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What is it about a black and white color scheme that just to be a driving force within the design world? Is it the possibility of a blank slate? Is it the intense, obvious nod toward diversity within design, or is it simply that the contrast is unapologetically chic? I say, who cares. Let's just embrace the simple elegance of such a color scheme.
There is something unequivocally beautiful about black and white flowing harmoniously within a space- fighting for center stage, and somehow in their struggle creating a beautiful give-and-take dance that elates the heart and pleases the eyes.
Sometimes, it's just...that...simple...

Pottery Barn catalog image, via Arren Williams

It's official.

I thought this was cute! Addicted to facebook, much?

Old Blue

Here's a good question for you: HOW can it possibly be December already?! No seriously. I feel like I've slept through this entire year... or maybe just sped through it fast and furiously. Either way, I feel like I just left winter behind. Yet here it is, greeting me at my doorstep again with sparkling frost covering the grass in the morning, dreadfully short daylight hours, and mornings spent debating whether or not I should risk getting out of bed for fear that my toes might freeze and fall off.

I'm not a fan of cold winter weather. The grey, wet days spent indoors can really start to give me cabin fever. Everything takes on the palest shade of blue- as if the world was covered in a constant thin layer of twinkling ice, reflecting on the blue skies of the summer left behind. This blue has been showing up in my inspiration files a lot lately, but in a way that makes me much cheerier.

Here are a few images to warm your soul, even if the weather outside is frightful!


House Beautiful


The Mountain Label

Jac De Villiers Photography

Diy Magazine

Darryl Carter

Tom Leighton Photography

Sharyn Cairns Photography

House Beautiful

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Domino

Domino

A DIY Kitchen Revelation

The kitchen has been revealed! Check it out and let us know what you think over at Mid-Century Midwest!

Cyber Monday

Did you shop on Black Friday? I didn't. I worked. It was crazy. Seriously. People are crazy.


But today it's Cyber Monday! This is the Black Friday version of online shopping. Get out there and find some deals! And then come back and tell me what you bought for me!

DONE like dinner!

And just in time! Ryan and I have finished our kitchen re-design and we can't WAIT to show you the results! Stay tuned to Mid-Century Midwest for the reveal this week! You'll be glad you did!

We've also made the executive decision to save any big projects (i.e. gutting our two bathrooms, spurcing up the garage, fixing our delapidated back porch, etc) for next spring. That means I'll have more time for myself! I can't wait to get back into sewing again! Maybe I can make some pretty bags like this beauty:

You can find this lady in red over at Eight Seasons' Etsy shop

Have a happy Tuesday!

Beautiful Bones

This bone china spoon set showed up in my inbox this morning, and I can't stop thinking about them! So pretty and dainty! I'm not sure how practical, but certainly easy on the eyes.
Check out all the beauties at Horne this Monday morning!