retreating back

this has been quite an exhausting week.... to find some sanity, i have been rearranging our life and home. i've been busy purchasing, returning and plotting... but i am so determined to make our master bedroom a relaxing retreat, just like the bedroom above. this is exactly the look and feel i am trying to accomplish... so as i continue to sweep the world of fantastic finds, i leave you with this image and i hope soon i will be able to show you the final retreat of our bedroom...

i love. i want. i have

notice all the i's??? i love i want i have.... why does it always have to be that way... will we every be satisfied? i think not... i absolutely love the banquette above created by designer candice Olson (it makes me want to redo my banquette)...

for weeks i have been saying that i want to try to paint a funky wall in my house (preferably our downstairs coat closet, that way i can close the door if it doesn't turn out right). the home designer of the zebra print fire place has guts but it looks fabulous. though i may not duplicate the zebra print i am definitely going to try this painted wall paper look...

i have to have those wood floors in the bedroom... it's my exact look and feel i want (beige tone on tone)... what elegance... so much to love, so much we want, so many we have, yet we want more....

happy love day......

we interrupt this blogcast to wish you all a very happy love day... may your day be filled with sparkling cider, sushi rolls, a good movie and more!

working it white...

okay, i love a warm inviting decor but i just can't give up the clean look of all white...

i have a friend whose home decor is all white... all white kitchen, all white living room, even her kids rooms are all white... now she has guts... i have decided that i must have at least one room in my house in all white... i have yet to decide which room it will be but i am thinking the downstairs coat closet will be a safe route...

take turns

remember 2010 is all about being organized (and staying organized) and de-cluttering... i find that when i am organized inside and out, my life runs so much smoother... i came across the image above and just loved the idea. because with everything going on in your life who but martha stewart can remember the last time they turned their mattress. love it! please feel free to share some of your organizing ideas here...

living in the moment of 2010

wow, can you believe how 09 just slipped away? well, this year i want to just savory the moments. i feel that 2009 was a world wind but 2010 for me will be living in the moment...

do you ever have so much going on, you haven't a clue of where to start... that's where i have been but i am trying to get ahold of it all. a good friend advised me a few weeks ago to start making a weekly list of this i want to accomplish for that week. though i have been doing that all my life, i don't think i have been staying on task, obviously... so each week/month i have committed to crossing off at least one thing off my mega list of list, no matter how big or small...

first i will be working on my living room, trying to put some final touches here and there... my biggest need is artwork for my living room walls. i have opted to create my own artwork... so that is my chore for this week... wish me luck!!!!

happy holidays and have a prosperous 2010

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