Red Fern Giclee II

I know, I know.....

I need another piece of art for my casita like I need a hole in the head.

But c'mon!

How could I resist this?!?!?

(image from Ballard Designs)

I bought the one hanging in the middle in the picture above.

Here it is hanging on the wall of the tiny landing

of my staircase.

details......

Close-up of details.

It's a departure for me from the types of art I'm normally drawn to

(no pun intended),

but I really like it a lot.

I love the simplicity, the textures, the colors and of course the image itself.

Y'all know me.

I can't close without telling you what a mega, mega deal I got on it.

It was originally priced at $199.00

Outlet price: $148.99

I pointed out to a salesperson that one of the brackets

on back was broken so she reduced it to $99.99.

THEN....

All wall decor was on sale that day.....30% off.

Final price: $69.99

*sigh*

I love a good deal.

Chair pictures

Don't y'all love the titles of my posts lately?

It's obvious I put a lot of thought into them. ;-)

Actually, I've been known to spend way too much time on titles.

So now I'm just sort of getting to the point.

Since several of you seemed to like my

funky chair, I thought I'd take a couple of pictures

up close.

Here they are:

I don't know if you can tell or not (the pictures don't do the colors justice)

but the fabric is dark brown damask on a creamy linen.

The wooden frame of the chair has a washed finish

where turquoise paint is used.

The chair back has this neat contrasting/coordinating fabric

dark brown striped print on the linen background.

I fell in love with it immediately.

Bought it at a consignment shop that I've been going to lately.

I paid $60.00 for it.

The seller only got 1/2 of that.

This chair is worth WAY more than even $60.00 (much less $30) which makes me wonder

about the seller.

Maybe they didn't want it anymore?

Oh, well...

My gain!!!

Gracie!

FINALLY!!!

A good picture of Gracie!

This photo captures her essence: she is pretty much always this cool,

calm and collected. Her expression seldom changes.

Love my puppy girl! :)

Let's look at some pictures.....

My original intention was to make a video tour of my (not so new anymore) house. Since I've never gotten around to it, I've decided to post pictures whenever I do something new here at my little place.

Or when we (me or Dev) get a shot of something that I particularly like.

Exciting, huh?!?!?

We were at West Elm a few week ago when Devon spotted this

chair marked down 50%.

We both loved it, but it goes perfectly in my upstairs living room.

I was originally going to use it as my desk chair, but the back isn't striped.

I wanted to be able to see the stripes all the time, 'cuz let's face it:

this chair is all about the stripes!

I like it in this spot between the cubbies and the windows.

It makes me happy. :)

Devon took this shot of some Halloween decor in my upstairs living room.

I love how it turned out!

Have I ever showed y'all pictures of my kitchen/dining/living area?

This is the first floor of my little house.

Well, part of it.

I didn't take pictures of the area where the table is because I still

want to hang curtains on the windows.

So this is the entire "kitchen": mini-sink, stove and small-ish fridge.

I took these pictures this evening so the light isn't too great.

My downstairs area is funky and fun.

The colors are TOTALLY different from upstairs which is much more

serene with muted colors.

The landlords re-modeled this room right before I moved in.

They painted the cabinets the color of some decorative shutters I had

and selected the counter tops to match.

They also installed the cabinet you see to the left.

It was originally one piece that they made into two

so that the shelf part of the cabinet hangs on the wall.

I love that it has glass door. It looks sort of custom.

This is a view of my cozy living area.

The TV in this room is strictly for watching DVDs.

The chair next to the TV is another one of my favorite things.

I found it at a consignment shop for $60 bucks!

It had just been reupholstered.

MAJOR score!

I'm going to close this post by thanking Dev and Zach for coming by this afternoon

and helping me re-arrange my downstairs room.

I couldn't have moved all that furniture without them.

Not to mention Devon's GREAT decorating sense! :)

Thanks, guys!

p.s. there will be more pictures of the rest of the room eventually. I'm sure y'all can't wait!!!

;-)

Baby news!!!

Yay!

We now know that my grandbaby

due March 17th is a

BOY

Here is a photo of the beautiful mom-to-be.

It was taken by her husband (who is a professional

photographer and whose link is on my sidebar :)

Nursery decor is being planned as I type this!!!

More updates to follow!! :)

Who doesn't love a penguin?!?!?

This picture just makes me smile!!!

Happy Monday and.......

Now let's go out there and enjoy it, people!!!!

xoxo

~Pissy