When we moved into our home (almost) a year ago, I promised myself that I would have a little slice of heaven all of my own... a sanctuary that I could go to to relax and a place that would provoke and inspire me. This place is my library and aside from all the reading I do here... it sometimes becomes my art studio to paint in, have long phone conversations with my mom and best friends from Florida in and a quiet space for the kiddo to relax and hang out to read her books in. It's truly my favorite spot in the house, my favorite space to decorate and no matter who comes to visit, this room draws people in like a magnet! So come tour it with me and tell me what you think!
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| Come on in! I love these plates! The top one is from my dad, he picked it up while stationed in Greece in the 80's with the Army. |
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| I knew eventually I would find the perfect rugs and table for this room! The rugs are from Marshall's on clearance! They are also made with 100% recycled materials and assembled in India. The table up-cycled from goodwill! |
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| My "Chalkboard" style maps of all the place we've live in. Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia, Mississippi & Virginia. Its actually made with white paint and painted make look like a chalk board without all the mess. |
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| Can you believe that this little vine growing plant and the aloe plant has actually survived a whole year! OMG! Right?!? Scary LOL! I love my conch shell chimes and the painting in the frame they are both from hubby's and I's cruise of the Bahamas in 2012. |
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| The framed painting above the bookshelf I think is pretty much my favorite object in the whole room. It's a special painting my hubby brought back while he was deployed to Peru in 2012. I love it because not only is it beautiful but he brought it back for me... but he saw it, thought of me and knew I would love it! |
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| One of my bookshelves with lots of world travel nick-nacks. |
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| The kiddo's bookshelf & a few places where I keep my photo albums. |
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| My British Phone booth bank that actually holds all of the money I've collected from traveling. The kiddo's Russian dolls she has collected over the years, The awesome Mayan medallion that hubs brought back from Peru, My little Buddha that a friend brought back from the Philippines and my voodoo doll from New Orleans! |
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| My Mexican pitcher, my wooden shoes from Holland, More Russian nesting dolls of the kiddos, A little wooden doll from Korea (from my bro-in-law) a Boomerang from Australia and my ticket from the Vatican Museum. |
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| My view from the couch I often sit and read on. |
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| I made these little heart window decorations out of an old map. I cut out all my favorite places on the map and just glued them on some fishing line to hang up. |
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| Even Ace loves my library LOL! |
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| My little wall of paintings has grown since we moved in also! |
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| My hand made painted curtains, made to look like an air mail letter. They look uneven but I promise it's because they just need a bit of ironing but honestly... who irons curtains LOL! | | | | |
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So Thank you for joining me on my home tour of my home library! Hope you liked what you saw!!! I'll try to do more of these as I update the house! And please, as always let me know what you think!
