just add flowers

I don't know about you but to me there's something calming and very feminine in decorating a room with milkglass vases. In the summer I pick up lots of these vases from Goodwill and scatter them around the house with wild flowers from the yard or from the farmers market.

The great thing about decorating with milkglass is they don't have to match exactly, you could have bowls, compote dish, candle holder, etc. together, but their similar style and colour brings a whimsical theme together.

These photos (via frolic) with milk glass vases were used as a wedding centerpieces. Aren't they lovely?




The vases pictured above (first photo) are available at the shop for purchase.

plates on the wall

I was so inspired by these beautiful plates on the wall..

and put my first three plates up couple of weeks ago... (middle one purchased at jenandjake of Etsy) and in search for more cute ones.

*first three images from Flickr

C is for color!

or colour which is how I prefer to spell it..

Here's a few of my favourite finds this weekend...

I'm tempted to keep this magazine rack for the kid's room. It's old, it's chippy, it's teal and shabby, just the way I like it.

A round tin full of colourful skeins of embroidery floss...

A small ice bucket.. with striking design and colours...

Also found this nice piece of very colourful vintage fabric that would make a couple of nice pillow cases.

And lastly, this Orla Keily pear ceramic canister (sans lid) which I just adore for $2. It was a great Saturday afternoon of thrifting. As something Oprah would say: Jaaaaaaaaaackpooooooooot!

corners of my home

I love this corner by my front door because not only does it look elegant and Victorian, everything in this picture is less than $50 bucks. $47 to be exact. The lovely mirror was salvaged by my husband many years ago from an old house ready to be torn down, which was free. The marble wall shelf I bought from a local antique shop for $45 (which I thought was ridiculously over priced but I bought it anyway because it's perfect with the mirror) and the brass candelabra was from Goodwill for two dollars.

I have managed to decorate our house with some of my favorite things mostly from thrifting used décor and furniture. I’ve become one of those people that just unconsciously brags about how much they’ve spent for an item, for instance, someone will compliment a print on my wall and I will instantly blurt out just how much I got it for, like, “I GOT THAT FOR TWO BUCKS FROM GOODWILL!” which I presume they don't really care to know. Probably not, but I'm still proud of it, I feel really good acquiring stuff that have so much history, character and beauty for very little or next to nothing, and to be given a new life and purpose is an extra bonus.