So I may have found my new favorite shop for quirky gifts and pretty home goods--Hattan Home! If you follow me on Instagram, you saw that I got a print, a striped towel, some bobbi pins, and that cute tumbler I wanted from them the other day. But there are still sooo many other things from their shop that I would love to get! I pulled together a list of some of my favorites to share with you all today…plus a few other items from some different shops.

1. Gold turtle box / 2. Clever smartphone dock / 3. Plus sign pillowcases / 4. Black wall clock / 5. Zebra jewelry dish / 6. "Hot hot hot” matchbox / 7. Pom pom throw

Thanks to Hattan Home for partnering with me on this post!

Did everyone have a good Memorial Day weekend? I hope so! Mine was great--we went to the farmer’s market, ate donuts, played games, made creme brûlée (well, my sister-in-law actually made it, but we blow torched the tops), went for a hike, visited Snoqualmie Falls, worked on projects, did some shopping, had a barbecue…and lots more. It was a very full and refreshing three days! And as promised, I’m back with a great giveaway for you guys. I’m pretty excited about this one--the prize is a Surveyor tripod floor lamp from Kenroy Home!

I have this same lamp in my house, and I like it a lot. It’s simple, but still interesting and unique. I could see this lamp working with just about any style of decor!

Here it is in my living room. I’m not sure if this will be it’s permanent home, but I like it for now. It’s nice to not have a table lamp, so there’s room for other things on the side table...like peonies from the farmer’s market!

You can see above where Ben modified my Leo Tolstoy print, as I mentioned in this post :) I also really love my new yellow pillow! It’s from the shop Merilow, and it’s 100% merino wool. I always think of wool as being itchy, but this pillow is soooo soft. It has wooden buttons down one side, which I think is supposed to be the back, but I thought they were super cute so I made that side face out. If you’d like to get a pillow of your own, Merilow has kindly offered a special 30% off coupon code for anything in their shop through the end of June: ATHOMEINLOVE2014. You should get one, and we can be twinsies!

Aren’t those coral peonies so pretty?! I was really excited when I saw all the peonies at the farmer’s market this weekend. They’re my favorite flower.

So…do you like the tripod floor lamp?? Want to win one of your own? Enter using the Rafflecopter below:

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Thank you to Kenroy Home for partnering with me on this post!

Happy Memorial Day! Yaaay for a three day weekend! I’m enjoying it thoroughly and hope you are too. It’s so nice to have one extra day to get things done (and relax). Every weekend should be three days long, don’t you think?!

I thought these red, white, and blue popsicles were pretty sweet. They’d be perfect for a Memorial Day party, but if you don’t have time to make them today, you could always file this idea away for the 4th of July!

I also want to say a heartfelt thank you to all those who have fought for this country, and especially those who have given their all. In the midst of having for a day off, the shopping and the barbecues, I don’t want to forget the real reason for Memorial Day!

I decided to keep today’s post short so I can spend the day with Ben, but I’ve got a great giveaway planned for tomorrow--so be sure to come back then!

I’ve never really worked with wallpaper before--ever. For awhile, I thought it was just for old people, but that’s definitely not the case anymore. There are so many gorgeous and totally modern wallpapers out there now! But I’m still too intimidated to try wallpapering a whole wall myself. Plus we rent our house, so it hardly seems worth it to pay for nice wallpaper we really love if we won’t be here much longer. That being said, I think I’d like to try dipping my toe into wallpapering--but maybe on a smaller scale. So I’ve pulled together 10 creative ways to use wallpaper! All of these projects seem pretty doable.

1. Update a dresser. Use wallpaper to line the front of the drawers, or for a more subtle look, line the sides so you don’t see the wallpaper until you pull the drawers out!

2. Decorate a plain serving tray. This one was actually made with patterned paper and Mod Podge, but I think wallpaper would work perfectly.

3. Do a small band of wallpaper instead of the whole wall. This seems a lot less overwhelming, and you don’t have to try to line up each strip perfectly. Prestigious Textiles has some quality wallpaper designs to choose from.

4. Wallpaper the closet door. Here’s another way to avoid trying to line up the pattern…do a mishmash of a bunch of different patterns! If you can find swatches that are big enough, you might even get away with getting all the squares for free...

5. Line the back of a hutch. I love this look. It’s such a great way to update a piece of furniture without having to repaint the whole thing. And it’s perfect for letting white dishes stand out! You could also line the back of bookshelves for a similar effect.

6. Use a mix of wallpaper patterns. Similar to the patchwork closet doors in number four, this wall is a mix of several different patterns--but in the form of strips! It’s a little bit too bright and busy for my taste, but I like that you wouldn’t have to struggle to get each strip of wallpaper lined up just right with the one next to it.

7. Create a wallpaper headboard. Now, this bedroom is perfectly subtle and gorgeous. I especially love that simple headboard, which looks totally possible to DIY…just wooden boards + pretty wallpaper! I like that it forms a little shelf for decorative items, too. If you want more wallpaper headboard inspiration, I also shared another (easier) version in  this post.

8. Put it on the ceiling. Who says wallpaper has to just go on the walls? Why not put it on the ceiling?! This can actually make a room appear larger, as it draws your eye up. And it’s perfect for a nursery, where a kid would spend a lot of time lying down and looking up at the ceiling.

9. Make a wallpaper table runner. Wallpaper is perfect for inexpensive table runners--for a wedding, bridal shower, dinner party, etc. It looks really chic too, don’t you think?

10. Stair risers. Last but not least, I still love the idea of wallpapering your stair risers. We don’t have any stairs in our current house, but in the future, I could definitely see myself doing something like this.

There are lots of other ideas too! I’ve seen wallpapered clipboards, boxes, switchplates, matchbooks, and more. I also really like the idea of framing a piece of wallpaper as artwork…and I wrote a whole post about wallpapered fridges here!

Plus,  I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite wallpapers with you guys. Here are 10 that I think would be perfect, both for small scale projects and for covering an entire room.

Do you have a favorite out of all the projects I shared? Do you have any wallpaper in your house?

1. Coffee Bean / 2. Bell Flower / 3. Petal Pusher / 4. Cherry Blossom / 5. Half Moon / 6.  Branch / 7. Making a Crockery / 8. Shanghai Bows / 9. Angel Ferns / 10. Vertigo

Thank you to Wallpaper Sales for partnering with me on this post! I hope you all have a wonderful three day weekend!