Welcome weekend! These warm and peaceful living rooms will inspire you - some Christmas inspiration too!

I definitely tend to go for Christmas decorations that aren't the typical green and red




via Crate and Barrel

I adore the chandelier contrasted with the rough walls. This is actually the Jayson Home and Garden store. PS- if you like Jayson Home and Garden Gilt is having a sale on their accessories.
via Lonny Mag

via Indenfor & Udenfor

via House to Home

Beautiful chairs
Great ottoman too - providing the fur is faux...
via Doryn Wallach

Even if your fireplace is non-working you can still create a cozy fire with a grouping of pillar candles. BTW - this is a real home -not staged or professionally decorated.
via DIY Network

some minimalist staircase cheer.
via Living at Home

Have a great weekend everyone! We will be baking cookies at my house :)

Autumn is here! Fireplace decorating ideas

Fall is officially here. Though I would pick warm weather over cold weather any day, I still think fall is my favorite season. I love a fireplace, a chunky knit throw, and just the general "coziness" of the season. So I thought it'd be a good time to bring on the fall decorating inspiration!

Try holding on to a little bit of nature even when it's receding outside, by decorating the mantel with display boxes of interesting branches, pods, and other natural objects.
via BHG

via Good Housekeeping

I really like the dramatic look of branches in a vase.
via Home Life

We have a wood burning insert, a pellet stove, and an electric fireplace in our house. Between the three of them they really keep the place cozy. I have to say the electric fireplace is the easiest to keep clean - no ashes!

I like the look of bookshelves framing a fireplace. Just add a chaise and or a comfy chair and you have a reading nook.

this post sponsored by Fireplace Mantels 123

Gorgeous images from my favorite design blogs

Another installment of Favorite images from my favorite blogs

The below from the magical Designer's Block





These gems are from The Urban Hippie, a "professional newspaper writer who likes to take pictures"





Images from the very fun, "Young House Love," if you are a DIYer, you've got to check out this blog!