the dust is starting to settle...

but...

just ever so slightly...

i have actually just tossed my last box 

away, 

and as odd as we are...

it has started to feel like home with him here...

NOT that i am ready for....

well anything.

but as always timo has been a wonderful help

and it feels nice to spend some time with him 

again...

we have been working on he house today from 9am

to 12 am

and have gotten a ton accomplished!

in case i didn't say,

i have my parents coming in town

on friday

along with one of my dearest friends

and his new lady friend....

i need these...

i am dying for a version of these and i can't sew 

at all!

i live in charleston sc...

please if you know how i can obtain them or who

can make them 

i would love to know!

they would just make my dining room!

extra large mirrors....

via

via

via

i just adore these extra large mirrors!

i have a very large antique

mirror i have had for a long time...

i am hoping it will be perfect over the mantel in my new house!

BERTAZZONI!!

i have finally decided on a range!

i am so excited 

because i have been struggling with this decision...

i have a love hate relationship

with stainless steel...

it certainly is timeless but 

i am over the trendy BIG stainless steel appliances

that everybody had to have 10 years ago....

including me in the atlanta

house...

i have been looking at white and stainless

(like the white viking)

but it still seems a little bulky and a bit trendy...

i have discovered a beautiful designer

Bertazzoni...

and it's italian!

this range will give me just what i am looking for...

a sleeker more delicate look

that is also timeless...

i love the knobs! 

years ago i put a wolf in the atlanta house

because i just had to have those red knobs....

these are different and i love how small they are...

this is it! 

what do you think??

i have been reading about the company 

and i am just thrilled with my choice...

It all started in the late 19th century when Francesco Bertazzoni, founder of the dynasty, saw wood burning stoves arriving in his home town Guastalla on a new railroad that connected with the industrial centers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These wood-burning stoves set Francesco to thinking, and with his son Antonio he decided to make stoves like the ones they had seen from the north – just for local use to begin with, and in very small quantities. So in 1882 the Bertazzoni company was born.

The new stoves were soon a success, and before long the Bertazzoni name become known across Italy. The family built their first factory in 1909, and expanded again In the 1920s making cooking stoves on a much larger scale.

Ranges, cooktops, ventilation hoods and accessories are mainly made from stainless steel as well as other metals, with few plastic parts. This means that 99% of materials we use for making our products, as well as the packaging it comes in, are recyclable.

All materials we use retain their composition when kept in contact with common food substances (like water and oil). Bertazzoni is RoHS compliant (Restriction of Hazardous Substances). That means our selected suppliers and materials are safe.

It all started in the late 19th century when Francesco Bertazzoni, founder of the dynasty, saw wood burning stoves arriving in his home town Guastalla on a new railroad that connected with the industrial centers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These wood-burning stoves set Francesco to thinking, and with his son Antonio he decided to make stoves like the ones they had seen from the north – just for local use to begin with, and in very small quantities. So in 1882 the Bertazzoni company was born.

The new stoves were soon a success, and before long the Bertazzoni name become known across Italy. The family built their first factory in 1909, and expanded again In the 1920s making cooking stoves on a much larger scale.

my new MAJOR project.....

well, 

as most of you know

i have been separating from the man i love for the past

two months...

and honestly it's been slowly happening 

for the past six months....

through all of this i have found myself completely

uninspired...

in every way.....

i know i have been slacking...

 on my blog

and everywhere...

 thank you for your dedication

and thank you for still reading....

during this separation process,

we 

(timo and myself)

are trying to each come out alive and civil...

he has offered to help me buy a house!

so...

i have been looking and looking,

and i am very excited about my new project!

renovating a house!

just what i need to get my inspiration back....

my focus 

my independence...

well i found this darling little house

and it has been quite the roller coaster

emotionally in every way....

but!

as of today....

my offer was accepted....

as along as the inspection goes well...

i am completely renovating a home!!!

alone!

here are my first pictures!

keep in mind

COMPLETE RENOVATION!

 original front door...

(front porch not shown)

living room into dining room...

unusable fireplace...

front bed room...

(mine)

bath...

bath...

back bedroom....

guest and glorified closet...

dining room looking into living room....

right side of kitchen....

oh the possibilities!

laundry room off kitchen...

maybe...

like i said a LOT of work....

i am still not sure 

how this little addition will turn out...

color of house and concrete back yard GONE!

weird little addition

will 

change too.....

 handicap ramp in the back and front of the house

definitely GONE!

what do you think?

i am so excited and nervous!

i will love and appreciate all feedback!

beautiful kitchen ideas...

i am in the process of looking 

for a house....

along with this comes a lot of daydreaming,

planning and creating....

ohhh and kitchen ideas are endless...

some of the houses i have been looking at need

renovation....

what would be my dream kitchen?

IF i had the choice?

all these are so beautiful and different....

what do you think?

please share your favorite kitchen ideas...

photos by house beautiful and google image

somethings gotta give.....

oh this movie is inspiring!!!

and the house!!!

who couldn't fall in love in 

this house?

remember harry & erica making pancakes?

harry describes her perfectly...

flinty, impervious, and formidable...

some would wonder if that was a compliment or

an insult.... i think that was the irony

of his statement...

i just love all of her books and bookshelves...

they tend to be so romantic...

books always bring a sense of warmth

of past events, experiences...

and the dining room!!

(you could definitely find those plates i love here!)

wow... what a bedroom...

and remember just beyond those windows

are beautiful dunes and the of course the beach and ocean...

this movie is so good, funny and inspiring....

there really can be love after forty...

so ladies smile, we should all take lessons from this 

main character Erica...

smart, funny and self confident...

and if you haven't seen this movie

go rent it!

i am just in love with these plates!

oh if i could only buy all new plates...

i just adore these...

stoneware handmade in south africa...

found at http://www.anthropologie.com/

i think they are just perfect!

ahhh guess i will just dream...