2015 – Page 11 – There's No Place Like Home

March 23, 2015

On My Mind: Pom Pom Curtains

So my husband and I recently purchased our first house. I was sad to leave our condo downtown but we were in desperate need of more space. We bought and old ranch that needs a lot of love. First we are working on the master bedroom. Trying to fix up the trim and update the bathroom. But I need to start making the house a home asap so I have at least one oasis while the rest of the house is under major update process. First for the master I need curtains. I have been loving pom poms latley. I have some pillows I sewed with pom pom trim already but I think the next addition should be the curtains. Some inspiration….

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they actually have these….currently available at Urban Outfitters – pretty good price considering how expensive the trim is to DIY….

February 23, 2015

Furniture with Wide Stripe

Not sure if I have mentioned it before – but I love love furniture with a wide stripe. It adds so much interest and makes it unique!

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I have been dreaming of good stripe furniture because a couple weeks ago I ordered a settee for my dinning table with a stripe down the middle! Can’t wait for it to come!

February 11, 2015

NYC Inspiraiton

Couple weeks ago now I headed to NYC for work. I went in early to visit an old friend. I just love having the chance to go. The city is so vibrant and there is inspiration round every corner.

I had the pleasure of seeing If, Then with Idina Menzel – it was amazing.

Visited Acme for a amazing mixed drink – and got to stare at the beautiful crab apple branches at the end of the bar – aren’t they amazing!

Next night we hit up the Brandy Library for a pre-dinner cocktail – look at those amazing built in’s. They were all around the exterior of the lounge.

Then we hit up White Street -the food was incredible and the interiors were heaven!

Love those tufted benches!

And I judge places by the bathrooms – beautiful!

February 9, 2015

Green Wedding Flowers with Succulents

So after I was looking through old pictures I realized – hello – I never posted flower pics from my friends wedding back in May! They were so fun and I loved making them because they were pretty different from ones I have done in the past. I always love a good Watson shot – he is so curious about when we have gobs of flowers in the condo!

First thing is to prep the succulents. If you haven’t done it before – they aren’t a flower. They are a plant. You literally have to remove them from dirt. Clean them off. Then you use floral tape to attach them to wire. Here is a good video on how to if you haven’t done it before. The unique thing about that is – they can last several weeks without being in soil and after you use them in a bouquet you can plant them again and keep them forever!

I think one of my favorite things about these bouquets was all the textures in them. The hypericum berry is my absolute favorite. It add something so special and unique to the mix.

I was in this wedding too.

You can see here the final product from the day. We did the wrapped satin ribbon, but then over that we wrapped each bouquet with the grooms family tartan. Isn’t that amazing!

February 6, 2015

Anthropologie Decor Favorites

Sharing my current Anthro favorites today – forgive me for being a tufting crazy person. I think if I didn’t control myself I would end up being one of those crazy old ladies with only tufted furniture in my home. Might not be so bad….

world globe/throw/owl painting/chandelier/quartz knobs/tufted side chair/dinning table/tufted settee/floral wingback/side chair

February 3, 2015

Dinner Party Menu

For my dinner party a couple weeks ago I tried a couple new recipes and they were all a huge hit.

First course we started with a Celery Root and Green Apple soup. Now I have made this recipe a couple of times. For starters it is 1. super easy 2. super good and 3. super healthy. I have been making it for lunches (also freezes super well which I like in a good soup). As usual I was all busy in dinner party preparation that I forgot to take food pics 🙂 Anyway check out the recipe here.

Next for the main course I found this recipe on the The EveryGirl. My number one demand for a dinner party entree is that the bulk of the cooking can be done ahead. So for this recipe I cooked the pears/shallots and such ahead, stuffed the pork and rolled it up ahead. Then at that point I put in the refrigerator until the time we were planning on throwing on the stove/oven. It worked really well. I probably did the prep 5ish hours before and it worked perfect. Find the recipe here. I think this recipe would also be amazing with apple instead of pear.

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I served the pork with and easy side of rosemary red potatoes (also made ahead and kept in the refrigerator – I don’t have a recipe I just wing that one) and some roasted broccoli (I think asparagus would go better however my husband loves his broccoli – lord knows why).

For dessert I love taking advantage of dinner parties as a time to practice ice cream making. yum! This time I made this Salted Carmel Ice Cream from Epicurous – heaven!

Anyway – I thought the whole mean worked really well together – it was certainly a hit!