so long, summer

i have a few pictures i have taken myself that i like very much. i will display one every friday. today's picture was taken at lake powell, utah back in april of 2008. since this weekend means that summer is officially over, i thought i'd leave you all with one last summertime image. enjoy!

zara

love these looks from zara

mirrors

my husband and i got new bedroom furniture! this means we have a place to fit all of our clothes, and we don't have to pile the baby's clothes inside of his pack n play! we are getting a bed frame, two dressers, a nightstand and an entertainment chest. quite the deal. the only thing we opted against was the mirror that came with one of the dressers. so we are hunting for a mirror to go above it. in my search, i found some pretty cool mirrors, so i thought i'd share.

 

i'm not exactly sure if any of these would actually work in our bedroom, but i like them. we will probably go with some sort of metal frame, since trying to match wood tones would be next to impossible. i'd also like something more uniquely shaped than just a square or a rectangle, although that gilded metal square frame above is pretty. i don't know. i guess i should wait until the furniture actually gets here to start trying to mix and match.

comfy

i want this couch. it makes me want to go take a nap.

i found this beauty over at decor8blog.com. it's a photo taken by frau mayer and cat.

halloween

so i stumbled across some ideas for halloween, and now i am SO excited for the end of october. after browsing through these images and others, my husband and i decided we're going to have a halloween party.

before & after

i can't enough of the before & after shots over at design sponge. SO inspiring. and so do-able. you need to check out the blog and spend hours looking through their before and after pictures. you will never buy new furniture again. here's a preview:

i am always amazed at what a little paint and some fabric can do.