Home Away From Home

 My office/craft room used to be upstairs in the office.  But after a few weeks we realized that we were not talking as much and the main culprit was me being upstairs.  So I came up with a scathingly brilliant idea.  Why not move my office downstairs into the coat closet?  It was big enough for my desk, had shelves and plenty of space to store all of my scrapbooking needs.  Verdict?  Perfect!  It is the quaintest spot in the house with room to hold all of our office supplies and all the crafty goodness I could ask for.  It is full of color and style.  The walls are covered in pin boards and dry erase boards to hold all my inspiration.  Simply Stunning wouldn't you say?      

Budget Friendly Entry Way

 I have always been an interior design nut, and now that I have my own house it is needless to say getting worse.  Slowly but surly the house has been transforming into our home and I could not be happier.  Last week I decided to design and create our perfect entry way.  I have been decorating for Christmas and it just seemed like a good time.  I had no idea what I wanted to do.  So I started with the table.  Of course, no surprise here, I am on  constant budget for home decorating supplies so I knew that this task was going to be challenging.  I started scouting out tables on my favorite website: craigslist; and surprisingly found a great table for $25 bucks.  It was a little ugly, green and marbled but I saw some great potential.  A quick coating of black spray paint and we were in business.     

  

 The table done I turned to the accessories.  I already had the pig lamp, vintage bingo card and the mirror so naturally they were added.  I picked up a Norfolk pine tree at Home Depot for $10 and added blue vintage ornaments.  A seven dollar frame and three dollar grass dish from Ross finished the top of the table.  I must admit I was not crazy about the removable rack on the bottom of the table but I painted it anyway and put it on to see what I could do with it and I am so glad I did!  I placed three vintage locker baskets on the rack and then added four dollars worth of fire wood to make it look rustic.  So all together I spent $45 dollars and got just the look I was searching for.  It looks amazing and I could not beat the price.         

Etsy Update

 Found these great nesting bowls on etsy by newmoonstudio.  They are so pretty!  I love the structured sides of each bowl, marvelous!  Also BellaBee has been updated!  I added six new vintage finds to the shop.  These wire egg molds are one of my favorites add ons.  They look great in a bowl or perched on a fire place mantel.  Stop by and see what pretties you can add to your home

When I Grow Up...

 I want to be a visual designer.  I have been thinking these last couple weeks about what I want to do with my life since it seems to be going SO STINKING SLOW!!  I have only been out of college for ten months, which is not very long, but gosh I thought I would be farther than I am by now.  I have had two jobs since them, both seemed very promising, and then they turned out not to be which is a let down.  I have been re-focusing this week and really thinking about where I truly want to be in five, ten years.  I have also decided that if all else fails, I would really like to be an accountant, so at least I have that going for me.

Tablescaping

I have been looking for a new dining room table, the table we brought from our apartment is a little to small so we want to upgrade.  I have also been trying to decide what to do with the top of the table when we get it.  I am thinking white table seating six, white matching bench with four sea grass chairs.  I like the thought of burlap placemats  and paper curls on the table with a wire utensil holder and a killer center piece.  I was thinking a cheese dome with a little nest snuggled inside on top of a brown cake pedestal.  Sounds Divine.