Vintage Mint

What a simple + cute Autumnal craft: a leaf mobile! {Instructions, here.} This would be a pretty minimalist {and easy DIY} Thanksgiving decoration…in case turkey and cornucopia themes weren’t your thing.

{Still cute, even if it resembles something your 1st grader would bring home}

{Found via design*sponge}

Following up from yesterday’s party post…Someday when I have a house and a backyard with nice billowy trees, I would love to have an outdoor party. How fun would an outdoor Halloween-themed party be? {I suppose it depends where you live…}

{Love these vintage-inspired invitations!}

{Images by Ryan Benyi via Country Living}

I wish I thought of this festive Halloween spread for my quaint dinner “party” last week. {Note to self: mentally file this for next year.} The simplicity of sticking to just two color schemes {black + white} and the cluster of glass apothecary jars makes this set-up more visually appealing. {This also looks pretty do-able…}

{Photos via sweet b.}

Can’t wait to see more of Eddie’s apartment in the November issue of Domino! {As well as more photos of Jenna Lyon’s digs!}

{Image via Domino}

Don’t these London home interiors look hauntingly beautiful? So traditional and moody. Love it!

{First seen on Bandelle}
{Images via ShootFactory}

Beautiful clutter of Ralph Lauren VP, Mary Rudolph Carter’s office in mid-town Manhattan.

{Photos via The Selby}

Reading Eddie’s blog is like reading a condensed decorating magazine — chock full of absolutely brilliant ideas, tips, photos, and inspiration {he is the senior style editor of Martha Stewart Living, and a Top Design contestant}. I’m grateful for all the knowledge he so willingly shares about entertaining, diy projects, and decorating; and all with a kind and very unassuming narrative.

{Eddie’s living room: repainted/reupholstered chairs from a flea market}

{Pharmaceutical cabinet turned hutch for storing collection of dinnerwares.}

{Antiqued ironstone urns with lovely flower arrangements.}

{First heard about on layersofmeaning}
{Images via Eddie Ross}

Love how the rooms incorporate vintage biology/anatomy elements into the design. {Some of these rooms resemble what might have been found in a scientist’s home in the late 1700s.} I love the abundant use of glass bell jars, old lab stools + desks, and the wooden catalog cabinets. Great juxtaposition of wood, industrial metals, and flora.

{Images by Don Freeman}
{As seen in Country Living}

Check out Yummyfun Kooking’s Clare Crespo’s playhouse her husband built for their daughter, Ruby! This thing is a mini house! My goodness. When I have kids I’d love to have a backyard retreat for them, albeit a more modestly-scaled one, probably a tree house.

{Image via Cookie}

I wish cleaning my apartment felt less daunting, and more effortless. Morgan had a novel idea: clean as much as you can in just 15 minutes, daily. {How easy is that?} Keeping with that thought, I found another helpful article on how to clean house, in under 20 minutes! {Now I really have no excuse!}

{Image via House Beautiful}