"czech" chair...

there is something about the hermann czech chair, part of the bentwood fam, that has caught my interest lately....it's the legs that have me drooling..they are like a dip cone...i'm fascinated w/ how the white paint stops mid leg to expose the natural beechwood....very chic!

*images courtesy of conran shop, vt wonen, domino, ffffound

sunny days....

i am so excited that it's going to be warm here this weekend....like 80 warm. hard to believe that on sunday it snowed and now i am looking for a bathing suit for taylor so we can go to the beach. there is nothing like warm weather in charleston....it's just the best! have a wonderful weekend :)

* pics courtesy of jeremy and claire weiss, coastal living, please sir, coastal living

bread box...

i inherited my love for antiques and vintage finds...my parents have taken me to antique stores my entire life. i spent many saturdays wondering around the huge warehouses at lakewood and scotts...unfortunately, i could have cared less at the time...it pains me to think about it. i would kill to be able to go to lakewood now (may it rest in peace)!

for christmas and my birthday a couple of years ago, my mom and dad gave me a vintage bread box and flour tin. i adore them. i have always wanted one b/c that is where we always kept our bread growing up. i can't wait until i have a kitchen with open cabinetry where i can really show them off....but in the mean time, i'll enjoy them sitting on my counter and giving me thoughts of home.

*pics courtesy of purple area, cottage living, bluepint bliss (these aren't old but they're still cute), country living

the power of paint...

if you are craving change in your house but don't feel like you can spend a ton of money, pick up a paint brush. it's one of the easiest and cheapest ways to get a huge impact. if you are moving into a new home but the floors or stairs are showing age or look dull- white paint can be your best friend. add impact by picking a color to spice up the risers of the stairs or the trim and doors. or think outside of the box with the walls, explore with new colors that you wouldn't typically pick out....

*pics courtesy of domino, a life's design

a moment to myself...

i've been running around nonstop for a week...being on the go makes me want to take a second for myself...i need a little serenity in my life- to sit and drink my coffee and listen to music and daydream....

*pics courtesy of design sponge, decorology, country living

vintage charm

i found the best antique store in atl last week...the kind where you go in just to browse and you walk out wishing you could buy everything.  they had the best collection of vintage finds...i was dying over this old industrial cart that would be perfect for a kitchen island and an awesome lucite dining room table...i would have loved to have bought them but i walked out empty handed with my head full of images of how i would have reinvented those awesome vintage finds....

*pics courtesy of desire to inspire, detour design, the style files, apartment therapy

the drive back home....

wherever i make the trip back home, i always drive the same way...i've done it for past 11 1/2 yrs. it's an interstate kind of drive, you know, the painfully boring one where you set your cruise control and sing your heart out to an itunes mix.
this time, i decided to be adventurous... i let the GPS take me home...i am from a small GA town- the kind that requires you to pass lots of cow pastures to get there...a town that apparently when you push the "home" button, you are instantly steered on a path where cell phone service is not accessible...
on tues, i realized, maybe i'm not an interstate kind of girl...i kind of like those country roads and i love the feeling i get when i enter the town's city limits and walk back into my childhood home...
*pic courtesy of flickr/neet editor, flickr/ water and sleep