Pillow Paralysis

Dear blogosphere,
Help!  I am a long-time sufferer of pillow paralysis.  That's right, that's a real bona-fide disease (in my mind at least).  The symptoms:  pillow envy, pillow planning, pillow shopping, followed by acute inability to commit to said pillows.  Argh!!

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See, I love the idea of mixing and matching different colors, patterns, textures of pillows on my sofa.  I've pinned dozens of beautiful images on my Pinterest page.  Every blog article I read that provides links to the source of their pillows is clicked by me.  I even go so far as to place loads of pillows in various online shopping carts.  Almost immediately, though, I have second thoughts and doubts begin to creep in.  Is this the right pillow for me.  Will I love it once I have it in my hands.  Will it love me back (wait, different post...).  Will Mr. Nice love it (ok, I'll admit he probably won't notice until I prompt him).  Ahhhhhh I drive myself crazy over pillows.

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Why oh why can't I just choose a few and live with them?!

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I think I know what the problem is....there are too many lovely shades, shapes and colors out there, and I don't know who I am, pillow-wise.

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Am I cool and chic as shown above?  Or do I want that elusive mix of patterns that don't match, but go with each other.  What a dilemma!

Can anyone recommend a good pillow therapist?

xo
d.

Cozy Bedroom

There is something so cozy and wonderful about this bedroom.  I particularly love the bookcases.  The last frontier (ok, not exactly the last, but the next...) in decorating our house is doing something to our bedroom, and I'm really loving the idea of giant bookcases at the foot of our bed.  I would love to have a fireplace there too, but alas, I will probably  have to settle for putting a flat screen on the wall as we both also love to watch TV in bed.  Do you watch TV in bed?  I especially love watching my Tivo'd shows in bed!

On another note, sorry for the long delay and silence, but I was away realllly enjoying the holidays!  I have pictures and stories to share, but that means I have to download the pictures from my phone, so I'll get to that later this week.

Meantime, happy Tuesday!

xo
d.

photo via unknown (let me know if you know!).

Make it Work Monday

Actually, the post title is a little mis-leading since I'm on vacation and not working this week!  I'm in Texas with my family, driving back to LA on Wednesday, and on Friday my future in-laws will be coming to stay.  Lots of family, lots of fun!

I'll be out of touch a bit this week, but stay tuned for a Friday wrap-up.

Until then, wouldn't it be nice to be relaxing in the living room pictured above?  That couch and those cushions are all to-die-for!  And don't even get me started on the windows - beautiful!

Happy Monday!

photo via my pinterest page.

Inspired by...Thursday

How fun is this living space?  Though it's not my usual style, I'm drawn to so many elements:  the painted black chandelier, the union jack fabric on the chair, the crown moldings, the patchwork blue rug and the amazing artwork hanging over the sofa.  Love everything about this!  Someday, when I have a home with a room that will be a closet, this is the look I would go for...eclectic and fun but elegant as well.  Someday....

Happy Thursday!
xo
d.

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