Hint of Houndstooth.

An easy way to get a little fall update is with a hint of Houndstooth.  It's a little punch of "graphic" and adds a warm touch.

  rug from Jonathan Adler

rug and pillows from Overstock.com

Image from Decorpad

Serena and Lily

image from Cottage Living

dog bed from callingalldogs.com

Leave it to us to find a way to decorate your flask for your

tailgate party...

Put a hint of houndstooth in your back pocket...

A Different Shade...

We both have white kitchen cabinets and love white kitchens, but lately we have been drawn to the gray/green or gray/blue cabinetry that is popping up more and more...

Above images: Martha Stewart, Urban Grace, Cote De Texas, Cottage Living, House Beautiful, Decorpad.

Tell us what you think..

Put a shade of gray  in your back pocket...

Water Bottles to Personalize Your Party

This weekend I worked on personalized water bottles for a bridal shower coming up on Saturday and I thought I would pass on some quick tips. I found the design on one of our favorite esty shops Print Your Party. (We posted about them here). I bought the labels on another online site which meant I had a few extra steps, but my suggestion would be to just buy the labels from Print Your Party.

The Print Your Party label design in the Sadie Damask was $15, they email it to you in PDF form and you can print them out at home...(as many as you like!)

I ended up taking the water resistant labels I purchased to alphagraphics and after emailing them the pdf, they printed them for me for less than $2.00. (My printer is a little old school and I could not get them to print without smearing, plus I think the ink alone would have cost way more than $2.00)

The gals from Print Your Party suggest Archer Farms water bottles from Target, but I couldn't find those, so I went with Aqua Fina...this is important because the labels go on much better when there is a flat, smooth surface to adhere them too, Arrowhead and some of the others are not smooth...

Take the labels off (smooth=good)

and adhere labels to water bottles!

 Check out the Halloween ones that would be perfect on beer too!

put some personalized party possibilities  in your back pocket...

A Date with Nate

So...in exactly 10 days Kris gets to see her imaginary boyfriend EVERY DAY.  The ever-adorable Nate Berkus is premiering  his own talk show on NBC.  We're not sure what it's going to be all about but we're surely gonna tune in.

 Does he have great hair, or what?!

Now, how do we get tickets....?

Put a little Nate in your back pocket...

Inner Beauty

We love a "quick change" and painting an interior door can be fresh, fun and more importantly done before the kids get home from school:)

There is also the ever popular chalkboard paint that is both fun and functional. Prime it with magnetic paint and then paint it with chalkboard paint (which comes in spray paint and colors!) and your doors are multitasking:)

Images from: 1. Apartment Therapy, 2. CocoCozy, 3.Living Etc., 4. Chris Everard, 5. Tonic Home, 6. Real Simple, 7. Emmas Designblog, 8.Bryn Alexandra, 9. Dwell

10. Country Home

put some inner beauty in your back pocket...