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House & Home
Having been three weeks at our new place, you’d think we’d have kissed the boxes bye-bye ages ago, right? Wrong. we unpacked our last box last Saturday. Unbelievable! It’s hard when you have literally no time to spend a day here or there in three weeks’ time to finalize the unpacking process. But life has just kept us both so busy, and being out of town last weekend postponed our task even further.
One thing I’ve struggled with for, well, years really–is proper jewelry storage. Most of the time my jewelry is laying in ZipLoc bags in plain view on my dresser, along with my makeup arsenal. Not anymore. HB won’t stand for it! So even though I’ve found proper storage options for my makeup, my jewelry has truly never had a home. So I did a little research on cute jewelry storage options for displaying my jewelry proudly. I have alot of it, and since I don’t have $350 to drop on a jewelry armoire (could that BE any more glamorous??), I found some pretty reasonable options on the interwebs.
HB nixed the idea of having mismatched vintage trinket saucers set out on the dresser to hold my rings, bangles, earrings, etc so it looks like I’ll have to display my jewelry more like art. I want to find a pretty gold vintage frame and screen it–like they did here–for my earrings. And the white pieces from my above picks would look so great clustered together on my dresser!
- hayworth jewelry armoire, pier 1, $350
- little animals trinket box, urban outfitters, $8
- sea urchin jewelry box, satinbox.com, $25
- layer cake catchall, urban outfitters, $28
- little birch jewelry stand, urban outfitters, $32
- porcelain bavarian bird dish, etsy, $20
- mirrored jewelry box, zgallerie, $40
Where is your jewelry’s home when you’re not wearing it?
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Two dozen roses from HB for our pseudo-anniversary (2 years of dating) a few months ago.
A cheap little fake flower arrangement in a vase that I LOVE from Target.
Sparkly pears, also from Target.
HB‘s odd humpbacked-candle elephant that sits atop a stack of old magazines (can you guess which ones they are?)
My cheetah print calf-hair pumps by Sam Edelman (seen here).
HB and I are moving. We don’t know where yet, but we are eyeing one fabulous high-rise place that we love. We have been renting this 3/3 townhouse for only a year but have come to realize that two busy medical students-soon-to-be-residents don’t have time to deal with things like water heaters and HVAC systems on our own when they break. So, it’s back to an apartment, this time with 24-hour maintenance. Thank heavens!! I have this weekend off, so I’m taking advantage of my first free day in two weeks (since starting OB/GYN) and scouting out the apartment complexes on my short list. Happy weekend, y’all!
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I’m still in Los Angeles but please enjoy this post I created for you in the meantime! Don’t forget to answer my question at the end in the comments! xoxo
On my dresser I keep a catchall – a leather pad that has corner that snap together to hold lovely things, like one’s watch when one gets home & wants to take it off because it’s Michael Kors and weighs three pounds.
After I lit a few candles because anything pretty calms my mind, I thought I should take a picture or two or ten and share it with you. I love pretty things! Above, in focus, is my mom’s gold Rolex watch she’s still (miraculously) letting me wear. Methinks she forgot I still have it. Shhhh!
And it’s the watch you always see me wear! My lovely Michael Kors watch sent over to me ages ago by Shop Bop.
I’m pretty much obsessed with anything rose-scented, so when I saw this in the checkout line at Sephora I immediately snatched it up. It’s been in my white coat pocket ever since and I’ve totally forgotten about it until recently. Glad to have it back in business!
Above: my Temple St. Clair for Target ring (seen here), and my Forever 21 bow hair clip (seen here).
Hand creme I picked up at Anthropologie after I saw it on Taylor‘s blog! It’s rosewater and glycerine, so you know I had to have it! Plus the tube is pretty (and a little goes a long way). Thanks Taylor for turning me onto it – I love it!
My moleskine planner and one of my nicer pens. I write down daily notes here and there, and print out photos on glossy paper of things I’ve been to, and…
…things I haven’t been to (i.e., IFB Evolving Influence conference, and fashion shows). Above: Alexander Wang and Prubal Gurung s/s ’11.
And of course there’s my lovely bib necklace from New York Design Shop! Almost forgot that.
So folks…what’s on your dresser (or nightstand)?
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