and a bloomer bathroom reno...

Finally with the weddings over D. and I can finally get to our much anticipated bathroom reno! We've been talking about it for 2 years now...its the last thing left to do in our condo and we are excited to finally get it started. So we became like every other typical married couple and we did the home renovation store rounds a few weekends ago. We went to look at the tubs, vanities and toilets....and would you believe we fell in love with a vanity at the first store we went to?! And to top it off, it was on sale! So after checking out other options we went back and made the purchase on the same day. It is a grey oak wall mounted vanity with two lovely drawers instead of that useless cavernous cupboard they usually have.

It's so purdy...here it is but for some reason the grey doesn't stand out as much in this picture:

So then the next weekend came along and we did the whole married couple tour again and looked through hundreds and hundreds of tile samples. It proved to be tricky since the wood is a grey wash over the brown wood. Since the vanity is so striking we thought we should pick a really neutral tile. We are thinking a matte brownish grey colour.


And for the tub we found these awesome white glass tiles that look like they glow...so pretty and shiny! We want them to be 3x6 subway tiles. They don't glow the same on the computer though...


I'm having trouble finding inspiration pics to copy but in my searches I did find these loverly bathrooms...I'm looking for grey and white small bathrooms but it isn't that easy.

Top two pictures from Decodir.com and the bottom from Katiedid Blog

Vandercook Centennial by guest Eva Jorgensen

This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the Vandercook printing press. Vandercook presses are sometimes called the “Cadillacs” of letterpress. These are beautiful, lumbering machines, and are highly sought after. They haven’t been manufactured in decades, and there are only about 2,000 that remain in operating condition.





Paul Moxon, moderator of the Vanderblog and Vandercook expert, organized a print exchange in honor of the Vandie’s 100th birthday. About 100 pressmen and women participated. I just got my print bundle in the mail last week, and it was just like Christmas!



Featured prints are by (from top to bottom and left to right): Shelley Barandes at Albertine Press, Rachael Hetzel of Pistachio Press, Tiselle, Kirk and Eva Jorgensen of Sycamore Street Press, Robert Rowe of Gold Quoin Press, Paul Moxon of Fameorshame Press , Colin Frazer of The Press at Colorado College, and the Otis Laboratory Press.

A Boulevard Club Wedding

We finally got the pics back from Leah + Mike's wedding at The Boulevard Club! For their florals and decor, inBloom combined Leah's love for light and dark purple, as well as her desire for simple calla lilies, with Mike's love for old houses, to create them a style that really reflected their personalities (which by the way, were so easy going and wonderful!) And if we do say so ourselves, the venue, as well as the bride and groom, looked stunning!

Lace-up Boots for Fall by guest Eva Jorgensen

Ever since my husband got a pair of Red Wings this summer, I‘ve been hankering after a pair of my very own lace-up boots. I’d love to find some at a thrift shop, but if that doesn’t happen, I may have to spring for one of the pairs shown above.

Clockwise from top left:
Opening Ceremony “Bison Lace Up Boot”
Hunter “Original Lace”
Anthropologie “Boulevardier Boots”,
Hope “Charlie Boot”
Ralph Lauren “Fargo”
Timberland Urban “Lady Nordic Hiker”

My Tree and Me

My Grandma Sandra is a genealogy guru. She has been tracking her and her husband's line for probably over fifty years. Another childhood memory I have is looking at my other grandparent's extremely large family tree hanging in their home. One of my favorite things to do as a little girl was to find all of the unique names throughout the tree and see where my origins were from. There is something very special about knowing where you are from. I've poked around on this site before and it is a good place to get you started if you are interested in genealogy.



Today, when I can upon these family tree's over at design sponge, I became delightfully sentimental and contemplative on how I want a well-designed and pretty family tree in my home. My Tree & Me has done an excellent job of creating modern custom trees for this centuries old family tradition. Have you ever seen your family heritage, line or tree?

I like Ike too!

Suann and her friends put together one of the cutest 3 year old birthday party for her adorable son Ike. Go see all the rest of the photos here or here.

(images by Kate Headley)

In Bloom by Reese Witherspoon

Hey, Reese Witherspoon made a perfume for us!! Just kidding...but I can pretend right? Wonder if it smells nice...not usually a scenty person cause I have such a sensitive schnoz but perhaps I will give it a shot in the name of inBloom!