Fun Antique Finds..

Check this out. I love love this find. Cost: $8...It's a lil porcelain urn lamp! How fabulous is this? Eight bucks! He's small, only stands maybe 10 inches tall.

And this find, I'm stoked about. It's an original Potjie Pot ( cast iron )..the real thing. $5. FIVE. FIVE!!! It's worth over $80 easy.

I never do this, but I must post a pet peeve. There are a couple ladies with very popular home blogs, that airbrush their babies/pictures of themselves. And very obviously enhance their eyes.
What happened to being real?! Especially with kids. Dont you feel guilty "enhancing" your children's faces in pictures? Upping the vibrance on a photo is one thing, but making them look like china dolls freaks me out. Love your kids as they are, God made them. This coming from someone who desperately wants another child.
Vent over.

Urban Outfitters Sale Items

$29 Ikat Circles Pillow

Lace Stripe Coverlet $49 ( full/queen in blue )

Steel Table $84.99

Scroll Pillow $9.99 ( 3 colors )

Swoon with me now. Kitchens.

My goal is to have a "new" kitchen by the end of 2012. "New" meaning hiring a professional to paint the cabinets white, new hardware, banquette ( get rid of the corner island ), and most importantly NEW countertops.
Here's my current kitchen. Well, most of it.

So here's me thinking outloud:

Open shelving always draws me in, and these cabinets are the same as mine so it does help visualize them as white. Marble countertops for the win.

Simple yet modern. Crazy about the black windows

Green/Gray Kitchen Tiles are cool, white/gray granite ( what I am trying to get my hands on as an alternative to marble )

Maybe someday I'll have a window like this over my sink :) I do love the fabric and the wide farmhouse sink

This ceiling is bananas.

Here's another white granite..and I have floors like that, I mop every other day...

These are the type of cabinets I have ( shaker ) and ultimately I love this entire look

What's your favorite? Anyone out there have white countertops?

Overstock Tables

While shopping for a client, these caught my eyeballs...

Adair Acrylic Table $225

Industrial Nesting Tables $264 ( restoration hardware, world market knockoff )

Brass-plate/glass table $166 ( favorite )

Tulip Style white MARBLE table $208

Acrylic Nesting Tables $124