(Topshop Dress – similar here; H&M shoes – similar here; West Elm Vases; Marfa Prada Print – my own photograph based on this original)To start – the mantle is perfect. Simple, streamlined, and exactly what I was hoping for. Just a piece of wood we picked up at Home Depot, stained to match our nearby bookshelves and mounted on brackets we spray painted black. And by we, here I clearly mean him. This wonder boy also happens to be the one behind the lens on all my photos, and the one who bought me the dress I’m wearing here (honestly, he’s that good). And let’s talk about this dress. If I could have girlfriends over for tea in the 1940’s this is exactly the dress I would wear. However, since I can’t exactly turn back time, I wore it for this weekend’s bridal shower. And while I’d never try and steal the bride to be’s thunder by wearing all white – I refuse to think she has a hold on all “something’s blue”. So I wore these little blue suede shoes for a fun finishing touch (and also because when you dance around your apartment to Elvis records – you do him justice and wear blue suede shoes).
