the white attic...

i cannot explain to you how i love this store and how upsetting it is that they do not offer shipping. i have called twice, juuust to be sure they haven't changed their policy.

this stacked with all my white dishes and milkglass collection would be a dream come true.

i have been looking high and low for a secretary desk to store all the kids artwork, in the drawers and supplies, on the desk. let me know if you see one.

i would love to have one refinished like this store does in a really fun color.

medium tone wood floors...

resource conservation group

i have a thing for dark-dark wood floors, herringbone parquet if we are being particular. i love the contrast with a good white molding and great beautiful natural light. but, everyone i know who has had them said they are the most beautiful things in the world freshly "swifered" but you can see every speck of dust and every streak from a broom...so since i have young children i am trying to wrap my head around a more practical finish.

these images from desire to inspire just might do the trick...maybe, if i try really hard i could let go of my dark wood dreams. if not aren't these gorgeous to look at anyways?

but for right now we just want to refinish our flooring until we can redo the kitchen.

anyone know any wood flooring specialists?

walking the streets of portland...

okay, so how bad to i hate pictures of myself...pretty bad, maybe i look a little quasimodoesque here but let me tell you.
1. had so much fun with my boo.
2. this is the most comfortable soft sweatshirt that has ever graced my skin. maybe i have already worn in 3 times in the last 10 days. its clean. don't judge me. i really wanted it in gray but this is my big branching out with color. i have been wearing it with leggings and boots and you just might see me in it if you see me this winter, there is no sign of my stopping.
3. and yes, hus' hand is there...it kinda always is... sorry if it offends you.
4. portland is the first city that both dylan and i agree we could move to. we fell in love.
i read this blog and this blog regularly and both the writers completely inspired me to spend some time in portland, so when dylan said he was traveling to portland i JUMPED...it did not disappoint!

it was so fun to tag along on his business trip. he worked all day and i shopped and walked the streets all day. the nights we spent having dinner with new friends and cousins at some great restaurants. i spent one day with my darling cousin and her precious baby, ate tons of yummy food and enjoyed the overcast weather, which i am a complete sucker for.
i am moving in exactly 7 days...yay!! so i don't think i will be able to do another post before the move about the fun hotels (this one and this one) we stayed in and the darling stores i found (this one, a great mix of amazing housewares and the nicest staff) and this one (with a great mix of local artists) or the yummiest street vendor ever.

i am thinking i am going to get one of these on a plywerk...so this one or...

first person to guess what this little forest reminded me of gets a 5x7 of any print of their chosing...go!

this one? i love the dreamy yellow colors

really? how sweet of this cafe to make a table just for me, in one of my favorite colors with all the graphic holes and perfect dings and scratches.

i walked about 20 blocks, 11 of which were on streets just like this. i stopped every few houses to look at the paint colors they had chosen, the gorgeous trees and if i was lucky a great fence or even better an "urban garden" ahh...

can i live here? with its perfect fence and gorgeous blue house.

so i guess i loved all the moss. the texture, the color.

in my dreams...

so maybe i obsess...just a little. as i am recovering from surgery at my mom's house my sleep has left something to be desired. i am sharing a bed with mookie (which i love, just not when he kicks me in my healing places) and the fifi is sleeping pretty soundly in the crib next to us. they are not the issue. i cannot sleep on my tummy (dr.'s orders) and i cannot lift my children, hence the reason i drove 6 hours to recover at my mom's house. the issue lies in the lovely neighbors next door who have decided 1 a.m. is the appropriate and necessary time to get their parties started. i mean i am all for people having fun but when i am trying to heal, and am sharing a bed with my beeb and have all the possibilities of our new house floating around in my, thats when things get dicey.
i have been cursed. cursed with a mind that cannot stop thinking about things until i
A. write them down or B. figure them out.
i am on my third night of laying awake thinking of how i want to furnish my new home when i decided, forget it. i am going to get it out of my system and make a collage...like i said, i am obsessive.
see, we have found a house, a wonderful house that we could stay in for 20 years. it has a dream backyard and i am thrilled about so much of it...except the architecture and style of the home. the other home we had put an offer in on was really great 70's modern lines and huge windows and although smaller i could just see us there...no problem.
the house we have is a different story. so i am tossing and turning all night trying to figure out how i can incorporate my more simple with slices of modern, monochromatic, semi-androgynous style into this very traditional home.
i think i came up with somthing i could love. now mind you, this is with no budget in mind... the turquoise lamp is the low low price of $4500. but the idea is there on paper, and now i am off to sleep. i just hope their partying doesn't get me started on the dining room.