Over the long weekend, I was lucky enough to join a group of a friends on their winter ski vacation to Stowe, Vermont.  For those of you that have never been, Stowe is absolutely beautiful.  The skiing was pretty good, although the snow definitely could have been better – apparently DC hogged all the snow.  We had an amazing time.  We ate at a few really good restaurants, found some incredible antiques at Sir Richard’s antique store and went to Ben and Jerry’s.  Our friend Alison took a snowboarding lesson from a man who  also owned a dairy – Mt. Mansfield Creamery – and made Vermont’s only Havarti! She brought us some of us cheese, which soooooo delicious.  (I mean, really, his life consists of making cheese and teaching snowboarding. Seriously? I’ve never been so jealous of anyone before.)

But the best part of the trip was hanging out with our friends in the amazing house they rented.  It overlooked the mountains, had an enormous kitchen and huge, comfy couches on which enjoyed hot toddies after skiing!  The house was decorated so cute – but of course – two things stuck out more than the others to me, and I wanted to share them with you. While I doubt the home owners made either of these things, they are two things I hope to be able to make one day:

A Chair made out of skis!

I mean, how awesome is that?! Here is a close up of the top and bottom, in case you’d like to try to figure it out!

The second idea, one that’s slightly more DIY-realistic is this adorable snowman.  How cute is he?

Between a styrofoam ball from Michael’s, some buttons and and old hat, this guy would definitely not be too hard to make.  He’s darling!  There will definitely be a tutorial on making him on the cheap come next fall.