Wednesday, November 3, 2010

She's a beauty!

Since these photos made their Debut on Design Sponge, I have seen them everywhere in blog world. Everybody loves the space, the colors, the drapes, the rug etc and is sharing that on their blog. Well, I too, love this space, but nobody has mentioned the one thing that caught my eye from the very beginning- The chandelier! It looks to be made out of glass drops (when I was little I had a lot of these hanging from my window, and we used to call them Snot Drops).

I am completely intrigued by this, and want to know more about it. Did they make it? Was it store bought? The snot drops can be found for pretty cheap- so how would you attach them? Anybody?


I also SUPER love the white cabinet!


Images via Design Sponge

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