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vintage life: john derian.

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Guest Room

The purpose of vintage is to commit to the idea that something with a history, a memory or a story behind it will always carry more emotional weight than say the emptiness that comes with shiny and brand new. And we all know that shiny and new depreciates once its driven off the parking lot. So welcome to John’s house. A carefully built hybrid of all things oldish: A Quaker sanctuary, and Mormon plainness mixed in with a little bit of A Little House on the Prairie. It’s vintage without the cliche and quite honestly GT could spend lots of time here. I’d just swap the painting with the likeness of a Phyllis Wheatley....

John Derian for Target.
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two thumbs up?

It’s a quaint house on a quite lane (at least that’s what it feels like) that’s different without trying to be different. Life ain’t a dress rehearsal so I guess if you want to paint your house all black everything its certainly your prerogative to do you. Just know that Get Togetha’s reaction was strong but in quite an intrigued way. In my imagination if someone were to tell me that they seen a black house in a quaint neighborhood I’d easily imagine a house run by dead zombie children..but its nice to see my judgement get shut down…Would you go there with a noir shell?

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it’s the little things…

Get Togetha is always on the hunt and the lurk for that decor pretty that’ll give you life! Unfortunately the bag doesn’t come with the sandy beachwood hardwood floors and the Weezy Jefferson door knobs but there’s enough romance in this laundry bag to accompany any Harlequin novel and a bottle of Woolite. I know some of you are soooo good with your dollar store grab and go but it is the blog’s job to spread the pretty no? I need about a dozen of these….early  girlie gratuitous Christmas gifts.

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*blogger design: oh joy for hygge & west!

Get Togetha doesn’t mind passing around the PR stick when it comes to bloggers who continue to grow, expand, and evolve in ways that continue to make our jaws drop. Joy Cho (who should be in your design RSS reader stat!) from the long running personal design blog Oh Joy! keeps on impressing. I’ve been a mega huge fan of Joy’s mini-notebooks (I always get compliments on them!) so her venture into the land of wallpapers are nothing short of what I would expect: Chic simplicity.

For more inspiration a.k.a increase your awareness...visit here.


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…if only…

At first I wasn’t going to blog or reblog about these insanely beautiful book covers because everyone and their design mama’s blogger’s eye jumped on these but then I thought about how certain literature classics are always respectfully chosen and how some others will always be given the cold shoulder. It would be nice to see Song of Solomon, Native Son, Beloved, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Invisible Man, A Raisin in the Sun, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Known World, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings get its design due when it comes to prolific American writers whose sophisticated work all American’s should be acquainted with on some level…but hey…that’s just Get Togetha’s philosophy.

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throw it away: pessimism

When was the last time you truly felt that your cup was half-full? When was the last time you felt entitled to your hopes and dreams? When was the last time you accomplished a goal even when you didn’t know how it was going to be done? When was the last time you said to yourself: Bunk what everyone else is saying about my potential…I know what I can do!!! When was the last time you truly had that strong feeling of connection in your hearts center?

And this is where we can get blog honest. How easily can that superhuman feeling (of do anything, be anything, believe big, dream big, I deserve, I’m entitled) get defeated, lost and deflated by just logging on to these Internet Streets and going to where the party is at? After your daily heron dose of scandal: affairs, money woes, witch hunt’s and pitchforks  its not so difficult for the spirit to turn into a drunken coma of pessimism. (more…)