the winners are!

Yay for water bottles! Send me an email with your address and color preference and your colorful Aquasana water bottle will be on it's way to you! More giveaways coming this month, stay tuned!

gold frames are in + product alert

I've been sourcing gold frames for a client and found THESE last month at Pottery Barn. So great! A gold frame with a really lovely and simple mat. 

BUT WAIT.

I stopped by the PB site today and saw the dreaded NO LONGER AVAILABLE tag.  Hm.

Good thing West Elm has a fantastic back up option! Their Gold Leaf Gallery Frames are a little more tactile looking then the PB ones, but equally beautiful! I may even snag two of them with some left over wedding credit . . . 

They come in 4 sizes and range from $24 - $54, really affordable!

Thought you should know!

ALSO - we'll be announcing the giveaway winner on Friday, so make sure to enter!!!

it's a stay-cool giveaway!

Y'all, it is HOT in Brooklyn. We've had days and days and days of exhausting heat. I grew up in Texas, you'd think I could handle it, but there is something extra confining and claustrophobic about intense heat in this city! 

One of my saving graces besides the central air in our apartment (thank the LORD) is my new Aquasana water bottle! The great folks over at Aquasana sent a few for us to try and we have LOVED them. They are perfectly sized, I love drinking out of a glass bottle (it makes me feel cool, pun intended) and the sleeve is a great buffer for condensation. They come in really cute colors too - 

I would really hate for you to get overheated, so we're doing a giveaway to help you stay cool! I'll be giving away 2 Aquasana Water Bottles to 3 different readers! Here are your simple giveaway instructions:

1. Share this post! Take your social media pick!

2. Choose the color (blue, orange, green, red, light green or teal) you want and tell me in a comment on this post! 

3. Don't melt!!

That's all! Have fun!

ogt work in progress

OGT chalkboard WIP from hannah villio on Vimeo.

Brooklyn Boy and I have been spending most of our free time after work helping our friends at Olde Good Things style their new flagship Madison Avenue store for opening. We love this store - they carry antiques, vintage goods, mantles, chandeliers, altered antiques and way more. They are an amazing source for unique home goods both in the city and in LA.

A few weeks ago we were brought in to help with the layout, styling and windows. First, we focused on their six huge main windows that look onto Madison and 32nd street. We had a ball doing this. Typically, I'd direct Brooklyn Boy from the outside to 'move that 200 pound expensive gild mirror just another tiny inch to the left, a little more, a little more, TOO MUCH, go back, no wait, um, ok good!" as I sipped my Big Gulp Diet Coke from outside the window on the street. 

Once the windows were complete, we got to working on the actual layout as well as visual concepting for a few areas of the store. Something we wanted from the get go was a giant chalkboard wall. The guys combined 4 vintage schoolroom chalkboards and added wood trim to make a very large board above the register. I've somehow been assigned the daunting task of doing the artwork. No pressure, it's only 8 feet by 10 feet wide and the main focal point when you first walk in from the store from 32nd street . . . At least I was a painting major! Surely, something I learned those 4 years will come in handy . . . right?

A few grainy iphone pictures for ya!

 

English Window

Wood plank wall concepted by Brooklyn Boy, he's so good

A view of the Madison window

Oh goodness.

Can't stress HOW MUCH this is a work in progress. Don't judge!

you're invited!

I'm teaming up with The Nest for a crafting event in New York! If you're around on August 8th, I sure hope you'll come! Drinks and Apps and Crafts. What could be better!