living ROOM

we have a really spacious living room right now. because i just sold everything that used to be in it. the really sweet buyer and her husband and their friend with the truck invited us over for a beer, once they get the new stuff all set up. bless your heart, pennsylvania. {we do business in a slightly different way where i am from.} anyway now i'm sifting through my pinterest for good living room inspiration, since we can't exactly continue eating on the flo. thinking white, bright, organic texture, maybe some old delicious camel leather, maybe some gold. shocking.

via: pinterest

two things.

I am about to be all up in this dresser's business. getting real handsy with those pulls. making eyes at that trim. come on, someone on craigslist. come to mama.
via: house and home

while we are on the subject of gorgeous delight.. how about these flowers? not exactly the kind of thing a girl wants to stumble upon a month after her wedding. where were you last spring? i'm looking at you spunky coral on the left.

farmhouse table love fest

i love a good farmhouse table. it really anchors a space and you can take it in so many directions, style-wise. plus it actually gets better the more beat up and well.. old, it gets. that's why an aged-but-good-bones farmhouse table will always be a yes to me. and when you find one on craigslist ... and it's got a good pedigree ... that the seller must not know about ... you make arrangements to buy it asap, call B the One Man Mover, and freak dance a little in your office.

We are going to strip it down, I think, and get all raw and earthy with it. Pictures to follow, but we'll start with a little inspiration: