft as you walk on it. 

 

photos via Mrs. Shockley 

 

I love the gray in the sitting room as well.  We still have to finish the steps. That will get done this weekend and next year we will replace the carpet in my office and bedrooms. I have a home project binder and it has all of my home inspiration in it. There are still more things that I want to do with our home but we will see. This weekend I will be putting up our Christmas trees. I want to keep things light this year. I am not going to be putting up a bunch of Christmas decor. I want it to be crisp for some reason. So I plan on buying some faux white poinsettias this year. And we will just see what I come up with.

Also please don’t forget about the boutique’s new arrival. It is available for purchase! Have a great weekend! 

 

 

 

Blue and White Fabric Pumpkins

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Good Morning,

These last two weeks have been so hard on our family. As you all know our boxer Deacon has not walked in over two weeks and barely eats. Tomorrow we are taking him in for another appointment. I don’t think it will be good news. We are already heartbroken about this and don’t understand why this happened. He is only 7. It’s so confusing and really sad….

I am trying to make the best of things and love on him as much as possible. Honestly, it’s going to be so hard to say goodbye but we think that is what is going to happen. He is not happy and his quality of life is not good. We need a miracle honestly…

Okay, enough of that. I posted these gorgeous pumpkins on my Instagram account and wanted to share them here in the blog. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

These classic and vintage-inspired pumpkins are a part of the Grace Mitchell collection at the At Home store. 

 

 

 

 

I want to leave these out for our Thanksgiving meal. They are so beautiful and huge. The fabric reminds you of beautiful bed linens that were passed down from a grandmother. These are called fabric toile pumpkins. 

 

 

Order some while you can. They are available online only. They are incredibly beautiful and I do hope that you enjoy this beautiful autumn find. Have a wonderful Wednesday!