\u201cWooden sculpture art\u201d. I\u2019ve been obsessed with Casey McCafferty\u2019s work for years and while it\u2019s likely not in my budget, I have found pieces over the years at flea markets that are vintage versions. Think something like this above!<\/p>\nWhile I may never find\/buy my vintage floral sofa in the condition that I want (in the price that I want) I will never stop looking for it. This one is so awesome.<\/p>\n\nThis one too!! So granny. So cute and fun. I want to buy a house with a sunroom just for this sofa (understood that I have a house with a sunroom, but it won\u2019t fit and also the fabric is too faded for my liking\u2026nor do I need it but BOY do I love it).<\/p>\n
<\/span>Jess<\/span><\/h2>\nThe number one item(s) on my 2025 list is art. Of course I have a specific idea of what I\u2019m looking for and yet can\u2019t seem to find it (well, at the price I need, ha). Ideally, the art is vintage, colorful-ish in \u201chappy colors\u201d but most importlantly I want an orginal piece. I adore prints (and have many) but I want the texture of real paint. Oh, I really want paintings I think! Above are photos of the style I\u2019m looking for. I want to stay from exclusively abstrast shapes because the majority of my art is just that. I need to mix it up so my living room feels more layered! It\u2019s the final step that I just haven\u2019t been able to nail down. <\/p>\n\nHere are three pieces that are\/were on sale. The piece of the man is a print by the incredible artist, Brittany Ferns. I ADORE her work but even her larger prints are a little out of my price range. The other two are awesome but not quite it and also too small. Did I mention I need the piece for my living room to be large (like at least 20\u2033 x 30\u2033)?? That might actually be the real issue. I promise this is my top priority so I can show you the rest of my living room! <\/p>\n
<\/span>Caitlin<\/span><\/h2>\nFirst on my list: Keep-forever cushion covers. I\u00a0love<\/em>\u00a0these block printed fabrics by Molly Mahon \u2013 they\u2019re both beautifully crafted and very, very, very out of my price range. (Tragically, I cannot currently justify spending $150 for a\u00a0lone 20\u00d720\u2033 pillow cover, despite my best mental gymnastic efforts.) But I know that the right covers exist for me somewhere out there! I\u2019d love to grab a few cheery pieces in punchy hues (ideally from a small business) to adorn\u00a0our new sectional, which is currently adorned with a myriad of floppy white pillow inserts.<\/p>\nI\u2019m also on the hunt for vintage furniture or lighting with futuristic, anachronistic details. I\u2019m OBSESSED with Josef Frank\u2019s work \u2013 can you believe he designed the above piece over a hundred years ago?! (Here\u2019s\u00a0more of his furniture, which still feels fresh) \u2013 and I\u2019m finding myself increasingly drawn to mid-century Italian design. I mean\u2026couldn\u2019t you imagine a\u00a0light fixture like this\u00a0in any major modern magazine? If you didn\u2019t know it was vintage, you\u2019d never guess \u2013 those are the kinds of pieces I\u2019d love to score this year!<\/p>\n
Finally \u2013 LIGHT(ER) FRAMES. I know there\u2019s a lot of gallery wall discourse out there \u2013 the gallery wall is dead! Single pieces of art are in! \u2013 but I\u2019m so charmed by the composition of this gallery wall from Il Palazzetto in Italy (modernized by Carlo and Tobia Scarpa \u2013\u00a0the entire property\u00a0is\u00a0fabulous<\/em>\u00a0and inspiring). But the art just flows here, you know? It feels cozy. (And as a lifelong lover of a stark black frame, I\u2019m excited to try something new. Sometimes it really is just the little things! :))<\/p>\n<\/span>Mallory<\/span><\/h2>\n\nSo you saw my vintage piano but now I\u2019m on the hunt for a cool piano bench!! I absolutely fell in LOVE with this one and this one \u2013 but for $2k I was like there has to be a vintage one floating around I could revamp for way less. I\u2019ve already looked a ton on Facebook Marketplace and there are lots of options that are cloooose but no dice yet! Holla at me if you\u2019ve seen anything fun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\nOver our EHD holiday break, I shared\u00a0my coat closet that I turned into a speakeasy\u00a0(if you saw it thank you for the love!!) I added in some LED strip lighting and a really cool vintage lamp I found for $10 \u2013 but it\u2019s super dark in there so I want to add some sconces or a pendant light. My heart initially fell in love with the Goop x CB2 collab sconces because I love the detail on them and the space isn\u2019t big so they\u2019re perfect since they don\u2019t stick super far off the wall \u2013 but for $500 each (I need two) there\u2019s no way unless they go on a FAT sale. So I\u2019m on the hunt for some cool lighting (will likely need to have a battery-operated or rechargeable light bulb unless I figure out how I can run a cord which isn\u2019t impossible). Stay tuned!