Can't believe I forgot....

My favorite foyer photo

Console - sleek and simple 

Round Mirror - breaks up all the horizontal lines

Artwork - pops of color to brighten the space

Grasscloth wall covering - adds texture

Love it, love it, love it!!

Foyer

Foyers... The first impression of your home to guests.  This room sets the tone for how your home is perceived and therefore the most important room in your house.  

Formal vs. casual? Colorful vs Neutral?  Traditional vs contemporary?  Paper vs paint?

Oh the options!

I'm in the process of working on our foyer and I have a few ideas in mind.  I have a beautiful console that my husband made for me as well as a circular mirror.  Everything else has to go...

I'll be sure to keep you posted...

Inspiration photos

This past Sunday I needed some retail therapy so I hit up one my favorite places... Sleepy Poet -

A huge warehouse filled with multiple booths ranging from antiques to vintage clothing.  As I was strolling through the aisles I stumbled along some things that I thought were fun - See below.

This Chair, lamp, and painting would make a great start for a room!!!

Vintage Velvet Chair - only $35!!

Red Lamp with Acrylic Base - $85

Print - $135

Vintage Lucite Bar Stools  $150 each

I thought this lamp was very Pretty!! So did the person selling it... $225

Iron Tray on Stand - $20

LOVE the Horns! $185

And this old sign is just plain fun!  Makes me want to head to the beach right now.

Nice & Sturdy Rattan Side Table - Missed the price

OK... Now I would not be caught dead in these but aren't they different???

Vintage Leather Shorts!!!

Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

Since our return from Paris I have been trying to be frugal... key word "trying".  Every time I decide not to spend money is the exact time when pieces walk into my life that I can't give up.  Why is that?? Shall I dare to call it fate??  It's probably more along the line of wanting what you can't have. 

If my name were in the dictionary it would have that exact description beside...

Mary Mac  "wants what she can't have"

(along with creative, fun, mad skills on the dance floor, etc.)

I heard a saying today, If you love it and you can afford it then get it. 
There is nothing worse that having the coulda, shoulda, woulda feeling.

Believe me - I know from experience.

Recent Purchases

1950's Kilim Rug

Vintage Eames Era Stool

(to be reupholstered)

Now what to do with all these pretties???

Inspiration

Remember to use your creative side...

images via...

1) me

2) me

3) www.homedesignfind.com

4) www.smallshopstudio.com

5) www.urbandwellingsdesign.blogspot.com

6) www.jossandmain.com

Miss Me??

Hello ~  I feel that I owe an explanation for my long absence.  Honestly, I thought about giving up blogging... it had become more of a morning job before I took off at 8:20 for my "real job" (you know the place you go to from 9-5 : M-F to bring in the bacon.)  Trying to find inspiration three times a week is hard work!!  I thought about focusing more on the Showroom I work for - but that felt like cheating.  I do participate in buying merchandise for the showroom but in reality it is someone else's dream come true.  Don't get me wrong... I LOVE my job.  It is amazing to work in the Design Industry for such wonderful visionaries with great taste and big hearts!  But this blog is supposed to be a way for me to express my own creative being.

That being said, I'm going to give Boddrick's Roost another go with better posts but less often. 

Quality not Quantity

Flower Arrangement from our Dinner Party last Saturday

I LOVE Spider Mums

Rooms with a View



In our forever home I want to have BIG windows so I can enjoy the outdoors.  My parents live in a 1950's house as well, and while I hated the house when they moved, I have grown to love certain aspects of it.  The kitchen and dining room have windows from wall to wall with only 3" panes in between them with a beautiful view into the backyard.  My bedroom at my parent's house is on the second floor with the same windows and the view is amazing!  All you can see are the tops of trees and the occasional squirrel.  Very Peaceful. 

Sidewalk

Our front yard looked like this on Monday

And looked like this yesterday.

The sidewalk project has reached our part of the street.  You are probably figuring out now why I have been posting so much about front yard landscaping!! Today our driveway gets ripped out and regraded.  And HOPEFULLY by Friday we will have a new driveway, a retaining wall, and a side walk with a planting strip.  I have really been looking forward to this project as I think it will give our front yard definition and will help me figure out the best way to landscape.

In the meantime I guess we are parking on the street...



Etsy Finds

Check out this cool Jewelry from Etsy HaKNICK



These earrings and necklaces come in many different colors... Check out the shop at Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/HaKNiK?ref=seller_info

Curb Appeal

Curb Appeal is so important to a house. It is the first thing people see when visiting and first impressions are very important.  The city is adding a sidewalk to our front yard in the next few weeks and then we are planning major front yard landscaping. 

Take a look at the before and after of a house with new front yard landscaping via House Beautiful.

Before:



A new front door is always a step in the right direction:

After:

It is amazing what plants and a little thought can do.  The best plan is to visit your local nursery or a local college with a landscape program and get their help for a long term plan.  No one can afford to do everything at once.  So do a little bit at a time and after the plants mature a bit you will have a front yard that welcomes guests and really shows your personality!!

Quick & Easy Change

Pillows... Change them out twice a year - fall and spring- to give an immdeiate "spruce" to your house.



New Door & Tree

This past weekend we ordered a new exterior door for our laundry room.  When we bought the house the laundry room was an exterior room with no entry to the house... just an exterior door.  We finished the room last year and added a pocket door connecting the laundry room to the kitchen.  It is awesome!  Currently there is a solid wooden door leading to the backyard.  Natural light is much needed in our laundry room so this past weekend we special ordered a new exterior door. See below:





Hopefully it will come in this weekend and we can install and paint it! High gloss black for the exterior and high gloss white for the interior. We don't use this door so it doesn't have a door knob... just two deadbolts.

We also purchased a Magnolia Tulip Tree to plant outside the door.  We bought the dwarf tree so we don't have to worry about roots growing into the foundation since it will be close to the house. 

Spring Colors

Recently the southeast has been feeling more like Spring than winter.  Especially considering this week temperatures are going to be in the upper 60's ~ I thought we could all use some spring color decorating.

Love these colors!



all images via Southern Living