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Source If I could pick the number one thing that I have learned in the past several years while decorating our home, it would be that no matter how good your taste is... how much you accessorize a table, or bookshelf, or how lovely all your furniture is, a room never feels truly complete, or alive, or even as beautiful as it possibly could, without a plant. Not even kidding.  As soon as I brought our first live plant home, and saw how the added greenery changed that room, I've made a conscious effort to bring more plants home.  Not cut flowers - which I do love - I'm talking about a live plant. For the past several years, I've been ALL ABOUT the fiddle leaf fig.  Totally drank the cool-aid, and as much as I still do love them, I've been on the hunt for equally beautiful, dramatic indoor plants to bring home, and guess what my friends??  I think I've found it... The Olive Tree. Source I love that the dwarf olive tree is a little like a topiary with the round leafy to...

Happy Tuesday friends!  Wanted to pop in today to talk about bedrooms - most specifically about curtained beds. Often, curtains surrounding a bed is associated with the old fashioned canopy bed of the 80's - oh what the eight-year-old version of myself would have given for a canopy bed... unfortunately, that's not quite what I'm referring to.   I'm referring to the revamped version of the traditional canopy bed - the new version where the curtains meet the ceiling, and cocoon the bed while remaining fully detached from any bed frame. Still not sure what I'm referring to?? Source See what I mean?   The curtains are actually connected to a track or curtain rod that is attached to the ceiling, and these new curtained beds offer the softness and same cozy effect as the more traditional canopy bed, without the closed-in, borderline claustrophobic feeling that they sometimes give. Source I'm 100% in love with our upholstered headboard, but I do really love the look of...

Good morning friends!!  The last several posts I've had are mainly about progress on our own apartment, but I've been thinking a lot about dark moody rooms. Source  Maybe it's because all the fall clothes have hit the stores and I'm waiting for the perfect opportunity to bust out my new faux fur vest.  Maybe it's because it's been foggy and cold in San Francisco, and the drippy, dreary days have me ready to hibernate and think about pumpkin spiced lattes, and cozy nights, and big glasses of red wine while the wind howls outside. Or maybe, these rooms are just so beautiful and I can't resist. Don't get me wrong, I'm still craving warm weather and summer nights, but mentally I'm in the fall mindset.  Don't you think there is something so inviting about a dark moody room?  It is an invitation for dim light, candles and ambiance. Source It's probably (definitely) not something I'll be trying out in our current apartment, mainly because ou...

Hey friends!!  Happy Wednesday :-) Not sure if you remember, but a while back I'd posted about DIY art.  It all started with the inspiration photo above from House Tweaking .  Her post is great, but the comments... yowzers!!  Apparently people had some harsh opinions about her having painted over one UGLY piece of art that she didn't love.  I myself could not care less - especially since I LOVED how the arrow art came out.  Clearly. Loved it so much in fact that I recreated it for our own house! May I present to you, my own version of the inverted arrow art... It's not the easiest to photograph, especially when it's hanging on a wall in a room that is currently being used as a catch all storage area for things like empty boxes, a loveseat that we just sold, and wood.  Lots and lots of wood that will soon become a planter for our deck. I pushed some of the junk out of the way in an attempt to stage some pretty things around the art, and it was not my be...