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Repurposing

I'm all about found objects repurposed as something else. So I'm loving this bass drum turned side table...

via The Decorista

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Lonny Mag

Trad Home!

Trad Home, a collaboration between Lonny and Traditional Home has launched. And it's everything I think "new traditional" should be!

The first issue featured 20 designers (seriously!) with updated traditional spaces. And each designer gave tips for how to create the look you see in the mag. Some of them are quirky...

(Totally LOVE that, by the way)

Some of them are collected....

(I love the these garden benches with the round table. Unexpected, but totally works!)

Some are quite modern with more traditional elements thrown in...

And some are full of great textures...

Now, it may seem like I've given away a lot of the mag, but y'all - at 347 pages, this issue is "thick." And the writing ain't bad either. I usually don't read articles in design magazines (or almost any magazine), but I actually stopped and read some of these - like "10 Things my Mother Told Me," "Meet Sibella Court," and "Design on a Grand Scale" about Dorothy Draper. This is definitely worth checking out if you haven't already. Happy reading!

Shelf of Curiosities

Found this beautiful bookcase over at Little Green Notebook in a post she did on bookshelf styling.

I'm with her - loving the ostrich egg and the terrarium. But also the turtle shells, alligator head, coral, and....the thing with the big teeth in the bottom left corner. Is it a walrus? What else has teeth that big? Prehistoric rabbit? Love it!

I Just Couldn't Resist...

This is the cake I made for my niece's birthday Sunday. I was so proud of myself for pulling it off. I used this Martha Stewart recipe, but not her recommended icing (it calls for 8 - yep, eight!! - sticks of butter....I just couldn't bring myself to do it). So I made cream cheese frosting and rolled out pre-made neon fondant from Hobby Lobby for the polka dots.

Stormy Master Bath

I have seen this bathroom several times. It seems like every single time I pick up an issue of Coastal Living, there it is. And every time I like it a little more than the last.

I love the stormy, vintage(?) painting against the clean white paint.

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Dear Mr. Paint Horse on the Beach,

You are lovely and would be wonderful on my freshly painted bathroom wall.

Please come visit me soon.

All the best, your biggest fan.

Anne Hall via Lonny

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