On the other side of the world.

One of the reasons there was a lag in my posts this summer is because we were in China for 5 weeks and blogger is not viewable there. Being there, however, reminded me that I wanted to post some pictures of my room at my mother's place in Beijing. I decorated this room about several years ago so bare in mind that damask was in back then. Nevertheless, I still like the clean black and white room.

 My husband and I painted the silhouettes on the window covering.

Guest, Bath, Ikea, and more.

Below are some more room ideas: guest room, "ghost" room, bathroom, respectively. The last one is some must-have pieces from Ikea.

Rug and pouf from West Elm.
Side table and bedding from Anthropologie.
Side table cart from Ikea.
Bed and wall sconce from Restoration Hardware.
Eames chair (love!).

I've always wanted a "ghost" room, with dark blue striped walls and all clear/acrylic furniture. Especially the Louis ghost armchair. Other side tables, coffee table, and wall cube from CB2.

Sink and shelf from Restoration Hardware.
Flower rug from Anthropologie.

Quite impressed by all of these Ikea pieces. My thoughts are that Ikea furniture can look great with more quality, upscale pieces if paired correctly.

Living and lounge rooms.

It's been so long since I've written anything. Over half a year in fact, but I have a new idea for my posts. I'm always thinking about ideas for rooms and I've decided that instead of posting pictures of random things I like, I should just post idea pages for rooms.

Here are the first couple of rooms. The first one is something I made for my friend who is moving to a new house. This page contains some ideas for her living room. The second picture is of a reading/lounge room I want in the near future.

Present Update.

In the last post I had a picture of my old ring that I wanted to have resized and redesigned. Well, I got it back and I love it! Here are the before (just as a refresher) and after pictures:

A close up of it. And I turned the third small diamond into an earring stud.

I also posted this Madewell dress in the last post and below is a picture of me wearing it with a cropped cardigan from Anthropologie.

Here is the picture of the sweater I bought from Anthropologie that I plan on pairing with the tulle skirt I bought, also Anthro, in the picture below.

Due to the fact that I did receive and buy quite a few presents this year, I don't plan on shopping for awhile. We'll see how that works out...haha.

Christmas Goodies.

Just wanted to share some of the gifts I received from my wonderful husband and others.

Staring at Stars Array Sweater from Urban Outfitters.

Marc by Marc Jacobs "Amy" Crystal Bracelet Watch.

Dali Melting Clock because my husband knows I'm a big Salvador Dali fan.

Skull candle that melts when lit because my husband knows I love creepy things.

Freeze Frame Ring from Kate Spade

Below are some things that I recently bought for myself while Christmas shopping for others :)

Artdot Novelist Shirtdress from Madewell.

Striped Duet Dress from Madewell.

Shimmered Fairisle Sweater from Anthropologie.

Frye "Melissa Button" Boots.

I also really want the following:

Marc Jacobs striped flats from Spring 2013 collection.

Tabitha Simmons Flats in all the right colors!

Spotted Snowfall Sweater from Madewell.

Paul Smith Unisex Black "Larkin" Spectacles.

And finally, I had an old family ring that I wanted resized and redesigned so below is the before picture of the ring:

It's the ring on the index finger and this is the "Before" shot of it. 

It's basically one small princess cut center stone with three small marquise cut diamond "petals" around the center stone.

Not to create suspense, but due to poor time management I was unable to pick up the ring today so will have to wait a few days before I can post the after pictures.

Future rooms.

I've been thinking about what I want to do with a family room once we move, which will be sometime in the next year or two. I'm already starting to dislike my current family room, the first room I redecorated of course. I want a room with a black and white accent wall of some type of bold patterned wallpaper, perhaps chevron.

I then want to have many gold accent pieces in this room, whether it be side tables, lamps, etc.

Can you tell I'm a little obsessed with tree branch legs for side tables?

I essentially want a black and white room with gold accents, although I'm not sure how dark I want it.

Also, some color might be nice.

I also really want an outdoor space, whether patio or deck, to look like it's an indoor living room space, like this: