Suffering from "Iwantitdonenow-itis"

I'm still on the hunt for more artwork.  As mentioned in my previous post, I'm wondering if I should just wait and pick up something on a road trip.  I'm planning to go to Portland this summer which really isn't that far away.  I suffer from the syndrome "Iwantitdonenow-itis".

I often worry that my need to get things done supersedes my need for my things to have meaning.  Patience has never been my virtue.  This poster speaks to me (in a Barry White-like voice):

The only reason why I didn't get this print by Recovering Lazyholic is that it would have just made feel too guilty every time I looked at it.  Since I'm talking about Erin Hanson's work, here's another piece that I love:

 

What?  You like Erin Hanson's stuff, too? Check out the etsy store, then, my friend!

If I hadn't gotten this print by Claire Ingram:

 Claire Ingram

I would have purchased this print:

 

Wayne Pate's work is really adorable.  I'm certainly going to keep my eyes open for anything new that comes up.

I also contemplated the purchase of this fine piece:

 

"Holding Hands" - ongren 

but realized that it was going to be too large for the wall it would be living on.  I'll probably look for smaller prints (or postcards) and put them in large white frames.  This print just doesn't have the same effect when it's is in postcard form.  It sort of reminds me of being a kid playing cats in the cradle.  I sucked at that game.  I'd pull the same moves over and over again until my opponent would finally say "I'm bored" and I would win by default.  Clever clever!

4 walls = Home?

I'm just starting to get settled into my new home and in all honesty, it doesn't quite feel like home.  Everything is so new and staged.  I haven't found that perfect medium of making things feel comfortable and inviting but clean and uncluttered.  It's funny because none of my guests feel that my home is uninvited but they do say that it looks like a showroom (but not in a bad way).

I am often green with apartment/ home envy when scour the House Tours or House Calls on Apartment Therapy or the Sneak Peaks from Design*Sponge. 

This House Tour from Apartment Therapy is a perfect example of a house that is a home.  Marie and Nick's Festive East Bay Ranch is full of life and memories.  It's a perfect reminder to me that making your apartment your home will take time and knick knacks are far more precious if there is a story behind them.  Here some of my favourite pictures:

 

Check out the rest of the house tour here.

House envy!

More CL finds

Cute Mid Century finds :

Mid Century Couch

Chrome Swivel Chair

Floor lamp
I especially love the couch.  Too bad I already one - this is the type of piece that you base all your decorating on.

I have a lot of catching up to do... just not now.

Oh how I wish these were available in Canada - or that Heals UK even has them in production.

Heals UK Wire Cage Planter (no longer available).  Click here for a similar style.

But I'm happy to have found these!

I also found a pair of garden gnomes and ceramic mushroom water catchers at Diaso.


This is also an idea I'd like to incorporate but I have to wait and see how much room the Topsy Turvy will take up:

From Thirteen and South

From Nector and Company

I'm the laziest blogger in the world :(

Ding!

I'm such a sucker for re-purposing.  I'm also a sucker for terrariums which will be a project of mine in the spring.  Apartment Therapy has compiled some great pics that combine my two loves:

From Re-Nest "10 Ways to Repurpose Light Bulbs"

Charlie Jones

Chalking it up

Oh man... that was just... well, that was just cheezy.  Sorry.

I was toying with the idea of painting the storage room door that faces the dining and living room area yellow.  Now I've been considering giving that door a couple coats of chalkboard paint.  I love the way the colours of the chalk pop out from the dark background.  I won't know if it will work until I complete my move.  Here are some inspirational pics that I found:

From Rhapsdy

From Domino Mag (Oh how I miss it so)

Jenny Lyon's inspirational home.  For more pics, check out Habitually Chic.

See the "Before" and "After" pics at Design Sponge.

The insanity never stops

So, after three days of labour, I finally completed the slip cover for my sofa bed.  Right now, it looks a bit like an ikea slip cover - generic and boring.  My fingers are raw from all the pins that have stabbed my sensitive and tired nerves.  My neighbors must have thought I had Tourette's, with all the random curses that were entering their homes through sound osmosis. 

I tried to add leather covered buttons to class up the joint but I gotta tell ya, it was like leaning on golf balls.  So I ended up removing them.  I'm thinking about adding lime green felt, cutting them into circles and adding on some iron on backing instead. 

The problem that I'm having right now is that my couch completely blends in with my area rug which is really giving it a Town and Country type of feel.  All I need now is some Laura Ashley throws.  Ughhhh.

When I first moved into my home, I had searched and searched for pillows or fabric that would fit my budget but alas, pillows are ridiculously priced.  Okay, okay - I get it.  The fabric might custom, the pillows might be stuffed with water fowl down, etc... labour..... but 80 bux for a pillow!  Jeebuz!

Here's an example of some pillows or fabrics that I HAD in mind with my first apartment:

But I ended up making my own pillow cases from ikea fabric:

Good enough.  For now.

Now, back to my current situation:  I had thought of some other ways to help distinguish my couch from my area rug.  I toyed with adding trim to the base of the slip cover but since it's a fold down sofa bed - this would end up being a bit tricky.  I have some accent boxes at the bottom but they will remain mostly hidden because of the coffee table.

So my only option at this point is to find bolder pillows.  However, my budget, again, has restricted my ability to buy what I want.

From Inhabit

I would have gotten this pillow if it weren't so small:

Fauna Squirrel Pico Pillow

So, instead, I'm going to try to make my own pillow by stenciling a design on to fabric.  More to come when the project begins.