bookshelf transformatiom

Doing a major spring clean around here.

My amazing friend Rebecca 

is a professional whirling magic organizer.

Yesterday, she and I transformed the living bookshelf.

We removed 50% of books, doo-dads, 

kids's art supplies, puzzles & toys.

 

BEFORE

AFTER

What a difference!

Rebecca's business is called BREATHE.

Perfect name...

that's exactly what she does.

She creates space in your home for air to circulate

hence making it easier to breathe!

Thank you Rebecca!

If you live in Fairfield County, Connecticut

You too can have Rebecca come and transform your home.

Her email is rebeccadruwhite@hotmail.com

PS We organized books by color...that's the trick!

oh jorge...

you can run but you can't hide.

ecover delicate wash

Switched over to Ecover Delicate Wash

for laundering our delicates, wool & cashmere.

It smells SO, SO good...I want to bathe in it!

brickett davda

Brickett Davda Ceramics - handmade in england from Mark Bader on Vimeo.

Love everything about this...

the simplicity of the pieces

the factory

the dog

the colors

the life
check out her gorgeous website:
brickett davda

steven alan in westport

 

just opened a shop in Westport + Greenwich, CT.

I popped in and love his eye.

Beautiful things

for little kids, women, men + home.

Worth a gander in person + even online. 

Here is sampling of some things I love:

little clogs for little one

{on sale online}

canvas bag

classic shirtdress

cloth napkin love

sheepskin love

Loving sheepskin. 

On everything.

chair

bench

love seat

floor

ghost chairs

office chair

floor again

couple on couch

Cozy in winter.
Cool in summer so they say.

I found this great sheepskin:

and this one:

 at
Sierra Trading Post
20% off when you use the code SITEGREEN1212.
oh and IKEA 
has small ones for $29.99.

images via pinterest

barn living

exteriors:

 white barn via here

via remodelista

 

via houzz

via flickr

interiors:

via here

via here

via here

via here

via apartment therapy

via here

via here

dreamy throw

How about this extra cozy, lush, sheared
mongolian sheep fur throw.
from
anthropologie?
Dreamy.

chimney sweep deluxe

This post is surely not for everyone

but I must share the most

interesting experience.

We had a fireplace chimney and our furnace chimney

cleaned yesterday by the most fascinating 

fellow named Terry 

(quite the character)

from Chimney Corners.

(Phone number:  203-853-2003)

Write that number down and call right away 

if you want a proper cleaning done folks.

I have never in all of my years of having various sweeps

clean our chimneys seen anything 

like what I saw yesterday afternoon.

This man pulled out all kind of animal carcasses 

out of the chimney.

I nearly jumped out the window when I saw the giant,

charcoaled squirrel....there it was on my living room floor 

(on a nice tarp)

with the other petrified creatures.

Bird, bat and squirrel are what I could recognize.

Everett was unafraid and in awe of this man.

He went to town cleaning.

He said others don't go where he goes...

some shelf up the chimney to be exact.

Terry was like Dick Van Dyke 

on the roof with all kinds of brushes.

I am telling you it was a sight

and quite refreshing to see

a person take his work so seriously.

I will never use another

sweep again.

Get on the horn and call Chimney Corners

and ask for Terry.

Here are some snaps:

Terry on arrival.

The squirrel and see the bat on the left?

OMG.

Everett and squirrely.

Terry and Everett and squirrel again.

Terry on the roof.

One of his great brushes.

Wow.

the best matchsticks

Directly from Jen Pearson's etsy shop:

"Designed by Jen Pearson, the Reclaimed Apothecary Matchstick Bottles 

have been recycled and re-purposed as functional match "boxes". 

Pearson etched the bottom of each jar to create a strike-able surface. 

This is sustainable product design at its best. 

Is this art or functional design? Both?"

I say BOTH!

I do have this little bottle of matches on my mantle.

I love shaking the match out and striking the glass bottom.

Buy yourself or your best friend one here.

stairs + hall

Simple.

White.

Rustic.

Love.

found here.

peruvian rug

Rug love via remodelista.

our black bathroom

e

Found these two black bath photos 

a while back.

Tickled my fancy.

photos found here and here.

 Inspired me to go black in

 our downstairs bathroom.

We had the old (gross) white tile 

removed and put up

good old wainscotting.

Time for the blue to go.

Here it is in the end.

Black floor, black ceiling,

black shelf,

and black trim.

oh and shell light.

What do you think?

a perfect gray

I just stumbled upon a blog

all about the color gray.

It's called

A Perfect Gray.

Love.

Gray is the new white.