seeing red

maybe this spring use red as one of your go-to's, your base or you neutral?


your guys can get in on the fun to.

{all of these looks are from zara's current collection}

i'm personally head over heels for the red shirt and camel blazer 

may have to find my way down to the ATL for some shopping

-ashley

thriftin'

part of making this blog a little more my own, i have decided to let ya'll in to my life a little more. part of my life is thrifting. i love anything old and finding a place for it in my home. or maybe your home? :) the majority of things in the mr. and i's home are either thrifted or given to us. mostly old, but i consider it loved. so weekly i will be posting some of the finds we have around our home and possibly (but not if the mr. can help it) new finds and where i will place them in our home. so here goes, first thriftin' post!

i feel as if i have a moderate amount of jewelry and as of late have started falling in love with placing it on display for all to see. so when i stumbled upon these i knew exactly what i would do with them....

and this is where they ended up.....

the mirror is also something i thrifted over a year ago at charleston's annual whale of a sale

and meet mr. bolivar

he was originally a bronzy color and i spray painted him white

i forgot the before picture for this one, sorry!

he currently resides next to our telly 

guarding our remotes

i am so excited about these i can hardly stand it!

i actually found this beautiful pair on craigslist

but hey, that's just the lazy-man's thrift store

i don't have an after pic, because there is no after yet

i am going to sit (no pun intended) on these awhile

obviously recover, possibly re-paint?

no final decisions have been made yet

but i can only imagine the outcome! 

i love this little guy

he caught my eye at one of our local goodwill shops 

and thought he would look mighty fine on my husbands bookcase

(it's his bookcase but some of my books and all the decor on it are mine)

he loves me :) so i'm allowed

he was actually intended to hold aftershave for men by avon

and in his precious life he did, trust me it still smells

on that same goodwill trip i found this beauty

i needed a bedside lamp and was really less than thrilled with anything new that was also in my price range

at $10 this could def. fill that space

i am on the lookout for a new shade for it 

i'm picky so it could be awhile

i originally intended on painting it, but the green is growing on me

and last, not thrifted, but gifted

the mr.'s grandmother had this in her home

she thought it looked like something i would like

so she gave it to me

i would say she is right! i love this! what's not to love really?

now i'm on the hunt for the perfect shade, seeing as there isn't one.

i'm thinking bright. 

so, there it is, my first thriftin' post. i hope you enjoy reading these as much as i enjoy writing them! next week i will showcase some of the thrifted staples in our home.

-ashley

apologies and engagements

first of all, let me start off by saying "sorry", i have been away for far to long. Here are a few reasons why: insanity, sickness, lack of originality and a new endeavor. 


insanity, the work-out. and yes it is insane. 
the mr. was sick and well i guess i pretended like i was sick as well?
i have not been at this blog very long but have decided i would like to be a little more original with it. it's not exactly easy as there are blogs i am inspired by daily but don't want to copy.
and last, the new endeavor. i have started working part time in floral design. i am working with the lovely whitney randall of branch design studios. (stoked!)


now on the engagement. i realized i have not shown ya'll my engagement pictures! so here are a few of my faves!

{all photos are courtesy of jeff janececk photography}

sunny day yellow

it's a gorgeous day here down south and these items need to make their way into my life asap.

all images via oh hello friend

head on over to her blog to see some more yellow!

-ashley

and the winner is......

caitlin! 

Caitlin Dyches said...

Ashley!!! I love reading your posts :) You are soo creative and have such great eyes for design :)! This picture would be fun to design a room around!!!

yay caitlin! you now have an april knight original! 

contact me at atfenters@gmail.com with your address and information on how to send this beautiful painting to you!

thanks for playing along everyone!

-ashley

honeymoonin it

yes the mr. and i have been married since september. yes that was almost 5 months ago. and yes, he just now got our pics developed (as a sweet vday present) :). you see, i left our digital camera at home and didn't realized until we were in the charlotte airport. boo :( so, we bought a disposable camera and just had to hope that some of the 19 pictures we took turned out. and they did! well at least as well as one would expect them to. so here are a few for you to look at. no one else has seen these except me and the mr., so you could say this is an exclusive showing just for you.

prime example of needing a digital camera

i laugh out loud every time i look at that cute little face :)

now i'm off to make some valentines day dinner with the mr. 

-ashley

currently

currently i am watching the grammys, eating burgers and homemade fries with the mr. and loving all of the following:

this would look perfect in my kitchen

would probably spend most of it's time empty

but still

i will make one of these for our next place

{image via erineverafter}



i originally didn't want a band

it looked like to much

now i do

{ love knot ring by flinn jewelry }

-ashley