5 months in Boston

Time goes by so fast! It has been 5 months since we moved to Boston!

And during that time, we went from this:

To this:

The light we get in this apartment is amazing and it makes everything look bright and beautiful. The living room is by no means done, but it is looking a lot better. We are still struggling to make our stuff fit in this small apartment and from time to time we find out we don't need a few things we have been keeping and take it to donation. That is the good part of downsizing!

P.S.: sorry for the really poor resolution photos! I took them with my phone.

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Unintentionally, I took a few days off of blogging again. But here I am again! If everything goes as planned, I will be adding new items to the shop until the end of the week. Visit my shop here!

Have a great weekend!

Spring is in full swing here in Boston and the city looks so colorful and beautiful! My parents are visiting from Brazil, so the plans are to enjoy the nice weather and do some sightseeing. I hope you have a great weekend!

Monday inspiration

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Oink!

Today was the day to say goodbye to one of my all time favorite items from SCAVENGENIUS- the cute teeny tiny brass pig above. But before packing it and shipping it to its new home, he said his last oink to me and I recorded it on Vine so I could share it with you. ;-)

Visit my shop at www.scavengenius.etsy.com!

Displaying collections

I love collections! Many of the same things together is almost always beautiful! I'm always browsing this really awesome website that shows all kinds of collections, and I'm always pinning collections to my collections board on Pinterest . I'm sure that if I could, I would have many collections. But, like most of city-living people, I don't have the space for it (did I mention our new apartment is tiny?), and have to be mindful of what I keep.

Putting collections up on the walls is a smart way to display them- it decorates the house and doesn't take a lot of space. Below are a few of my current favorite pictures of collections up on walls-

all images from Pinterest

Monday inspiration

In March 2011, I drove by a little art gallery in Dunwoody, GA and I couldn't help but take the picture below because sometimes that's all we need to hear: "everything will be ok". After all the horror that the city of Boston went through last week, this picture came to my mind. We have to believe in it. I do and I hope you do, too.