{ Love List }
23 Jan 2012 93 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: home decor, love list, lovely home decor, Style
By :: Shannon LeDuke
Ever stopped to take a look around your home and truly be thankful for all the wonderfully whimsical things you have? Well, me neither, until this weekend! I decided to make a little “Love List”, a.k.a. a list of all the things I love about my home! A couple of my favorite items from this infamous love list include a picture of my husband and I, vintage tennis rackets, rolled up maps, years worth of magazine subscriptions, and, naturally, books!
What’s on your home love list?
Stay Lovely,
Photo Credit :: MotherLovely
p.s. I’ve been visiting marvelouskiddo a lot and I’ve gotta say, its wonderful!!
Jan 23, 2012 @ 10:28:41
I love the spoons in the jam jars (and all the jam jars!). The books, the magazines, the maps – all super in multiples. Great post!
Jan 23, 2012 @ 13:17:05
Interesting selection of jars
Jan 23, 2012 @ 14:20:44
Love this post…particularly the way you displayed your collection of silver spoons in jars! I collect spoons, and am totally inspired by this way to enjoy them even when they’re not being used…I have a couple of love lists going on my blog as well…antique roses… fresh herbs perfuming my bicycle ride home, etc, etc… so important to be happy for the little things
Jan 23, 2012 @ 17:25:25
Thank you so much! I’m glad you all enjoyed the pictures! XOXO
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:16:41
I’m sure my magazine collection would top my own list. I find your mirror lovely and classy by the way.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:57:39
Thank you so much!! XOXO
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:17:41
I LOVE this idea. Is it redundant to love a love list?
On my love list would be the “art wall” in my garage of all the fabulous drawings/sketches my kids have done over the years; my grandmother’s coffee table, which is marble and resembles a surf board; and every photograph of my family that adorns our walls and makes my house feel like home.
Thank you for making me take stock this morning — so grateful you were Freshly Pressed!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:19:15
lovely! I did a post recently on a mustache teacup I found while browsing a consignment store. So, I get this. Great post.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:20:15
Truly lovely post! Thanks for sharing and congrats on being freshly pressed!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:28:27
I LOVE that magazine rack – what an awesome idea!!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:57:03
Thank you!! XOXO
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:29:55
I love your mirror! I’ve been looking for one just like it for my brand new condo (I’m a first time homeowner as of this week!) Do you happen to remember where you got it from?
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:56:51
Goodwill always has the best vintage things!! XOXO
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:32:57
I like your style! Especially that magazine rack!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 18:56:39
Absolutely loovvvvve your post – what a great idea
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:01:07
Great list and great pictures! I think I will have to do this sometime soon – it is such a cool idea. Congrats on Freshly Pressed.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:23:47
Gotta say, your home has kinda Gothic shade to it
is it a castle 
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:30:06
LovelyList…
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:44:07
This post, and the pictures, are…lovely!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:51:12
Fantistic list! This is a great excercise. I’ll have to add to my list. Thanks!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 19:59:35
This past summer we moved and in doing so we downsized. So going from a 4 bedroom 2000 sf 100 year old farmhouse we are now in a 2 bedroom 900 sf 1940′s cottage. My daughter went off to college and my son is on the verge of moving out too, so we thought we would get used to it. I’m not happy with the lack of closet space, plaster walls that I can’t hang pictures from or no place to put my family size farm kitchen table. Needless to say I don’t love this house but I do love some of my furnishings. I hope once this lease is up this summer we will find a place more to our liking and with some elbow room. You have a beautiful dresser, elegant bookshelves and amusing magazine rack.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 20:16:08
What a great way to see your home in a new way.
( I was once told to only keep what you feel is either beautiful or useful, get rid of the rest….so once in a while I walk around and toss anything that does not fall into either group )
Jan 30, 2012 @ 20:21:33
Wow! This is so great and I love your blog!! I’ve been working on decorating our house.
