first Birmingham purchase. I found this incredible antique shop... my favorite items-- the old leather bound books. I think I'll revisit them tomorrow for some more!





magnificent iron and marble? ... not sure now.


picture lushious ferns in old white clay pots adorning this sweet thing...





now that darling sitting under the spotlight reminds me of a heroine in a victorian novel... she's been loved and lost, tattered, misused, but her grace is undeniable and always rises triumphantly.


yes, two of these will find their way to my "sitting room" soon.








this sweet thing is lost in translation... really, it breaks my heart when I cannot capture the beauty if a thing.





*wiping saliva off my chin*

















the happy end.