Found for Home :: Vintage Suitcase Table DIY

I am a Pinterest addict and when I was browsing the other day I came across this lovely vintage suitcase DIY project via Design Sponge. I fell instantly in love and realized I have the perfect vintage suitcase sitting in my living room right now! I have to get up the nerve to drill holes in this pretty little thing... so we shall see if it comes to fruition or not. I love vintage items so much that I hate to alter them. I'd rather restore them. Coming up in the next few weeks we'll have a "fashion show" of sorts. I'm thinking of showing off all of my vintage fashion finds that I can now fit in once again "post-baby". The city I live in has a gold mine of vintage skirts... I live around a lot of really nice vintage ladies that donate their vintage clothes to goodwill. Are you up for a vintage fashion show?

Found for Home :: ReCrib

I have been a fan of design conscious children's bed solutions since I new that such a thing existed. ReCrib is an upscale version of craigslist for baby and toddler items and you can search right in your own neighborhood and sell gently used items yourself. 

Who doesn't love upscale products at affordable prices?

Found for Home :: Gallery-wall-of-pictures-and-art

Ever since I moved into this house I have been trying to figure out what to do with the walls. When I was first an apartment dweller, hanging things on the walls was not allowed, painting was not allowed. Basically doing anything other than setting up furniture in a rental is frowned upon. So when I moved into a house that is "mine", meaning me, Husband and littles,  I decided it was high-time to put my millions of framed pictures on my walls! I am looking forward to expanding my gallery wall with some artwork and needle-craft (like cross-stitch, modern and cute of course). 

Do you want to make a gallery wall of your own? One of the best ways to do this is to lay out your frames on the floor in front of the desired wall in a format that is pleasing to you, take a picture of the "map" for reference and start hanging those frames! Varying sizes tend to look very nice together and adding small personal touches like my small frame with a beautiful cross-stitch in it add so much character to a gallery wall display. Don't worry about making a mistake, you can always take them down and put a tiny bit of white toothpaste in the nail hole and start over. 

I'll post more pictures as my gallery wall progresses. 

Found for Home :: Bookcase-Styling-Curated-Bookshelf

Bookcase in my home, photo by me.

When I moved into this house there was a set of 4 sagging yellow doors on the front of this shelving. They reminded me of a poorly constructed cabinet you try to make in shop class. The inner 4 corners met and overlapped and the doors swung too far in. They were tired and we decided they could use a break. We sent them into retirement with a joyous adieu!

Now our bookcase showcases our personalities and some serious charm. I sourced some of these books from thrift stores including our local Deseret Industries. Other books are our own collection that had yet to find a shelf to call home. When collecting the books for this project I looked for books with pretty or interesting spines, varying sizes and thickness and age. You want your styled bookshelf to have character and tell a story, you don't want it to look like you went and bought a set of books from your local big box store and put them there. Some must stand upright, others must be stacked in decreasing sizes. Add small decor items that fit the scene and are framed well by the different book sets. You might just find a home for some thing that hadn't been fitting in other places in your home. 

Every time I walk through this hallway I feel inspired. Where do you find inspiration?

Found for Home :: Easter-Decorating-with-Dollar-Store-Finds

I am always on the look out for simple ways to decorate my house for different seasons and holidays. I'm still in the early stages of building a foundation of seasonal decor. I also love simple and chic decor and not a lot of clutter. I found these felt tulips at my local dollar store and assembled them for my wall. I love how they take up just the right amount of space and look clean and simple, yet colorful.

I also found these felt eggs at the Dollar Store. I say "these" because there are 3 of them layered together to make it more dimensional and it livens up my front door from the inside! We're always decorating the outside of our front doors for everyone else to see, and this brings some of the fun and pretty inside. 

What small and inexpensive decor items do you love in your home?

Found for Home :: Wooden-Farmhouse-Dining-Table :: Hooker-Furniture

I found my DREAM dining table via. This Sumner dining table is reminiscent of one I have been trying to find for my house and I LOVE IT!

Love the restaurant that inspired me too!

Found for Home :: Where do you shop?

I live in a smaller, not so metro area and so my options for shopping are not as vast as they once were. I have turned to a lot of online retailers to find items such as luggage, paper products, clothing, and shoes. I love textiles and being able to meander through a store and see and feel the product I am buying. But with limited resources at my immediate driving disposal, I have found that there are some stores that offer a comfortable and fun shopping experience for the web shopper. What are your favorite online retailers? Where do you like to shop?

I'm off to peruse my favorite shops and later I will post a round-up and review of what I find! One central hub I've found is CSNstores and I'm looking forward perusing their sites! Some of my other favorite sites are Joann's, BananaRepublic, Pottery Barn and Anthro.

Found for Home :: Sneak Peak! :: Custom-Cherry-Wood-Cabinets

Coming in the next few weeks to this little corner of the blogosphere!

Enjoy a little sneak peak of the newly installed cabinets (still without counter tops) that I am completely in love with, especially after living without a kitchen for more than a month! Imagine something this beautiful after living with paper plates, paper cups, disposable silverware and absolutely bare walls and floor for except for the pipe that will lead to a sink for a mere 49 days! It is a first-world problem, I know. But the love I have for this room is comparable only to that of the two little people that I have helped usher into this world and my husband. 

