Parentals and Pinterest

Jon's parents came for a visit this weekend. It was the first visit to Enid and we had a great time with them as usual. Lucky for us, they enjoy being low key, so we had a lot of great hangout and movie time. And of course Remington enjoyed having 2 new pairs of hands to throw him his toys :)

We took our visitors onto base on Sunday to show them Jon's stomping grounds. Jon's dad flew helicopters in the Army so he loved getting a tour of the plane. Check out the name on the side of it! Yep, Jon has his "own" plane.

Naturally, picture time ensued. But he was a good sport and we got some great shots with the fam.

Family photo!

Proud wife and mom :)

Me and the hubster.

I did sneak in a little Pinterest time while watching movies yesterday. Are you on there and in love with the site as much as me? I hope so! My name is MalloryatHoH if you want to follow. Here are a few of my most recent kitchen inspired pins. Clearly, I'm going to need a home with about eight different kitchens to be able to accomplish all the design ideas I love...Oh well. A girl can dream.

Images via kitchenbuilding.com

Have you checked out the new rue magazine that came out this morning? I'm off to read it now! I'll bring you my favorite features in tomorrow's post. post signature

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Canopy Stripes

As I mentioned in a previous post, black and white canopy striped fabric is one of my current obsessions. It's classic, clean and oh so elegant. Not to mention that it can make a bold statement in a room without being too flashy. I normally favor a very neutral color palette with accents of greens and robin's egg blues, and this pattern could be put in any such setting and be beautiful. Here a few of my favorite examples: Is this room spectacular or what? It's modern, classic and sophisticated! There is a large amount of stripes in this room, yet it's not overbearing. And the symmetry and clean lines displayed throughout give the room great balance. I could just plop this room right into my house! This is another example (as shown in a previous entry). If you don't have the money to invest in a rug, buy a few pillows and get the same look in your room for a fraction of the price. Whoever said black and brown don't go together was seriously mistaken. Lo

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