new old

my mom and i sorta share magazines, i read her leftovers...

so i just got around to this spring issue (march 2013) of real simple recently.

i tore these pages out as soon as i saw them.

i can't pin down exactly what triggered my visceral reaction to these pages,

but it was hard.

i think it was the white walls, especially white painted brick.

i am really loving them more lately... the white wall thing.

and the rugs. and the art!

oh and the color/pattern extravaganza. obviously.

and the mismatched/anthropologie effect.

prob the combo of all that mushed together.

took me awhile to hunt them down on real simple but if you want the details on the clothes, you can read all about them here.

bohemian holiday

i look forward to the anthropologie catalog arriving in my mailbox

just like any of the other magazines i get.

it's always fresh.

always creative.

always a little edgy and daring.

and it makes me wish i could afford to shop there for my entire wardrobe.

i am running the risk of sounding like a type-a hoarder,

but i keep them. all.

stacked in my bookcase. next to my dominos.

they are so inspiring.

and this past one, for november does not disappoint.

(minus the creepy kids in woodland masks.)

don't really love these.

don't like them at all in fact.

especially seeing how they're nearly $300 a piece

but they used the cutest little taxidermy animals i ever did see through the whole thing.

look at that fluff bunny!

want the clothes.

want the feel.

i don't even mind the hair.

(but the best part was the goose on her golden eggs)

happy tuesday.

JILL

relish.

i plan on doing a little relishing this weekend.

JILL

{via anthropologie magazine}

for little dudes.

i'm back :)

things are better.

still don't know a ton, but husband is better and feeling like himself.

and that makes me better in return.

i'll fill you in at a later date. i want space between it and here.

but i have a really fun little boys room worked up for ya.

using my most absolute favorite wallpaper from anthro.

it's little boy-sy but not cute-sy.

just the way i like it.

if you want the sources for any of this good stuff, email me.

sorry i just got too lazy to include it.

but one more time, let's look at the best part:

this wallpaper kills me.

i also kinda wish i could afford to do one of my bathrooms in this luscious stuff.

i love it so much.

like vintage-african-safari-boys-club-glamping smooshed onto wallpaper.

hope you have a splendid thursday.

JILL

surf shack

so i had an entirely different post ready for today.

but it got moved til monday.

i have been in obsession with this little surf shack for about a year now and i thought it was high time to share it with you all in the off chance that you haven't seen it yet.

and if you have, too bad. i don't care. here it is again.

an australian turned new yorker/ad exec decided he missed the outdoors of his home and purchased this property in montauk.

it's not your usual hoity toity hamptons beach house.

this one is quiky with a capital q.

{and if i had a surf shack to call my own, this is exactly exactly EXACTLY how i'd want it to look.}

with teepees and firepits. and old rickety lawn chairs.

where the more color and pattern equals the better option, always. neons, you betcha.

where surfing and outdoor living/dining/sleeping trump high tea and stuffy interiors, and movies are played on a giant white sheet amongst the mosquitoes.

where wood panneling that would normally appall anyone, is not only embraced but awesome.

where friends and family can come by the dozens and not have to worry about wet suits and dirty feet.

where old vanities and old sinks aren't ripped out but loved.

with couples sleeping in bunk beds, together or separate, i don't care.

and summer cocktails are served with breakfast.

where bees live:

and honey harvested:

and cheesey pick-up lines are painted on all the mirrors:

nothing is sacred in this place. and you know it took a ton of money to get it to look this way, but it kinda looks like it all could have come from the flea market at the very same time.

husband always tells me:

"if you were a booger, i'd pick you"

{he's so romantic.}

but that would FOR SURE end up on a mirror in my dream surf shack.

hell, i'm tempted to paint one in my current house. tonight!

tgif.

JILL

{all these images came from nytimes or vogue living}

my new anthro treats

remember that post where i proclaimed my addiction? well, i just added more to my collection ;)

went to anthropologie this weekend. i usually can't walk out of there without buying something. but this time i had a gift card and i wasn't afraid to use it.

i bought 12 of these little beauties in yellow. to go with some white, perfectly imperfect, handmade dinner plates i got from the wedding (dish set numero dos- told you, it's dangerous).

now, it was hard to settle on a color. right now there are lots. and seeing them in person makes it that much harder. they are truly beautiful and saturated colors. you can see them here but they are better in your hand.

and because i couldn't decide, i bought 8 of these little guys too. they are the mini version of the latte bowls above. only 2" x 3.5"

too cute. got them in melon (not available online). what will i use them for? don't know yet.

and then i couldn't resist this little bud vase with a bud already.


and on my way out the door, i smelled this candle. tempted to run right back over today and grab it. smells delicious.

one shouldn't leave me alone when around dishes.

{only slightly kidding, i can practice self control usually}

JILL