Category — Decorating Goodies

Obviously, as you can see from my blog, I have been spending a lot of my creative energy lately decorating my new home.  My Dad says I am in one of my “creative frenzies”, which sounds about right.  Mr. Juicefary says I am in “spend mode”, which also sounds about right.

In my search for inspiration I stumbled onto my now fave decorating blog called Young House Love.  The writers are a young couple, Sherry and John, who have an older renovated home and a newborn baby. They have done such a great job decorating their space creating a cozy and calming environment.

You should check out pics of the new office space/guest bedroom they have been working on.  Looks great!

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Anthropologie hardware.  It is delicate and beautiful, unique and charming.  I have always wanted to utilize it somewhere in my house but I could never find just the right place for it.

A little Anthropologie hardware love …

The former owner of my house added a gas fireplace flanked by two window seats.  Under the window seats are glass windowed cabinets for electronics.  Formerly the window seats were covered in a dark green cushion and had these knobs on the cabinets …

A white ceramic button knob.  Not cute.  And they were so big they just seemed to scream, “Look at my knob-ugliness!”  So I went and bought these babies …

Be still my heart!   They are so pretty!  Mr. Juicefairy usually fights tooth and nail to keep me from “girl-i-fying” his home.  But he didn’t bother fighting against these knobs because he saw how happy they made me.

They look great on the newly painted doors.  I want you to see the new pretty window seat cushions too.  Stay tuned!

I would like to thank the one commenter that gave me their opinion on which clock to get for my bathroom.  I was also favoring the “spike” clock from Chiasso.  Unfortunately after showing Mr. Juicefairy, he concluded that he could “only live” with this Crate and Barrel clock.  I am sure the fact that it was on sale and only $13 had nothing to do with it (that was sarcasm).  I did like the Crate & Barrel clock as well though so I went for it.  It is nice and clean and easy to read so I am happy with it.

TJ Maxx is my new favorite store.  I happened to stop in there a couple of months ago and see what great home decor items they have.  Pillows, home organization, cookware, bedding, lamps … it was a goldmine of things I needed for the new house at a price that was right.

I have been going to TJ Maxx once a week to scour the new lamps they get in.  There were a lot that I liked, that I knew would fit in with the decor, but nothing that “wowed” me.  Then a few weeks ago I found these beauties for a steal.

 My new living room lamp $49.99 …

I know the room is mostly blues and this green lovely isn’t the perfect color match, but I loved her so much I had to have her. It makes me happy to look at.

Then I got these two for the bed side tables $39 …

(Sorry the picture isn’t perfect.  I just have thin shades on those windows right now so it was a bit bright.)  I think these lamps add just the right amount of glamor that my traditional bedroom needs.

Of course I have a long way to go before things are truly prefect but at least this is a nice start.

I caught an eyeful of this pretty pot hanger over at Mint and I keep going back to the image thinking how pretty it would be on a back porch.  This pot hanger by insitu starts at $175, but only holds 5 pots at this price (and this price does not include the pots) but I think a DIY version could be made simply enough.

Maybe using this maze wall hanging from CB2 for $49.95 …

with these colorful little pots from IKEA, $1.99 each …

 I wish I could convince someone to try this project!