A few weeks ago I visited my local Habitat Restore and scored a pair of Visual Comfort lamps for $30 each! They were brand new and were only missing shades.
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I added these black linen shades from Ballard Designs:
I also received the new Nate Berkus book- The Things that Matter and let me tell you its amazing! I haven't even got to all the eye candy because Im so caught up in the story!! I cried my eyes out when I read the part about him losing his partner in the 2004 Tsunami.
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After several pages in Nate talks about decorating your home with pieces that speak to you and have meaning to you and your family. So between my new lamps I added a couple of books we bought on our trip to London and added a piece of coral from our vacation in Florida. Both great reminders of sweet time my hubby and I spent alone without kids!!
And in other exciting news----- I finally found THE chandelier for my dining room! It will be installed later this week and I can't wait to have that photographed and checked off my "to-do" list!A little peek of the chandelier- its Currey & Company-Demure
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