Pumpkin Places

I am PSYCHED for the holidays!  Even more than usual.  I know that the post office started selling Christmas stamps on Oct 29th... because I tried to buy them earlier.  Maybe it's all the nesting hormones in overdrive, but I'm going for it.  Even though we're not hosting Thanksgiving this year, these pumpkin place card holders are a visual treat.

losing the dream

I've been hunting for flush mount chandeliers for my height challenged living room.  It's a tough one.  I found perfection... at $32k.  Sigh.  Dreams dashed.  The hunt continues.

Fornasetti Book Ends

An extravagant accessory for the person who has every other extravagance (and some very visible sides of books).

A Picturesque Thanksgiving

Flight delays and a stomach virus made it less than picturesque this year.  But isn't it nice to dream?

Poof!

I'm hoping to find this starburst sculpture in my stocking this Christmas.

'Tis the season

for pumpkins!  This colorful assortment spotted at TJ's (where else?!) for $6.99 each.

vintage accessories jackpot

I just came across an etsy jackpot shop for MCM accessories.  I'm looking forward to getting the big things in order so I can really get into the details.

a pillow a day

I'm adding this to the out of budget list.  Sweet though.

Coasting

Decorating our house is a fun and overwhelming process!  Sometimes it's easier to focus on the little things than say, a sofa.

decorating dilemma

We just moved int our new house (yaaaay!) and we'll be ripping a bunch of ugly wood paneling off the walls in the living room next week (yaaaay!) but that kinda means putting up a tree is impractical (boooo!) but this is a great image where someone has just taken a string of lights and made a snuggly visual feast out of their bedroom.  I'll have to give my options some thought.

grey waves

What a lovely wallpaper print.  Now that I'm on the verge of closing on a house, I'm in full design fantasy mode.

Pantone Tannenbaum

For very precisely colored Christmas decorations, these are your man.

Extreme Decor

I've been enjoying NY Mag's Extreme Decor issue.  I'll have to file Amy Sedaris' hand painted frame into the good idea folder.

Perfectly Placed

I saw these adorable place setting paper mats from Cake Vintage at Anthro.  Wildly unnecessary, but that's kind of the point.

Bergdorf, you've done it again

The best holiday window displays are always at Bergdorf Goodman.  This year was "Wish You Were Here" featuring all different modes of transportation.  Even the wind couldn't keep me from stopping to marvel.

This year they published a coffee table book on all their window displays.  It was $500.  I'll just have to stick to admiring these photos for now.

Inspiration by the Times

I was reading this article in the Times just before Christmas about neat freaks getting through the holidays (which I can't entirely relate to) and I loved this spread of tartan, greens and candy Mary McDonald laid out for her gingerbread decorating party.  Too bad I'm too old to be invited.  Maybe I'll swipe her aesthetic for a future Christmas decorating frenzy.

tree jewelry

This pom pom garland puts a kitchy twist on a classic.  Christmas, I can't get enough of you! 

oh, baby

I'm in charge of the decorations for a baby shower that's coming up.  I did the necessary research on Martha, where I found these adorable and easy to decorate cupcakes.  Then I spend a significant amount of time at A.C. Moore.  There is definitely a hot glue gun in my future.

how convenient

CB2 is selling these items to spice up my decor as I'm settling in to a new space and my birthday is around the corner. The pillow's definitely going on the list. The nesting dolls are a bit silly in price.