Flash Back Friday OM...

I can hardly believe that my babies will be 3 years old this summer! This seems like it was just yesterday!

{Josh took this pic}

Happy Friday!

Swoon...

I love the colors in this photo, totally what I am thinking for our living room. With of course a wee bit of black and white thrown in. {Love}

{photo courtesy of hgtv.com}

What Would You Do...

So this is my kitchen... and that bead board above the cabinets just isn't doing it for me. I am not however doing any kind of demo.  I want to put something up there, but what? I am fresh out of ideas. Things I have thought of: open frames (color or none), my urban letters spelling out something appetizing. Plates seems so country or should I just leave it? AAAHHH, I am at the end of my creative juices, help!   

BTW, the colors I am going for are black, white, and light blue. You know I appreciate you all!

Dining Low Down...

I thought I might share an interesting story with you all about the purchase of our dining table. We found it at Pier 1 one weekend and noticed it was on sale. Unwilling to commit to getting it without thinking about my other options I left the store. I thought on it a week...well really wished I would have gone and gotten it for a week is more like it. I sent in the hubs by himself to get the table. Someone had to stay in the car with the kids you know. So he comes out we load her up and I am so excited, when Josh proceeds to tell me that they tried to charge him $80 extra dollars for the legs of the table. I said your kidding right? Nope. No there aren't interchangeable styles of legs for the table, they are the ones that go to the table, but unless you want this style of table

you must purchase the legs! Well they told that to the wrong man. Mr. Peak who does sales for a living, just informed them of how he was not paying for the legs and she was going to throw those in. In his eloquent way don't you know. And by george we didn't pay extra for the legs. My question is~ will this be a new trend?! Here is this lovely dining table but if you want it you better expect to pay more than the sticker price!

Downtown...

Oh How Lovely...

I always seem to find such fabulous inspiration photos in the U.K. home magazines. The clean lines and modern mix of styles I just adore! So many styles so little time. I think the colors in this first photo are great. This is the color combination I am going for in the dining room.

I could never get away with this much white furniture, but the colors are so cool and calming. Like you could set back and relax.

What about this isn't lovely?

Swoon at this low cabinet.

{Photos found at Living Etc and House to Home}

Warm Welcome...

A living room makeover wouldn't be complete without the entryway looking good too! I have forever been liking this chunky console table.

{Found at west elm}

But then there is the long slender console, which would also fit my space perfectly.

{Found at cb2.com}

I love this photo, everything about this black table and the blue accents. Even the mirror. Very glamorous.

{Both photos courtesy of Decor Pad}