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/span>Gretchen<\/span><\/h2>\nMy lookouts for 2025 revolve around\u2013shocker<\/em>\u2013the need for more storage. First on my list is a front entry cabinet, one that is relatively shallow but still spacious enough to store a pile of shoes. Currently I have an old, woven console table with two\u00a0Target bins\u00a0full of footwear tucked beneath it. It\u2019s not the worst solution in the world, but it\u2019s tired and doesn\u2019t really fit my style anymore. I much prefer the clean lines and the hiding-of-stuff that a cabinet provides. I\u2019d love to find a vintage piece to fit the bill, preferably something with a mid-century\/Danish vibe to it, but I need it to be a darker wood tone. On my entry wall already is a vintage shelf with built-in hooks for coats and a vintage arched mirror I plan to hang on the wall (it currently leans on the sad, woven table). Both of these pieces are a sort of dark, rustic walnut, so it makes sense to stay in this world, but I\u2019d like to find something a little less weathered to balance things out. I could be happy with drawers or doors, but I\u2019d like for the stuff inside to stay hidden, so no open shelving here. Ideally the piece is no deeper than 15\u2033 to leave me with plenty of entry space, slightly wider than the mirror I\u2019ll hang above it, and I\u2019d love for it to be tall enough that the top serves as a natural, almost counter height catch-all zone for keys, mail, etc. I\u2019ve considered some sort of secretary desk here, like this\u00a0GORGEOUS combination from Etsy, which also has a space for shoe storage, even if it\u2019s no secret behind the glass. But I\u2019m not sure I can justify taking up more space in the entry to actually use it as a desk, no matter how much I love a transforming piece of furniture. The key function I\u2019m looking for is shoe storage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nThis piece from Etsy\u00a0is probably closer to what would practically work here, but it\u2019s a lot more money than I\u2019m willing to spend and the color isn\u2019t right. It\u2019s the shape and interesting legs that are working for me. I\u2019d love it even more if it had tambour doors like this perfect but way too squatty\u00a0cabinet from Chairish. Tambour doors are like cat nip to me, I can\u2019t explain it, I just love them. If I could only stretch this cabinet and cut the price in half, I would be set! Now I will say, I found a pretty great non-vintage contender in this\u00a0entry cabinet from Article. It\u2019s the right color, with a nice finish, has cute legs, great hidden storage (sadly no tambour doors, but doors nonetheless) and a way better price compared to what I\u2019m seeing. But I don\u2019t want to jump the gun. I\u2019m manifesting that I\u2019ll find my perfect, vintage piece on Facebook Marketplace from someone who wants it gone for cheap!<\/p>\n\nWhat I might end up buying new is the other item on my list\u2013a tall bathroom cabinet. The only storage in my bathroom I didn\u2019t add to the space myself comes from under my sink and it\u2019s really only big enough to store cleaning supplies. I\u2019d love if I could find a tall, narrow cabinet that could sit opposite the sink to store pretty much everything else. I\u2019ve had my eye on\u00a0this cabinet from IKEA\u00a0for a while. It\u2019s clean, simple, scandi and most importantly, TALL. Most bathroom cabinets I come across don\u2019t go much higher than 56\u2033 or so, and again I need to maximizeeee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nThis cabinet from Lowe\u2019s\u00a0is surprisingly beautiful and also kind of the perfect size, but it doesn\u2019t really fit the current vibe I have going on in there. I do love that it looks and works like a nice piece of furniture so I don\u2019t have to commit to attaching it to the wall, but I think I could also just add legs to the IKEA piece and make it work. Truthfully, I\u2019m less sure about my ideal storage pieces for in here because I want to make some design changes and revamp my bathroom in general. I\u2019m working on figuring out the direction, but it doesn\u2019t feel like a bad idea to start with necessary storage and go from there. I just wish I could swap out my vanity too for something a little more visually stimulating. Time to build a mood board and see if I can convince my landlord!<\/p>\n
