After a week of grey skies we woke up yesterday to a beautiful sunny day, the house looked so peaceful and the light was lovely! I grabbed my camera and shot a few new photos.
The dining room that doubles as my studio
the bedroom with my little African bead artifact collection and my childhood Russian Doll.
Isabel getting ready to jump...her favorite way to exit...
I hope you had a great weekend! xox
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We have a new slipcover, it's a lovely shade of grey, the white slipcover needed cleaning and will come out again next spring, the new slipcover is from Ikea, it's made to fit our Ektorp Sofa and I was super lucky to find it in the sale bin, the fabric is nice and thick and has a little bit of a "denim" quality, it's perfect, we were so happy to discover that all our pillows looked great on it and I didn't have to sew any new ones.
I found some blue rose vintage pillow cases in our local thrift shop, I swear my grandma had these when I was little.
Our son's room got a little face lift and it now doubles as a guest room and study since he's away in college, right now he is spending his fall semester in India through NOLS, they are now on a 45 day trek high up in the Northern Indian Himalayas going up to17,000ft elevation!
I cleared up the Hallway a bit, very soon a massive amount of coats and boots will be coming out ...it's already very cool here in Vermont.
The chest in the entrance
The kitchen, not much new here...
and finally a bag of fresh picked apples, a gift from a friend, we will be going apple picking this weekend too so I'll take some pictures!
Don't forget! there is a 10% off everything sale going on in the women and kids shops! use coupon code facebook10 at checkout, good until Friday the 21 at midnight and this will be the last sale of the Fall season!
xox
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The hot summer days are starting to cool down here in Vermont, the nights are getting cooler and we even took out our warm down blankets last night, can you believe I spotted a few red leaves!!! I think the foliage will be glorious this year!
I love August in the garden, the veggies are all ripe and ready to be picked, the flowers are a crazy colorful mix of yellows pinks and white, our cat Isabel refuses to come in, she absolutely loves being outside often to be found sunning on the patio table out back.
The front of our house in full bloom, the morning glory loved this hot summer!
Last week we spent 3 glorious days with our visiting family at our dear friends beautiful lake home,
the views from the living room are breathtaking:
Rocky watching the kids at play...not really kids anymore between us we counted 8 teens and 2 kids over 20...
Ronen my hubby sailing away on golden pond...
My son Mikey and his beautiful girlfriend Kayla
two of my nieces warming up
coming up from a day filled with swimming and play
ah....I love summer days...
xox
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Here are some Instagram photos of my daily life:
A visit to NYC in June:
We visited the Neue Galerie for the first time and saw the Gustav Klimt exhibition, the interiors in the museum are so beautiful, not to mention the Cafe Sabrasky it made me think and miss my grandfather who went to the University in Vienna in the 20's.
A look from above at the magnificent staircase:
I love the wallpaper:
poster art on the walls, love the gorgeous graphics!
a beautifully displayed lamp:
A few other photos taken around the house this last month:
Flowers from the garden:
The dining table set for a summer party a few weeks ago:
Pink peonies from the garden:
The kitchen:
An unmade bed (loved the light that morning):
Kitchen shelves:
Silk flowers on the staircase landing:
A self portrait with my new black giant glasses...hellooooo!
I hope you enjoyed this little tour...
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xox
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Hello my lovelies.
I've been getting some requests to post some new photos of the house...it seems I've been so busy in the last few months I really neglected to take any new pictures with my good camera, but! I do use Instagram...a lot! so here is a little home tour collage of photos taken on my iphone in the last few weeks, I promise to take better pictures soon!
Can you tell I'm obsessed with flowers from the garden and adore roses? (those are from the grocery store...)
have a fantastic week!!!
xox
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Ever since we moved to this house almost 7 years ago we dreamed of a new floor solution for the downstairs that is mainly used by the boys and their friends, the TV and Daniel's bedroom, our 19 year old who is away in college.
The existing big tile floor had an awful color and always looked gritty...yeach...it was also freezing to the touch in the winter and felt wet from condensation in the summer, is short very unpleasant.
The new floor is called Golden Aspen Laminate Flooring, the color is warm and lovely and feels nice to the touch, the color also mimics the feel and color of the hardwood floors in the rest of the house .
It was easy to install (the boards just click together) and the price was very affordable, but this space was not a weekend project...more of a week's project and Mikey our 17 year old helped a lot, so definitely a good project to work on with a willing teen:)
We love the results, the space feels cozy I love going downstairs to watch TV, it's super easy to clean and the boys LOVE IT!
BEFORE gritty looking tile floors :
Ronen covering the tiles with a plastic moisture barrier
Here you can see that they started in Daniel's room in the back
AFTER: The NEW floor and a new rug!
xox
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Sorry my lovelies for not being the best blogger lately, we are having a wonderfully busy season in the shop and still have a few more days of madness to go, I love every second of it so keep it coming!
I took these photos on Sunday, trying out a new camera and finally had a few hours all to myself, it was pure peace and hapiness. I'm reading the new P.D. James book "Death comes to Pemberley" looove it! did you know P.D. James is 90!!! amazing!
here are a few photos of the bedroom with the new camera
xox
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A few photos I took of our street and garden today, the colors are amazing this year here in Vermont!
xox
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Here are the 5 new fabric button necklaces available in my Etsy shop, the fabrics are a mix of new and vintage fabrics from my textile collection, I paired them up in the photos with pictures from our home that inspired this current collection:
The Hippie Chic Necklace No.1 available here:
The Ethnic Necklace No.1 available here:
The Modern Necklace No.8 available here:
The Woodland Necklace availabe here:
The Hippie Chic Necklace No.2 available here:
xox
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This month, after cooking on an old electric range for years we finally switched to gas, we searched for a new oven for months, we love the professional features and look but didn't want to pay the super high prices...not an easy task. We finally decided on this one, an NXR stove. No bells and whistles and completely basic, but I'm fine with all that and I love that the burners are all the same big size and they all go from a super high flame to a teeny tiny simmer, the broiler is fantastic and convection works great! a real pro! I'm happy!
ta da!
These are also new in the kitchen, great Vintage Flower Storage Bowls I ordered from Fishs Eddie in NYC (love that store) aren't they cute!
They can also be used as little pretty cereal bowls...
xox
oh, yes!!! don't forget!! the sale is still going on in the shop (kids shop too)!!! 15% discount on EVERYTHING!! use promo code TAM15 at checkout.
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