A sweet, vintage tresure-filled Toronto home

A Monday pep-up for you! I love the modest, personality-filled character of this home.

Great light in this room!

Plants add so much life to a space.  We currently have 4 in our small living room.

I can't decide if this dining room would benefit from a flat-weave area rug.

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Furniture wishlist

So I don't have space for most of these beauties, but maybe one day I'll be able to add a few to my collection..

A color statement dresser.  I kid you not my dresser as a kid was extremely similar.  Like most of the furniture in my bedroom I assumed my grandfather had made it.  Being that the dresser was shared among four small children though, the dresser was pretty banged up and covered in stickers...
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The french chic upholstered piece.  Works in so many spaces
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This porcupine quill-framed mirror.  Need I say more?!?
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The Scandinavian sideboard or console.  The mother of all clean design.
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The bold print chair.  I don't care for the frame being painted blue.  But I'm loving all the bold upholstery I've been seeing.
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The velvet chaise lounge.  What girl secretly (or openly) doesn't want one
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The winner of the Royal Design Studion Stencil is....

#6 - commenter "Mreffey"  Mreffey, please conact me at ashley [at] decorologyblog [dot] com and we will hook you up with your stencil!

A master bedroom turned into an amazing closet/dressing room

God bless this woman. She convinced her husband to turn their master bedroom into a walk in closet, and the downstairs guest room became their master bedroom.

I'm jealous.

The desk is from ikea - the lamp a thrift find

She stores her jewelry in chef's pinch dishes

The only thing I would have is maybe a vanity in place of the desk

Read all about this mother of all walk-ins at House of Fifty.

A winter's day refuge: the home library

As the days get colder and gloomier, we naturally spend more time inside. Sometimes a rainy or snowy day is just the excuse you need to cozy up and spend the day with a new or well-loved book.

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That's one comfy looking loveseat. I'm sure I could read there all afternoon.

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Talk about book storage!

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If I ever have the space, creating a little reading nook like this will be a top priority!

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Check out how they've even extended the bookcase on the sides. Definitely making the best use of space here.

via Poppytalk Handmade on Pinterest

via Apartment Therapy

I've been reading a lot lately that if you have "ugly" books, to cover them in plain white paper to create a nicer looking shelf. I don't know how I feel about this. Something about it to me seems too forced, but I've never seen it in person. Has anyone tried this?

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dreamy

via Sweet Home Style

Squeeze the most out of an otherwise unusable wall space by running low shelf units along the bottom.

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Do you have a dedicated home library, are your books spread out throughout the house, or have you carved out a space for books in another room?