Designer Relish: Neal Beckstedt Studio

I am loving the casual eclectic elegance in these spaces. The portfolio over at Neal Beckstedt Studio is right up my alley and something worth drooling over.

Blog Relish and Kitchen Reno: tiny.k

This is the reason I wake up excited to read blogs. I am so inspired by the years of renovating documented on tiny. k and her style. You will not be disappointed go check it out!

Inspiring Kids Spaces

Images found via Dos Family and Deco Peques

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A cup of toffee with cream.....please...

I am loving this neutral combination of toffee/camel colored leathers with different creamy shades of whites and textures. Today is my birthday and I have spied two camel colored chairs of I have been wanting all week! I hope they still have them when I get to go out tonight!

Here are the links to all the images above...be sure to check out each photographer's portfolio!

The first three photographs were taken by Morten Holtum.

The next image was found via decorpad. (I am working on finding out the photographer)

The last photograph was taken by William Waldron for Elle Decor.

Scandinavian bloggers have got style!

I am loving all the color from the ladies of Scandinavian Chic. The first five images are photos from the contributing editor Carina who also does the blog My Wonder World. The last few photos are from another lady on the team named Rikke who blogged at Rikkes Stil.

Designer Relish: Pamplemousse Design Inc.

Delphine Krakoff has a great sense of style, in which she is able to create such elegant french modernist interiors. I love everything in the Pamplemousse portfolio.

My Weekly Muse

I read blogs all the time and every week I come across an inspiring image that makes me think about everything that was captured. The image above was found via Desire to Inspire from her post last week about photographer Susanne Schanz. I love everything about the space its calming, fresh and exciting with the "I Warn You" phrase. It also reminds me a little of a neutralized Jonathan Adler vignette.

Step One: Integrate Playfulness for my Child in the Decor

Ohdeedoh has some great posts about this here and here.
I am also loving the show Parenthood and so inspired by the set design.

I always wanted to just have the child's bedroom and playroom be the space for the toys and decor. I have realized at this point that is unrealistic for our living space and I need to learn to incorporate it throughout the house. So that puts me in the position to think about these things:

1. What toys do I want to invest in that I know my child likes to play with and I like looking at day in/day out....?

2. How do I want to store the toys, books, artwork, etc.?

3. What kids furniture do I want to invest in? The chairs and play table or just the chairs.....etc?

4. Observe what my child is really liking and keep that at her level while other things can be stored higher...

So these next few days I am going to try to answer these questions and post some inspiration photos in order to find my style and taste in children decor.

It's Been A While.....

This is the cutest changing table/crib house I have ever seen....actually the only one I have ever seen! Found via A Merry Mishap and designed by Dave Keune.

Adorable Snack Plates by Caroline Gomez found here.

New found blog love Parlour and check out the rest of her work!

The images above are just some of the things that have brightened my day today. This summer has been a challenge. We have moved from Phoenix to Seattle which was great and a wonderful road trip....but we felt we had a different place to be. So while we felt God opened another door we downsized from a 1600 sq ft house in Phoenix to a 1600 sq ft townhouse in Seattle too.........wait for it.......a 700 sq ft 1 bedroom apt in Dallas (side-note: with a 2 year old and a baby due in 7 weeks)!! This whole experience has been surreal and costly but I feel I am gaining so much trust in the Lord and building a believe it or not even more exciting and better relationship with my Hubby! We had signed a year lease in Seattle which put us in a just in case scenario we should probably do something cheap and small until we are out of the lease. Thankfully we are finally off the lease but are now stuck in this one bedroom for the next 6 months. I have decided to just pretend we are living in the Big Apple with a tiny space for a family. Since the downsize I have had to start thinking about what I really NEED and what will work best for our family in the long run. Over the next few weeks I hope to share how I will be nesting and preparing for baby no. 2 in this teeny space!

Loft Tour on Apartment Therapy

I am loving this loft tour over here at apartment therapy.