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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!

 

Please note: some links are affiliate links and if you make a purchase through this link, I will receive a small commission for referring you to the product. Thank you so much in advance if you decide to make a purchase through my link.

 

 

 

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!

 

 

 

Fav Vintage Antique Instagram Accounts

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Oh boy, it has been a very sad week for us. Our younger boxer, Deacon, began having issues last week. He panted for days, and would not sleep. Then on Monday morning he simply could not move. My husband took him to the vet and they ran all of the necessary tests and found nothing. But then a second vet said that it could be a neurological issue and if it is then this is not good. For the past several days we have had to move him from room to room, help him try to potty, feed him and the whole thing has been really awful. We do not want to lose our doggie. We love him very much and hope that we can find some options soon. 

In today’s post, I did want to share something fun. I follow a few online vintage sellers and wanted to share them with you all. 

 

 

photo via: Instagram

 

I follow quite a few and most of them share a similar style of home decor items. I believe that they are all “grandmilliennial” lovers and have great taste. The first is By George Vintage, then there is The Depository, Raspberry and Royal, Vintage Home 17, House of York, Pender & Peony, and Splendid in the South.

I hope you all enjoy going through their Instagram feeds this weekend. They all sell wonderful home decor items. Some of them host auction nights. You have to be quick on those nights because a lot of the items vanish quickly! 

Happy Vintage Item Hunting!

 

Also, have you started your Christmas shopping? Looking for a gift for a tween? My Stella Bow Satchel in pink is on sale for $17! It could be used as a crossbody as well. It is the cutest little mini bag. I only have 2 left! 

 

New Painting in my Office

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Hello!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It finally cooled off here in Indy. Sunday was a beautiful day! During the day I did a few house chores, wished my niece Happy Birthday, work on the blog, and took Lauren and her bestie to Harvest Night at Newfields. It was a wonderful evening. 

 

I have been wanting to share my new piece of artwork for my office. I found this beautiful painting at Manor House Antiques.

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I learned from the antique store owner that this is the Chicago Water Tower. I thought it was a church but it’s the Water Tower. When looking at the back I found some more information. 

 

 

So on the back, there is a gold sticker that says, “Artistic Impressions Inc., Oil Certified, and a serial number”. There is also a stamp that says, “Genuine Lithograph Oil Canvas, Chicago, Illinois”.  I am assuming that this is an oil painting. There is also a handwritten date of 2-17-1994. This painting was completed by Eve Turner. I did find it online. Here is the link. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

Now from the website link, there was an appraisal of $295! I don’t know when that was but that made me smile. I don’t think mine is the same. The frame is different but does that happen often? Does an artist paint more than one of the same painting? I certainly hope so. I only paid $34 for mine. The original price at the antique store was $100. Then it dropped twice in price.

 

 

I am loving it in my office downtown. I received tons of compliments on it. One of my co-workers mentioned getting it cleaned and said that it would be “spit cleaned”. I had never heard of that before but she said that a lot of people who restore antique paintings use that method. 

What do you all think? Have you ever heard of that method before?

 

 

I also added this glass pumpkin to my office. It is the cutest thing! The color is perfect and feels as though it is handblown. I hope to have my painting looked at by an appraiser. I do hope that the Antiques Roadshow returns to Indiana soon! I will be taking this and a few other things if I can. Have a great Monday!

 

 

A Chinoiserie Tissue Holder

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Good Morning Everyone,

We are back into the swing of things. Lauren is still on fall break and my step-son Ely came down from college for a few days. It was nice seeing him. Lauren had a wonderful boat trip with her bestie. They sent me all kinds of photos of her being in the outdoors. Not my kind of thing but I do love the scenery. 

It is nice being back in the office but I still hate our traffic. We have construction everywhere and I do mean everywhere! Even in front of my office where I work there is construction. It’s such a pain in the rear. 

Anywho, let’s move on to this beautiful new porcelain find!

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I saw this beautiful porcelain tissue holder on Instagram a few months ago. Each time they ran a sale I kept missing it!  Well, I finally caught it in September before Lauren’s last golf match and was so happy that I finally got one! 

 

 

This is a gorgeous porcelain piece. I ordered it from Tortoise and Hare Vintage on Etsy. I love it so much!

 

 

Now this porcelain tissue holder is much more user-friendly than my other one. With this holder, you can place the entire tissue box in it and with my other one, I have to remove the tissue from the box and fold them in half and place them in the holder. Not a big deal but a little less difficult. 

It is such a gorgeous and timeless item to have. I know that I will have these for years to come. This one is in my office at work. I have two in my home right now that are blue and white and I could not love them more. If you want to purchase this particular pattern I would suggest that you follow the shop on Instagram. They announce all the time when a new shipment comes in and you have to make a decision quickly if you want one. I knew that I wanted this design so as soon as they announced that these were available I went right to Etsy and ordered one. 

I hope you all enjoyed this beautiful find and happy hunting!

 

 

This post is not sponsored. 

 

HomeGoods Success

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Good Morning Everyone!

I had a really good weekend. On Friday I left the office early and stopped by Hobby Lobby, HomeGoods, and the grocery store. I found some wonderful things at HomeGoods so I was very pleased with that visit. On Saturday we attended Lauren’s last golf tournament. She did very well and they played 18 holes which took us about 5 hours to finish! It was a long and hot day. Afterward, we went and had an early dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and came home to rest.

On Sunday I stayed home and got a lot of chores done, planned out my week, and started planning my vacation time. I will share that in a later post. In today’s post, I wanted to share my lovely finds from HomeGoods.

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I spotted these lovely flowers as soon as I walked into the store. I rushed right over to take a look!

 

 

I could not leave these in the store. They were way too pretty for that! I purchased about four bunches and I could not be happier with this arrangement. It looks stunning in the green ginger jar that I picked up in Boca Raton about 3 years ago. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley

Similar peonies here. 

 

 

 

I picked up this soft jeweled pumpkin from HomeGoods as well. I think it has a little bit of glamour and belongs on my dresser. 

 

 

When I was walking around the store I also spotted these. Now you guys know I am a true fan of blue and white but I found these to be quite hideous! I don’t know why but I think these are very ugly. 

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

I did find this lovely teacup and saucer. I loved the pink rose color and the rose gold trim that it had. I will be taking this to the office for my morning tea. It looks small in the photo but it is quite big!

 

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

 

And I finally found my brown and white plates!! I am so excited. Now I mentioned in Friday’s post that I did not like the ones that had ducks on it. The pattern that I saw in the other HomeGoods was not this pattern. The other pattern that I saw I did not like. These are lovely! I managed to find six which I was happy with but I could not find any salad plates which made me sad. The quest continues. 

I hope everyone enjoyed this post and let me know in the comments section below what your favorite dish autumn pattern is. I would love to know some names of other patterns. Have a great Monday everyone!