A Giveaway....From The Paris Print Shop!

Hello Hello! I am back again....two times in one day! Whoa, someone document this one! hehe

I am so excited to announce that the Paris Print Shop is helping us with our giveaway today!

As you all know, I am a HUGE fan of their photography.  A gallery wall of their photographs currently hangs in my dining room.  All of their photographs are just beautiful and come in so many different colors!

 

Their pictures are so true to the Parisian culture. You can find these pops of color all over the city.

Nichole also just released a book of all of her photographs this past Spring:

Paris in Color

You better believe I have a copy in my living room!

Well aren't you all lucky today.....Nichole from Paris Print Shop has offered to give ONE lucky winner a set of 9 post cards in the color of your choice! Post Cards are standard 4x6 printed on heavy, elegant matte.

For more color options click here. 

   

These would be fabulous as a set in a entryway or hung with large mats for an office or guest room. 

So many possibilities! 

So what do you say.....Who wants to WIN??

How to Enter:

*Please leave a comment to this post stating which color set you would like to win along with your email address!
*"Like" Eat.Sleep.Decorate on Facebook.
*For an extra entry, go check out The Paris Print Shop, then come back here and leave a message saying "In Love with Paris!"

Best of Luck! Can't wait to see who our winner is! They will be announced on Monday, August 13th!
**Entries Close Sunday, August 12th at Midnight (EST).**

DIY Dining room Gallery Wall {Etsy Inspiration}

A few weeks ago I talked about one of my Etsy Crushes. I am really in love with Nichole's Paris Prints and even more so now that I have traveled to Paris. They are much more meaningful. I finally ordered 6 black and white prints in 11x14 and I really love how they turned out.

If you remember the dining room wall looked like this before:

The new Gallery Wall really has filled out the space on that very large wall and I love how you can see it from different angles throughout our first floor.

If it wasn't for my dad, I would have never gotten these pictures up on the wall! I have had these prints for almost 2 months! YES...I know! I was afraid to tackle putting them on the wall in fear that they would be uneven and then I would have like 1 billion holes in the wall!!

My dad has that engineering mind and you can see from all his drawings and measurings below.

We first measured the width and length of each picture.

(no this is not me and the hubs all lovey dovey!)

Then we measured the length between the two hooks on the back of the frame to see how much wire was needed and how far from the top of the frame we wanted the wire. We then cut the wire for the NINE frames that I bought.

Then we laid them out on the floor to see how far apart I wanted them from each other. 

We decided that about 3 inches were perfect.

Then dad got to work.....

From one end of the gallery wall to the other was 69 3/8 inches. From the top of the gallery wall to the other it was 58 1/2 inches. From nail to nail going across the top there was 24 1/8 inches and going from nail to nail down the gallery wall was 20 3/16 inches. YIKES! That was a lot of measuring and I had NO idea what was going on.

Once we measured and put a bunch of pencil marks on the wall, it ended up looking like this....

And...it stayed this way for about a week with all of the lovey dovey's in the pictures! Of course it was driving me a little nutty, but I didn't have time to get the pictures in until this past week.

I am very happy with how it turned out! 

Now...I just need to add a little color to this space! Just you wait...I have a plan like always! hehe

PLEASE be sure to stop by again this evening....I have a fantastic GIVEAWAY!

And if you want other ideas for some gallery wall fun visit here and here. 

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Weekend Trip to Hot Atlanta....shopping & house drooling

This past weekend we took a quick trip down to Atlanta to see my Aunt and Uncle. They live in the very wealthy area of Buckhead. I always love going there to see the fabulous homes and my Aunt is an amazing cook and always knows the places to take us shopping!





Take a look at some of the homes in their neighborhood:

Quite Unbelievable Huh? I just love how each home is unique and has such great architectural features.
I sure would hate to clean these places, but I guess if you can afford to live in a place like this, you don't clean yourself!


We also ventured out to do some shopping....and where else to start but IKEA!!

New Chair...just in! I love the clean lines and chrome legs!

How about this fabulous closet! YES PLEASE!

How about these new rugs? I love the colors and patterns. I am totally kicking myself for not getting one!

We then stopped at a fabulous fabric outlet!! Let me tell you I was in my glory....I was so overwhelmed by how many fabrics were in this building that I literally didn't buy anything! WHAT? I couldn't make any decisions, so I walked on out with Nada! Have you ever done that?

And...Look what store I found while shopping around.....

I love me some Jonathan Adler! I will have to give you a little glimpse of this store tomorrow!

It was a fantastic weekend and I can't wait to share some of my upcoming projects that I will be working on because of a little shopping in Hot-Lanta!

Oh Summer...Where have you gone??

I find that as I get older, each year gets faster and faster...how about you? I really try to take time to slow life down, but it just doesn't seem to get any slower. Can you believe that we are already headed into the first full week of August? Seriously...where does the summer go?

I have been blessed with so many new followers to my blog this summer and wanted to make sure I updated you on some of the highlighted posts thus far in 2012!


January

1. Laundry Closet Makeover

2. DIY Artwork

3. Bathroom Organization (Towel Hooks)

4. Flight Chart Book Covers

February

1. No-Reply Comments Bloggers

2. DVD Organization

3. New Outside Digs

4. Valentines Mantel

March

1. Hallway Paint Choices

2. DIY Jewelry Box

3. Linen Closet Organization

April

1. Hallway Paint & Molding

2. Etsy Artwork Crush

3. Growing Wheat Grass

May

1. Entryway Reveal

2. Under the Sink Organization

3. Designer Crush {Amie Corley}

4. Front Door Reveal

June

1. Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

2. How to Add Masculine Touches to your space

3. Exterior Paint choices

4. Sectional Couch Choices

July

1. Designer Crush {Katie Rosenfeld}

2. DIY Scrappy Tutu

3. Flip Home Floor Plans

4. What's New at Pottery Barn!

Thanks for following along! I couldn't do this without all of your comments and support!

Double Chandeliers... Yeah or Nay?

A couple of weeks ago I ran across this fantastic blog called The Casablanca Transformation. Amy is a mom of 4 and has her hands full!! However, she has transformed her beautiful home which you can see here.

I really fell in love with her dining room. Her and her husband added the high Board and Batten as well as the graphic stencil treatment to the walls. The items in the room that really caught my eye were the chandeliers. I love the orb look, but really like that there are two of them. They just add a little something to the space.

This really got me thinking how fabulous two Chandeliers would be in a dining room or over a large bar in the kitchen. What do you think?

Here are just a few that I have found on the web:

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Traditional Kitchen design by Minneapolis Architect Charlie Simmons - Charlie & Co. Design, Ltd.

What do you think about double chandeliers....yeah or nay?

P.S. Tomorrow is Fri-Tay! Yahoo!