Caitlin Wilson's Home Tour....

Interior Designer, Caitlin Wilson of Style Files blog was gracious enough to share her lovely home in Dubai with all of us!  I always LOVE to peek into homes of Interior Designers, it always inspires me.  They always have the best fabrics and furniture pieces.....it must be because they are able to access home furnishings that are only for the trade.... lucky them! 

On another note, Caitlin is hosting a FREE storyboard room design GIVEAWAY on her blog! For those who don't know what a storyboard is: It's a virtual design scheme based on your needs & style inspirations integrating your existing furniture and/or new pieces selected by Caitlin for your space.

Caitlin's home is filled with sooooo many pretty items that 

I've asked her to list them here. Are you ready? Here we go:

living room- circular side table IKEA

coffee table- EXPEDIT IKEA

sofa table- Besta Burs IKEA

entertainment center- Expedit IKEA

sofa- Index living

lamps- chinese, from local dubai market

dining table & chairs- index living

moroccan rug- local dubai market

olivia's room- dresser hemnes ikea

side table hemnes ikea

crib- mothercare in uk

lamp- the white company, london

                              Child of God print -persimmon and pink

images by caitlin wilson

Exchange links with Made By Girl...

For all of you bloggers who are interested in exchanging links with me, shoot me an email at: Jen@MadeByGirl.com. I'm looking to ADD more interesting blogs, especially international blogs to my links page here! Blogs must be interior design related.  Please let me know when you've added my link, so I can add you as well.  

Looking forward to hearing from you! 

NOTE: I'd like to add blogs that post 'at least' 4 times a week'. 

 

Coisas Da Doris & Alice in Wonderland..

Doris from Coisas Da Doris , a wonderful boutique in Brazil sent over these new photos of her shop.  For those of you who are fans of Alice in Wonderland, you'll be glad to know that Doris has a special event  at the shop with an 'all things Alice' theme. How cute is this? The store is decorated like a fairy tale dream! You'll be able to purchase many of the Alice in Wonderland goodies there if you are in Brazil! How fun!  For more info, you can also check out Doris's blog here.

Have you seen in Alice in Wonderland the Movie? Without ruining it, how was it?

image by Coisas Da Doris

Fabricadabra in my home again...

Hope everyone had a great week so far! I'm not certain what we'll be doing this weekend but I have a feeling we'll be spending time with some friends.  Today, I was so ecstatic to receive my newest IKAT pillow covers from Fabricadabra. These covers are so well made, 50% silk, 50% cotton with handwoven natural dyes.  I can't get enough of them!  I bought them for my office chairs, but I also like that I can place the covers on any 18x18 cushion in my home. Here's what they look like on my main living room sofa....what a great way to start the weekend! Yay.

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images: jen ramos

Style at Home Magazine....

I'm sure many of you heave heard of Style at Home magazine, especially my Canadian readers, since it's a Canadian mag. I can't believe I hadn't blogged about this publication before...especially with their website being so full of beautiful (and large) photos! This particular home (below) on their website really stood out to me...dark wood floors, large windows, white walls and so on.  It's the kind of home I dream of when I close my eyes. Well, it's one of many....


Do any of you own any issues of Style at Home?? What do you think of the magazine? 

images : style at home

Pillow Covers & Pillows Galore

I love shopping for new pillow covers don't you? Changing them out on your sofa or office chair is a great way to update the look of any space. Especially if you're changing the color scheme in that room!  If you're shopping for home accessories, I really think you'll love the shops I've highlighted below. Enjoy!

Below: Plum Cushion

Below: My Sparrow

below: Color and Scheme

Below: Elegant Touch

Below: Fabricadabra

Creative Gesture....

Last week I woke up & found all these tiny notes on the bed. My husband left them along with a bunch of others on the bathroom counter. 

What do you think?? Romantic?? I thought it was such a sweet gesture.

I posted this onto my Facebook yesterday (for those who are my FB friends) so you may have already seen it.

image by jen ramos

Alaina's Home Tour (Live Creating Yourself)

Hello everyone! How's your Monday so far?? It's been cloudy & sprinkling here in Las Vegas, definitely very unusual weather for this part of the country. However, this post below has made my day a little sunnier! I'm so excited to bring you this home tour by Alaina from Live Creating Yourself.  She has allowed me to share her cozy Chicago home with all of you!  Below she explains the details of her lovely living space.

"I've been collecting pieces for the past two years. The only store-bought, full-priced items my boyfriend and I bought that are not from IKEA are the vertical bookshelves in my office. They are from West Elm and no longer available. Same goes for the tree branch end table in the living room which is from Target and is available. The West Elm tripod lamp in the living room was a gift from a friend. The rug and sofa in the living room are ALSO from West Elm, but we bought them used on Craigslist. Other rugs are IKEA and the zebra rug in the bedroom was on sale at Pottery Barn."

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Dining Room & Living Room:
The dining room chairs cost me $70 - I painted them grey and reupholstered them myself. The dining room table is an antique & cost only $50 - also CraigsList. The bar is IKEA Expedit.  


Most pillows and accessories are West Elm sale items with a few thrift store items thrown in the mix. The place settings are a mix of Williams-Sonoma Apilco Traditional and West Elm Pure Square.

below: her colorful inspiration board

Below: Living room Art by Alaina 

below: her stylishly decorated home office

  images by Alaina