If you haven’t been able to tell our yard is consuming a lot of my time and thoughts.  In a good way.  Yesterday as I was trying to figure out which plants should go where I thought how nice it would be to have a landscape designer come in and just take over.  Now I know why people hire me. :)  I know what I want, I just don’t know how to execute it.  Something well manicured, but still have that over-grown garden feel.  Here is a local landscape designer whose work I have fallen in love with.  Does this get you excited for spring?!

Just some beautiful interiors for your Monday morning.  Hope they inspire you to do something wonderful.

Images from House Beautiful.

Who knows if this will ever happen again, so I thought it’d be fun to share.  Three out of the four Decker girls are pregnant!!  Elizabeth will be welcoming her little girl Claire into the world this Friday, I’m now seven months pregnant, and Ashley is three months along.  Not only has it been fun to share this journey with my sisters, but so helpful too.  I’ve counted on their advice so many times throughout my pregnancy, and I’m sure many more times as I try and raise our son.  Good luck this weekend Elizabeth, we’ll be praying for you!!

Lovely, Bold art by Etsy seller Cozy Little Cave.

There’s a lot of excitement about the start of March.  Rightfully so.  The first signs of spring are starting to show here too: our wisteria is starting to bud, the birds are hanging out by our fig tree–teasing Pixi, and there have been days when our outdoor rug is actually DRY from the sun!!  They tell us the rainy season is January and February, so hopefully we’ll get some more consistent sun days.

I love hand-painted fabrics and I love floral prints.  Jobs Handtryck’s textiles are so lovely.  The perfect amount of spring florals to cure your winter-blues.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend.  Get your party on.

Since tribal, global patterns are all the rage right now, here are some great prints for your by Hammocks and High Tea.  Beautiful, bright, tropical color pallets can add a punch of color to any room.  I think the drawer liners are too pretty to be tucked away in a drawer, perhaps framing them and making a colorful collage could be fun…

Oh I love these! I’m not sure how much light gets through with a felt shade.  I wonder if these are too feminine for a boy’s room.  they can be interpreted as whimsical right?

While it’s still raining, and raining here, I’m getting excited for spring.  One of the main features that attracted me to our rental home here in the city is the charming yard.  The owners did a wonderful job with the gardening, and I hope I can keep it up!  If it ever dries up this week, I’ll be planting some bulbs that will hopefully be in full bloom once our little boy comes in May!  As for the outdoor spaces, I’m just starting to get some inspiration.  Thanks Martha.  I’m a newcomer to gardening, I want to plant both perennials as well as vegetables.  Anyone know any good blogs or resources they can recommend?

Great deal on a beautiful mirror. Make sure you check the dimension, it’s a little smaller than I expected (about a two foot diameter). I already have a star burst mirror, but I love them so much. They’re a great form of art as well as a great way to open up any room.

Remember this past fall when I was in my first trimester and crazy busy?  Well I’m finally getting to post some pictures of a kitchen remodel I did.  There are decorators, and there are designers.  I’m a designer.  While I do do the pillow fluffing, I also enjoy the construction part of a design.

Some of the needs of the client:

• more kitchen and counter space
• they never eat out, so this would be a high-end kitchen that actually got used
• the fluorescent light fixture needed to be addressed
• a conservative design that will last them another 20 years…yet still have some character

There’s an awesome new online magazine out there.  Nesting Newbies features “new twists on cooking, entertaining, and decorating.”  Look at this table scape, isn’t it gorgeous?!  I love the hanging display for the chocolate mouse.  I’d check out the magazine here, there’s some great eye candy.

Cute mugs to put on cute coasters.

In honor of all the flowers given this weekend, here are some lovely vases by Graham and Green.

Wahoo!! The Olympics! I’m not a huge sports-watcher, but how can you deny the Olympics?!  There’s nothing like the entire country coming together rooting for an Olympian to set a record, reach a dream, and win the gold.  My two favorite winter events: speed skating and figure skater.  Can’t wait.  Here’s a beautiful time-lapse video of Vancouver City.  Brrrr, it looks frigid!!  Don’t forget, the opening ceremonies are tonight!

Talk about your paper cutouts…WOW! This is the Zodiac Project that Bovey hand-cut on rice paper with silk backing.  Sure beats my snowflake chain…

I’ve blogged about them before, but since this is the week of love and card-giving I thought I’d do so again.  Love these cute tags, and I LOVE this card. I might just have to get it and frame it.

Somehow I’m pulled toward African/Safari things for our little boy’s nursery. For instance, I found this cool vintage, pull down map on craigslist.  And then while browsing Wisteria, found this beautiful set of prints.  While traveling in Thailand, I got a painting of a mother elephant with a baby elephant that I would someday use in my child’s nursery…never thinking that day would be four years later.  I’m trying to stay away from a themey nursery since 1. I’m not really into that sort of thing and 2. it will be our guest room as well.  I’m trying to go for a colorful, eclectic look that he can grow into.  I’m starting to get to the panicky stage (only 24 weeks), and feel like the only preparation I’ve done for this child is read books. No crib, no changing table, no stroller.  Is it normal to feel like I need to do so much so early?

I’d never buy these prints due to their price tag, but aren’t they pretty?

Fun piece for your storage needs.  From Wisteria. I love that site.

If you can get over the price tag Reddoll has some fantastic coats and dresses.  The styling in some of the shots are beautiful too.