luck + me = sweet tv with a dope cozy

Flat screen tv covered, when not in use, with childs huipil from Todos Santos.

Lucky: 1. Recently was given a sweet little flat screen tv*. 2. We have free cable. Me: Really happy to have it. But, it can't just stare me down all the time.
TV Cozy: Used traje. A little girls huipil from Todos Santos.

This is a great solution for me. I get to look at something that I admire so much while at the same time concealing the television screen and keeping it dust free while not in use. Win, win.

*Haven't had tv in over a year. Recently I stayed a long weekend at a besties house in the states and her husband gave me a tv. It's just right, small, light weight flat screen. I surprised Zach with it....we are so grateful! It's so much fun to have it! We get a channel from Germany, one from Italy, and one from France. A bunch from Mexico and South America...it's really cool to see news and stuff from other countries.  Not to go on but, there are a few good movie channels too. El Pelicula plays really old Spanish movies 24/7...always a great go-to and it's really helping me with my Spanish! Oh, another great thing is that they let all the cussing fly here. Nothing is bleeped out and it's great! To just hear people speak for real and uninterrupted. Bueno Onda!

platform bed: conquered for free!

When we moved into the warehouse we tossed the makeshift bed base I had. I thought we would simply leave mattress on the floor...that didn't last. I've been on the hunt for a solution to get the mattress off the floor for weeks. We live a few blocks from Ikea so, naturally I went in search of a reasonably priced one there. I found a few but there was always something about them that did not jive!

Driving around Tampa on an errand Zach and I were driving through little weird back neighbourhood and found this little production shoppe that had a stacks of pallets outside of different sizes and woods. We asked if we could take some and we picked these cute small pallets that are 19" x 26" and incredibly, 9 of them together in a grid, are the exact size of a queen size mattress!!!! They are perfect in everyway & they were free!!!

In wrapping this up, I realized not only did we accomplish this for free. We also recycled something and didn't partake in consumerism, yay!

And they maintained the extreme simplicity that we were both striving for.

a peek at the sidedish shelves

My little online vintage store, sidedish, has been through yet, another period of neglect. But, I am most happy to say that I have the time, inspiration and perfect space to give sidedish some love! While I may fall out of habit or not have time for sidedish here and there I never fail to collect pieces for sidedish. So, here I am once again with an empty store and an excellent stock of items!

Here are 2 snapshots from the shelves of sidedish.

our warehouse has one windowsill

I have always been a big lover of displaying things in windowsills. Naturally, that's where the best light is! So, having one lone sill makes it center stage for me! This is currently a little snippet from said sill. Those are 2 of my favourite vintage glass pieces and I found that beautiful dried pod on a walk with Mike & Zach.

Industrial Living Part 2

So, we moved in on March 28th, 4 days early and with 30 minutes notice.

I did the very best I could with such little notice. All of the furniture went first and then after that it was just taking carloads of loose stuff for what seemed like 600 trips. As we've lived here our ideas for how the place have evolved and changed constantly.

For example:

This tub. We love it! Originally we were going to have it on the outside wall of the half bath. And then it got moved to the other side of that space when we moved the kitchen to that wall. Now, we are moving it outside to our covered open air space. And we plan on having a desk somewhat in its place shown above.

Here's the bathroom. The only slightly finished space. But, compare it to the pictures below!

local tampa bay area craigslist scores

super cute cherry red chairs...they're only 25 bucks!

holy moly!! i want this headboard too bad it's a king size..ONLY 50 BUCKS!!!!

this dresser has potential out the wahzoo! $150

super nice birdcage!! (need) 70 bones!

I wish I had reason to aquire some new furniture or fun stuffs to redo or whatever.
I have finally made peace with the fact that I have plenty of 'stuff'!!
And with that being said, I am organizing and utilizing what I do have.
Finally!

Meg of Nest's Nest.

Just a super quick peak at one wall in Meg's more than delightful home!

I had the pleasure of visiting with the Coles the beginning of Dec. It's always fun to see what Meg has done with their Nest, I don't think things stay the same very much in that household (as far as decor goes...it's eye candy galoure!) This wall was above their dining room table. It is simple as can be but, freaking great!!! Just love it!

a freebie from the thrift store

This beauty was given to me for free as I was admiring her in a thrift store....the owner of the shoppe was by me and said if you like that junk you can have it! After I gasped at that comment, I was all, ok! Even though I noticed that one of her hands was broken off I really wanted to keep her and put her somewhere nice. So, here she is in a plant in front of my casita!

random pretty rooms in the whitehouse

The Green Room 1946

State Dining Room

State Dining Room....oh, it's just the prettiest!

The White House China Room.

white rooms

This one takes the cake for me! I extra love it.

I've dreamt of a white room for a long time now. I wonder if I'll have one soon?

Killer bed!

Look! This bed is so very similar to the one I just blogged about finding on Craigslist!!

This picture is from Apartment Therapy!!