everyone is doing it and so am i

hello, as you can see i have been busy working on the mystery room.... and the trend these days are stripes.... so i have decided to jump on the band wagon.... i just ordered two pillowcases (pictured above) from pottery barn (they were on sale $22.99....score)! the plan for one set is to cover with a bench for the mystery room and the other set will be on the bed.... i choose stripes (not just because my good friend Brenda told me to) because i like the added pattern it brings to the room and the airy feel it gives.... plans are finally coming together and i can't wait until you see it....

keeping the beauty

is it possible to have a headboard this beautiful and continue to keep it this beautiful?

boomya...

pure genius... thinking about throwing out those old chairs that's been stuck in your garage for decades? now you have a solution to bringing them together as one cohesive group and all it cost was a can of spray paint, some incredible gorgeous fabric and a little manpower... genius, just genius

in the gray

lately i have been loving cool/cold tones but i am a warm person, promise... but there is something that just draws me to gray, i think it's the new black.... however from the pics above you can see how they have mixed gray with beige... the best of both worlds. i want a beige bedroom but now i may have to introduce some grays.... caller you say what?????

ingenious

i've been busy being creative and creating.... it's been a busy summer so far and we are pining away on our mystery room. I know that you are dying to see the results (patience my friend, it will all be over soon enough)... focus for a minute on the above picture... does this headboard look familiar? maybe search back about 20 years into your memory. still no clue? well this is actually a mirror from a dresser. how do i know you ask? because my mother and grandmother had that very same mirror attached to a dresser and dared to hand it down to me... i have since sanded and stained the dresser and left the mirror part in my mother's garage... but i thought it was a fabulous idea to turn it into a headboard... it really opens up the room and even thought the wood around the mirror is painted a dark color it really makes the room feel fresh. don't you think? i want that, let's pray my mother didn't have a garage sale...

don't knock it...

i have come to realize that there is more to worry about in life than deciding on what headboard to go with when redecorating my guest room... i have moved on to night stands, which by the way i found an awesome deal.... let's just say i went on a particular website and found the night stand to die for (click the word particular website to check out the site), anyhow, i had to have this night stand if it was the last thing i did... all of a sudden on a lazy sunday afternoon, i just happen to be web surfing and stumbled upon this website, yes kmart... okay don't knock it till you tried it... can you believe the similarity of the two? however, i quickly came to my senses when i realized the $215.01 difference... and guest what, i love the kmart night stand, i especially love the cane shelf below... so this weekend i am heading to anthropologie to pick out a nice vintage crystal draw knob for this beauty... and by the way, i went with the iron headboard!

I'm talking headboards

Pottery barn (no longer available, so let me know i you see one similar)

Ikea (i would spray paint this a creamy white)

West Elm (again i would order this in white)

Target

for the pass month, i have been very busy redoing our guest room.... so far so good (pics of the room in process soon to come)... one of the biggest dilemma's for the room is picking out the headboard... i want a vintage, elegant feel...

readers you say what?