Florals in the Kitsch-en

Hi peeps! How are you all this glorious afternoon? I have been craving a mood board for my new dinning set complete with floral patterned draperies. Alas, instead I have created a compilation of photos!

 I just came across a lovely photo of a breakfast nook that belongs to Lauren of Pure Style Home via Alison of My Little Happy Place. How gorgeous is that floral wallpaper?

Personally, I've been dreaming of floral draperies and couldn't figure out a good spot for them until recently. Although I've purchased fabric for some of the windows in our home, none of them have drapery yet... It's about time to dress our windows and I would love some dreamy florals in my off-kitchen dining.

Here are some inspiration shots of florals in the off-kitchen dining area for you all:

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Lauren Leiss' kitchen nook

photo by Helen Norman

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not a dining area- i know, but how beautiful is the contrast between the stark white walls, wood floors, and blue and pink in the drapery?

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love-a-lee!!!!!!

switch out those stools for an impromptu dining/ library area

mixed-use areas are a necessity for small living spaces!

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Ella-Bug

Yesterday I realized that Ella's hair was probably just long enough to fit into pigtails:

Too cute right?

Our Living Room

This is pretty much what our living room looks like right now:

minus the pink ikat pillows, brass table and lamp, and the white armoire.

I found some awesome pink and brown ikat-esque fabric yesterday in a so-soft jersey cotton (L-O-V-E jersey cotton, especially for sheets!) and am going to make pillows.

Also, we have an empty space on the wall with the slider that leads to the deck that I think would be the perefct spot for an armoire to hide all our extra throws and pillows as well as board games and other living room necessities.

Keep in mind though that the couch we currently have is not permanent in any regard. As soon as we can save up the cash (and I mean cash, we live debt free with the exception of our house) for a new one we will be buying one.

So anything we buy now will need to go with we pick when we make that big purchase.

As you may already know I have my heart set on a tufted charcoal velvet apartment sized couch, which it is starting to look like, we may have to order custom or even build ourselves since none of the options we've found fit all of these requirements. If we do decide to settle, we will be able to get one sooner than we would if we were building or custom ordering, and we will probably go for the Tory Sofa.

A new, old table

This weekend we....


bought this:

sold this:

and brought home this:

We are loving our grill!

I have had grilled veggie burgers 3 nights in a row.

So far I have also grilled pinapple and onion for my burgers.

As for the tables,

it is bittersweet to see that old table go.

I have loathed it for some time, BUT I have a small sentimental attachment to it as it has been the table our little family gathers around every night.

Also, every morning (since she's been able to run) Ella runs to the the table for breakfast right after I get her up.

This morning she ran, but there was no table there.

Sad!

The new, old table was my mom's. You may not be able to tell from the photo, but the table top is not solid wood.

I have plans to paint it white like Miss Mustard Seed's or a weathered gray a la Restoration Hardware,  distress it, and recover the seats.

I'd love something luxe like linen BUT

we have a one year old.

So I'm thinking we need something durable, and stain-resistant if not wipeable.

Maybe leather? Leather is usually not my thing but it's wipeable, right?

I really don't want to sacrifice my vision or style for practicality's sake, so we'll what kind of compromise we can come up with!

New look!

Isn't it pretty?