Look what came in the mail for me today! (Sorry for the crap pic.)
I got them from laurawallstaylor’s etsy shop. Aren’t they charming? I need to get some tapers to put in them, but I’m not sure what color to get. They are going to go on our ledge in the living room.
I love this clock from Anthropologie I spotted on Apartment Therapy.
At first I thought it would be too big for our tiny kitchen, but I checked out the dimensions, and now I’m thinking it’s too small (diameter is only 6.25 inches). And at $88, I’m not willing to settle. It sure is pretty though…
I’ve been promising Jenn (hi Jenn!) pics of my office for quite awhile. It’s actually a guest bedroom/office. Kyle absolutely hates that I put a bed in there, but I think it’s nice for when guests spend the night (which, to be honest, doesn’t happen very often). Still- the bed was free (thanks Mom!), and Pidden likes to sleep on it when I’m working in there, so it stays. Plus, if I let Kyle have his way, the room would be lined with desks topped with computers, monitors, and random computer paraphernalia. NOT HAPPENING!
When we first moved in the room was quite a mess. In fact, I didn’t even like working in there, so – for the most part, I didn’t. The desk was the worst part. The keyboard tray didn’t stay on its track, and it would always fall on my lap if I pulled it out too far. SO. ANNOYING. Kyle surprised me big time for my 24th birthday and got me a nice new desk and chair from World Market. I adored the desk, so I started working in the office more often. I’m one of those people who has to have a clean room to be able to do work, so I really wanted to focus on organizing the office as a whole, and making it into a nice space that I enjoy being in.
On to the pictures! (I apologize in advance for the poor quality of the pictures. I think it’s I’m going to need to upgrade my camera soon.)
I’ll admit that the “before” pictures are sort of like those ridiculous infomercial “before” pictures. I normally don’t leave unfolded clothes on the bed, nor do I leave the vacuum cleaner in the middle of the room. Haha! But I wanted the picture to reflect how bad it actually was.
Before:
On to the “after” pics! (They are actually more like “in-between” pics – I’m still working on some things.)
After:
New bedding from Crate & Barrel:
I painted the bookshelf purple last summer. I’m kind of wishing I would have painted it black. Ideally, I’d like to get a larger bookshelf, so I’ll probably just leave it the way it is.
I decided I wanted to surround myself with things I love. Enter Andy Warhol’s kitties:
An old typewriter my friend picked up for me at a garage sale several years ago (I painted that nightstand the same color as the bookshelf):
My nerdy wall:
My Oxford Illustrated edition of Jane Austen’s novels/Minor Works, and my “secret of happiness” statuette I got in Paris:
My nerd fairy:
My Union Jack I got in London:
And one of my favorite quotes by William Blake:
Well, there you have it! Our guest bedroom/office.