Decor Score

One thing I love about our town is that you won't find a bunch of commercialized stores or restaurants. 90% of the time they are locally owned, mom and pop type places.

I know.

You guys are like, "How are you living without a Target close by?"

Answer: I'm not. The closest retail areas are a mere 10 minute drive away, but far enough that our immediate area is peaceful and doesn't have crazy traffic running through it at all hours.

Anyways, from the day we came to check things out and look at houses, I knew I needed to get into some of these cute little boutiques. When my mom came to visit, we took a nap time trip out for iced coffees and some browsing. It did not disappoint.

We saw gift shops, cute little nurseries, and an antique and home decor boutique. I found some fabric at one of them that I may use for accent pillows in the living room...and of course, like any neighborhood shop, they kindly let me bring the sample home to match to our existing color scheme. When I returned the fabric sample a week later, they had already updated some of their stock...to include this stunner:

She's larger than she looks in pictures. The frame is actually about 2.5 feet tall and a little over two feet wide. The shop owner bought it at an auction in Indiana and brought it back. It originally had some art in it, but she took it out to just sell the frame...in which I plan to DIY a chalkboard and hang in our kitchen so D can stop asking me what's for dinner every night as a menu board! 

Hopefully some after shots to come soon!

xo,
H