Posted by Sarah on February 16th, 2010 Over the weekend, I went to the state dance competition to support my old high school’s dance team. I was on the dance team in high school and made it to state my senior year. Dancing at state was one of the best days of my life. For me, dance entered my life and quickly entered my heart. It was a rigorous sport (yes, it is a sport – I will challenge anyone to that, so please don’t even get me started on it) but it was also an art in that it invaded my very being. I have never been the same since. I still go to as many competitions as possible to not only support the team but to immerse myself in something I am still incredibly passionate about.
There really is something so captivating about dancing that lifts a person’s soul in the way that most daily tasks cannot. The mixture of movement, rhythm, and music seeps into one’s blood and makes them float across the floor. Performing was my favorite, which is odd to me, because I do not normally like to be the center of attention. When I was on the floor, something in me burned
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Posted by Sarah on February 5th, 2010 Earlier this week, I posted about my thrifty finds I purchased while doing some shopping at consignment stores. My favorite stop was at an amazing consignment store selling furniture, purses, clothing, and home accessories called Kismet Consignment* located in Rochester, MN. If you live in the area, you must check out this store if you haven’t yet. My mom scored two large framed beveled mirrors for About $70 for the pair – what a deal!
The reason I’m sharing this is because I found an incredible piece of furniture there that I’m now obsessed with. It was a tall dresser with two smaller drawers on top separated by a slab of marble with a small mirror in the middle. My mom and I believe it had been a man’s dresser where he would keep his watch and would wash his hands and face in the morning in a washbowl. I have no need for this kind of furniture (or any furniture for that matter) right now, but, you know me – I sure am dreaming about it!
If you have been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I like vintage/antique pieces mixed in with more modern ones. I
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Posted by Sarah on November 13th, 2009 Like many children of great cooks, I grew up in my kitchen. My mom would cook and I would either help her or sit at the counter and talk and talk until meals were served. I have spent more hours in the kitchen than probably any other room in my house growing up. The saying was true in my house that the kitchen is the heart of the home.
Along with spending lots of time in the kitchen, I have been obsessed with decorating and house-related things since “Mama” and “Dada” came pouring out of my mouth. I have spent many years of my life planning out what my future home would look like, and most importantly, what kind of cabinets I would have in my kitchen. My mom has always loved deep cherry cabinets in kitchens, so that is what I am used to. They bring warmth into the room and are also very classy and elegant. I have spent a good amount of my teenage years bashing white cabinets for being “too cold” and “sterile” while my mom told me that while she wouldn’t have them herself, she could see why people would like them. She also would
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Posted by Sarah on November 4th, 2009 
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I was looking through my inspiration files and came upon this chair that is always in the back of my mind. I started thinking about why I like it: it’s sleek lines, it’s simplicity, it’s fun polka dots, and it’s beautiful crisp blue color. I started thinking that maybe I like it so much because it kind of reminds me of me. It’s my chair clone. First of all, it’s polka dotted, just like my freckly-redheaded-pale-can-you-even-call-this-ivory skin. Not only that though, but the polka dots are very quirky for such a simple chair and are definitely not what you would expect from such a sophisticated chair. I don’t think I am sophisticated necessarily, but I think when people meet me they expect a very quiet, innocent, young girl, which I can be a times, but around people who know me best I never shut up, I say weird things, I am random, and I just like to laugh. I definitely like simplicity much of the time, but once in a while its nice to color my world in polka dots and see what happens, you
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Posted by Sarah on October 9th, 2009 College has got me reading tons of books, almost so many that I feel like my brain is pushing out all the old knowledge to fit the new. Nevertheless, this isn’t always a bad thing because it got me thinking about how to display books. I have found many pictures of bookshelves in my inspiration folder that I want to share with all of you. There are so many uses for a bookshelf. Here are some of my favorites.
You can organize by color to create a focal point.
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