New Year...New Dining Table..(Via Made By Girl)

And.... we are back! Thanks to all of you who left comments as well as tweets & emails wishing me a Happy New Year! We went out to eat a steakhouse near the strip & then headed home at around 10:45pm to catch the fireworks from our upstairs balcony! Luckily we have a great view of the strip.

  So, tell me how did you spend your New Year??

Also, our ZGallerie dining table finally arrived! We ordered it back in October & it had been on back order, but it is now here safe & sound...ready for some upcoming dinner parties! I shot these pics earlier today so you could see the progress. The table is a really solid piece but I warn you, it has a ton of screws...

(click on pics for larger images)

In the meanwhile, I'll be SEARCHING for a dining room buffet piece. It'll end up going underneath the large black & white painting to sort of fill in the space.


I admit, I HAVE NO IDEA what type of buffet to get!
 
If anyone has any SUGGESTIONS on what type of buffet or color & so on, please feel free to comment.

images by jen

Thinking About My Dining Area....(Via Made By Girl)

It's MONDAY & I'm STILL re-arranging boxes/items around & expecting shipments (from stuff I've ordered) to arrive! Sooooo all still a work in progress! However, my dining area is one room I've been designing in my head. I've ordered a few items & here's what I have so far.  (Minus the artwork, may just paint it myself)

After careful consideration I decided on the ZGallerie Axel dining table. I really liked the thickness of the wood and also figured that I probably wasn't going to like SMACKING my feet into this table, which was my original choice. I also chose the amazing LARGE Celon beaded chandelier from Ballard. After I bought the Atoll Mirror, I was sent a 20% discount coupon, (so I had to take advantage of it...I love discounts!). Let me know your thoughts...as I always I read them all!

Nothing is set in stone, even though I've purchased all of these items...I can always place them elsewhere..... 

A Living Room By ZGallerie... (Via Made By Girl)

If I had to pick an entire living room from ZGallerie this is what it would look like. The Planters buffet is one of my favorite pieces, it's even better looking in person & pretty darn BIG as well! Have you see in it at ZGallerie yet?!?  For some of you, my picks may be lacking in color, I know. But, I was going for a fresh, clean mostly white look. 


In REAL life, I don't OWN any of these pieces but I'm tempted to get the twig lamps and the planters buffet. Many times I wish I could just BUY EVERYTHING all at once, know what I mean?? But that's wishful thinking for most of us & would probably run me thousands of DOLLARS!! 

So, I'll just follow the advice my mother gave me when I first moved out....she said, "don't worry, little by little you will put together a home". 

 images via zgallerie

ZGallerie Goodies....!!

Have you seen all the new stuff at ZGallerie?? I am loving this store more than ever. The first sofa my husband & I ever bought was a BIG chunky brown leather sofa from ZGallerie and although that sofa is looooong gone and no longer my style, I recall we bought it for $1300! That was a about 5 years ago!! 


Anyhow, MOST of the sofas on their site now are less than $1000, now that is good news! They also have a large selection of chic home accessories and I had to pick out my FAVES here. Check out the ZGallerie for more!

above:  this large butterfly print is amazing!!

images ZGallerie

MY SUN-DAY

On Sunday it was beautiful out so I decided to spend the day window shopping and at the book store picking up a few books. I LOVE bookstores! I consume myself into the magazines and gather so much INSPIRATION! Here are shots I snapped of things that caught my eye throughout the day. Feel free to comment on anything. : )

*My Starbucks above!

As well as one of the coolest looking pieces of furniture I've see above. The patchwork is great from Living Etc.
 

*2 0f my favorite reads, & the newest issue of Interview Magazine with Madonna on the cover, LOVE it!

*Image above of the AWESOME wall of books from New York Spaces Magazine.



*Images above and below from ZGallerie. I love the pillows above, they look VERY similar to KWID's Trellis fabric, anyone seen these? These pillows retailed for about $39 each!! Nice, I almost bought them.

ALSO don't forget to visit my shop at: MadeByGirl.