<\/span>Arlyn<\/span><\/h2>\nAt any other point in my life, this list of what I was hunting down for my house may have felt endless, but truth be told, after this last week\u2019s fires and choosing to evacuate my home for precaution (and seeing so much loss around me), I want *fewer* things in my life. However, there are legitimately two things I need: a secretary desk for my bedroom so I can work in peace away from my toddler when she\u2019s being supervised by another adult downstairs, as well as a new dresser for said toddler\u2019s bedroom now that she\u2019s outgrown the changing table. <\/p>\n
I\u2019ve actually been casually seeking a secretary desk for about six months now, never landing on anything I loved enough for the price. There were a few \u201calmost\u201d moments from Facebook Marketplace but either I didn\u2019t get to it fast enough, it was too far and didn\u2019t offer delivery, or it was just more than I wanted to spend. Since I don\u2019t want my bedroom to feel too much like an office, I think a desk that folds away into more of a chest or dresser is ideal. I just need enough space for a laptop, keyboard, mouse and a small notebook and pen I\u2019m open to it either being something more regal and ornate to shake up all the streamlined pieces in my room (you know, since my beloved armoire is in the garage since it wouldn\u2019t fit up the stairs on moving day), or a cool mid-century look which would coordinate with my vintage dresser well. <\/p>\n
Here are some of the visual inspirations I have tucked away while I hunt around for something (though I\u2019d rather spend no more than $500, so it might be tough): <\/p>\n
As for the dresser for my daughter\u2019s room, I have dreams of a 19th-century Nordic or Swedish handpainted folk art situation. Her bedroom has no real design at the moment, and I had the idea over Christmas while I watched her dance fervently to Frozen<\/em> and Frozen II<\/em> that maybe I could go the angle of the visuals from that movie. Frozen, but make it beautiful. If you watch the details in that movie, all the handpainted florals and shapes on woodworking are just wildly beautiful and I know we\u2019d *both* love it. To start, we need a new dresser, so\u2026that\u2019s my Everest. Being that I can\u2019t even find a true inspiration photo for it, I\u2019m in for a long road (or I\u2019ll have to paint it myself). Imagine the below kind of painting on a small chest of 3-5 drawers:<\/p>\n<\/span>Marlee<\/span><\/h2>\n\nHi, Marlee here! We haven\u2019t officially met \u2013 I just joined the team last week. I am SO excited to be here with this amazing team! I moved into a new apartment in the fall, and it\u2019s taking some time but I\u2019m finally starting to feel like the space is coming together. It\u2019s definitely the most \u201cadult\u201d feeling place I\u2019ve rented so far. I mean, I\u2019ve got a fridge with an ice maker \u2013 that\u2019s big for me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve quickly come to learn that with living in \u201cadult\u201d apartment comes a realization of where my decor is lacking. It\u2019s become clear to me that the biggest culprit is my wall of photos and postcards, held up by putty and washi tape. I have no shame in the crafty vibe, but I\u2019ve made it my 2025 goal to work on collecting an assortment of unique frames to give all my art and photos the display they deserve.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been seeing so many cool frames on my Pinterest and Instagram \u2013 think interesting textures (like\u00a0this) and irregular shapes (like\u00a0this) but at a much more reasonable price point. A gallery wall full of these might look a little crazy but I think a few sprinkled in here and there would be fun. I usually skip the art aisle at goodwill (it\u2019s too chaotic) but this year I\u2019m committing to the hunt and will be keeping an eye out for frames. Cross your fingers for me!<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s what\u2019s on our lists, what\u2019s on yours if anything? <\/p>\n
Love you, mean it. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n