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While my guest for the week, Sharona, is curled up at home on my loveseat, working on her laptop in comfort, I'm viewing this sunny kitchen and wishing I could work at that table.
Here's Sharona at my apartment - we had to call tech support for my wireless router and were walked through the corrections needed - step by step. Lovely!
image: sunnygirlwi
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Good Morning! It's been so lovely to have a four-day weekend. How am I to go back to work after having such large amounts of quality time with friends and family?! Am up early this Sunday morning in preparation for a week-long visit from my twin...errr...friend Sharona who is on a lengthy road trip across the States and who travels to my little part of Wisconsin this afternoon.
I'll spend my time this morning tidying up but will leave you with this colorful photo found by stylist Abigail Ahern! Makes me want to jump right into the photo and enjoy the fun party obviously just getting started!
And here's Sharona!
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Paris is beautiful through Charlotte's eyes. I mean, yes, Paris is gorgeous anyway but these photos..... just wow.
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Jess of "Makeunder My Life" just revealed her studio re-do. It's quite pretty, don't you think?
The workstation is simply beautiful, and I have the same storage as shown in the last photo. I wouldn't have thought to use it for supplies, but now I'm going to borrow that idea in my closet as it's being reorganized to look all pretty 'n such for a friend's visit this weekend.
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Laura is a professional organizer whose apartments have been featured on Apartment Therapy. From the look of her dressing area, can you tell what her profession is?!
I am lucky enough to have a closet a bit bigger than Laura's dressing area, and I have a guest arriving next weekend. I need to have the closet either perfectly or imperfectly organized in time for Sharona's arrival. Thus I will be printing out these photos and posting them in plain sight at home to remind me to stay on task and keep up with the closet!
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I heart jane foster's house! This photo shows a glimpse of the pretty coat rack.
http://janefosterblog.blogspot.com
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Christmas will soon be here. I'm all for simplicity in Christmas decor so it was lovely to stumble upon these images today! Just don't sing Christmas music to me just yet. Must get through Thanksgiving first!
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An unlimited budget? Sure!
A mix of brand new + weathered beauty? Absolutely!
Loads of red and white? Perfect!
A gorgeous, wonderfully organized kitchen? Included!
1st Option is a service in the U.K. that offers locations for photo shoots and the like. Willoughby is one such location and they must have read my dreams. I'm in love with this home - perfectly styled 'n all.
a little cooking here....
....some dinner + games nights here...
...a nap or two curled up here...
a fun time with my five-year-old niece over by the stairs
a little daydreaming inside looking out - or outside soaking up the sun.
many more photos can be found here
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Eco-stylista has posted some beautiful chalkboards. It's Friday. Am swamped.
But I really enjoyed the few moments spent staring at these chalkboards.
How is it that my apartment lacks a single chalkboard? Gotta remedy that.
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images: sarahdippity
I used to announce, "Containers are my friends!", I suppose to show that I really loved containers. I no longer make statements like that, but secretly still adore containers: jars, baskets, boxes and tins. The images above are from the flickr set of sarahdippity. Her photo sets are worth exploring!
Sherrie also has some great inspiration. She's the amazing soap maker from Canada who shares my love of all things Orla Kiely. I checked out her flickr photos this morning. *sigh* gorgeous, of course. Take a look.
images: birchbarksoap/sherrie
The following were found on flickr. Anyone else thankful for the treasure that is flickr?!
image: junkculture
image: heidill
image: CarolinaCottage
Now I want to drop everything and make a trip to an antique mall and IKEA - to stock up on the prettiest of jars and baskets!
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Hello, friends! It is late, and I just arrived home from tonight's youth group at church. Another amazing night with the girls. Eighth grade is an interesting time for these girls - as they're no longer children but they're young adults - growing up and preparing for high school. I really enjoy them. This Saturday we're spending the day at the local nursing home - and will be helping with things like Bingo and also Wheelchair Square Dancing! Sounds fun, doesn't it? Twelve of the fifteen girls in the group are showing up to help. (A majority of the girls shown above will be at the nursing home with me.)
Wait..this has nothing to do with Google Reader...the reason I sat down to write to you about. I subscribe to this blog in Google Reader and over the weekend I realized that when I refreshed the feed, it seemed stuck on the Parisian Apartment post from October 27th. I did a lot of research and finally changed one setting that seemed to work as the blog posts (14 of them!) all popped up as new entries. (That makes it sound so easy..but truly - when I was feeling overwhelmed and near tears after work today, one of the things I was praying about was the problem with Google Reader - and feeling like it's too small for God to worry about. Why did I worry about that! He did help a solution be found despite my lack of technical knowledge!)
