kitchen inspiration

just wanted to share a few pictures of pure kitchen gorgeousness with you today-

via Traditional Home

Loving the banquette in the photo above and this is the closest photo I've found to what we'll end up with (hopefully) in our own space.  Also loving the silver fixture and wood floors.

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via Traiditional Home

white cabinetry,

black countertops,

white subway tile,

Amen.

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via Traditional Home

Loving those pendant lights and cabinets to the ceiling.

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via Traditional Home

Gorgeous wood floors, white cabinets, and a fabulous pop of color in the window.

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via House Beautiful

Again with the fab silver lights

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via House Beautiful

Same lighting idea here, different color.

And, not that I would be brave enough for this myself, but I'm really diggin' those turquoise cabinets.

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via House Beautiful

I'm sharing this pic because I love the lighting, but see the pillows?

Yup,

houndstooth.

Can you guess what I googled after finding this photo?

hint...houndstooth cross stitch pattern...

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Love the banquette, pillows, and EAT.

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via Traiditional Home

Again with those fabulous lights and wood floors...

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via House Beautiful

subway tile,

subway tile,

subway tile.

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And...

just for fun-

via House Beautiful

All I could think of when I saw this was,

"Oh what a pretty kitchen Snow White had..."

(and yes, I realize there are only 6 chairs. maybe they stuck Grumpy in the corner?)

Happy Thursday Friends!



Impromptu photo shoot where the balloons popped and made the girls cry

have you seen those pics with children/adults holding balloons and the photos are always stunning?

One of my fave examples is on Gussy's blog header.

Well, I tried that yesterday.

The girls are now a year older,

we had balloons left from O's graduation party,

so I thought,

"why not? I can do that. I can take the pretty pictures with my kids + balloons. How hard could it be?"

Butt-hard.

That's how hard it is.

Some of the balloons popped when we stepped our big toes outside,

the girls screamed and cried,

and then screamed some more,

Eliza wasn't really keen on holding ANY of them once she was aware of what might happen....

but I still managed to get some decent shots.

I think...

notice the popped balloon that MM had just tossed up in the air which landed on E's head

doing the "nose scrunch" she does so well

she is SO about to take off...

love our brick sidewalk.

love that little girl on the brick sidewalk too.

there I am!

And I made MM's headband a few minutes before shooting these pics. Super-easy to make and I'll share the how-to next week. Had to buy the products I needed from HobbyLobby.com since I can't go and fill my little blue buggy anymore, but that's okay. If you're my friend on FB, you know that I've been calling hob lobs corporate offices since they were listed as 'undecided' on the list that would be rebuilding in T-town. On the 5th call I made last week, I was finally told they,"had every intention of rebuilding, but were unsure if it would be on site since they are still evaluating the situation caused by the storms of April 27th". I'd received a scripted answer each time I called, but THAT particular scripted answer was much more promising than the previous 4. I'm ready to see new structures in these holes. I'm ready to attend lots and lots of GRAND RE-OPENINGS in this town. I'm also ready for lots and lots of house warming parties because friends are moving into new homes.

Today marks one month.

It's time.

**Just realized that this post started off super-light hearted, about a little photo shoot in the yard and ended up on a serious note. Sorry to throw that curve ball at ya. I'll try to stay on track next time and maybe not use the phrase 'butt-hard' anymore either...**

Have a lovely Friday, friends!

more house tour pics + bedroom inspiration

And no.....not that kind of inspiration, you gutter-minds!

I'm talking decor inspiration here,

sheesh.

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I spent some time yesterday adding pics to my house tour tab-

the nursery and the master bedroom are now included for all of your viewing pleasure. Since I'm working on changing things up a bit in the master, here's a quick reminder of what things look like in there now-

yes- we still have a pack-n-play in there because we're scared our girls will wake each other up with their random night noises. Aren't you impressed that it at least matches our bedding?

hmmm?

here's some hints as to which direction I'm headed with the room-

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can.not.wait.

oh...and did I mention?

one of the walls in our kitchen is smoooooth.

did you hear me?

the 1960 paneling is going buh-bye!

ch-ch-changes...

(sing it with me now)

have a lovely day!