My glass candy collection. I started this when I was 8 or 9 after a trip to visit my relatives in New Orleans. My aunt had just been diagnosed with brain tumors, and she had a bowl of glass candies she bought in Europe on her coffee table. I became obsessed with them, and when we left, she gave me the pink, green, and red striped one. The glass hedgehog is just random; it's a cheap knockoff version I got in Prague of an authentic crystal one my mom has.
The mantle. Aren't you jealous of how ridiculous and random it is? When they came back out with My Little Ponies, I had to get one; the mirror is Shabby Chic for Target, which I bought several years ago.
The hedgehog. My flatmate in Germany, Arina, gave me this for Christmas. She got it from the Freiburger Weihnachtsmarkt, which we went to practically every evening together.
The motorcycle model. So random. It was already in the house when we moved in. I put it on the mantle as an ode to the bungalow's inherent manliness (real wood paneling in the living room and kitchen), despite the landlord's policy of only allowing girls to rent the house.
Le Petit Prince bottle. This handpainted--surely by a former tenant--wine bottle was also found in the bungalow.
The wine bottle shelf. The last tenants left some attractive wine bottles on the shelf over the kitchen sink window. It brings out the lush in me.
My pencil cup. My little brother sculpted and glazed this in a pottery class he took about ten years ago, and I've used it to hold my pens, pencils, and pinwheels ever since.
My honeypot. I know I'm vegan, but maybe I'm more of a sweegan, since I drink honey in my tea constantly. I got this at some kitchen outlet store in southern Georgia about a year ago.
My giant window-style picture frame. I saw this in a JC Penney's about a year and a half ago with my mom and remarked at how much I would like to have it; she actually bought it for me and gave it to me as a surprise a couple of weeks later. I have meant to put pictures in it for so long, but I've become somewhat attached to the babies and old people that came with it, especially the grandma on the motorcycle:
Finally, the vintage Life magazine cover staircase:
Alex's room is in the basement, more private from the rest of the house. Leading down to it is this staircase, which only adds to the bungalow's appeal to college girls.
1 comments:
So true about the picture frame...I've got kind of attached to some of them myself.
I love this entry. You're doing a wonderful job of what you proposed in your last post. This really does show the huge extent to which little details brighten up a whole house. :)
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