This week feels odd to me. Like something is not right, things are out of sorts, I'm neither happy nor sad - more contemplative. As a task-oriented person, I tend to focus on, well, the next task! With a lot to get done in two days, then a full weekend of volunteering with the girls, there's been little time to relax and think about nothing.
Too much to do:
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Today I'm wearing a brightly colored sundress with a raspberry cami underneath and a black cardi over it all...with black mary janes and a long gray scarf wound round my neck. Leaving the gym this morning, I was stopped by a woman who loved the outfit [not pictured here]. I get stopped like this whenever I wear the outfit. Thus I was delighted to find this group on flickr - stumbled onto it. (Don't you love it when that happens?!) These photos are all from a flickr group called "How I wear my UNIFORM scarf".
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Offices have been on my mind since I'm trying to declutter a work office and pretty up a home office as well. This workspace of Jen's (from the haystack needle found via Ill Seen, Ill Heard) is simple and sweet!
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I have been looking for wardrobe inspiration for fall and winter. From the above photo, I'd love the whole look!
I want dark denim jeans and cute trainers.
a gray cardigan to wear over black. maybe some boots as well.
My hair is like hers almost exactly (mine's a bit longer)..but I like the lipstick color and the black dress.
I like the navy sweater (?) coat, the grey, the tights and the boots.
So there you have it. Glimpses of what inspires me for this fall and winter. Naturally, I'd buy up everything I could from Garnet Hill or Johnnie Boden, but my wallet doesn't stretch that far this season!
Ooohh.it's FRIDAY! Hope you have loads of fun plans or will be able to relax this weekend! Or both!
~S
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My eyes are instantly drawn to simple lines and like items grouped together on a shelf. I love to see jars lined up on a kitchen counter or shelf. That makes my heart go pitter-patter. (i know, RIGHT? why would I like that?!). I need to find some pretty jar photos. Meanwhile, the photo of boots lined up on the shelf... fun!
These photos by photographer Hans Zeegers (found by way of Head Over Heels) are styled so well! Enjoy!!
Last night was quite fun at church with a fun game similar to rock/paper/scissors: ninja/gun/gorilla. Naturally ninja beats gun, gun beats gorilla BUT gorilla beats ninja. The kids had fun...and we soon had a winner in the 5-minute-long tournament. We then watched a video (a Rob Bell NOOMA video) on prayer. I love my junior high girls! Wouldn't trade them for anything! I'll have photos from last night to post soon.
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I am in love. Can you SEE the family above? Carolina (of the blog DoreDoris) has on my all-time favorite wardrobe mix of black and white with a SHOT of color (those tights!!!), the pink + green combo! his red converse! And that's just the family. Wait until you SEE their home!!! I want a pantry as organized and colorful as theirs; I want the airy, spacious feel to my own house that they have. I want...I want....
Oh go on already..take a look. Why are you reading my words?!
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Room and Serve is a Swedish blog that has gorgeous home tours and other decor photos. Here are a few homes I fell in love with.
images found here
I love the images found in this slideshow!
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My sleep schedule (like a baby??) has been messed up since my trip to Nebraska. While there I got used to going to sleep at midnight and getting up at 8 or 9 AM. (rough life, I know). That schedule doesn't translate so well at home..but I compromised by sleeping 11 PM to 7 AM...and then rushing around to get ready for work in 40 minutes. WHICH MEANT that I never made it to my water class when I wanted to...because it took place at 5:45 AM and that's not after 7 AM according to my logic.
Yesterday I decide that I'm going to my class all four mornings this week (mon/wed/fri/sat) and if I'm tired, I'm tired.
However, I was not counting on being so drowsy in front of my computer today that I'd actually reach for a page ON MY SCREEN to take it off what I thought was the document stand in front of me. Right. Slightly tired today but happy to have worked out on Day One.
At lunch, I do a little blog reading and find not one but TWO blogs showing off comfy, cozy beds and pretty bedrooms. NO FAIR!! (stamping my foot). I just wanted to crawl into the photos and find a comfy bed (Goldilocks much?) and snooze the day away.
click each image to go to the photo source....except the last one. I can't find the source. I'm terribly sorry! If the last photo is yours, please let me know.
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Abigail Ahern's sister used the images on the wall in place of wallpaper. They're the perfect addition to the room!
Rita Konig's NYC kitchen is actually in a hallway. Looks to me like it's piles of items she loves and uses!
This morning is a cold morning - one in which I'd love to warm up by a wood stove!
images: abigail ahern atelier
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What a pretty little bench! AprillAprill has much goodness to share on her blog. Just look at the following shelves!
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