Storage

With just over 1300 square feet, storage is a conscious thought for us. We have a few cupboards in the back porch, a lovely space under the staircase and plenty of room for cookware in our kitchen, but beyond that not much else. While I haven't found many beautiful solutions online to deal with the fact that we have very limited space (read: no space) for patio furniture, a bbq or a lawn mower (not that we need one since we replaced the small amount of grass with red crushed stone and a flower bed), the Museum of Modern Art does have some great storage options for smaller objects. I'm particularly fond of this arrow hook.

I'm thinking a collection of these arrow hooks would look great in our bedroom and would provide a place to hang housecoats or towels... or the pressed shirt that we collected from the cleaners for the next day's meeting (you know, if we were the type of people to send our shirts out to be pressed).

Ruffles

These cloth confections from Kate Towers are delightful. Swoon. For more of Kate's work, see here.

Italian

This coming weekend, Greg and I are hosting a swath of my family for dinner. To prepare, we're ensuring we have enough forks, sending out for more chairs and are planning a yummy (I hope!) menu. This is the first time we'll have hosted 12 (or maybe 13!) people for dinner. Right now the draft menu includes Italian influence with white bean dip served with pitas, rosemary bread sticks, a large green and tomato salad tossed in balsamic vinegar and oil, and a sausage cannelloni. Dessert (blueberry cheesecake and carrot cake) is being provided courtesy of my grandma, but otherwise I would have given serious consideration to making nutella crepes. Dinner parties are tough, so here's to hoping it goes off smoothly! Image via Boudist.

The dinner was a success!

Neighbourhood

After revealing our home, it seemed only natural to snap a few pictures of our neighbourhood.

Home

As long promised, here are some photos of our new home. Decorating as a team has been such a joy and we're content now that our home is a true reflection of us both. For more photos see here.

Fascinators

I'm feeling inclined to put my clothing shopping whims on hold for a while. In lieu I am feeling inspired to use new accessories to breath life in to my current ensembles. I'm adoring these headbands from Ban Do. They'd be perfect for dressing up a basic black turtleneck and black pencil skirt. They also remind me of played-down versions of the delightful fascinators young Royals wear weekly in the glossy pages of Hello.

Buttons

I love buttons and have since I was a young girl. The most vivid memory I have of kindergarten is playing with buttons that our teacher kept in a basket. Presumably placed in the room as a device to teach us to count, I was fascinated by the pieces. I remember taking a yellow button home one day in my pocket and that button was added to a sweater that my mother was knitting for me. Perhaps my love of buttons at age five was an early sign of my love for finding beauty in the everyday, and combining form and function.

Given my penchant for buttons, I was struck by this neckwarmer on Etsy this morning. Isn't the button placement fantastic? It would be the perfect accompaniment to the fresh walk Greg and I have planned with family this afternoon. Images via Decor 8 and Knittles.