Another lovely family home

I adore the Design Sponge tour of the home of Jenna and Mark from Whimsy and Spice/Sweet Fine Day. Such an elegant and cozy home. So much great inspiration: 

So much great art, so little money

Damn, for a long time I haven't really liked much of the stuff coming from 20x200 and now I like it all. Smaller sizes of these prints are extremely affordable but I'm all about the big art which puts them out of my league. 

iSketch802 by Jorge Colombo

iSketch837 by Jorge Colombo

Bowlers, Martinez, CA by Geoffrey Ellis

I'll take it.

Love everything about this art arrangement from 20x200: 

FYI for anyone who's feeling guilty about not getting me a birthday gift, it's on sale for $1200. 

Minimal family.

I really like this warm, minimal-modern family home. Proof that a house can look lovely and still be child-friendly. Well, when the cameras are out anyway but a girl can dream right?







Source: Apartment Therapy.

For Stink.

My poor whippet-girl Haley got a chunk taken out of her butt by another dog at the park last night so she's now spending some quality time on the couch recuperating. I think she'd feel much better sooner if she was as lucky as this whippie with such a gorgeous spot to recline:



Source: Angus Fergusson via Desire to Inspire.

On a roll.

More pics of a beautiful cabin to torture myself with:

Source: Platt Dana Architects via Remodelista.

More cabin torture.

Since spending part of the weekend at a cabin on a beautiful lake in Quebec, I've been scouring real estate listings looking for affordable little places I can dream about owning someday. I'd also love to build my own cabin, something very similar to this gorgeous place on Orcas Island:




Via Decorno.

Yard envy.

So beautiful! I especially adore the "hole" in the decking filled with river rocks.

Sigh, have I mentioned lately how much I loath my own poor sad yard?

And, in quasi-related news: I would really, really like to do this to the evil little rodents that keep digging up my poor nasturtiums. Does anyone know a good taxidermist?

Source for all pics: Roland Bello.

Cabin kamp.

Love these retro camping decor pics from Country Living:

Concrete floors.

Concrete floors with radiant heating are the type of thing I'd happily do just because it's somehow so decadent that the floors would be warm to walk on in bare feet in the middle of winter. It's a crazy added bonus that they're also an efficient way to heat a house and look gorgeous too.

Desire to Inspire.

Purple Area.

50 danska kradrat .


Purple Area.


Desire to Inspire.