Jayson Home & Garden

Ultimately I would love to have a home decorated with a mixture of antiques and industrial design. I like lots of metal and wood to temper the girly flowery stuff! I'm currently torturing myself by doing lots of pretend shopping at Jayson Home & Garden. I pretty much want it ALL!

Do You Think They Would Let Me Live There?

Castle Gibson in all of its run-down glory is near perfection in my book. Go take the tour and see if you aren't ready to pack your bags and move in!

Do You Think They Would Let Me Live There?

Castle Gibson in all of its run-down glory is near perfection in my book. Go take the tour and see if you aren't ready to pack your bags and move in!

Three Potato Four

The other day I was browsing on Three Potato Four, dreaming about decorating my office when Tom walked by and asked if we could please have one of each thing on the site. I seconded the motion. Our list of things to do around the house once the cold weather lifts just keeps getting longer and longer. More painting, building shelves and window seats, fixing up the backyard... it goes on and on! Here are a few things I would love to see around the house.

Three Potato Four

The other day I was browsing on Three Potato Four, dreaming about decorating my office when Tom walked by and asked if we could please have one of each thing on the site. I seconded the motion. Our list of things to do around the house once the cold weather lifts just keeps getting longer and longer. More painting, building shelves and window seats, fixing up the backyard... it goes on and on! Here are a few things I would love to see around the house.

Work Space

A little visual inspiration for my new work area. Via Design Sponge.

Work Space

A little visual inspiration for my new work area. Via Design Sponge.

Rainy Day

trench coat: Gap
rain boots: Wellies
umbrella: vintage

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful encouraging comments on my last post! I'm glad you finally got to see a little bit of what I've been up to over the past month or so. We're really proud of the progress so far and we've been taking lots of before and during photos so when we get it all done and take our after photos I'll have to post a little series.

Here's the rainy version of the outfit I was wearing yesterday. I wanted to get some shots of our backyard but the sky wouldn't cooperate. We're only moving about seven blocks from our apartment to our house so whenever I have to make a quick trip there I usually just walk; thus the rain boots and umbrella. As excited as I am about the inside of the house, I'm equally excited about having our own tiny backyard.

We already have plans for a porch swing and a little vegetable/herb garden and finally a place to compost! And there's a scraggly orange cat that lives next door (I've already dubbed him Mr. Orange - I love Tim Roth). He climbs the fence and comes to visit so I'll be working on fattening him up. Oh, and my mom already built the worlds cutest bird house to hang on the fence so I can entice all the pretty little yellow finches I see in the trees to come live in the yard.

Rainy Day

trench coat: Gap
rain boots: Wellies
umbrella: vintage

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful encouraging comments on my last post! I'm glad you finally got to see a little bit of what I've been up to over the past month or so. We're really proud of the progress so far and we've been taking lots of before and during photos so when we get it all done and take our after photos I'll have to post a little series.

Here's the rainy version of the outfit I was wearing yesterday. I wanted to get some shots of our backyard but the sky wouldn't cooperate. We're only moving about seven blocks from our apartment to our house so whenever I have to make a quick trip there I usually just walk; thus the rain boots and umbrella. As excited as I am about the inside of the house, I'm equally excited about having our own tiny backyard.

We already have plans for a porch swing and a little vegetable/herb garden and finally a place to compost! And there's a scraggly orange cat that lives next door (I've already dubbed him Mr. Orange - I love Tim Roth). He climbs the fence and comes to visit so I'll be working on fattening him up. Oh, and my mom already built the worlds cutest bird house to hang on the fence so I can entice all the pretty little yellow finches I see in the trees to come live in the yard.

Our House

dress: 30s linen jumper
top: 50s cotton blouse
shoes: 70s leather boots
hat: vintage wool beret
belt: vintage

Finally, here it is! The first little peek into our new house. I know it's not much of a peek, but there's still so much work to be done! I found this wonderful convertible typewriter desk at the Salvation Army last week. I'm so excited to finally have a real desk so I can get rid of the terrible folding table I've been using for the past year. Right now the desk is sitting in the living room but eventually it will be moved upstairs to my office. And our poor, pitiful staircase. We finally got down to the original wood after ripping through all of the linoleum and carpet that had been nailed to them over the years. They are still very much a work in progress (as is everything really).

Our House

dress: 30s linen jumper
top: 50s cotton blouse
shoes: 70s leather boots
hat: vintage wool beret
belt: vintage

Finally, here it is! The first little peek into our new house. I know it's not much of a peek, but there's still so much work to be done! I found this wonderful convertible typewriter desk at the Salvation Army last week. I'm so excited to finally have a real desk so I can get rid of the terrible folding table I've been using for the past year. Right now the desk is sitting in the living room but eventually it will be moved upstairs to my office. And our poor, pitiful staircase. We finally got down to the original wood after ripping through all of the linoleum and carpet that had been nailed to them over the years. They are still very much a work in progress (as is everything really).