It's been a bit of a long week so I'm happy to say that a few days off are on the horizon! I love the simplicity of this fireplace, minus the zombies of course. Any fun plans for the weekend? 

See you Monday!

xo

{design sponge}

I've been thinking about reupholstering a couple chairs and I would love the have one in velvet, what do you think?

Also, have you also been noticing so many people using Pinterest on Facebook, I think my sister was pinning nerdy glasses the other day...everyones onto our Pinterest secret now!

{1,2,3,4}

I know, we haven't had much of a winter this year but I'm still missing the green and it's not over yet either. Without the plants, trees in bloom and atleast some gardening it's just not the same. These California shots could really have me fitting in there, if it wasn't so far away from our family I think we wouldn't even have to think twice. xo

{Dwell}

Love. 

Happy Monday.

xo

{emmas designblogg}

Any fun plans flowing into your life this weekend?

Hugs.

xo

{the coveteur}

 

A few weeks ago, I spotted this DIY from Oh Happy Day on how to make your own piece of art (which I lost the actually diy project but had to still show you-sorry). I love it. It's the type of project that you can can create by using a saying that means something to you. I think mine would say "Slow down" but maybe in another language it would look cooler. What would yours say?

Dessino moi un mouton translates to "Draw me a sheep".

{oh happy day}

I wanted to change it up today from Take Two to talk about organizing! I've was so inspired by my sister in law to get things together. She was telling me about a professional organizer that she had hired to do her closets and how good it felt to have everything in a place with a system. I have a few closets that had started to have a mind of their own and started to be a place of clutter.  Needless to say, the next week I dove right in and got it together. It's been the best thing. I feel like I was never really taught the proper way to organize before and with the help of some magazines (that Martha Stewart really knows her stuff) I've transitioned my space...big time. 

Here are some tips that I've learned: 

*Start with a clean slate and take everything out. Everything! 

*Take an inventory of things you haven't worn in ages. Sentimental clothes (that old t-shirt etc.) will stay but the other stuff bag up to give away.

*Separate seasons. I took out all my summer clothes that were still lingering, place in a large plastic container with a lid. This will give you so much room!

*Think multiples- sweaters, t-shirts, 3 quarter length shirts, skinny jeans, regular jeans...I found that the trick is separating each into a group.

*I folded my jeans (long folds) all skinny jeans together and all regular jeans together. 

*Hanging in my closet I only have blouses, dresses and cardigans and I'm left with so much more room than I've ever had. 

*If you don't have time to put the clothes away that you just took off- place a linen basket somewhere in your closet for the clothes you take off and will wear again before laundering.

Now you can see what you need to buy...containers and hangers.

I have so many scarves, hats and accessories that I don't wear everyday. I have some shelves in one of my closets and I have those items there. I prefer to have them on display so I can see what I have but you can also put them into pretty linen storage boxes from the Container Store.

For the bathroom, I basically did the same thing. I threw out old lotions, medicine and soaps and used containers to separate all first aid, lotions, essential oils and bath salts. I also picked up a couple blue mason jars that I put in the medicine cabinet to hold razors, q tips and cotton balls.

The biggest thing for me to keep things organized after I did this project is to remember that everything needs a home to go back to. You can label the container, but honestly after you put so much effort into it you'll see that you don't want it to go back to the way it was! 

xo

I practice a mantra like this in meditation every week, and yet why is it so hard? I suppose I need to practice it more.

Enjoy this beautiful weekend and do something that inspires you! See you Monday.

{mattew brooks via miss moss}

These photographs were taken by David Finato and I first read about him here. I love the modern yet retro feel that these create. 

On another note...I can't wait to show you my closet makeover next week. I spent hours organizing and getting rid of things that I haven't worn in ages. The only way I can explain it is that I feel so light! Do you have any organizing tricks that you use? I highly recommend purchasing something like these or this and up until now I pretty much had everything visually seperated, do you do this too?. I used both in my bathroom closet to seperate lotions, nail polish and first aid supplies.

I'll be back with the weekend post later on. xo 

There's really no doubt that living in an open air space, which happens to be a loft isn't a fun thought. Especially for a designer, it gives you plenty of challenges and tons of wall space..sounds nice to me. I love the windows that stretch the length of the wall. There are a few others in the blogging world who have written about their lofts (that I know of) and Bri and Erin come to my mind. Their styles are very different but both have very cleverly made two very lovely spaces. Really gorgeous. 

{yatzer}