I knew immediately from the small gallery pic that it was Anthro inspired...

<3 !

because they require time... a lot of them are labor intensive... and some skill.

besides anthropologie is a lifestyle. the store itself is part of it

It looks fantastic against those incredible floors. Love the "rustic". Great Great job!

My entire downstairs - minus the bathroom and laundry room which appear to have been added on at a later date (which is possible as my house is from the 1800s -- you can actually see where the coal chute used to be) have those wood plank floors. The only bummer of them? Sweeping them as they have those recessed where they meet... but I love them... and the exposed brick in my laundry room.

 derp.

If this continues into February I think I'll cave.. I love Pinterest... it's addicting... but not everything I see and would love to make fits me... so it would be great to get to make some of those things... you know?

I sort of love this... (My bedding is Anthro's Crowned Crane)... and wonder if you could upholster a simple headboard in that??

I'm glad it was easy to follow along (sometimes things make sense in my head but become incoherent when I try to put them to words) -- and I definitely recommend doing this... it was a fun, easy project... not the quickest due to drying times and having to clamp things down... but worth it.

People that have come to my house since have commented on that table and asked me where I got it... and it can take a table with such a cheap looking top (that top was horrid and only maybe 1/2 inch thick... if that) and make it look way more expensive.

Thanks, it was pretty simple to make (just time consuming due to all the staining and such) and I'm lucky that whenever I visit my parents I have access to SO many tools.

I'll probably be posting other tutorials later as I'm in the process of silver leafing a dresser and making an ottoman out of a washtub.

derp.

So I work at Anthropologie where inspiration abounds (yes, I know of the Anthro controversies... but I love my job and could live in that store)

anyhoo, I wanted to do a family tree in my living room and was speaking with our visual merchandiser over some drinks at a get together and this idea was born.

I'm going to eventually frame it, but I'm going to wait until I've finished putting up all the pictures of family members.

I rather like it... and it goes with my historic home.








oh and i'm going to be putting some writing up at the top where there's that void (where the tree mysteriously ends)