A happy Saturday...

{Urban Standard cafe/ boutique}

I had an awesome low key Saturday. My sister and I started out here, Urban Standard, in downtown Birmingham. We ate this for breakfast:

{breakfast}

Look at how great my Mocha looks! Such artistry for a cup of coffee! We were then on to the Pepper Place farmer's market where we saw these beautiful zinnias. We took this pic to send to her friend for wedding color inspiration:

{zinnias at farmer's market}

We continued on to several interiors stores and antique stores and got great ideas for our apartments. I was particularly inspired by an old and worn kelly green shipping container of sorts from the boutique at Urban Standard. I am thinking that it would make the perfect coffee table for my living room simply covered with a piece of glass. There are so many options for what I could store inside. I am thinking my books stacked inside would be great. Then I would top it off with a silver tray or other contrasting objects to dress it up. I am going to be on the look out for a more reasonably priced option on ebay or a thrift store, but I think that I may just have to go back and get the one I saw. I have been coffee table-less for two years and this is the first thing that seems right. I'll keep you posted on what I come up with. Oh! Also, there were these great lamps- but I think I can make one myself (ha, we'll see how that goes). I think I am going to have to go back with my camera and sneak a few shots of the boutique. It was great inspiration for eclectic homes with flea market finds. I also browsed through this book, Urban Country Style. I am off to amazon to try to find a used copy...