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! :)

Thanksgiving....

Here are some photos from the Lytle Thanksgiving!...

Autumn on Lake Park Lane

Pumpkins...

And Chili...

My two favorite things? Perhaps. (Maybe I should be looking for "pumpkin chili recipes"...haha...)



My chili recipe: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/turkey-and-black-turtle-bean-chili.html?cm_src=RECIPESEARCH

It was a 9 out of 10! (couldn't find "black turtle bean", used "black beans"...could have been better...but overall flavor was AMAZING!)...

The Brown Wedding!!!!

One of my dearest friends got married this past weekend and not only was I a bridesmaid (yay!), she gave me full reign to style the event!!! I could not have been more excited…It was a win-win for both of us… she gets a free wedding stylist without the hassle of worrying about everything that goes into a wedding and I got to test my hand at wedding styling…Plus I now have one more beautiful wedding to add to my event styling portfolio!!!


For the ‘ceremony tree’ I hung glass votives w/ white ribbon…they looked so pretty all lit up at dusk and into the evening (didn’t get a picture of that! Boo!)…

Here is the little outdoor seating area…we did custom pillows in her colors, and then made these ‘yarn balls’ to suspend w/ clear string…

And while the professional photographer was snapping photos of the couple, I managed to get this one...

Here’s the gift area I setup near the entry….Bailee had the big yarn-covered “B” (for her new last name, Brown) and I made the flower for it and placed it w/ more pillows in her colors…

And then we hung a cute chandelier above the gift table…

Here is the menu I made...

...the cake table w/ tissue balls (def not the best pic)

…and the 2nd chandelier (hung above bride & groom’s table)…

And this is the dresser I refinished for Bailee for the wedding…
BEFORE:

AFTER (day)

(night):

Please keep in mind that these are just my amateur photos…I hope to post the professional pictures soon…

"Laundry Room"

I have to put "Laundry Room" in quotations because our "laundry room" is in our "kitchen". Ok, wait, no quotations needed for kitchen...it really is a kitchen! ...With a laundry room...haha....

BEFORE...shortly after moving in (hence green obsession)

After...A storage haven for my paints..I liked the looks of the paint in the mason jars (and easy access for quick touch-ups and projects), but I got nervous everytime the washer would bounce around, the paints would fall onto the washer/dryer...it was just a matter of time before our floor was green, tan, black, red...Plus I have some sneaky ideas for those shelves in the living room...

So I ordered these canvases...feels more open (lots more room for laundry piling up!), and I love the 'vintage' feel of them (and obviously the humor...especially the iron one. SO. ME.), but I have been trying to go more neutral throughout...hope I get used to that splash of color! Oh, and the books are hiding the laundry hookups...I know books aren't really 'laundry decor'...And don't mind the giant empty mason jar (Mama needs to go shopping for some laundry detergent!)

What do you think? Better before? Now?...