When Soft Surroundings reached out to me a few months ago, one thing that attracted me to working with them was the way they developed much of their home decor line.  Robin, the creative brain behind Soft Surroundings, travels to a place that inspires her…  France. This would be such a dream for me, so I found it so enjoyable looking through Robin’s Pinterest board containing photos of her recent trip. Oh my…it looked like so much fun!  The food, the quaint cobblestone streets, the beautiful architecture, the sun-faded colors, the delicious food and the shopping…sigh. Robin does two things while in France – one thing I can’t do from my couch and one thing I can.  The first thing is that she buys pieces to bring back to the US and sell in the Brocante section on the Soft Surroundings site.  Maybe some day… Here’s the part I really like.

   It’s that time again!  I’ve been working with Decor Steals for a long time…even before they were even Decor Steals!  So, if you’ve read my blog for a while, you know all about them.  If you haven’t they are a company that offers one home decor “steal” a day and they really do come up with some awesome things, as you’ll see in this post. The steal for today is this wall organizer…good for mail, a small office, etc.   The cubbies are a perfect size for mail and stationary, but will not fit full sheets of paper.  Just an FYI. And there’s a magnetic/chalkboard in the middle and smaller cubbies on the left side.   And, I always give a preview of the steal coming up tomorrow, which is this wall clock… I’m pretty picky about reproduction clocks and I really like this one.  I think I like the