On the Fringe

Gallery Wall Dreams

As you may or may not have noticed from my previous updates on the progress of our living room or various styling posts, there has been an area of our living room I've been hiding from you, folks. There may have been a glimpse of it in the original "embarking on the living room" post, but for the most part I haven't wanted to show you guys what it looks like, because, well, it really doesn't look a whole lot different than that original photo that was taken, oh I don't know, NINE MONTHS AGO.  Whole baby humans have been grown across the world since I told you there was going to be magnificent things happening with our living room, and almost nothing has changed with our TV wall.  I mean it's only the one part of the room we face pretty much all the time, and it's not like its the very first thing anyone sees when entering our apartment (please detect any and all sarcasm in that sentence).  So here it is in all its glory:

Not to say that I haven't had some design dreams about this beast. I think actually, that the reason nothing has happened here is because I'm really pretty terrified of messing it up, or investing a lot of time/ money into it and then making a mistake.  And the idea of that being the thing that holds me

Love to Love: The Wardrobe and Musical Stylings of Panic! at the Disco

It might seem strange to say that a single band has had more influence over my style and aesthetic over the past decade than anything, but I'd be lying to tell you anything else.  Panic! at the Disco was the first real thing that I gravitated toward stylistically, musically, visually, etc.  Their wardrobe and

Pillow Projects Part 2: The Wooly Friend

Welcome to part two of my pillow project posts!  Today's project is the wooly friend pillow, made from Merino wool.  These pillows are pretty delicate, so they certainly shouldn't be part of a major snuggle fest, but they'll look real pretty sitting on your sofa!

Pillow Projects: The Classic Plaid

Earlier this week I posted about styling the couch in the living room.  While there are a lot of really great home decor items out there, sometimes they come with a pretty steep price tag to get that trending style.  I've seen a lot of really awesome throw pillows out there in the world and sometimes the number on the price tag is a little overwhelming and quite stress-inducing.  I find myself

Lovely Leaves

Space Styling: Styling the Couch

The weather is just starting to turn cooler around here, but as usual the weather can't make up it's mind— some days it is just above freezing, and others I feel silly wearing this pom pom hat outside because its so warm!  Regardless, its cozy week here on the blog and I'm kicking it off with a fun late

Pumpkins in Pictures

Happy Halloween!  While I won't be posting on actual halloween, this seemed like the perfect outfit post to sum up the week.  I love that this shoot had a haunted quality to it, what with all the dark tones and all.  I feel like my love for elaborate collars comes out around this time of year and

School Ties

Fall Mix Up: 12 pieces // 8 outfits

For today's game of style mix up we have 12 lovely fall players.  The rules are simple: start with 3 shirts, 3 accessories, 3 layering pieces and 3 bottoms or onesies, and mix it up!  The point being that

Wandering in the Woods

Until somewhat recently in my life I had no real desire to travel or see the world.  I was content with finding the small pockets of mystery and wonder in the places close to home, and I didn't dream much of visiting a lot of places around the globe.  I think that that part of me has shifted recently, and now I

A Harvest Gathering with Delectable Fall Morsels

I get a ridiculous amount of enjoyment from entertaining. Making the meal plan, cleaning, organizing, and coming up with decor is for some reason a source of pure joy for me, so when I saw the opportunity to have some family down for a low key fall gathering I just couldn't help myself.

Lovely Style: Emily Henderson

Let's take a moment to talk about this lovely lady, Emily Henderson, who is one of my biggest inspirations in life.  She is an extremely talented photo stylist, designer, blogger, thrifter, and teacher (of all things style), and she's a mother and HGTV Design Star winner to boot!  Not only is she the spokes designer for Target, but she also just put out a book all about styling, and has the most swoon-worthy instas a girl could ask for to grace her instafeed on the daily.  Seeing her designs inspires me

Terrier Prep

Festive Leaf Printables for your Autumn Life

Happy Fall, all!  As seems to be the tradition around here, I've come up with a fun printable paper project to help you get your fall on at your lovely abode this season.  I've made this one a little different than past paper garlands though — I put a little more emphasis on the paper medium being

Fall-ing in Love with Shoes

Shoes and I often have a difficult relationship.  I don't buy them often enough because I hate breaking them in, but I am in constant need of good shoes because I wear through them quickly.  In college it

Easy Breezy Autumn

Acorn Pin DIY

Artist Feature: Dansdelune

Louise of the Etsy shop Dansdelune is a UK based illustrator whose work I've grown quite fond of.   I love the themes of fairy tales that come through in her work.  I've always been toward the fantastical

Space Styling: Eating Nook

When we first moved into our apartment we had to ask ourselves, 'how on earth can we fit an eating area into this space?!?'.  Thus, I continued to ponder the question for many a pondering session, and in the end this was the solution!  Though I'm not showing you the entire space here, I'd like to explain