Holiday Update

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas with friends and family - and planning for an even better New Years!

This Christmas, 2 of my favorite cousins got engaged with weddings planned for just around the corner in 2010. I'm so excited. I've never been so excited for a wedding in my life, but these two, I love them so much and I'm super stoked to see them both walk down the isle.

I'm not sure how you feel about the up coming new year, but 2010 is a big one for me. I have a lot of changes happening, which means a lot of expectations going into this year and therefore lot to look forward too.

So if I don't get to say it later this week... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Christmas Madness...

if you have young children, nephews or nieces - or friends with young kids, you know just by looking at the image above what a craze these little hamsters are! Zhu Zhu Pets are the world’s first innovative, realistic, interactive, plush, and artificially intelligent hamsters that talk and move around in their own play sets. they are the newest craze among kids and one of the most popular toys of the year!

we just spent a good hour waiting in line outside of toys r us before 8 am to just grab one of these guys. tickets were being handed out, security was on site and it was all for the new shipment of the new zhu zhu pets before Christmas since we missed the last batch ordered. insane doesn't begin to describe what we experienced this morning.

i don't ever remember my parents doing anything like this for me when i was a kid, but my nephew this year wants nothing more than one of these little hamsters - so being the great aunt & uncle we are, we waited - ran - grabbed and bought!

mission accomplished with all our fingers in tack!

Curtain Dividers

I've always been fascinated with using curtains as a room divider but have never seen a space use it before live so I can't help but wonder how good it actually would look if ulitized. The concept is simple and great, but the error of making a space look separate yet chic instead of clinical and hospital like, I feel treads on a very thin line!

I'm trying to divide my bedroom into two separate sections and wanted to try out the curtain divider idea. Here are some of my inspirational images.

This room doesn't leave anything to the imagination. The curtains act as a backdrop but also a visual divider still sheer enough to see through. Its very soft and elegant.


This image isn't really of a draped room divider, rather to hide what's behind the drapes, the bookshelf. In this case, I love the color of the drapes and the mass size of it acting as a backdrop to the seating area.


What are your thoughts? Yay or nay on dividing a space using drapes???

Mellow Yellow

my husband found a yellow Kitchen Aid Artisan 10 speed stand mixer and he's really wanting to have it, mainly because it's yellow.

Him: i want something yellow in the kitchen because it's so bright! it'll brighten up the space.
Me: yeah, but all our kitchen accessories are red.
Him: but there's nothing much we can get that's yellow otherwise.
Me: what do you mean, like home accessories.
Him: yes.

and so this blog is for my husband. there are so many great, wonderful yellow accessories you can add to your house, outside of the kitchen!

Banquette Dining

There's something very warm and comfortable with banquette dining spaces. That one piece of furniture really brings the entire table together and acts as a binding agent to create comfort and unity. It doesn't matter the size, the look, or the style, the one common factor in banquette dining is a sense of comfort.

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Happy Friday Everyone!

Light It Up

As someone who loves to spend most of my time in the kitchen, cooking, entertaining, eating and just experimenting on new ideas - lighting such a very very important part of the process.

Not only is lighting a necessity, but it's affects your mood and the feel and look of the space you're in. For the kitchen, I love bright lights, especially over working surfaces. Here are some fantastic examples of great kitchen lighting. I'm all about the rustic, industrial, hard looking light fixtures. Great for modern farm house kitchens.


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