some random good things.

today is an unloading of some of the things i think are

pretty ok.

i know hologram stuff has been around since spring.

and to be honest, i kinda wanted a small little party clutch since.

and then a few weeks ago, blair eadie

(from atlantic-pacific)

wore this skirt from milly and there it was...

i was intrigued all over again.

and then i found this clutch, also by milly.

and for a cheaper, quicker, less commitment-type of fix, you

can paint your nails in hologram, thank you chanel.

while we're on the topic of atlantic-pacific,

the other day she posted this asos sweatshirt....

and i think it would make the raddest ku game day outfit.

not actually kansas affiliated but everything works.

and it's so awesome and old-school.

and then there are the magazines.

lately, they've been pumping them out.

i'm not always a huge fan of matchbook in the past, but lately, i like it!

and then domino.

don't even get me started.

i've told everyone around me who doesn't give a-you-know-what

all about how my favorite magazine is coming back after a 4 year hiatus.

i have every issue (minus the quick fix things which i thought were silly)

and i was pumped to add another to the stack.

(hoarder).

but domino and matchbook: 

i love the art above your barcarts.

also,

the other day on hbo i saw this movie was about to start:

so i quit photo editing.

then laughed and cried until my face was red.

i can't believe i waited so long to see this movie.

it was truly great.

truly funny. a little gritty.

and a whole lot touching, which surprised me a bit.

i loved it.

rent it or dvr it or redbox or netflix.

whatever you gotta do.

OHHHHHHHH.

and in less than an hour,

i get to find out which type of baby we're having.

pretty excited about that, too :)

happy tuesday.

JILL

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.

gallery walls, dead?

some of them, yes.

they got too cool for their own britches.

they shot up in popularity with the cool kids.

and pretty soon, they were everywhere.

hell, i have 2 of them in my house.

in both of my living rooms, the front room and the den.

but some of them, no!!

i still like them.

check that, i still love them. sometimes.

my front room... still in total love.

the den. ugh. i was over it.

it got too sweet. and the colors were starting to match a little too much.

i needed/need to shake it up.

and i would show you a photo but i don't have one.

i might be the worst blogger ever.

looks like we'll have to settle on an after (whenever that happens).

to shake it up, i want to add a little bit less sweet and a whole lot more rock n' roll. a little edge. a little modern art. a whole lot more cool.

i like all of these.

they are my inspiration for the gallery wall overhaul.

(amanda from 100layercake)

(via cindab)

(via domaine home.... one of my new favorite websites!!!!)

(via from the right bank)

(via lineklein blog. in france.)

(via lonny)

(via lonny)

(via orlando, via emily henderson)

(via oh joy)

(via paloma. one of my favorite rooms. of all times.)

so in the past few weeks, i've removed the offenders and starting looking around the internet trying to find what i wanted to fill in the holes with.

hello.

i have this whole california/surfer/bohemian badass obsession thing going on right now.

(i briefly touched on that, here)

these surf photos.

i love.

however, i do still live in kansas.

and they may or may not work.

plus i don't know where they come from and couldn't locate them.

but they are badass.

speaking of california badass... these were curated by one of my favorites,

amber interiors:

i love them all.

and i refer to them often while perusing.

especially #'s 3, 5 and 6.

but, i bought my first hole filler yesterday!

first, these runner-ups that are still in the running:

#1 - the pineapple painting. i LOVE.

i am still thinking about re-creating it myself and hanging it. somewhere. maybe just not this gallery wall, i think.

#2 - this photo!!

from minagraphy on etsy. i forrill like this one.

#3 - the aestate's skull watercolor print. yes.

but!!!!!

i pulled the trigger on this one!

oh i'm so in love!

i'm in love i'm in love and i don't care who knows it.

i got it here.

from beth hoeckel on society6.

she kind of rocks.

i want a few more of her (very affordable!) prints.

they are all collaged together.

and fabulous, in my opinion.

you can see all her availables here.

(they have free shipping til sunday, too)

i can't wait for it to get here!!

i'm going to frame it in a simple white frame with no mat.

and i got a big one, 28x22".

then i'll hang her up.

and then i'll gush to you about how much i love it! hopefully ;)

any art you think i should be privy to?

JILL

for the boys:

i like kid bedrooms that have a healthy dose of adult furniture and maturity, with an even healthier dose of kid. all mixed together.

anything too juvenile, i'm not so much a fan.

anything too serious and staunch, also not a fan.

kids need to be able to be kids in their room, with a space that will let their imagination grow free. with color and whimsy. but i also like that smooshed in with furniture that isn't cheap, that you aren't going to replace in 2 years, that will grow with them until they move on to college, if you so choose to keep it around that long.

ones that don't scream 'baby' or 'child.'

know what i mean?

this weekend i was on society6 looking for art for my family room/den/whatever you call it.

i came across artist greg guillemin.

he does pop art of some of your favorite super heroes.

