casa good life...

I'd like to start featuring my house around here more... we'll see if I can keep up with the projects! (check out past projects with the new "casa good life" button on the side bar!) I'm no pro at designing, there are many more talented bloggers than me... but this is how I do it!

A very long time ago (like October maybe???) I posted pictures of my daughter's room. It has been the world's longest transition from a crib/baby room to big girl bed/room. Whew. I think we are finally over the crib! I won't bore you with THOSE details...

So here's the baby room (before) and scroll down for the final big girl room (after)!





And here is the room now...

I have one simple room of thumb about toys in the kids rooms. They get books and stuffed animals. And that is IT. Each child has a bin for each. I snagged these bins/baskets from Target for $12.99 each. I love them and it makes clean up easy for me - and the kids.

This dresser was mine when I was little... I also got my brother's matching one (it's in my sons room). I've been dragging my feet on new hardware, but I love the fresh look of the white paint for Abigail's room. The finials were clearanced at Hobby Lobby and then spray painted. (here)

Abigail was heart broken to see her rocker go. Me, not so much. I am loving a more sophisticated look of this chair. It was one of the first pieces of furniture my husband and I bought when first married. We didn't love it for the living room any more so it's perfect here. My dad found the hearts for me... they were simply stuck to the wall will 3M stick-up-thingys. The pillow is also from IKEA, another thing we had laying around the house.

My favorite of the whole room is her bed (IKEA, $99). Basically I am living vicariously through her. The "A" I found at an antique store ($25) and the frames I got on sale at Hobby Lobby ($23). The "artwork" is note cards. I was going to go with bright fun bedding, but with all of the bold accessories I decided on a white quilt I had hanging around the house and the purple/pink sheets are from IKEA ($20). The side table is from IKEA (we bought it several years ago) and the purple lamp I recently picked up at IKEA for CHEAP... can't remember how much.



So for the most part we used stuff we had around the house and filled in the blanks as inexpensively as we could. I still want to find a crazy old chandelier to spray paint for in there too... all in good time though.

I love the way it's turned out... it fits her personality perfectly.

February Finds!

Today I am kicking off a new "series" of sorts...

For the entire month of February... each and every day... I will feature a "February Find." It will be an item, a store, a website, an idea, a quote, etc. that I think you all will enjoy. I am personally challenging myself to keep my content interesting and continually attractive for my readers. It's SO important to me! I am so thankful for everyone that stops by here continually... my readership has quadrupled since last month. You guys ROCK! "February Finds" posts will go live every afternoon around 3pm (EST) so look for them! Tell your friends about them! Tell strangers about them! Get the word out!

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My first February Find is a store/website called Olde Good Things... this is a little shop that my mom and I ran across on our trip to NYC a few summers back. We were strolling through Greenwich Village and stumbled upon their quaint, yet very attractive storefront that was bursting with antique finds. When we got inside the shop we quickly learned that they sold antiques but also reclaimed architectural elements. That particular day the shop was bursting with goodies that had recently been reclaimed from the former Plaza Hotel. There were mantels and switch plates and dinnerware... all inscribed with the Plaza logo. Such swanky stuff!

So head on over to their website, or their blog, and check out their truly one of a kind offerings. A lot of the items are quite pricey, but some of them come with such rich history that it would be such an honor to even own them! Here are a couple of my favorites...

I absolutely love pocket doors... especially the big huge heavy ones! I lived in an apartment in a historical neighborhood when I was single and had two pocket doors that likely weighed more than me and were probably 9 to 10 feet tall... it was all my effort to open and close them, but I just adored them! I could build a whole house just around these pocket doors...


This typeset box is so cool... the description says it has a mirror attached to the back. It would be so cool to repurpose this as a cocktail table or work desk by simply adding some legs. What would you do with this box?


With this crystal chandelier hanging in my bedroom or dining room I could for sure die a happy woman. Isn't it just breathtaking?


Hoped you enjoyed the first day of "February Finds"... see you around!