Why Don't You | Chic Shoe Storage

If the industrial bookcase in the living room were not filled with books, family photographs and a growing collection of knick-knacks, it would be filled with shoes!  One of the great things about growing up and having your own home is that you get to make the rules...and rules are meant to be broken.  Heels in a china cabinet? Sure, why not!  At this point in my life it actually seems more logical to display my shoes than my china, because lets face it, the pair of Jimmy Choo Biker Boots I bought last year probably cost more than my entire collection of Crate and Barrel outlet dishes and Goodwill china! 

So on this lovely Wednesday, why don't you consider using your grandmother's glass front hutch to display all the beautiful items hiding in your closet! And if your grandmother didn't leave you a hutch?  Well fear not...pictured above are a few fabulous Flea finds from Jayson Home. The early 20th century French brass vitrine reminds me of the piece in Aerin Lauder's office.  Très chic.

Vintage Brass Vitrine | Antique Green Vitrine | Antique Black and Blue Vitrine | Industrial Metal Rack | Cerused Oak Cabinet 

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Purposeful Piles

I love a good organized pile. It’s an obsession - inherited from my father - that has persisted since my youth, and I can’t seem to shake it. There are piles on my desk, under my nightstand, on my ottoman...name a space or surface of my home and I'll bet that I have a pile of something in it or on it. So when I spotted the images above you can only imagine the excitement/jealousy I felt. Why didn't I think to turn my hoards of shelter and fashion magazines into a console table? I mean, is this not the most genius/purposeful pile you have ever seen?

And I kind of feel like finding these pictures was gods way of telling me to stop obsessively looking for a bookcase and instead create large stacks of books around my apartment à la Ryan Korban. Weird, I know, but I've been searching for the perfect bookcase for my home office for months now and being picky and liking expensive things is obviously a bad combo when you're on a budget.  So for now I'm going to listen to god and create purposeful piles. ;) 

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