Elephant love

Way back in April, I told you about an awesome item that I won in a blog giveaway at Mix And Chic – a wall mural from Murals Wallpaper in the UK. Well, it took hubby and me FOREVER to decide which mural we wanted. I, of course wanted something coastal and beachy. But hubby wanted trees or a landscape. What to do, what to do… why, an elephant, of course! This is the mural we finally agreed on:

Last year, I was totally blown away by a kitchen on The Block that included a huge rhino photo on the wall in the eating area:

Images via The Block Shop

So the elephant caught my attention because it has the same sort of vibe of a really big cool animal waling towards you :-) And hubby likes that it’s also got landscape, which kind of makes you feel like you’re right there. All in all, a great compromise that we’re both really happy with :-)

We’re going to hang the mural on a wall in the basement, and the whole space is going to be designed around it. No, it won’t be an African safari ;-) What I really love about the elephant is that it lends itself to any kind of design…

Image via Pinterest

 

Image via Pinterest

 

Image via Pies & Pints

 

Image via art.com

 

Image via photowall

At the speed we get renos done around here, it’ll probably be three years before our elephant makes it out of the shipping tube and onto the wall! But as soon as we’re got him up, I’ll post some pics.

Thank you Mix And Chic and Murals Wallpaper!

Grits & tomatoes & hushpuppies AND a giveaway win, oh my!

My body is back from South Carolina, but my mind is still there. It was an awesome vacation that definitely ended too soon! The ocean, the history, the food, the beach, the sunshine, the food, the palmetto trees, the architecture, the food…. did I mention the food? ;-) I’m now officially addicted to shrimp & grits, fried green tomatoes, and hushpuppies. I won’t tell you how many of them all I ate! It never occurred to me to take pictures of the food – well, maybe it did, but I was too busy stuffing my face! – so here’s a little sampling via Google…

Images via The Professional Palate, Eat Good 4 Life,  Pamela’s Products

Luckily, I remembered to take pictures of everything else we saw and did in SC – like the driveway to Boone Hall Plantation…

And houses in Charleston…

Once I get my {thousands!} of pictures organized and resized, I’ll write some blog posts about our trip. If you haven’t already been to SC, I highly recommend going :-)

Just before we left for SC, I found out that I won a super-awesome blog giveaway. Jessie at Mix And Chic teamed with Murals Wallpaper to give one of her blog readers a wall mural up to a value of $500. Yep, that’s FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Holy crap! I was beyond excited when I found out that I was the winner – especially since I got my entries in just under the wire. Sometimes procrastination pays off :-) Now the hard part – which mural choose! These are just a few of my favourites…

 

A HUGE thank you to Jessie and Murals Wallpaper for the awesome prize! I can’t wait to get started designing a new room around one of these amazing murals!