Whimsical Lighting

I've always been fairly obsessed with light fixtures, but lately I've been thinking... Is there any reason that light fixtures shouldn't be whimsical? And my answer would have to be: "of course not!"

Yes, yes... I am in love!
xoxo,
Gillian

Built In Book Nook

Oh!!! Add this to my living room wish list!xoxo,
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The Best Living Room Ever

I can see it... on the horizon... getting closer... soon...SOON! I will own an actual, real house.
Yup. No more of this rental apartment nonsense. A house with an honest-to-God mortgage and sidewalks and a yard and, if I have any say in the matter, a garage.

I love interior design and looking at magazines and websites and real life places for inspiration for my one-day home. Unfortunately, because we don't yet know what home we'll buy and because we don't have money for renovating, I don't want to fall too much in love with anything so grand as a granite counter top. Granite is a one-day thing. But things like paint and a new sofa are achievable in the not-so-distant future, so that's where my design sights are set presently.

I find myself drawn to bright, airy, beachy interiors. Cold and sparse is not my thing. I love built-in bookshelves, and heaven knows we'll need them, as the husband and I are both former bookstore employees and serious bibliophiles. Here are a few pictures that are inspiring the heck out of me right now:

 These bookshelves make me drool.

 This is a beach cottage at The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. We visited the hotel on our honeymoon at my insistence, because that's where Marilyn Monroe filmed "Some Like It Hot." I love yellow walls with white trim, grey furniture, and of course, the ocean out the window ;) I love Marilyn Monroe. I love hardwood. If I could just live there, that would make me very happy.

 

Hydrangeas just make me happy.

Since a porthole window is likely unachievable, a porthole mirror would work in a pinch. I love me some nautical elements, especially in prairie suburbia ;)

So... when can I move in?

xoxo,

Gillian

The Green Handbag Pursuit

Ever since the beginning of time I've wanted a green purse. But I have a little problem. My French genes have expensive taste, but my Scottish genes are cheap. I've fallen in love with many a green purse, but I have yet to shell out $200+ for one. Also I'm fairly simple, so dangling, shiny purse bits don't do it for me. I have complicated taste, in that I like the non-complicated. But here's what I love:

How cute are those? I also adoooore these satiny green clutches. They make me long for elegant 1950s parties in Barbie-esque gowns.

*sigh* One day... one day.
xoxo,
Gillian

Renovation

Well, well... It's been a long time since I blogged, but lately my mind has been full of things and I'm looking for a place to put those things!

My blog-of-old mostly involved a lot of rambling, but I'm leaning more in the direction of "style" these days. I'm looking for style. I need inspiration for my clothes, my house, my hair, my life. A style journal, if you will. Spring may be 2 months away, but it's time for a fresh start anyway. Are you ready? Here we go!

xoxo,
Gillian