The Clock With No Tick Tock

I know, I know...

I've been MIA.

A lot of work and a lot of leaves.

I'll leave it at that.

how are you, friends?

After days of obsessing over our front entry, Rob and I found a clock.

It sure is beautiful.

It's a lovely shade of blue.

It has great little legs.

Glorious carvings.

It's missing one thing, though.

The guts.

Rob and I were sold at first glance.

My mom was not.

Why buy a clock without the mechanics was her gripe if I can remember correctly.

Makes perfect sense.

I wouldn't call the purchase a "steal" but it wasn't antique grandfather clock

expensive either.

Plus, we have plans.  Stay tuned.

We do have the glass piece!

My excitement had me snapping pictures prematurely.

The clock was not our only purchase this weekend.

The boys were hard at work.

Our next purchase was all Rob.

Once in awhile I get a bad case of selective hearing.

Does that ever happen to you?

If I'm in a store where I'm liking what I'm seeing, I hear absolutely nothing.

Rob must have asked me on five different occasions if I liked a particular bench.

I did.

But how much, I'm not sure?

My eyes were too busy wandering around.

He managed to get measurements and buy the bench before I could think twice.

I'm glad he did.  I think it's important for us ladies to let our men have choices in the house they too live in.

It's an old rusty park bench.  I believe it's from New York.

I love the sandstone seat.

We placed the bench in our family room near our bay window.

I think it looks great.

Good job, honey!

The houses on our drive up to this particular shop are jaw dropping.

I wish I had more houses to show you, but the quality of the pictures are lousy.

and Rob's head was in the way :]

I promise I won't abandon the blog for that long again!



Design Block

The last few days I have felt uninspired.

A bad case of design block, one might call it.

Feeling this way and not knowing why drives me absolutely bonkers.

My uninspired mood put a damper on our weekend.

Until today, that is.

Rob had a brilliant idea.  Let's go somewhere you've haven't been before.

Genius.  That boy knows how to make a girl smile.

For the most part, I've hit up every possible antique store in our city.

Or at least I'd like to think so.

How could have I missed these places?

Industrial. Modern. Primitive. Craftsman.

You name it, they got it.

Their use of reclaimed vintage materials is super inventive.

Doors upon doors...

Too many mantels to count...

 Antique bed frames too gorgeous for words!

Ahhh...feeling refreshed, friends!

We were able to snatch up a few things for the cottage!

{antique mailbox}

The mailbox is now hanging in our laundry room!

A great place to throw our keys or misplaced mail.

{architectural header}

Where the foyer and the family room meet...

Where the foyer and dining room meet...

Love how the header is working with the corbels!

The sun was pouring in this afternoon.

So I snapped a better picture of our window treatments.

It didn't take me long to get out of my funk.

JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING

ISN'T HAPPENING FOR YOU

 RIGHT NOW, DOESN'T MEAN

THAT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

.unknown.

Country Living Fair Findings

Whew, what a weekend!

A great weekend!

As I mentioned, Rob and I took a mini trip to Columbus.

The primary reason for our trip...the Country Living Fair!

We also managed to fit in a trip to the Pottery Barn outlet

and to the Easton shops!

Capital F-U-N.

Truly, a dream weekend with the companion of my dreams.

Are you ready for some pictures?

We arrived an hour early.

Next year (if we can go!), I'd consider purchasing the early bird pass.

Standing in line, in the cold, watching others shop was not entertaining.

It's called ants in the pants.

{lemonade...please!}

{the youngest guy at the fair}

thanks a billion.

{it truly hurt to say goodbye to this light}

{square dancing of course!}

{homemade apple fritters}

{country living kitchen demonstration}

It was hard to leave.

But we had these.

So, I managed to pep up.

So long, Columbus.

Thought I'd leave yall' hanging?

Here are some of the goodies we managed to bring home.

{antique compote and calligraphy pens}

{our last name initial}

I apologize for the sideways shot!

We saved our favorite find for last...

{antique corbels}

We'd like to add these beauties to the entry way of our dining room!

We're praying these hefty boys will work!

A farmhouse sink, a buffet, and a fair full of antiques.

I better chill out. Right, honey?

I almost forgot to show you.

We found and purchased this puppy this week.

My heart is singing!

Enjoy football Sunday!