A Little Wednesday Whimsy

Fun fabric and prop styling in these shots from the folks over at the City Gipsy blog.

Kelly Wearstler... Under the Sheets

One of Home Anthropologie's favorite designers, Kelly Wearstler, is featured in the July 2010 issue of House Beautiful. Pick it up to see what Kelly prefers in and on her bed.

My Sparrow Recycled Purse Giveaway

Greige and My Sparrow are giving away these beauts... visit the Greige site to enter yourself to win.

Corner Hutch Custom Bar (Sale Item)

Reclaimed old corner hutch given a second chance at a much (much, much) cooler life.

Description: Solid wood construction. Painted flat black throughout exterior. Six paneled mirror additions to top half interior with shelves painted high gloss white. Red wash gloss on lower half interior doors and shelves. White racing stripes and "32" stencil added to take it to "the next level". Original copper hardware.

Quantity: 1

Size: 32" wide x 18" deep x 72" tall

Condition: Restored

Price: $425 (SOLD)

RELICS

The lovely Linen and Lavender blogspot, not to be confused with Brooke Gianettis' Velvet and Linen blog, just hooked us up with this delish site - RELICS - Architectural Home and Garden. Enjoy.

Repurposed Drawers as Art Displays

Read this over at Apartment Therapy and just had to pass it on.

Changing out the drawer pulls can add an interesting detail that can play up the "wow factor" of repurposed drawers on your wall.

Paint the inside of the drawer a bold color or leave the raw wood for a more organic feel.

Rotate your vintage finds, display a vase of full of flowers or showcase your collection of vintage cameras--the options are endless.

Living in Echo Park, we see discarded dressers and desks all the time. If you're not lucky enough to happen upon a discarded drawer, hit up your local thrift store or flea market for these inexpensive finds.

Play around with alternating drawer sizes. A long rectangular drawer would be really neat in a smaller space (acting as a shelf to store your items). Or create a wall of repurposed drawers--just make it your own!

And not that we think displaying empty frames has gone out of style--but displaying repurposed drawers might be the new trend popping up in homes.

Check out more of Amanda's style at: Red Jet Whistle

The Weekend

Courtesy Elle Decor

Matt Albiani's living room via Domino

A couple of great photos i found perusing the ol' web on my iPhone this weekend...

The second one was also blatantly lifted from Emily Henderson's blog The Brass Petal, whom by the by happens to be one of the contestants on this season's Design Star.

Summer Dreamin'

image courtesy linen and lavender

I just found the most magical spot to spend away countless of endless summer days...

Speaking of Secret Gardens...

Get a load of this beauty shot by Miguel Flores-Vianna for Elle Decor.

The Home Anthropologie Secret Garden Update

Moving along quite nicely - new potting bench, tons of new plants and planters and a couple of start-up accessories until we start "formalizing" the overall look more. Next big to-do is sandblasting an 100+ year-old brick wall that probably has more layers of paint on it than i would care to mention. More later.

Photos courtesy of the Hipstamatic app.

Guy Wolff Pottery

Gardens, planting and the outdoors seem to be on everyone's minds right now, ours included, for all the obvious reasons. For some really great pottery check out Guy Wolff Pottery.

Sweetpea & Willow

Sweetpea & Willow, based out of the UK, are currently ranking at the top of my "absolute must haves" category list.

Design Inspiration of the Day

photo: min lilla veranda

So much style in these little apothecary bottles, don't you think?