(some a little raunchy (!) but also some that you could squeeze in a little boy's room).

after i saw these, i wished i had a little boys room to decorate.

batman and spiderman brushing their teeth:

find here and here.

and batman and spiderman eating their favorite junk food:

find here and here.

i thought they'd be cute hung in pairs, or alone.

mixed in to a gallery wall, or alone.

i wouldn't put them in a super hero themed room, because i don't think i'd ever do one of those, but mixed in with other stuff and i think they'd be kinda rad.

like this child's room i've had saved on pinterest for forever:

(sorrry, source unknown, via pinterest)

complete with spiderman sheets on his big boy bed.

how do you like your kids' rooms?

hope you had a great weekend.

JILL

it's may!

it's finally may. finally.

i feel like this winter was a perpetual monday.

with the hope of tuesday, and good heavens... the weekend! just around the corner.

it was the hardest winter i've had yet.

lots of personal junk and some terribly gross weather.

it all mixed and swirled into this gray monday-ness.

april really couldn't even classify as 'spring' until like... a day ago.

this weather has been nuts.

(and i won't even tell you the snow word is in the forcast for tomorrow night>! wtf.)

anyway.

it's may.

and just being may makes me feel better.

i'm moving forward and leaving that junk behind.

(barring the weather man is just plain nuts and it's not really going to snow tomorrow. a girl can hope.)

but it's may!!

happy may day.

all of these images are from my favorite source.

it's so european, eclectic, colorful, amazing.

i wish my house could come from its pages. honestly.

right up my alley.

all from nuevo estilo.

can you get that subscription in the US?

i'm going to try and find out.

but until then,

here:

happy may!

can i say it again?

happy may!!

JILL

one nook... 2 ways.

i pinned this first image over a year ago:

i was kinda struck by the whole thing.

the religious images and black and white stripes are what did me in... pushed me over the top into loveland.

but i couldn't ever find who did it/where it was from.

i wish i could see the whole house this nook resides in.

then, the other day, i pinned this as well.

i knew i had seen it before!

same nook!!

this time i found that it was done, at least the second time, by martyn lawrence bullard.

i love it i love it i love it.

(and still wish i could see the whole house!)

but i don't know which way i love it more.

point won for the upholstery in the second image.

i like how the stripes are now mixed in with more pattern.

another point still goes to the first image for the artwork.

and i might like the moroccan table in the first image as well.

but i think it's a tie for me.

any preferences for you?

JILL

(you can see more rooms done 2 ways:  here, here, here, and here.)

little bit orange. little bit red.

poppy!

this color is lighting my life right now.

especially mixed with magenta and lilac.

and that perfect shade of teal-green-blue-aqua-mint.

i love it.

{and i want that rug}

{and on another note, that painting is from etsy and i've lost the link. tried looking for it and can't get it. i actually really want to purchase it for myself! its an original oil. the colors are just so perfect. i'll keep looking but if i find it, i might buy it :)}

JILL

{images via: abigail ahern, etsy, hilary inspired}

waylande gregory.

waylande gregory is said to be the greatest ceramicist of our time.

{yes ceramicist is a word, i double checked.}

he was born in kansas and even lived in kansas city for awhile!

my mother in law works in one of my most favorite home stores, ferguson phillips.

unfortunately she and the store are in wichita, but i try to visit each time i go down there.

the last time i was there, i snapped a picture of this little 5 inch shallow bowl.

i love this little spotted feline

and his orange spotted background.

unfortunately he did such amazing work he's super famous, and his pieces are pricey. but i so wish i could bring this one home.

they have lots of his stuff right now.

each insanely beautiful...

modern and vintage and colorful and.... beautiful.

here are some more i found around the internets.

i can't even pick a favorite!!

except it might be that little square spotted plate.

or the gray and gold bird.

or the orange leaopard above.

yep. can't.

what's yours?

JILL

land of nod.

when did land of nod become a great place for some not totally kid-like stuff?

right?!?!?!

i love all of these.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

and this 'between a rock' lamp. in gold!!

i just acquired/bought 3 news lamps for my house...

so i'm not in any lighting need, but for only $69, i'm so tempted to snag one.

these are cool. here and here.

YES.

here.

and i want him.

same with pottery barn teen.

that place is a gold mine, too sometimes.

happy tuesday.

hope you had a good weekend.

JILL

true.

♥ JILL