Do you ever find yourself drawn to an antique or thrift store? You wake up, with things to do that do not include leaving the house, and yet your inner shopper says: "There's something you need at 'name that store'" ... and then a little while later, it says: "And it's on sale!" Well, that's what happened to us today. After we met our friends for brunch in Lewiston, Scott and I were supposed to go home and continue cleaning and perfecting the house for my mother's visit this coming Tuesday. But there was that voice ... and we popped into a little antique store on the way home. I wandered aimlessly, up stairs and down stairs, all around and outside not finding what I knew my inner shopper was sure I needed desperately, when I hear Scott call me from the basement of the store. I walked down and there he stood, pointing... At this!!! Ok, not really THIS ... I followed his finger to an antique jenny lind daybed, all dismantled leaning against the wall. "Is this the right size for your office?" YES! I think so! It's exactly like the daybed used by Phoebe Howard above, featured on the cover of her book, The Joy of Decorating. I've never shown pictures of the home office ... I should get in there and take some pictures of that room, but it's an awkward, narrow space, that I use as an office, cross bottle studio, and blog central station. It's also where I keep my magazine collection, and design books ... so I have always said I wish I had an antique daybed, because they're so narrow, and therefore a great fit for the narrow room. That way I'd have a comfortable place to sit with my magazines, design books, and laptop. BAM!, there it was! And ON SALE for $91.00!! I didn't take a picture, and right now it's leaning against the wall ... not very inspiring. It needs a cushion or two, and some pillows ... and I'll do a big before and after post when I get it all done. But, today, I thought I'd check in and let you jump on my daydream cloud ... all about daybeds! Enjoy: Design by Vicente Wolf, ELLE Decor Design by Myra Hoefer, Veranda Magazine Design by Eleanor Cummings, Kay O'Toole Antiques Design by Phoebe Howard, Joy of Decorating Design by Phoebe Howard, Designer Visions - Somethings Gotta Give, House Beautiful Design by Alessandra Branca, ELLE Decor Design by Frances Merrill, 2013 New Trad Designer, Traditional Home Design by Mark D. Sikes, Lonny Magazine Design by Alessandra Branca And, in the event that you missed having photos of CDLV, or the garden this week, you're in luck! My sweet friend and blogger Mimi at A House Romance has put together a wonderful interview of me! Can you believe it!? I am so honored, and I can't believe how thorough she was in putting it all together and searching through nearly 5 years of blog photos to get great stock of my house and designs. Please head over there to take a look and read the interview, and say hi while you're there! :) Color Outside the Lines: A Visit to Casa de la Vanderdogan I'll be back with some daybed news ... soon!