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Trays are awesome. Tray tables are even better. But an elegant white table with fretwork detail and a mirrored tray that looks like it should cost way more than $69.99? Sign. me. up.
Image credit: Country Living Antique White Finish Wood Tray Side Table from Kmart
I am so done with rectangular placemats on my round kitchen table. It drives me nuts. Just NUTS. But a standard issue round tablecloth is a no-go either with my two jumping bean boys who would most certainly rip the thing off, dinner plates included, the first minute I put in on. But a chalkcloth tabletop? I could get behind that.
Spotted two weeks ago on one of my daily reads -- Sweet Sweet Life -- I haven't been able to get the image out of my head. Amy just bought some yardage from a local Etsy seller and cut it to size.
Voila! Table covering and kid distraction all rolled into one.
Image credits: Amy Hanson of Sweet Sweet Life
Had to make a quick trip to Target today, and I couldn't help but mosy over to their home décor section. I figured their new spring items might be rolling out, and I was right. Don't you just love this blue and white Jacobean ottoman? 
I've been drawn to more modern elements recently, but something about this just drew me in...
Doesn't seem to be online yet, but maybe soon...
Image credit: Paige Lewin's Blackberry (that seems to take better photographs than her Cybershot)
We've been needing a side table next our living room couch for a ridiculously long time, but it seems that every one I find that I love, is just a little too big, a little too shmancy, or a little out of our price range. I was getting desperate, and in a creative fury went whipping around the house to find the makings of a side table that would hold our cocktails and appys (I mean, sippy cups and goldfish) until we were ready to commit the cash to something really fabulous. Turns out, I like my DIY version better than most I've seen. Wood tray from Target and a vintage plant stand...
plus a little Liquid Nails (love that stuff!)....
equals fabulous, architecturally-inspired side table! I thought about painting it, but I'm kind of digging the two-tone wood look.
So tell me...have you ever taken something from your home and reinvented it?
I don't know if they're making a resurgence, or if the great lounge chair from my childhood home just happens to be everywhere I am right now, but Butterflies seem to be following me. First, a month or so ago while passing through Urban Outfitters -- a foldable version with a leather cover. Then in a Ralph Lauren Home ad while reading the Sunday Times. A few weeks later, two set side-by-side as the seating area in a newly-opened local clothing boutique. And finally, the very chair from my childhood on a recent visit to Vermont.
Butterfly chairs, designed by Argentinian architect Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy in 1938, became commercially available when Knoll began producing them in 1947. Since then, numerous manufacturers have produced versions of the original design, and today you can find them a retailers ranging from Modern Furniture Classics to Circa50 to PB Teen.
It's shape and endless cover choices means the incredibly versatile Butterfly can give a room a strong design statement and be used nearly everywhere. In my house growing up, our Butterfly chair played a leading role indoors, but they can make a really stunning set up outside too, just check out the patio at the Parker Palm Springs...
Image credit: Apartment Therapy