Makes Me Happy...

I wanted to share my little dining room with you today because...well... it just makes me happy! I finally have it just about the way I want it and it has the perfect mix of things that just make me smile anytime I look that way! I live in a pretty small townhouse and the living room and dining room are open to each other. The couch and the television sit facing the dining room so I actually get to stare at it pretty often :)



One of my favorite things about my little dining room is the wall art. Pretty simple really! 4 of the 5 pieces are pretty fabrics in vintage embroidery hoops. The 'love' circle is an Amish Hex sign. I love the way they all look together!

I purchased my stained glass pendant lamp at an auction the restaurant TGI Fridays had several years ago when they redesigned all of their restaurants. The table and credenza are amazing mid-century modern pieces that deserve their own post (which I will do one of these days)!

And lets not forget the chalkboard walls!

Now, the tough part will be keeping the space clean and clutter free!! ;)

Gnome Collection

A few posts ago I talked about my gnome music box ....one of my favorite thrift finds. I mentioned that I had amassed quite the collection and today I am sharing some of it with you! It's a pretty good mixture of vintage and newer gnomes. This first pictures shows a Mr. & Mrs. Gnome who are coin banks and also vintage. Standing all sassy in between them is a lovely plush gnome by Multiple Personalities on Etsy. The framed print below is also from her super cool Etsy Shop.

I just picked up these 2 vintage musical gnomes a few weeks ago!

I found the 2 end gnomes in the photo below at a garage sale a few years ago. And the 3 metallic gnomes I got at Borders (I THINK that is the bookstore I found them at...) several years ago as well.

I am still SUPER excited about this guy!! I bought him at Home Goods a few weeks ago. It might be hard to tell in the picture but he is a pretty big fella! 

While writing this post I realized that I forgot a few! I will have to save them for another time :) Hope you enjoyed this peek at one of my collections. What do YOU like to collect?

Easy Bedroom Updating

Recently I was just feeling like my bedroom was needing some decor updating. Not having much money to make any big changes I had to get creative! A few weeks ago I was in a local Pittsburgh handmade shop and came across these beautiful handmade papers....at the time I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but once I got them home I realized they would be great on my bedroom wall!
Once I attached them to the wall (with repositionable tape) I thought it might be neat to kind of turn them into a collage. I didn't want to poke more holes in the wall or the paper so I decided to just add a few of my favorite photos to the sides with pretty bulldog clips. That way the pretty paper still shines through and the photos are just fun extras.

I also added this vintage arrow because I love it and decided this was the perfect way to display it! :)



These pretty papers definitely add personality and color to my bedroom. They weren't a lot of money AND if for some reason I get sick of them in the future they are super easy to remove!

Fall Decor Inspiration

I have been searching around the interwebs and Pinterest for some fall decor ideas...and boy did I find lots of great stuff! Below are just some of the things I found that have inspired me and have sort of influenced the way I have decorated around my house.....
I am hoping to have photos of my own fall decor up soon!

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: bhg.com via Hollie on Pinterest

Source: hwtm.com via Hollie on Pinterest

~~ And be sure to check out all my boards on Pinterest! And let me know what your name on Pinterest is.... :)

Instax Display

Since getting an Instax 210 for my birthday in March I have basically left the pictures laying on a table in a pile...not quite sure what to do with them. Well, I finally came up with a solution!

I bought these decals from Etsy a few years ago (I wish I could remember the exact store but I don't....Sorry!). It finally came to me one day that it would look super cute to make it look like they were hanging from the tree. I grabbed some ribbon I had laying around and had my bf nail it between the branches. I just clipped them up with some cute, colorful bulldog clips and ttaaaddaaaa! I am so excited about this new way to display my Instax (or anything really!)! I will be switching them out all the time :)

Decorating the Walls!!

I am finally getting around to buying frames to FINALLY put up all of the prints I have been collecting over the past couple months. Most of my walls are now painted and I am ready to fill the empty space. Here are the prints I have gotten so far.



I just LOVE these prints from BeeThings. I will be hanging them in my foyer.

And this one from MultiplePersonality. Haven't decided where this one will go yet. Probably on the wall going up my stairs.

And last but certainly not least my print from Red Velvet Art. My life has most certainly gone through some major changes in the last 18 months and I thought this print was perfect to hang by my makeup table so I see it pretty much first thing every morning.
Looking forward to adding to my collection!!