Cabinet Hardware

I promise I will be back on Monday with another built in update for you. Eeek! Things are getting very real. But for now, let's think about how to dress up those plain jane cabinets!

Rose gold? True gold? Brass? I knew I wanted a shade in the goldish family. For the shape I knew I wanted something pretty structured - not too feminine - no swirls or crystal knobs. Maybe something a little bulky, or maybe just simple, clean, no fuss hardware? I mean the hardware is the jewelry of the whole wall - totally worth all my excessive thinking. 

Sources: One, Two, Three

I had an idea sort of in my brain of what kind of cabinet hardware I wanted, but I just hadn't seen IT yet. Until I stumbled upon this picture. I introduce to you, if you haven't met yet, brushed brass hardware by Lewis Dolin. I don't know the image source, but I pretty much love every single thing in the image as well - and it's very reminiscent of where we are headed. Since I'm doing a charcoal mantle, I like that this image kind of shows me what the hardware would look like next to a darker shade. 

Here they are up close. Although, arguably, I think they look 200 times better on the actual piece above. 

Has anyone used these before? I'm pretty excited to try them! I placed my order and they should be here next week! 

Enjoy your weekend!!

Bookshelf Decor

As we all know, building a bookshelf can be pricey in itself - but then you have to actually fill it up with all kinds of stuff. Which is obviously my favorite part, but it can be soooo expensive to do just that. Luckily, I got lots of little bookshelf fillers from my mama for Christmas. Today I wanna share a few of those things with you! But before I get to that, let me show you what I just ordered.

I LOVE this print. I'm sure you've heard about Lindsay Letters before, but if you haven't she has tons of awesome prints like this. I'm usually not into wordy things all over the house, and this is technically a New Years type of print, but how fun will it be to stare at this on my bookshelf every day & night?! Fancy calligraphy + champagne flutes = me in my happy place. I'm not sure how I want to frame it yet. I may just do a barely there type of frame & call it a day. Once you see more of my other trinkets you'll see where I'm headed. And maybe you're wondering where I picked up the color black?! Well it just kinda happened. My mantle will be charcoal, I have a pillowcase that's black, tons of gold, & I'm think pops of navy & pink. Let's see how this works... 

Next up, Buddha book ends & a few things gold. I mean. 

aaaaaand so much more. There's just a little taste of what I'm thinking/already own thanks to Mrs. Clause. If you need more visuals think: floral, succulents/topiaries & maybe even a ceramic animal or two :)

Print, Bookends, Clock, Coral

Anyone else get any fun stuff from Santa?!