Another big, fun announcement! We are hosting a glorious, edited version of The Alliday Show at our shop this December! Alliday is a handmade, holiday arts and crafts shopping event in its fifth year. This will be our Retro Den holiday party this year, and we are so very excited to be partnering with Briana Hefley-Shepard, the mastermind behind this wonderful event.
Read MoreAs you must know by now, we love succulents! They are so beautiful and easy to care for! They are also like the vintage shopping of plants- so many varieties that people collect them! One reason we love them so much is our grower, Sara. These plants are her passion. Each succulent we sell has been hand started and cared for by her. We tell customers to send us photos if they are having trouble with a plant they've purchased because Sara is always happy to help us figure out what might help get the succulent back on track. They can live a long time, and we want them to live long happy lives keeping our customers company.
Read MoreWhen I found out I was pregnant, one of the first things I began daydreaming about (besides the baby, of course) was decorating the nursery. Now that the nursery is complete, I realize such a peaceful, happy, and beautiful space awaits baby Caroline because of the people who played a part in its creation.
My first purchase and inspiration for the nursery happened with my business partner, Ashley Daly, as we entered the flea market early one February morning. I was only a couple months along, but the Hudson Bay blanket we saw laying in one of the first booths had the look I’d imagined— bold primary colors (think children’s building blocks and crayons!) with a soft, neutral backdrop. Simple, classic, clean. Ashley told me I had to take it home. The Hudson Bay blanket was my springboard for the room. From there, things seemed to fall in place.
Read MoreI (AD) did a little musing on imagining new lives and uses for furniture and home decor pieces over on The Noshery. Below is a short snippet and a link to the full piece.
I've recently brought some strange things into my bedroom; a vintage spoon-holder, from the days when folks collected spoons from their wild travels, and a china hutch. This is all in the name of finding organizational solutions that fit my specific needs. When fine-tuning organization, you have to really open your mind to find the best, and most beautiful, options.
Read MoreIn this business we go into so many homes, we can't help but consider life in another house. In this week's The Tulsa Voice, Ashley Daly weighs the pros and cons of moving and what it takes to sell a house. Below is a snippet and a link to the full article.
I feel like I’m in a relationship with my house. I made a commitment to it. I signed stuff. Money was exchanged. I spent more to be legally bound to my house than to my spouse. I dedicate more hours to cleaning it than I do to cleaning myself. That’s love.
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At the moment of writing this, our dear friends Sarah and Adam Heatherington's Lortondale home is up for sale! We've had it on our list to take photos for a home tour, so we ran over there as soon as we heard our time was dwindling. We are so happy to share this thoughtful home with you.
We always say our clients are stylish people, but this has never been more the case than when we worked with local blogger and house renovator Emily Netz. Emily and her husband Jeff recently renovated their 1920s Tulsa home (which you can see and read about here) and Emily designed and furnished nearly every space except for her boys' room. When it came to this room, Emily felt stuck on how to create the space she had imagined in her head and wanted an extra pair (or two) of eyes to help bring it to life. We were more than happy to help!
Well, I can't believe it. Our kitchen is actually done. Done, I say! It's been so long, I'm ashamed for you to look back to see the date of the "before" kitchen post.
Okay. It was April 30th.
So that means the kitchen's been about six months in the making. Now to be completely fair, our kitchen has been functional since mid July, but the "finishing touches" took nearly as long as the bulk of the demo/installation. But whatever. It was our first renovation and we went at it without a general contractor and it's done now, so who cares if it took six months? Who's even counting, right? (I can say that now that it's over, because I did care. I was the crazy woman counting!).
The difference between minimal and unfinished decorating
I've been lying in bed thinking about this quite a lot over the past year. My life ritual is to swing from one extreme to another, then gently wander my way into middle ground. I did this with boyfriends. I did this with work. I'm doing this with my bedroom decorating, duh. So my once packed bedroom became quite a blank canvas this past year. And it's from this place, I have been contemplating the difference between minimal design and something not quite finished.