Nook-Wardrobe-Desk-Dresser

One of my best friends, Hanah (akaVintage Story) sent me this pic! She doesn't know where she found it but all I know is that when I have the means, I'm making myself one as I'm sure she will too. Actually, we'll collab like we normally do :)

To me, this is the perfect desk/nook/dresser/etc. Leave the hinges open when you have everything beautified and organized and when one of those days rolls around and you just need to let your creative juices loose, you can close those little doors up hiding the mess behind!     

Not only do I love the idea, I pretty much love everything about it. The wallpapered back wall, the butterfly decorations, a peg board to the left for all kinds of supplies and oh, those globes!

Please remind me to collect globes.

Another note about peg boards, they are brilliant. I mean, I have drawers and drawers of things that could easily be statements had I a peg board. My brain usually goes to tool displays and in-store peg boards but when you have a creative space you can do whatever you want with it! paint it, be-dazzle it, wallpaper it, you could even stain it. Depending On the size, your peg board also won't break your bank!

I found these ones from the blog, Have Heart

Minty pegboard with some complementary colors up in there!



Kitchen pegboard with some good-lookin' cookery

Crafty craft pegboard

(You can remind me to grab a peg board too.)

This wardrobe-nook-desk-drawer picture will be locked away in my special picture-files for later use. Cause I will make this one day, one day....

Ta-Ta for now, tootles my friendles!



Hi my name is Courtney and I'm a ring-aholic

I love to scour my grandmothers jewelry box. My yearly trips to the lake in Virginia would not have been complete had I not dug through her handmade wooden treasure chest at the edge of her vanity.  One time, I even found my mothers wedding dress and added to the laughter of 9 year old me tripping down the stairs by putting on some extravagent pearls, multiple rings and maybe a bracelet (or five).

Maybe it's my innate desire for old things but, I love vintage rings.

Well, I love rings in general.

Not vintage, but super coooooool.

more ring for your buck, stacking rings!!

I wear the same mix of rings for a good while and then I'll do a mini switcheroo and no one notices but me. (It's all about making yourself feel like you're changing it up :))

This weekend I was in my cousin's BEAUTIFUL wedding and the mother of the bride wore one of my grandmothers antique rings. I was j- lous! It had even been passed down to my grandmother by her Aunt Helen. Now that is some serious heritage! It looked VERY similar to this one I found on Etsy...

buy it here on Clutterslaststand's etsy shop!

Hopefully one day I can inherit some goodies from that old wooden treasure chest but until then, I'll keep my own collection going :)

Epiphanies and T-shirt Uniforms

       When I was in high school we were forced to wear horrendous t-shirt uniforms. Sure, you could choose from a few different styles and a variety of colors but for me, that wasn't enough. Growing up on a small island, we didn't have much to choose from anyway so my adornments were already limited. I was already without many options and then they went and threw anything slightly cute down the drain!? Rude. Now, this is not to say that I was in any way a "fashionista", it is just merely a means by which I can explain my brain thoughts.


To combat this uniform predicament I had only one choice, to accessorize.


     As I have evolved as a person, lady, friend, I have come to realize that not only do we accessorize with adornments on our body, ( like I, circa 2005 with long necklaces, flats and gypsy skirts) we are constantly accessorizing our life.


     We choose our friends, our bookshelves, our hairstyles, our jewelry, our schooling, our careers, our pillow shams and, the art for our walls. We accessorize to build our lives in a way that makes us come home from a long day and simply smile. And so, although our significant others are not "accessories", they add to our lives and by definition, they accessorize it. Not anywhere near the same caliber but similarly, we choose the items we fill our warm apartments with and the jewelry pieces we accent our outfit with.

Like this piece I made all by myself!! (yours for $26) :)

And so, here are all the frills (without the t-shirt uniforms).