BLACK.

I would die and go to heaven to have this black subway tile in my kitchen, or bathroom..and that floor? gaaaaaa. Black and white is soooo put together and crisp..

This photo is too perfect, too. The random awesomeness of it all drives me to drink. I mean decorate..

The chalkboard wall..good in thought, but wait till you actually have a whole big gi-normous wall of it..then throw in the darling ankle biters to scribble and draw all.day.long on it..the chalk dust is EVERYWHERE..

believe me, I know. Its definately a love/hate..

 Now if you are an adult with no children and an artful eye to just have fun and draw perfectly on it, well then you are set. This would be a dream for those types, but..in this house, chalk dust rules the day when the kids are into the creative spirit.. I love it, dont get me wrong..its just alot of upkeep.

The black house..tried this too, we painted over a white house that had old old scratch shingles, and no shade..it turned out so horribly we ended up selling the house....BA HAHAHAHAAAAA! We had direct sun ALL> DAY> LONG..so it really didnt ever get a chance to dry slowly, I guess..The black paint worked like crackle paint, it was

{to put it bluntly}

A FRIGGING MESS..

we quickly outgrew that sweet house..moved in with one child, and out with 3..We left the black crackle painted house behind..Now if you had new siding..I would totally go for it.. except if it was new cedar shingles that we are putting on this house..well....my hubby would divorce me before we would get to paint...

That leaves me with this little saying..not really, just thought it was perfect..

could you live in this room? hmm..food for thought.

[and I think not]

too dark, especially for the long winter days here in WA state..

I love to look at it though..

totally swank.

All these black and white photos come from me, here on this lil link..

If you dare, follow..if you must. Life is short, get to pinning~

Lisas on Pinterest

August, really??

We shall make the most of our last month before school starts..

I am happy to report we are having great weather this morning, with a full sky of blue on the list for today!

sooner than later the kids will be back and I will be at home all by my lonesome..

wow..but for now, every child in my house is fast asleep, its approaching the 9am hour..lady bed heads!!  ( I love it..)

Happy summer, people!!'

I think she might have arrived here in Washington~

beautiful browns

cozy in the eaves................

I think I have told you, I live in a vintage 1926 english tudor home..


..with an 18-12 pitch..for those of you who do not live with a "roofer" or..FORMER roofer..
that is for every 12 inches it goes up 18 inches..steeeeeep!
I also grew up in an english tudor home..(thanks mom and dad)
I shared a room with slanted walls and built ins with this little toe headed sister..
we had matching beautiful antique  twin sleigh beds my mom got while...junking..can you believe it? Iwill have to say, I learned from the best..the BEST.. I remember them coming out of the Emerson Hotel in beautiful downtown Hoquiam..for lack of a better word, they were covered with what I would now call that fleck paint..comes in a can. It must have been the rage back then to hop up your old furniture with a new cote, you know...make it look "modern"
Needless to say, they were stripped and stained back to the beauty they were meant to be..for her little girls..
The beds are still in that room, I should go and photo my parents house..so awesome..
Im not really sure what is going on in this bedroom, but it fit the title..
hello dreamy scritchy& scratchy old siding...I adore you..





this is not a photo of our room, but it could almost be..
Im so lucky to sleep in my own slanty walled bedroom..cozy...
and here is another sweet place, if you have to be somewhere, why not in the eaves?

is this a dream?

I saw this on the inter webs...

I dream of it being filled with beauty like this....

-and the lady of the house, well.....,shes preparing for a little party..

fun pictures from

here...