dining room turned "zen" room possible inspiration

hi says tommy boy

sometimes, i'm not sure why i buy some things. yanno, maybe it's that a company made it that i love, so once i see the brand "i've gotta get it."  this circle rug was one of these.

it was a floor display that was used in the store, so literally, it was a floor display. i'm going to help redo the formal dining room into a "zen" room for my mother. i don't know if i like the idea of this "zen" crap, but i'll do it to make my mother happy. (however, i'll add a little spin of vintage & elegance to it.)

i think i may want to use this piece as an inspiration to base all the other finds that i'll be scavenging for over the next few months. apparently, the formal dining room has to stay "formal" because it's aunt whats-her-face's furniture that she wants to see. however, the only thing she is going to see is how hideous it is, unused it's been, and the sheer amount of dust that never knew it could collect in 1 year. so, i can't start this until november.

but, really, come on. check out the price tag.

feel free to post any fun color palettes. i think i like this one.


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tweet tweet from sri lanka

when it was a little cooler in the summer, i went out to a couple of estate sales down in southern kansas city. along the way, you always stop at the other sales that didn't scout out. i'm glad i stopped at this woman's garage sale, we chatted, and shared a bit about ourselves. i paced around and did a couple of laps around her wares, and stumbled upon these. intrigued, i picked them up and walked over to her. she told me the story behind these little birds.







they were her grandmother's growing up & she always had them in potted plants. she didn't know where they came from, until i looked at the tag that still said "made in sri lanka." the woman went on and on about how she remembered them from her childhood, and still wanted to keep one for herself. so, i made it away with 3 of the 4. they very beautiful and hand painted. i don't have any potted plants in my room, nor a patio. so i stuck them about my room, until i get my own place.

they were a little pricey for my lack of income, but $1 a piece was cool by me. they totally look like something anthropologie would sell or their new company, terrain.

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how cool would it be to have these hanging out next to them?

i should send keith johnson an email.

trends: bird cages

On Saturday, I got off work just after noon from the brunch shift. I remembered that there was this huge warehouse full of antiques and I had earned some cold hard cash from some tips.* So I thought I would wander on over before I fled back up North to my home. I spotted two great bird cages at the River Market Antique Mall.

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I absolutely adore this cage. So cool.

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Very simple white cage that is fairly cheap and could be hung.

Design*Sponge found a load of bird cages at Brimfield and did a wrap-up of the trends. At the River Market, they also had a couple of bird cages that were on stands, like 4 feet off the ground, however the cages were tacky or they just didn't look right.

* I've made a total of $6 so far because the other servers haven't tipped out yet. I know, that's not a lot of money but when you haven't had a job in awhile....it's more than you had before!