peaches & dream

mela indian lunch buffet!

i just wanted to post a quick little update (again)! marissa and i just had lunch at the most delicious indian restaurant i've ever been to called mela. it's right on lexington, smack dab in the middle of downtown. i ate here the last time i was in asheville and it is just so totally yummy.

beautiful lunch date!

yummy delicious!

i made her try beets! this is the face she made afterwards... poor marissa!

after lunch i wandered into a little artist cooperative and found myself in a booth full of handmade mirrors... and i fell totally head over heels in love with one! i'm going to save up some money and have marissa purchase it for me & send it to me! it's in the shape of a banner and i think it would look so perfect above the dream's & my bed...

so so so so SO DREAMY!

and then i turned around and saw a wall full of bird mirrors! it immediately made me think of this post from my dear eva. they're all different shapes and sizes and were very reasonably priced, ranging from $28-$48. so sweet!

as for now, i'm off to do some more shopping with my bestie! enjoy your weekends!

dreamy home - marissa's asheville apartment

hi again, lovelies! i wanted to show you all marissa's beautiful apartment. when i came to visit for the first time a few years ago i totally fell in love with the place... the lovely details (like side-hinged paned windows in her bedroom) and incredible gardens (she also has gardens in the back - complete with a bronze fountain) made me swoon so hard!

isn't she the most beautiful ever? yeah, i think so, too.

 

thrifty thursday!

i'm in asheville, but last week i had some seriously great luck at the local thrift stores! i found some really lovely stuff for our home. we currently live with roommates in a shared apartment, so the amount of decorating we can do to make the place ours is limited. hopefully by the end of summer(ish) we'll find our own place and i'll be able to make it a home, but until then i'm collecting bits and pieces so that it's not a giant rush when we move to fill an empty space.

i can't believe i found the beautiful mersman table that all of my other finds are resting on for a mere $9.99 - it was an obvious and definite yes. along with it, i found a beatrix potter portrait of jeremy fisher (from the tale of jeremy fisher) in a pale pink frame for $.99, two vintage glass bottles for $2.99 each, a pair of vintage eyeglasses for $.99 (i'm going to have the lenses replaced with pink uv lenses!), a little wooden heart necklace for $.99, a little ceramic fawn book-end for $1.99, a vintage tool box for $2.99 and a needlework panel for $.99. i also found a huge remnant of rust colored microsuede fabric (super super soft) to recover the dining chairs i bought for us at a thrift store a while back (they're currently a dark brown with bright yellow velvet seats, which is nice, but i think painting them cream and reupholstering with this rust fabric will be a fantastic upgrade)! take a peek...

my second thrift shop stop brought me even more success! i found a gorgeous vintage mustard tablecloth with 6 matching napkins - all of which have adorable lace trim. the napkins were $.99 each and the tablecloth was $2.99. along with those, i found a pretty ceramic vase for $4.99, two pink glass teacups for $.99 each and two rose tea saucers for $.99 each... so fun!

i'm excited about the idea of having a crisp white or cream kitchen with mustard, pink and avocado green accents. i can't wait! have any of you found any great thrift finds lately?