July 23, 2009

A Summer Bike Ride

Between warm summer weather allowing bike rides outside and the Tour de France (I've gotten totally hooked on watching it and have developed a huge crush on Lance Armstrong) I've had my eye out for bicycles! I've always loved this hallway for the wallpaper and gorgeous floors! Now I'm more focused on the bike! I used to think baskets were so old ladyish on a bike, but I've come to adore them! Really, anything that lets you carry more shopping around is good by me! The bike is a surprise in this space but easy storage - hanging from a ceiling!A bicycle adds such a nice element to a room! I'm starting to wonder, can you decorate with them even if you don't plan to ride it?This one looks so good in the space too!
Now, if I decide to get a new bike... I might have to get this one!! Because.....It comes with a hidden flask! Have you seen anything funnier?This bike is pretty fun looking too! And I just couldn't resist this photo!!! I know that our puppy would NEVER have sat still enough for this kind of photo!

Photo Credits: Cafiero Select, Country Home, Glen Proebstal, Mika Jornal, Hollister, Hollister, Jenny Nordberg via Cup of Jo, Flickr - Troeth.

Check out the parties today: Hooked on Houses, Fifi's Flowers and The Inspired Room

18 comments:

  1. Man, you are fast at the Mr. Linky :)

    I love the first picture...the flooring...the wallpaper. Cool post with the bike theme...you are so creative!

    XOXO

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  2. I'm hooked on biking too :-) I got a new bike last year, and I love it!! There's a big loop here I can ride around that goes from the suburbs, along the canal, into downtown, along the river, and back home.

    The pictures you posted are great :-) Not sure I'd hang my bike from the ceiling, although it does look kind of cool!! And the puppy in the basket is so cute :-)

    Kelly @ DesignTies

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  3. These are great photos. I'm is desperate, well not really- self-imposed desperation), need of a beach cruiser. I love them!

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  4. Happy Pedaling!
    With a family of five I would need a very large basket on a bike to bring our groceries home...

    Have a great Friday!

    Becky K.
    Hospitality Lane

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  5. Visiting from Julia's party. :) I love all the bike photos...I've seen several beautiful bike photos lately with the "vintagey" feel to them. :)

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  6. How very sweet!

    I just saw the cutest bike in a garden FULL of flowers... great idea.

    TTFN~~Claudia ♥

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  7. I want a bike so bad. This post made me one one even more! I love those rooms.

    Feel free to check out my brand new craft blog at http://www.oopsicraftmypants.blogspot.com.

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  8. Great photos. I want a bike so badly! I've been looking online at beach cruisers for hours tonight. After seeing this post, I definitely need to take the plunge! :)

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  9. You have a lovely blog with great photos. But the last one here is definitely favorite, as I am planning to have bicycle rides just like that with my future puppy.

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  10. Now, if only the communities in which we live could provide us with more bike paths, we might actually get to use bicycles as a daily form of transportation!

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  11. Great post!! :-) I used to have a basket on the front of my hybrid - for riding to the produce stand. Not sure how I will transport produce now that I have road bike.
    The Tour is amazing this year! Can't wait until Saturday's climb up Mt Ventoux!!

    ~angela @ peonypatch

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  12. The flask on the bike is too funny! i wonder if you can get a DUI while bike riding? I know it applies to tractors.

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  13. I'll take the one with the puppy, please!
    But the hidden flask is a close second.

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  14. Bike flask! That is biking for pleasure.

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  15. Enjoyed the photos...love the green bike with the basket. One of my favoritie joys in biking The Silver Comet Trail! :-) Ummm, a flask...now that's different. Wonder if one could be pulled over for biking under the influence! :-) Susan

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  16. LOVE bicycle photos... and I have several picked out to paint SOON as I finish paint jobs... FUN!
    ENJOY your weekend!
    Fifi

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  17. I loved the bike seat with a flask! That was a unique find! Fun photos.

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  18. Those are great bikes - especially the one with the flask. I also love the pink chairs in the second photo. I sourced a pair for a project I was doing a year or so ago and absolutely fell in love. Thanks for the visit down memory lane!

    I am also a huge fan of NYC, having visited there twice in the last year - the first was my first trip to NYC. If it's possible to fall in love with a city - I've done it - and so has hubby! We can't wait to come back!

    I will also be coming back to visit your blog!

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