This renovation is an adventure and we spend our spare time in the evenings detail painting and using our garage that is doubling as a workshop. It will be beautiful when it is done! And really I am enjoying the beauty in the process!

Found for Home :: Felted-Wool-Roving

Picture Via {Grosgrain Fabulous}

I was inspired by a guest post over at say YES! to hoboken on felting wool roving into little felted balls for a garland. The look is so soft and luxurious, but modern at the same time. I heard mixed reviews of the Futte Futte shaker (a tool used to make the balls faster) and so I went the traditional route and I'm using a felting needle to do this project. It is therapeutic to use your hands to create something so soft and small, and it takes time. I am making a more spring-like color palette and planning to add this garland to my fireplace mantle. We'll see how it turns out! Meanwhile, the picture above was too cute and inspiring not to share!

Found for Home :: Christmas-Tree-Decorations

{Christmas Tree picture from last year}

I love decorating my Christmas tree and I'm hoping that will happen in the next few days as we get ourselves "settled" into our new home. THAT right there is a bombshell people! We bought a home and we are moving ourselves into a construction zone! I will be posting all about the rehab process we have gone through with this home and you will get to see the before and after shots. Are you ready for a DIY renovation? We're right in the thick of it and I am so excited to show all of you! 

The holiday season is so busy in a large family like mine, as well as yours I'm sure. We are excited to see family that will be travelling to see us and those that live close by. We are settling into a Christmas gift buying groove for our children and it looks a lot like this: something to wear, something to read, and something to play with... and then the traditional Christmas Eve pajama opening. We all like to look our best on Christmas morning as we stumble from our beds with rats nests in our hair... wearing our new pajamas!

How do you shop for your children for Christmas? How is your shopping list looking... lots of check marks?

Found for Home :: Time for Dinner Recipe Book

Dinner at my house is often a question of "what should we make?" (at 5 p.m.) or "what's in the freezer?" I have a feeling that the book Time for Dinner would make that question a little less intimidating and the resulting dinner a little more sensible and family friendly. We have started enjoying our local food co-op where we can get a fruit and vegetable basket, and often other things like 9-grain bread, sourdough bread, granola, and cases of fruit for canning/preserving. It is quite a fun and rewarding experience to feel like you are on Iron Chef every week when you pick up your produce basket. Last week I was able to go and help distribute the produce in the early morning and the comraderie and fulfillment that I felt was so refreshing. Do you have a food co-op in your area? Does it influence how healthy your meals and snacks are?

Found via {Living in The Family Room}

Found for Home :: Sideboard by Wisteria

I have a more traditional version of this stacked sideboard, cherry stained and elegant. I love this more rustic, chic and colorful version and would love it in my kitchen holding my dishes.

Found via {Copy Cat Chic}
She has awesome comparison shopping on her blog.

Found for Home - Casey O'Connell Painting

I found Casey O'Connell on Rockstar Diaries. I fell immediately in love and wanted one of her paintings for myself. It will take a considerable amount of time to make that happen due to a student budget. But in the meantime I just dream.

Found {Via Rockstar Diaries}

Found for Home - Desk by Hero Design Lab

This desk by Hero Design Lab seems like could fit into any space I have. I love that it's collapsible and it looks retro chic.

Found {Via Love It A Lot}

Found for Home - Salt Lake Bungalow

If I was in a more established place in my life I would love this 2 bedroom bungalow in SLC. It is basically my dream house!

Found {Via Sussy}

Found for Home - West Elm Couch at DownEast Home

Moving into a new apartment has its perks, like when the old furniture won't fit, you have to find new furniture. I was in search of a couch at a reasonable price and stopped by DownEast Home. I found a beautiful 68" sofa like the ones pictured that was missing the cushion covers and was going for a very reasonable $250. I debated and looked elsewhere while this piece was on hold for me, and in the end I brought it home to my humble home and it looks FABULOUS! I can't wait to get the plum cushion covers done to complement the brown upholstery. I've even taken a nap on the couch and it is ultra-comfy! I'll post before and after of my own couch later.

Found for Home - Modern Loft Nursery

I love this nursery and the bright colors and modern appeal. I have the opportunity to redecorate a nursery since I'm moving and this gets me in the mood!

Found for Home - Room

Found {Via Automatism}

from {VT Wonen}

Since I'm addicted to purple - I loooove this!

Found for Home - Painted Piano

Picture {via DesignMom}

I fell in love with the idea of someday owning a piano for my children to play shortly after I met my husband who had played the instrument for almost 15 years. It was a romantic and handsome trait that I wanted to pass on to my kids. When I saw this post on {DesignMom} it made the idea of having a piano that maybe wasn't a baby grand (where on earth would I put one of those!) even more desirable. What a statement piece in a home, the piano can be fun - if even just to look at for those of us who don't know how to tickle the ivories.

Picture {via DesignMom}