Currently on my want/need list....

I have this habit of putting my drink glasses on my stack of magazines that sit in the tray on my ottoman. Then I get sad when my House Beautiful gets warped pages.

These are really pretty solutions to this problem :)

Agate Coasters - High Street Market

Celestial Coasters - Anthro

Have a great weekend!

Grown Up Art

I got my first "grown up" piece of professionally framed art back from the framer yesterday!



I snapped this picture last night with my iPhone during the worst time of the day you could take a picture. I'm currently at the car dealership waiting for an oil change so I can't take a better picture, sorry!!

But I'm sure you will see it again. I'm planning on putting a skirted table underneath it and a lamp on the table. We need a lot more light in our family room.

When your budget allows, professional framing makes ALL the difference. There are so many great subtle details - the way the piece is mounted up on foam core board and you can see the natural raw edges. The edge of the champagne colored frame are charcoal gray! I can't tell you how happy this piece makes me :)



I'm still planning on a large gallery wall on the wall behind our sofa but I'm saving up for that. I definitely won't have professionally framed art on that wall... IKEA Ribba frames here I come.

Real Estate Stalker - House Beautiful Addition

I'm not going to lie, I love stalking real estate listings in the best neighborhoods of Charlotte. It's so fun getting a little peek into beautiful, old (and very large) homes.

Well I recently clicked on a listing and was like WOAH! I recognize that kitchen!



I'm sure you do, too....


It's really fun seeing other pictures from a home that's in House Beautiful. Here are some more pictures...




















The detail shots from the virtual tour:

















This home was designed by Lindsey Coral Harper. She's an interior designer based out of NYC. She actually came into Isabella a couple of times and was really sweet. I'm glad she got the front page of House Beautiful!

I'm not posting the real estate link because if it were me, I wouldn't want my address posted on a random blog. But since the home's pictures were published in a national magainze, I figured they are fair game ;)

Yay for Charlotte being represented in my favorite design mag, woot woot!

EDIT: There were some comments asking about the price... The price of the home is currently $1,875,000.