Rustic Romance.

This is my old soul speaking again.  This style is timeless and I never seem to tire of it.  

Enjoy your weekend my Lovely Bloggy Peeps.  Heidi

Veranda

House to Home

Sorry, no source.

Found Here

Sorry, no source.

Perfect Pitch.

                                                                 Found Here
                                  



                                  My Home Ideas


               House Beautiful


                 No source.


                           House and Home

Renovation Perfection

The high ceilings, exposed beams, turquoise chandelier, creamy walls.  I love the interior completely. 

 Enjoy, Heidi

                               The exterior leaves much to be desired, but still is an improvement.

All Images via Birmingham Home and Garden Magazine

Old World Inspired Kitchen.

                    This might just be the perfect kitchen for me, I just cannot stop looking at it.  The only thing I can find that I would change is the way the door swings on the fridge.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                                 Southern Living

                                                Southern Living

                                              Southern Living

                                                      Southern Living

                                               Southern Living


                                                   Southern Living

Houses that ROCK!

High ceilings, exposed wood beams, enormous windows flooding the room with natural light and the bare stone walls.  Yep, it gets me every single time.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                               House and Home



                          Unknown Origin


                                               This one is my favorite.  Desire to Inspire


                              Found on French by Design

Ballard Designs

 I fell in love with Ballard Designs many moons ago.  They just keep getting better and better every year.  This living room is perfection in my book.  The moment I laid eyes on it, I immediately thought of the idea of keeping the wall over the mantle bare in order to project a television image onto it from the ceiling.  When I asked my audio/videophile husband about the idea I could instantly see the wheels turning and head noddling, that it was a profoundly good idea.  So into the dream house file you go, living room pic. 

Enjoy, Heidi

Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs

David Duncan Livingston

              Seriously? Wow!  I just don't think that anything can top David Duncan Livingston right now in my Goth obsession.  Enjoy your weekend my fellow bloggers.  Love, Heidi 

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

Beaming.

Exposed beams have a tendency to make me beam with delight.  Enjoy, Heidi

Found on a Life's Design

Arcobaleno

This one blew me away.  Check out their site, it is devine.

 House Beautiful

Sarah Richardson via HGTV

House Beautiful

Steven Harris Architects

If I lived here, I would have to pinch myself everyday.

Canadian House and Home

Perfect layout and size for my dream house, only I am thinking that a wall to close off the kitchen would be a good idea.

Rammed Earth or Straw Bales?

I found these images over at Nest Egg, one of my new favorite blogs. They are from one of her clients (her client has great taste, by the way). You all know that I am a nut for High/Exposed ceilings, but the issue I have been pondering lately is can I build my dream home like this but with rammed earth walls or even straw bale walls? Maybe one of you know a little bit about this. I have searched the net and researched the subject, but it is not as popular around here.

I watched Jamie Durie (love him, thank you Australia) do a job with rammed earth in California and the construction crew didn't have a clue. Come on America, we need to get with the picture and use sustainable resources. I will try my damnedest to make earth friendly living absolutely fabulous. Hope you all have a playful or relaxing or both, weekend. Love, Heidi

All images on this post were found on Nest Egg.

Castle Decorating

I had a dream last night that I was given the job to redecorate a castle and then it ended up being photographed for a very high end magazine. This is what it looked like. A dream is a wish your heart makes. Enjoy and have a special weekend, Heidi

Chateau Domingue

Phoebe Howard

Chateau Domingue

Lucyina Moodie

Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware

Sorry I do not have the origin of the beautiful image.

Laurence Pasquier via Sarah Kaye

Canadian House and Home

Canadian House and Home

Roche Bobois
Sorry I do not have the origin of this beautiful image.