a home in the making

12.02.2011

{inspired} school house electric

Do you know School House Electric and Supply Co.? They make the coolest lights I've ever seen and they recently bought a huge, old, gorgeous warehouse in Portland to create a factory and showroom for their new line of furniture and home goods.

Last night Chris and I stopped by their holiday open house after work. It was so fun to see all their new products in person! I took a bunch of {iphone} photos of my favorites.

This bed. OMG. Love. I also really love the mirror hanging above it.

These dishes. Chris loves them too, which maybe means ..... ? The black accents are beautiful, and they'd be a great compliment to our current dishes. Does it sound like I'm trying to justify them? Because I am :).

How amazing is this blanket? The pattern, oh my goodness! It's also really super soft.

I would love to only have schoolhouse lights in my house. Maybe next house? This one in particular though, I would install on each side of our bed. Beautiful.

We also both really like this vintage school clock. It's HUGE. But comes in such fun colors and would be an awesome statement piece in one of our small rooms.

I also took some photos of vignettes and the party. It was super fun. Lots of people, food and drinks. And just enough holiday decor to feel festive, with out being in-your-face Christmas.

Have you guys ever heard of School House Electric? Have you ever bought one of their lights? If so, which one ... I need to live vicariously through you :).

Have a great weekend friends!

11.30.2011

{inspired} decorating for Christmas

So, am I the ONLY one in blog land who hasn't even begun decorating for Christmas? :)

We don't even pull the decorations out until this week. I never realized just how much I compartmentalize my holidays until I became a blogger. I have no Christmas creativity until AFTER Thanksgiving. So, this week I've been thinking a lot about how I'll decorate this weekend. I usually go for lots of red, white and greens. Traditional Christmas colors. But this year I want to do things a little different.

Here's the color scheme I've worked up:

Wood grains, turquoise, greens, white, gold (yes, that's gold? I have NO idea how to make gold in photoshop. Obviously ;), and a hint of red accents.

I'm going to be working a lot with what I already have and making the rest. I see a weekend full of crafting/decorating. And maybe a little shopping on the side ;).

Here are some of the images/items that have been inspiring my Christmas scheme so far.

somewhere splendid

once wed

emily henderson

cottage and vine

Are you all done with your decorating? How will you be decorating for the holidays this year? Taking any color risks?

11.25.2011

{create} 10 Great Holiday Crafts

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

I don't know about you, but the weekend after Thanksgiving is when I let myself start thinking about Christmas: how I'll decorate, gifts I'll purchase, and of course, what crafts I'll create!

Below are 10 holiday diy projects that I LOVE. Some of these I want to make, some I have already made :). But, I hope they give you a little inspiration to create something special this holiday season.

Yarn Wreath