Comin' Up Roses...

 I ordered some antlers off Etsy. They came with fur. Ewwwwwwww.

I had to cover that fur up ASAP (without touching it of course...which was tricky). So I hurried to Hobby Lobby and spent a grand total of $12.

I then stained the plaque a dark walnut...and began hot-gluing roses like mad.

TAAAAADAAAAA!!!!!!

I not only wanted a sculptural piece in my office, but I wanted something to photograph my lights on (still debating if I love the idea)...

Well, there's my blog for the month :)

Exterior

Wow. It's been crazy long since I've blogged! A LOT of changes happening on Lake Park Lane!.... Just wanted to post quickly on our exterior progress:

BEFORE: (Gee, I'm embarrassed to even put the 'before' up! EEK!)




And.... AFTER:

We painted the house a gray-green...

-Painted the front door until we can get a new door (so suprised the hubs liked this color)....
-Hung some art...
-Planted some flowers (ok, we had a professional plant them!)...

And hung a window box (and I planted these!!!)....















We are no longer the ugly duckling in the neighborhood!

New Office Pics...to date...

Around here, nothing is ever completely done (I feel the need to change things constantly...)...BUT here are the 'new' office pics to date!..I still have a bit to do (stain the desk a tad darker, new curtains, and find 'the perfect piece' above computer)...However, I'm definitely LOVING the new vibe of the office. It feels SO fresh! And I have been doing A LOT of work in here....

For some, it may feel a bit 'boring'..and it is surely much more toned down than the 'before' office:

BUT I LOVE IT! (It was time for that dark...but pretty...green to GO!)

Here are the new shelves...

A close-up of the dictionary page art I made for under $20...

My fabrics in a vintage milk-crate under the desk...

My DIY burlap & embroidery hoop XL drum shade over the chandelier...

And my prized metal pig that my father-in-law got me at a swap-meet. It is the single item in the room that sums me up...metal (industrial/rustic), whimsical (pig with wings), and it's a PIG!!! Enough said.

I'm sure there will be changes made in the near future, but for now, I'm pretty happy with it!

My New Desk...

I am STILL working on the office (swear I will post pics soon), but here is a sneak peak of my new desk (about 80% finished)...

My dear friend Allison gave me this table...It was originally black with a nice "frosting-like" (her words) coat of white on top. We stripped the top FEW coats of black...and then white...and got down to this...

I'm assuming it's primer....whatever the hell it is, it did NOT want to come off.

I couldn't get all of the gray-blue paint/primer off without taking that pretty coat of stain off...boo....

But I kept on truckin!...And about 3 hours later it's done....

I kept the legs black, and finished it off with some vintage casters. LOVE.

I am currently working on staining it the PERFECT color...my office reeks!...Not a good idea to stain inside. Duh. But I just could NOT wait to see it in the space...and hopefully you can't either :)

Best Coffee in Tulsa...

As if I have much to compare it to.

But surely it has to be the CUTEST coffee shop in Tulsa.

I went to "Shades of Brown Coffee" (Peoria & 33rd) yesterday with a client, while in Tulsa for business. The coffee was AMAZING, but the decor is what really knocked my socks off! This place was totally decked out with vintage furnitur, and local art lined the walls...LOVE.

Patio:

Interior:

Too bad I couldn't capture the smell for you...HEAVEN.

(P.S. I don't even like Coffee!!!)

Anthropologie is OPEN!!!!!!!!!

Well goodness, I'm a stranger to blogville! I am truly horrible about keeping up here..I take tons of pics I want to post but when I think about sitting down and uploading all of them...BBBLLLAAAHHHH.

Lucky for you I took all of these photos on my phone so it was a click of an e-mail to get them on here...

Friday afternoon, Deb & I visited the BRAND SPANKIN' NEW Anthropologie that opened on Classen Curve...WOAH. This place is a slice of heaven. An expensive slice, but I still left glowing and floating. It is truly glorious.

And I thought that these pics would have a bit more color, but they didn't...so you can't see some of the true personality of the pieces :(. Guess what that means??...you'll have to go and check it out for yourself!!!! ENJOY! :)