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Busy days ahead... are you ready? I am longing for the simplicity of a vintage cabinet filled with lovely creamy blue dishes and steaming cocoa to drink while I day dream.

Next week I hope to have some pictures of my holiday decor and a little sneak peek into what has been keeping me so busy!

Tomorrow we will have our final post in our Guest wish list series.

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Happy Thanks giving. I hope you have a wonderful relaxing day planned!  Wouldn't this be dreamy for Thanks giving, of course there may not be room for the food - but what can you do- beauty is pain right!

I do have to take a moment to say Thank you to all of you my wonderful readers for joining me here so often on the blog!  It truly has become a big part of my everyday life and I appriciate you all. 

Have a lovely day!

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Are you ready??  I know I know.  I should not forget that next week is Thanksgiving... but I am ready to toss out the pumpkins and bring in the greenery...  You?  Have you started your Holiday shopping??

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The throws look so yummy! As everything starts to cool down I want to snuggle up and eat family dinners with wine and candles and wonderful conversation, followed up with a fire and more conversation about times past and things to come.

Loving the feel of the sea in this space.  It is but it is not at the same time..  

I wish it was this beautiful and simple... but now I have a naked grey wall in my dining room and I am still debating on what I will do...

 

A little sleepy this morning...  wishing that my bed looked like this though...  

I want to say thank you again for all of your lovely comments about our dining room.  I am in the process of putting it all back together this weekend and then next week maybe something for that wall.  It seems so naked without the mirrors.  I will test the clock theory but I am not sure that it will stand out with enough contrast for me.  I am considering putting something like this in there since I already have them (but if someone buys them then I can get my new chandelier!!!) and  I would have to change out some other pieces if I did that.  I am sure I won't be able to wait long as I get a little impatient sometimes and I want to have it semi together before a dinner we are hosting on the 14th of November!  I will keep you up to date though.  Have a wonderful weekend and a very spooky Halloween! 

Here is my dining room as it is now... With dark brown paint and the mirror collage. I am not in love. We have an ugly ceiling fan that was existing and most of the furniture was new. I had the drapery made and put in just after we moved in a couple of years ago. I have been dying to change this room for a while now but have been kind of undecided on what exactly to do. (I have had a square of Slate Grey from Restoration Hardware painted on the wall for 3 months or so waiting for my husband to give in.)

So we will paint and I have decided to sell the mirrors to make way for a large reproduction clock face with zinc. I am so excited! I am hoping that the grey on grey will work for the space. I would really love to have some mirrored window panes here - but a clock face will do nicely for now.  I am going to recover the chair seats too once the painting is done.  I found a great settee at the Long Beach Flea Market a few months back that I was thinking of putting in here but it is too low so I have another location planned for that.

The floor will remain unfinished concrete as I am still deciding if we should stain it or just wait for the wood flooring I liked to be within my budget.

I have decided to go ahead with the Slate paint from Restoration Hardware- I love the dark contrast with the white trim. As we progress I will have to give you an update...

(I know I never did do an update on the front door project- they look amazing- I will have to take some pictures and post them.)

What do you think?

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images via me

I fell in love with the feeling of this home. The soft colors and overall relaxed feeling - I need this more in my life....more relaxing. You?

The first image is my favorite!  I just used it for inspiration for a client project....

This is such a gorgeous combination...Here's to a new week...

I am thinking that this would be the perfect spot to enjoy a cup of tea and a pain au chocolate...  Have a lovely Saturday..  Tomorrow it is up early for the flea market in Long Beach in search of goodies!

Don't forget that today is the last day to enter to win in our giveaway!

I am so glad that I subscribed to Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Magazine... Loving all of the greige in it this month! It seems they were reading my mind... did you get yours yet? 

(note the dining benches and how they work so well in both spaces)

Adding that splash of color makes this room have so much personality where it might otherwise be dull.  I am loving the trend toward pieces that look more like dressers in the dining room for storage too.  So fun!!

Is it possible to be too inspired? I have been aching for a change around the house as summer seems to be coming to a close. I love fall and I feel like I need to make some kind of change.. small or large.

We have been working on a project in the front garden here at the house that is finally becoming complete. Now just the planting is left which I am very excited for (as long as we don't get too much more heat). I have been having vintage finds reupholstered and been giving so much thought to painting in the dining room.. (my husband says I need to relax!!!) Sorry cannot do it- I am overly inspired! 

You?  Are you ever unsure where to concentrate your efforts when inspiration hits (over and over again)?

I love the look of lanterns inside.  It just seems like a great contrast to so many interiors these days, making things not too fancy.  They are showing up everywhere - the dining room, the entryway,

the bedroom and the family room.  What do you think?  Would you do it?  Have you done it?

These are some of my current favorites...

From My Sparrow

Coming soon to greige

From the Urban Electric Co.

From Arteriors home

How can one person be so talented and make me want to sit and stay awhile??

I need the glass door in the top photo...

images john saladino via cote de texas

I hope you have a lovely weekend friends! I am hoping after an insane week that my weekend feels as lovely as this room...

image via elle decor