http://coupletastic.com
Jan 30, 2012 @ 20:38:04
aw this is so neat. I love this idea. thanks for sharing.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 20:42:34
I love all the stuff my husband finds totally useless! Like my vintage aprons, my “ugly” vintage coffee cups, my Indiana cut glass goblets, my heaps of vintage costume jewelry, and my 1970s ceramic light up Christmas trees. Life would be a little duller without them!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 21:15:02
Love the magazine rack – awesome:) Thanks for sharing & Congrats on being FP!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 21:24:11
Really inspiring post, a love list. I will sit down and make my own list of little treasures.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 21:28:00
Lovely post, very positive! If I had a Love List I’d have to include all my photographs, cards and trinkets I’ve gathered over the past few years which make my home Mine. Also appreciate nice white cotton bedsheets, the big white cushion I use when sitting reading or writing in bed, and stacks of books.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 21:32:02
A lovely list indeed! Thanks for sharing. Great photos too. I am inspired to do something similar in my home. There is so much that we rarely take time to appreciate!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 21:58:01
Love your black mirror- how glam!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:02:25
I love this!! Every Monday, I do a post like this … just finding beauty in the ‘every day’. Kudos to you for seeing the love all around your house!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:33:18
The jam jars are so homey and quaint! Thank you for reminding me to love the little quirks of my house too!
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:33:43
great post! Thank you for sharing this and reminding me to look around my home today and focus more on what I love .. Pictures of me and my love, pictures from travels around the world, my dog, who snores laud, but whom I still love very much ; ) .. and of course there’s also a card on my bedside table that reads ;
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – champagne in one hand, chocolate in the other – body thoroughly used up and totally worn out, screaming: WOO HOO! What a ride!”
namaste,
EL
http://mselenalevontraveling.com
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:39:33
I share your love – they’re all such beauties! Congratulations on hitting Freshly Pressed too
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:43:19
Great idea. I’ll probably take a look around my house tonight. There are many under appreciated things I need to take notice of.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 22:46:49
Wow, great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
sev
Jan 30, 2012 @ 23:47:51
My towels, my L-shaped bathroom, my computer desk thing, my shredder (high powered and awesome), my wi-fi, my cats.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 23:57:30
I love it
Jan 30, 2012 @ 23:59:32
I like it
Jan 31, 2012 @ 00:44:37
Gotta love the bottles…
Jan 31, 2012 @ 01:13:40
I love this post. Glad you were “pressed”. Now I know what to do with all the jars I’ve saved. Thanks for a wonderful exercise in mindfulness.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 01:35:12
Your photos create a interesting narrative about your life and loves. Great job and congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 01:35:42
Wow! Everything looks so organized and elegant
Congratulations for making it in the freshly pressed
Jan 31, 2012 @ 01:48:01
Even though it is a total mess and I have lost one of my books right now, I love my bedside bookpile. Your magazine rack is a great piece.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 01:50:16
love love love. great photography paired with supercool things
Jan 31, 2012 @ 02:26:56
I love the Mason Jars and the tennis rackets and the bookshelves. I just love it all.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 03:09:29
That’s a great idea! Me too:
My beautiful room divider comes to mind! It’s a gift from someone I dearly love…
My books. While I haven’t read all of them (yet!), each time I look at them they make me smile!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 03:20:38
This is a great idea! I am going to take your idea and do my very own. Thanks for sharing!
ps…I love your dresser in the first photo! It is beautiful! And I think the idea of having silverware in mason jars to use as bookends is completely brilliant! Kudos to you on such creative ideas.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 04:16:05
love your blog!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 04:54:03
great style!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 05:55:01
simply lovely.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 06:24:07
What a simple and lovely post this is! I love your glass jars (psst…i collect them like crazy myself, even steal some from my ma and ma-in-law to add to my collection) and your corner triangular shelf brackets!
http://foodiliciousnan.wordpress.com/
Jan 31, 2012 @ 06:25:00
And congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 07:50:21
The Pics are great… and so are the models of the shelves n all…
Jan 31, 2012 @ 08:43:38
Thank you for sharing! Im totally going to do this and if I can’t find anything I love then…an excuse to create something beautiful. Oh and nice photos.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 08:44:08
congratulation for being at Freshly Pressed. Love the house white clean tone with book, magazine and the vintage stuff.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 09:12:37
good blog, I like it
http://www.batteries-world.co.uk
Jan 31, 2012 @ 09:24:26
I love your little corner bookshelves! Ah! Thank you for this wonderfully visual post and for reminding us to be grateful for what we have
Jan 31, 2012 @ 10:05:33
I love your list. Nice effect with the white vintage.
val
http://valentinedefrancis.wordpress.com
Jan 31, 2012 @ 10:13:13
i like the first photo. very cute.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:01:15
Great idea and love your list!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:27:01
You have a lovely home! I love the empty jars concept, only, I wonder, how you keep them dust-free?
Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:41:58
Gorgeous!! Hahaha, I loveddd your opening line, “Ever stopped to take a look around your home and truly be thankful for all the wonderfully whimsical things you have? Well, me neither, until this weekend!” …very funny. : ) Thanks for the awesome post… I’m definintely making a mental ‘love list’ of my stuff.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 13:55:40
Reblogged this on The Things Women Say and commented:
Such a great thing to do. Love to reflect on all of the great things in my life. You are Lovely!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 14:18:15
the book shelf is nice with the spoon holders on the sides …
Jan 31, 2012 @ 14:29:45
Loveeee love love ! <3
Jan 31, 2012 @ 14:58:48
The mirror in my bedroom. Oh it’s to die for! It has all these amber-colored circular bobbles spouting from each side. I saw it and had to get it. I LOVE PIER ONE!! Oh and the decorative plates on my wall. There are smartly-dressed women in retro fashion in a cozy lavender color painted on each of them. My figurines – one of a cute, chubby African American woman (reminds me of my mother) and the other of a afrocentric woman made by this fabu local artist. Hey, thanks for making me remember!!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 15:27:20
Oh my, thank you so much for the sweet shout-out!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 15:43:30
What a wonderful idea! You have inspired me to do the same thing.
I remember when those vintage tennis rackets were the latest and greatest. I’m telling my age now. LOL!!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 16:27:59
BEAUTIFULL images!!!!
Jan 31, 2012 @ 16:35:18
totally adorable
Jan 31, 2012 @ 17:02:59
it really is the simple things in life that are inspiring and beautiful. I love your corner shelves..
Jan 31, 2012 @ 17:56:53
The list of “Our Things” is extensive in our home. Sadly we as super seniors are preparing for downsizing. It is indeed a heartbreak to know there will no longer be a place for some of my favorite things. I loved your picture of you and husband among your favorite things…..beautifully done. I am starting to think the only time in our latter life that we are truly loved by our mates and those that love us, is after we “Die.” By then, it is truly too late with wasted thoughts and tears by those we come in contact with each day..
Jan 31, 2012 @ 18:06:20
Love this idea. Love the pics. Love the post! Will try to do something at our company with this concept! Thanks for the inspiration!
-Logan
http://blog.allamericanclothing.com/
Jan 31, 2012 @ 18:12:13
Your photos and taste are so lovely! I have always been big into home decorating, but three years ago, I gave up all of my belongings and have been living as a rolling stone on tour. Though my current lifestyle has some wonderful aspects, your photos make me long for a home in which to decorate and make lovely.
Thanks for sharing.
Jan 31, 2012 @ 18:26:57
Most of my objects d’amor have stories that give them meaning and make them precious to me, like my cigar store bust of Diana the Moon Goddess, bought in 1979 for $2 at Orville’s Second Time ‘Round Shop in Jackson, Wyoming. And I love my twinkle lights that stay up year-round, because lend a warm glow to my living and dining room. Great post!
Feb 01, 2012 @ 03:23:21
really really awesome! Littlest things make greatest story!
Feb 01, 2012 @ 14:30:51
Great post. Our lives are so hectic and complex, sometimes its easy to forget some of the simpler things we have and have created. Its nice to sometimes appreciate things we take for granted.
Feb 02, 2012 @ 07:45:21
I just bought a plate that ha bright orange poppies and green gras on it. I love that it is so cheery and bright and it only cost $4.99! It is sitting on my mantle and I am enjoying it every day!
Feb 02, 2012 @ 08:53:48
We have several of the same books.
Feb 03, 2012 @ 14:57:15
Love all the pics! Where did the corner shelves and magazine rack come from? I love them! They’d be absolutely perfect in my nursery for my little baby Corley Grace who will be here in May!!
Feb 04, 2012 @ 02:05:19
Hi!! The corner shelves are from Goodwill and the magazine rack is pottery barn kids!! XOXO
Feb 03, 2012 @ 20:04:28
i love my red kitchenaid stand mixer, everything in my bedroom, the painting above my bed that reminds me of our wedding day and the in my office of NYC….
Feb 05, 2012 @ 05:22:30
I’d take photos of my house if I thought it looked nice like yours. Cleaerly you have a talent for making things look wonderful and homey. Thanks for sharing them with us. You have a lovely place, I love the console below the mirror.
Feb 05, 2012 @ 14:01:23
You have beautiful furniture (: and I love how you ask for our opinions
Feb 06, 2012 @ 15:34:20
What a nice idea. Fall in love with what you have, not what you don’t have.