Wife On A Budget: Accent Chairs

1. Target 'Swoop Upholstered Chair'  $199.99
2. Target 'Grey & Gold Slipper Chair'  $149.99
3. Target 'Lucy Chair-Hot Pink'  $429.99
4. Target 'Gerber Slipper Chair-Surf'  $299.99
5. Target 'Chartreuse Zig Zag Chair'  $265.69
6. Target 'Clybourn Loft Armchair Smoke'  $399.99
7. IKEA 'Stockholm Chair' $299.00
8. World Market 'Suzani & Gate Print Darby Chair'  $179.99

Pretty Little Thanksgiving Things

via Two Twenty One

via Etsy

via Home Stories

via Mochatini



via Good Housekeeping



via Women's Day

via Better Homes & Gardens

via Centsation Girl

Monogrammed Mondays: Lamp Shades

Too cute for a nursery or a sophisticated bedroom!

THE PINK GIRAFFE~ found HERE

A FABULOUS DIY Tutorial~found HERE


Adorable Sets~found HERE 

Grown Up Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes

Bourbon + Pumpkin Pie = DELISH!
My good friend KMM found this treat on the always brilliant Pinterest.  It was the perfect fall dessert on Sunday night!  Enjoy!

PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES

READY IN: 20 MINUTES

YIELDS: 2 MILKSHAKES

INGREDIENTS

2 cups vanilla ice cream

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup half & half

1 tbsp vanilla extract

2/3 cup pureed pumpkin

1/2 tbsp **pumpkin pie spice

1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs

2-3 oz bourbon

frosting & sprinkles (or cinnamon sugar) for glasses

DIRECTIONS (found online here):

**Create pumpkin pie spice by blending cinnamon, ginger, cloves & nutmeg together.  Add all ingredients to a blender and mix until combined.  Rim glasses with a light coating of frosting and then dip in sprinkles or pumpkin pie spices.  Shake and sprinkle cinnamon on top.  Top with whipped cream if desired.  See our finished product below and forgive the awful blackberry pics! 

 

I'm Dreaming of a White Kitchen...

Imagine that title sung to the tune of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas."  Just sayin...
Check out these beauts for my future home:).

via Apartment Therapy

via Pinterest

via CoCo Cozy

via Apartment Therapy

via Studio Stratton

via Houzz

Monogrammed Mondays: Halloween Spirit!

It was a GORGEOUS weekend here in Chucktown and we are really starting to feel the fall weather.  Time to open the windows, put some mums out and decorate pumpkins!  I am excited to try these adorable monogrammed pumpkins for our front porch this year.  Maybe I will carve as well for a candle lighted monogram?  What will you carve this year?



via Brown Paper Packages



via The Gift Closet

via Garland & Grace

via Pinterest

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Monogrammed Mondays: Fonts

Whether is classic, traditional, curly, girly or manly there is one for everyone.  What will you use for your next personalized somethin' somethin'?



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via Shop Gramercy



via Number Four Eleven

 

Hump Day Inspiration

I recently had a job that took up a large amount of "me" time.  Don't get me wrong, I loved the job as well as the people I worked with and will never look at that time as a negative in my life.  However, my new job has allowed me to find that time for me, as well as me and Mr. R.  Its amazing how the little things that I have found time to do now have made me so much more relaxed and happy.  Whether its reading a book, watching a favorite tv show I have DVRed, changing the plants in my pots, making a different dinner recipe, spending more time with our extended family, or simply hanging with Mr. R and the boys, I am very blessed to have found TIME.  My hopes for the future?  Start sewing again, finish decorating our house, excercising, spending more time with old friends we haven't seen in awhile, putting a backsplash in the kitchen, painting, and eventually, having a baby.  What moments do you cherish the most or wish to start up again?

 

Monogrammed Mondays: Appliques

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend.  I sure did, even got to spend a DAY with Mr. R (a first since before Memorial Day). 

I want to send a special Back to School shout out to our niece Miss K, who starts FIRST GRADE today and my bro-in-law RAR who is officially a TEACHER today!  We are also staying up to the minute with updates on the impending arrival of niece #4.  Could be any day/minute!  More on that and a Columbia baby shower later.

On to the wonderful world of appliques.  I view these as one of the most elegant versions of a monogram.  They are also the most customized and usually expensive.  They make fabulous wedding, baby or graduation gifts or create a blissful bedroom.  They have become quite popular with designers and mainstream companies like Pottery Barn are now getting in on the action.

Drumroll please...here we go!

BEDDING:

Don't you want to just dive in?
from Bella Lino

Bright & Fun
from Bella Lino

Complimentary with one of my all time favorite fabrics
from Schumacher

OVER THE TOP...
even too much for me.
via Pink Wallpaper

A modern take.  Wouldn't this look great in a
child's room?
via Leontine Linens

 HOME ACCENTS:


Gorgeous Hand Towels via Leontine Linens

More Hand Towels via A Slice of Life

Adorable Tissue Cover via The Pink Monogram

GIFTS & BABY:

Ipad/eReader Case via Boatman Geller

GORGEOUS night gown (hospital jammies?)
via Leontine Linens

Jewelry Rounds: I was actually given one of these
when I was in high school and it is still
one of my all-time favorite gifts, AND I still
use it!  via The Pink Monogram

Baby Burpers...however I think they are too
delicate to actually USE!
via Leontine Linens

A $60 Shower Cap...maybe for
Grandma's Permanent?
via The Pink Monogram

Lingerie Bags-Perfect for the Bride!
via The Pink Monogram

OPTIONS:
One last look at different options for the appliques.  Swooning...ooohhhs and ahhs!  Have a wonderful week!


via Lauren Corbyn Interiors