Home Decorators collection is having there first ever contest and asked me to share it with all of you! I held a giveaway for a coat rack from them awhile back – French Country Coat Rack
The contest is a chance to win a custom photo artwork. Entering the contest is super easy. To enter, participants can upload a favorite photo that they would like to have turned into custom artwork. Home Decorators Collection will select the winners, and New Era will provide the photos in the size and framing option of the customers’ choice. The contest will run from January 19 to February 19.
Just click this link to start!
Good luck!
One of the many public fountains in the Fes Medina – you’ll see people standing in line waiting to fill up large jugs of fresh water to bring back to their homes.
A typical sight on the medina streets.
One of the larger squares in the Medina. The larger pots you see sitting around are available for rent if your family is planning a large gathering and need to make a lot of food.
The residential streets are getting narrower over time and you’ll see a lot of scaffolding used throughout the Medina to support failing walls.
A stunning ceiling outside entry to a mosque. Nothing was left unadorned!
The Kairaouine Mosque tower – the image doesn’t do the color justice. Non-Muslims are not permitted to enter- but no one seems to mind us standing just outside the entry and taking photos.
Looking into the courtyard of the Kairaouine Mosque
One of the many tanneries. Our guide took us up to the terrace to avoid the smell (the terrace, of course, being a part of his friend’s leather shop)
We got lost at night, and while the streets were mostly lit, we still had to give an eager child a few dirhams to lead us out.
The main entrance to the Medina, Bab Bou Jeloud is actually a “recent addition,” being built in 1913.
Chris and I were pleased that many of the food stalls and vendors were patronized by locals, not all tourists.
I’ve always loved the look of “real furniture” in the bathroom
This cart on wheels is a good idea anywhere in the bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, etc.
I’ve never noticed these slide out shelves for the inside of cabinets but they’re genius!
Love this pretty pillow!
Pantone storage containers – $24.50/ea
Probably my favorite item is the Koi pitcher – I’d love two in colbalt or light blue: $42.50/ea
These Pomaireware pigs are so cute! Handcrafted in Pomaire, Chile
A beautiful example of a tudor exterior.
The two images above Met home created using 
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Mixing your finishes and materials ads to the rich and sumptuous environment
I’ve always really liked this house from Country Living, and I think it’s a good example of “modernizing” Tudor style. The furniture is visually and physically heavy and dark, but the decor is contrasting and the room is sparse and minimal. 
Be selective. Collecting should be about quality, not quantity. Remember to keep your collection fluid, not set in concrete. If better examples are found, sell off the poorer ones.
Question yourself. Do you love it? Is it a good example of its type? How rare is this particular one? Is it by a notable maker/designer? Is it in good, original condition?
A vintage window makes a stylish substitute for a transom in the passageway between the entry hall and the living room. Old windows are easily found and can be used to add architecture where it might be missing, or even to serve as affordable art.
The homeowner’s favorite find is this bedroom door, which they mounted on a track like a barn door. The decal touts Dr. Swett’s Early American Root Beer.
When a beloved vintage sign fell off the homeowners’ truck and shattered on the highway, they had a quick-witted cabinetmaker turn the fragments into a backsplash.
