I’m always envious of my friends who have a huge collection of family decor pieces in their homes. Somehow their homes always feel a bit cozier and more like a place to well call home. Juliet’s family has an incredible collection of Persian rugs and antique items that she now displays in her apartment beautifully. Every time I go over there it reminds me how important is to slowly begin collecting special pieces that you can hold onto forever.

Since getting hitched, it feels even more appropriate to start growing my own collection of items that we can hold onto for years to come. Long gone are the days of cheap Ikea furniture that you always wind up throwing out after a year or two. Above are some of the items that we’ve acquired over the past few years. My favorite is a huge persian rug (not shown here) that I bought from my mother’s friend in New Hampshire as he was closing his rug shop. It was a total splurge but something we’ll have for the rest of our lives and be able to pass down to one of our kids hopefully one day. We finally moved into an apartment with sunlight, which if you’re from NYC you know, is a very challenging characteristic to find in your home. I’m now able to keep a huge windowsill of plants alive and happy which in return makes me happier.  One of these days I’ll have someone take photographs of the gorgeous antique dessert plates given to us by Juliet’s mother for our wedding and our antique dessert flatware gifted by Juliet and her sister.

What are some of your favorite items in your home? Share them with us!

{pillows, restoration hardware couch, jonathan adler lamp, anthropologie chairs, west elm frames, paint samples from pure home.}