I’ve been keeping an eye out for a small side table that looks great, but doesn’t break the bank.  This metal accordion side table from Urban Outfitters would fit that bill perfectly.  It’s only $64 and comes in black too.  The item is sold online only and shipping is $5. The table is 14 inches in diameter and 25.25 inches tall.  I bet a round mirror would look pretty inside.

I thought I’ve seen a similar table before for even less- closer to $50, but haven’t been able to locate them lately for that price.  

I haven’t been doing the monthly James posts since he turned 2, but wanted to keep sharing my favorite little guy occasionally.  Here’s two pictures that melt my heart.  The first picture is my phone screen saver:)

At the Children’s Festival about a month ago. 

Last weekend with his younger cousin. 

 I hope y’all have a wonderful Memorial weekend!  

I must have an inner-voyeur lurking inside me because I absolutely get a thrill from peeking into other people’s lives.  And I especially like seeing how their day-to-day lives operate.  I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m interested in the details, like do you drink coffee when you wake up, are you a night owl or early bird, do you typically eat in or out?  Getting these tidbits of information helps me feel like I know you more intimately.

If you’re like me, then this post is for you.  This past Saturday, I made a point to take pictures throughout the day,

I’ve gone on and on lately about how I’m smitten with lime green right now, and it’s true, but something about this brilliant blue color struck a chord with me and made it’s way onto my breakfast table.  It’s a fun pop of color in that area.

When I was at Home Goods over the weekend doing the happy dance over my new mirror, I also found this blue jar that’s a twin to my green one.  For $9.99, I couldn’t resist. And it goes so nicely with the reversible blue and white Z Gallerie runner.
I get asked a lot where we got our table and benches,

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend.  Ours was pretty relaxing, we headed to the beach with my sis-n-law and her family on Sunday, and it was such a fun time.

When we cleaned out the guest room, one random piece of furniture that needed to be relocated was the black writing desk.  I figured it was perfect for sewing, so I made a place for it in my office.  Now that I’ve got a specific place for sewing (and I’ve organized all my fabric and sewing supplies- I’ll have to show you soon), I’ve been sewing more.  

When I was shooting pictures of my kitchen over the weekend to show you our new rugs, I caught a glimpse of one of the little parts of our kitchen that makes me so happy- the built-in shelves in our island where I keep my most-favorite cookbooks and cooking magazines.

Originally, there were three shelves and I asked our builder to change it to two, so that I could stand my cookbooks upright.  A few months ago, James was really into pulling out the books, and my husband thought we should pull them all out and put them somewhere else if I didn’t want him getting into them.

For about a year now, I’ve been wanting to add a cowhide rug to our living room, collecting images on Pinterest, and generally swooning every time I saw one layered over a natural rug.  After I bought a round rug for under our stairs, and two new runners for the kitchen, my husband was teasing over the weekend and said, “We have so many rugs, we now have a rug on a rug!”  Yes, that’s true.  I’ve been doing everything I can (short of buying this beauty) to try to obscure the baby-safe ottoman we have now:)  I think the layered rug,

Happy Friday!  I’m thrilled to hear that one of my favorite boutique stores, Henri Bendel, is finally coming to Houston- June 2nd to be exact!  (For you Houstonians, the store will be located in the Galleria, on the 2nd level, near the Apple store). Until now, I’ve only shopped their stores in New York and Dallas, when I’ve been visiting those cities.  So happeeeeee!!!  Henri Bendel is known as a Girl’s Playground, and sells fun stuff like unique jewelry, handbags, makeup bags, accessories, makeup and beauty products.