Ticking Stripe

One of my all time favorite fabrics is ticking stripe. Just love it. I love it in almost any color but my favorite is in blue.

I have blue ticking stripe pillows in my living room and ticking stripe slipcovers on my dining room chairs. I NEVER get sick of this fabric. It reminds me of one of my grandfather's. I was young when he passed along, but my memory of him is him wearing ticking stripe overalls or a hat with ticking stripe. Maybe that's why I like it so much, because it's so familiar. I love how it makes a space feel casual and relaxed.

Here are some great examples of ticking stripe.

You can see sources and more examples on my Pinterest board. {here}

Now you can't imagine how happy I was to see a whole bunch of new stripe goodness in Pottery Barn's new spring line.



Pottery Barn



I am hoping to be redoing our master bedroom soon, and I will be purchasing a few of the above items. So excited!

 

So do you have a love for ticking stripe as well?

 

 







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My Holiday Home Details

We here in the Pacific NW, woke up to a fresh new blanket of snow. Yes, we received maybe 1 to 2 inches and school was cancelled and all the local news could report on was the weather.
Those poor reporters who have to stand out there and say "yes, it's still snowing and yes, the roads are a little slick".. for 5 hours! People from back East must roll over with laughter at us. But then again, it's the same when California gets a little rain and they are freaking out. It's all relative I guess.
But anyway, we enjoyed it and now it's slowly going away already. Bummer.

 

Thanks to anyone that came and saw my holiday home tour! I'd like to say thank you to Lisa and Jenny once again for including me in the tour. Such an honor. And to those that left such sweet messages, thank you! It warms my heart.

 

If you didn't see my full tour, click here.

 

I really got carried away with using fresh garland, and wreaths this year.

 

Boxwood wreath from Antique Farm House



Fresh garland from Lowe's put into the dough bowl (from Homegoods) and around my chandelier



some greens tucked around the candles

of course added to the mantels

 

 



garland again splayed on the console table



the tree basket skirt was purchased from Terrain

My favorite purchase this year was this plaid runner from Pottery Barn



And the matching pillows. I loved them because they have a stripe of blue in them and it goes with my blue/white ticking stripe pillows.

 

 

 

And these fun advent bags were my little craft of the season. The idea was not my own. I've seen so many on other blogs and even in home décor catalogs, and I just loved the idea.

I purchased the little bags from Amazon, and got the twine rope, and mini clothes pins from a local craft store.

 

The images were downloaded from Wolves in London. You can get the download free here.

There are many other ways you can decorate the bags, but I thought these were so cute and vintage looking. Once you download them, print them on iron on paper and it's super easy to attach to the bags. I didn't iron mine on super good, and the images were left looking a little more faded which I liked.

 

Thanks again and if you had any other questions on where I got anything, please let me know.

Happy Holidays!!

 

 

 

 

 



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My 2013 Holiday Mantel

I am slowly but surely getting my decorations up around the home. How about you? Please tell me I am not the only one still working on this! Lie to me if you have to, PLEASE!

I am switching things up a little again this year, and with the little tweaking I have done to the house since last Christmas, some things just don't work where they did the year before.

Things will still be tweaked upon over the next couple weeks I am sure but for right now I will share my two fireplace mantels.

My Living Room

 

 

Pretty simple styling here. Not much you can do with a tv above the fireplace and sconces on the side. I love adding the fresh garland and pinecones though.

 My Family Room



 

 

 The clock was new this year, so I had to rearrange and do something new on this mantel as well.
Don't you love the Merry Christmas banner? Target, people! Love it.

I'm linking up to Our Fifth House. If you are still decorating and need some inspiration, go check out her blog and see all the mantels everyone is linking up too. You will be inspired I am sure of it.

***Also, I have been kindly made aware that many of you catch up on reading blogs on the weekend, so I didn't want to leave anyone out of my GIVEAWAY, so I'll be extending it through the weekend, and pick a winner on Monday, December 9th. ******
 
 See here to be included in the fun GIVEAWAY!

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