What Was I Doing At 3:23PM?

At 3:23PM, I was taking this picture in my kitchen.

Before that, my breakfast area was just too disappointing.

I look at so many wonderful images almost every minute, it seems, of every day.

Beautifully decorated homes with rooms that could make your jaw drop (you know).

I had to get creative just to feel better...

The staging:

The light was just perfect.

The Forsythia's are in bloom.

An orange so sweet.

Linen cloth for cover.

A simple French napkin.

Antique silver treasures.

Oh, and clock from Target!

Not bad, eh?

I feel better now!

{None of this is very poetic and I am not going to show the before picture.}
{Ruins the whole fantasy for me!}

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I am ordering one for myself!

I have way to many decorating dilemma's (I had asked my readers to share decorating dilemma's).

This book is perfect for me!

Thanks and enjoy!
~jamilyn

*Photo taken by Living It At Home*

Great Chairs & Docksta Table

I was looking for chairs and came across some great beauties at Arhaus Furniture.  I have only been in this store once before and this time was pleasantly surprised by what I found.  These are great accent chairs.  Pretty reasonable for how they look.  They also have great looking hide rugs.

Many chairs caught my eye but I was actually looking for a chair like the one below for my kitchen.

I was considering purchasing the Docksta table at Ikea and pair it with these black wooden chairs.  My kitchen is mostly white and I thought the accent of the black would work.  Not ready to show a picture of that area yet.  I really want to rip the whole kitchen out and start over! {My kitchen really makes me crazy.  I have always dreamed of a professional kitchen}

Image via Apartment Therapy.  This is just lovely.  She claims her Docksta table wobbles!  That is why I am so hesitant to buy one.  The saying, "You get what you pay for," keeps invading my thoughts.

The use of the Docksta table in these rooms is so inspiring however and keep pulling me back to it!

White with black...kind of what I was going for.

Lauren at Pure Style Home uses the Docksta table from Ikea beautifully in her kitchen nook.  When I saw what she did with this table, I had to have one.  I really just want to have fun with it and not worry to much about how inexpensive it is (or that it comes from Ikea-Shhh)!  Sometimes you just have to say, "What the heck!"  I don't think I am prepared to pay thousands for a kitchen table...yet!

Oh, but how pretty the Saarinen table is with that marble top!  It is funny, I was just thinking as I was looking at all of these photo's...  Before I started getting into decorating and looking at everything that has to do with decor.  I never thought in a million years that I would ever be into modern furniture.  Now, I am totally smitten with sleek pieces like the Saarinen table.  I think for me, I could never go completely modern...I am not that kind of girl.  However, when the Docksta table or the Saarinen table is mixed with painted chairs, I love it!  So happy that my tastes have evolved to incorporate this kind of decorating!  

Has this also happened to you in which your decorating style has evolved?

~jamilyn

{Images via Living It At Home, Apartment Therapy, Bryn Alexandra interiors, Matters of style, Pure Style Home}