Monday Must-Haves: Light Hearted

You may have seen here and here that I finally  purchased a dresser to house my jewelry, clutches,  and sunglasses. I could not be more excited to have another area in my home to style, and somehow I found this dresser for $36, which really opens up the budget for me to fill and style it.  My first  move will be to secure a luxe lamp much like the ones below to place atop it-really I plan on grabbing two, because I can't possibly have mis-matched lamps in my bedroom!

Monday Must-Haves: Throw Down

It is high time that I grab some cute, decorative pillows for my couch. Last New Year's, I hosted a party and ran to Home Goods 3 days before where I bought new curtains, candles, pillows, and misc. decorative objects to add a feeling of "done-ness" to the apartment. I grabbed two pale blue over sized pillows with black trim to make the couch seem more inviting, but I've wanted to replace them almost as long as I've had them. I do have a couple problems though with replacing my pillows. First of all, my dogs LOVE sleeping on these pillows, they're filled with down feathers and are very squashy and cuddly. Secondly, Pig has been known to shred her previous dog beds, and I'm concerned that she will attack any new pillows that I bring in. So my plan is to start small and bring in a couple, inexpensive pillows at a time and see how it goes! 

Monday Must-Haves: Mellow Yellow

Anyone who knows me, knows that I HATE yellow, but something is happening with me. I've been noticing pops of it throughout my house and I kind of like it! If we want to get all psychological here, it's likely because it's been freezing and dreary and I'm looking forward to Spring! I decided to pull together some more yellow inspiration to get me through the remaining cold winter weeks! 

Jonathan Adler vase
zincdoor.com

Reed diffuser
target.com

French Macaron Cookies 12 Lemon Almond Cream Macaroons Gift Splendid...
etsy.com

Valentino yellow sandals
neimanmarcus.com

Stella Dot clutch
stelladot.com/ChristaDickerson

NARS Cosmetics nail polish
narscosmetics.com

MAC Cosmetics nail polish
nordstrom.com

Monday Must-Haves: Trays

I'm just about to turn my apartment into a Christmas wonderland and soon I'll be forced to remove the pumpkin and gourd centerpiece on my coffee table, but I've really gotten used to the idea of having a small decorative element on there and now I find myself craving trays to wrangle remotes, coasters, candles, etc. While my table is perfectly round, I really want to incorporate a square tray to make it more visually interesting. 

A couple weeks ago, a friend gifted me with a belated house warming present, which ended up being a white rectangular tray with a silver spruce on it! I'll be using this tray through Christmas before settling on my final piece! 

Branca lacquer tray
branca.com

Åry Trays rectangle tray
$49 - heals.co.uk

Nate Berkus home decor
target.com

Trinket tray
zincdoor.com

Jonathan Adler Pierre Tray
jonathanadler.com