~oh, are you in for a treat~

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.....

we did ~ it started with a wonderful

'small town feeling' parade that our daughter

Kenzie participated in, with her school marching band.....

It was really fun & felt very Americana...

the smaller kids were scrambling for candy & such

while the old cars, firetrucks, clowns, horses & lots

of marching bands entertained us....

 ~*~

now, the treat......

I am now in love with a local artist's

incredible home.....

oh are you in for some serious eye candy....

her name is Leah Anderson

and she is an amazing artist from the Pacific NW....

but before I continue with the jaw dropping,

drool inducing, covetous making, tour....

I wanted to thank Isabel Feist Lang

who's blog is Maison Douce for

letting me feature this fabulous home.....

Please check out her blog ~ she is a delightful

person, and full of creativity!

now on with the tour!

this is an example of Leah's art....

me thinks I'm loving cows right now!

are you with me?

cows, chandeliers & urns....

who woulda thought? ;)

of course this home has lots & lots of white slipcovers....that is practically my first criteria

for falling in love............

behind the slipcovered chair you can see she has chippy shutters installed on the window.....

{ok I won't even tell you I passed up 6 fabulous chippy shutters not too long ago.....oh and I also won't tell you they were only six dollars each....ahhhhhh!}

don't you just love the mixture of primitive & rustic

with shabby elegance?

Part of the reason I love this home so much

is because I am so drawn to both styles.....

I love my chandeliers & frenchy, shabby, elegant things, but also

 love the primitive, rustic cages & cows thing....

Leah's home shows us all how we can

successfully

mix them together!

are you loving this?

I thought so!

can I just say I am on the hunt for

concrete statuary???!!! yummmmmm-o!

close up of primitive rustic yumminess

are those just old briefcases? or maybe a tackle box?

whaaaaat? see what I mean here?

thinking totally outside the box, um no pun intended,

and it works!

now this I would never think I could pull off....

the big huge-o ottoman in between the 2 sofas...

Mr. T & T would say "no way" I'm afraid...

but then I would have to drag him to the computer, and show him this picture & say, "see honey, doesn't that look nice?" and he would say, "well, ok yeah, I guess that does look good" 

I have always loved 4 chairs combined for a little

seating arrangement....perfect for chatting w/ friends huh?  Need more room here in the T & T cottage!

I know I already showed you this, but what

I wanted you to see.... is how she has that little ottoman tucked under the table.....I like it!

and I love all the mirrors......

cows & chandeliers......

cows & pillars.....

{I also won't tell you I passed up one of these rolling baskets a couple weeks ago.....because that would be way too shameful to actually admit......this combined with the shutter snafoo would certainly diminish my credentials with you all.........oh dear.....}

ok....I do have {yippee!} some wooden shoe forms sitting in my etsy shop!  time to steal some more merchandise for my own personal use......

love the pale blue-ish grey chairs.....

and lastly, of course with a home like this you could only imagine her garden.......

are your creative juices flowing???

are you all pumped to get going & redecorate?

I can tell you I am certainly inspired!!!

{cows & chandeliers....cows & chandeliers....}

Have a wonderful week my friends!

xo,

Shellagh