Sick Day

I've been feeling incredibly under-the-weather since the weekend so I'm giving myself another day to recuperate. Of course, the wet snowy-raining mess that is the weather today isn't helping. Hopefully these two pups, decked out in their Christmas best, bring a smile to your face this dreary Monday morning!

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A Desk When You Want It

 Ever since spying this secretary desk, I've been reconsidering the whole Dining Table/Desk combination I'm living with at the moment. I could fit a chic little secretary desk somewhere in my living room. Closing up shop for the night would be as simple as flipping the lid closed. No more neatly (or messily) piling up the day's work in an unused portion of the dining table in order to use it to eat. I'd love to find a vintage piece that I can repurpose, keeping the outer cabinet a tame neutral but bringing a bold pop of color on the inside!

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The Television Dilemma

When I was young friends and family all seemed to have one method for incorporating the television (my mother refers to it as the idiot box) into the decor - hide the damn eyesore in a gigantic floor to ceiling wardrobe. It's true, those gigantic dinosaurs of the 80s and 90s were hideous to look at but sometimes those media cabinets were equally awful. Thank goodness for the modern age where televisions are now sleek and thin. So sleek and thin that we can leave them in plain sight. So sleek and thin that they are perfectly camouflaged by a great gallery wall, keeping one's eyes from seeking out the idiot box when it's not in use. 

I also think from the number of mid-century dressers featured in this image round up that I really do need to buy this one to replace my bulky old ikea media stand. 

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