{Giveaway Alert!}

One of my favorite bogs, everything LEB, is offering yet another truly fabulous giveaway! Bar carts have been all over the blog world recently, maybe it is the approaching warm weather getting people excited for fun drinks? Whatever the reason, many blogs have been posting on bar cart inspiration lately.

I remember my parents bar cart from when I was younger. It was dark wood, with lots of faceted decanters and dark-colored liquors. I believe it had a shaker and maybe a few glasses on it; I really can't remember. It was definitely very different from the bar carts vignettes being created these days.

Domino via everything LEB

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Domino via everything LEB

Design*Sponge dedicated an entire post to bar carts last June, showcasing how far the idea of a bar cart really has come, and how many options are out there.

Bar carts a great way to display unique items you may have picked up on your travels, and to showcase your talent for layering and creating a tabletop landscape. everything LEB's great giveaway is offering great pieces that can help to make any bar cart complete. Good luck!

{Happy Weekend!}

I am headed home this weekend for some much needed r&r. This week flew by, and I am definitely looking forward to some down time. Not to mention, my dad's family is (most likely) getting a dog!

I'll take any of these, please!

We will most likely be adopting our dog from the SPCA, which is something I really love to do. It makes me so sad to think that people could ever be so cruel to animals. I would love to get a dog at my mom's house as well, but that question gets me a consistent no, so for right now it is still just me and Bullet, my crazy cat, who at times is more like a dog anyway.

He is very spoiled, he sleeps with his head on a pillow in my mom's bed.

He also gets presents for Christmas. But he is very cute, and for the most part well behaved. All of my friends compare me to a crazy cat lady though... oh well.

I am also excited to go home because I am finally going to start working on decorating my bedroom at my dad's house. They moved in over a year ago, and I just haven't had the time to really buckle down and decorate. Here are some images I am taking inspiration from:

Coastal Living

Southern Living

House Beautiful

Coastal Living

Coastal Living

Apartment Therapy

Apartment Therapy

I have a black wrought iron bed, so I am planning to soften it up with some white, gauzy accent curtains. My room is green, so I am definitely going to go for a cozy garden feel, with many botanical and butterfly prints. I really want the room to feel very personal, but with many of the walls being eves or angled, and therefore not able to have pictures hung on them, what wall space is available will be hung with gallery-style pictures; a mix of personal photos, prints, and memorabilia. I am very excited as this is my first real "interior design" undertaking.

I'm looking forward to a weekend of shopping and searching for the perfect items for my room, both in stores and online, and hopefully playing with a new dog! Have a good weekend everyone, I'll post pictures as soon as I have some good ones!