Sweet Blue and Pink Bedroom

So here is the reveal of the little 7 year old girl's bedroom that I finished the other week.  She specifically wanted hot pink and blue.  And that she got.  One of the great things about the Annie Selke Links fabric is that it is juvenile enough, but grown up enough to get her through her teens.  She actually picked the fabric herself and I added the Floral to the mix, and the banding to the drapes and valance. 

Every Girl can use a Flokati Rug in her room!

We had the ottomans recovered and piped in the hot pink with the legs painted a fun blue.  And I recovered the lampshades to bring the floral up a notch and at eye level.

These sconces are perfect for this nook.

 For some reason I have never attempted this project, a mental block I suppose.  But,  I was inspired to cover the lampshade from a new blogger/ designer friends tutorial.  She makes it look super easy...which it is and all lampshades in my path are now at risk...watch out!  You must check out Whitney Mcgregor from Whim Interiors. Her blog is The Avarice and she has lots of great design tips and inspiration.

Anyway.  Have a great week.  We have started ours out with the stomach bug, and I have my brother's wedding that we leave for on Thursday...keep your fingers crossed the bug stays away.  I knew I should have knocked on wood when I proclaimed we had been so "free of sickness this year"...geash!

Install Day!

It is Install Day, and I couldn't be more excited...with butterflys of anticipation for the end result.   This day is my FAVORITE part.  All of the moving parts get placed...and you get to see how they all work together.

Now, this is just the back of my car, loaded with pillows, accessories, and lamps.  This is part of the process that looks like a disorganized mess, but really it is organized...I know exactly what is in the back and where it should go.    The furniture is waiting patiently (as is my husband:) to be removed from my garage.  YAY! Gotta run...

Have a great day, I know I will!

Keeping you guessing...and yellow lamps.

yummy yellow lamps.

 Ok, I really don't have a ton of time to do a post.  I am knee deep in work, and getting ready to go to Atlanta for Market.  But I am leaving you with a photo.  Not the best photo, because it was taken with my phone.  But there are a couple of clues as to what it might be.  I probably won't be able to post with all of the details (all very exciting ones) until next week.  Off I go to Charlotte today, and Atlanta tomorrow.


Have a wonderful weekend rest of your week and weekend ya'll!

Offices on the Brain

I adore Lonny Magazine's Office space.  And those yellow lamps...well...

Why, you might ask are offices on your brain?  Didn't you just finish your Guest Room/Office?  Well, I am not at liberty to say RIGHT now, but I am sure I can tell you later this week.   Until then, let me show you some things I have pinned lately.  You might see a common theme...and it might start with the letter W and end with E.

Ivy and Piper offices.  Color always pops off white. Lavender sofa?

I have a thing for Bentwood chairs.
Taken from Annchovie Blog....that is not MY print but hers!

I've always wanted white floors and a HUGE inspiration wall!  And love the desk on a table.

Hmmm....more bentwood and white floors...and OH, the storage.

HUGE window!

black and white with pops of color!

looks like they all started with a white base!

I loved colored ghost chairs too!

floating desk, in front of a sideboard...

a lofty space...maybe someday....nice bentwood.

is that an acrylic box with glass set on top....GENIUS!

So there you have a little white, a little color, and a few things thrown in between office inspiration!  I am inspired!   Ready for my super busy day!

Happy Tuesday.

The Perfectly Imperfect Home....

My new Favorite Book

If this book doesn't sum up my aesthetic, I don't know what does.  I think we all should embrace a little bit of Imperfectly, perfect!  Deborah Needleman, founding editor of the much coveted Domino Magazine has hit a home run with this book. Not only are the illustrations  (by the oh so talented Virginia Johnson) just amazing, but the meat of the book is so informative....with tidbits on everything from lighting, to how to make a bed (the easy way AND the hard way!)  There is something in it for everyone from the decorator to someone who just wants to zhush their own home.

  I took the book with me to my daughter's swim practice last night, and almost forgot to go down and pick her up out of the pool, because I was so engrossed!

In the forward Deborah says...

"Embracing imperfection in a home does not mean that anything goes.  Here it means aiming for beauty tempered by reality.  If real life involves mess, accidents, memory, and the incidental, then so too must decorating account for serendipity, and even embrace it."

"Luxury cannot be defined by expense or grandeur.  Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy."

According to Deborah, the point of decorating is to create the background for the best life you can have, with all its joys and imperfections.

Amen sister!  This book is going with me on every client meeting.

 Take a look for yourself.

I am waiting on the Perfectly, Imperfect LIFE book to drop in my lap....things are crazy, but good around here. 



Happy Tuesday.

It's all been done before....

I was given a vintage book by a client last week on "All about Decorating", written in the 1970's.  Ya'll, my bubble has been burst!  it has ALL been done before:)  It was fun flipping through the books and seeing all that was "in", is totally "in" now.  I mean these photos could have been taken out of ANY number of shelter mags in the past couple years.  The only thing that really dated the book was the relentless matching  of wallpaper and bedspreads and fabric.    There were actually a few ideas that I would like to try. 



Forgive the bad images, I took them with my phone, but you will get the "picture":)

All white, green velvet sofa, matched with french provential.  And the old books.

Notice the garden stool.

Painted bookshelves, mixing metal and wood..notice the sconces on the side,
very similar to high end pieces I have seen lately

Mixing of finishes, I think I saw a table similar to that on Williams Sonoma

punched of color, and glasss top table

rustic chic trestle table

bentwood table and chairs with rustic beams

zebra rug anyone?  Oh, and the antlers on the wall.

zebra, metal, french, wood, need I say more....oh just a few more

letters on walls.

awesome graphic wallpaper

white walls punch of color.

I have seen these chairs all over...and the pendants.

(I couldn't get this to turn) so if you don't mind turning your h ead
It reminds me of a vignette seen in Lonny.

So there you have it.  I know, not EVERYTHING has been done before, and all of what we see now is updated in some sort of way, reworked and made new and current, but go grab an old design book, there just might be some great design ideas lurking around.

Happy Monday!

Loving this look

This total mix of styles.  Midcentury, French Provencial, and modern. .I'll let you guess what I think ties it all together...

via Savey Home

via Angie Hnrowsky

via Pinterest

Getting ready for the Big Week!

Have a great Monday...I know I will...I will be doing what I love....zhushing up a space! Stay Tuned!

Up off the Floor and onto.....

This is how I used one of these small rugs...fun huh?

I know you all might be tired of seeing all of these beautiful rugs covering the floor, layering the floor, beautifying the floor, yada, yada....Can't she come up with anything else??

Weeeeeell, I decided to change it up a bit.  Lets bring the rugs up OFF the floor.

Maybe as a pillow

unknown

on an ottoman

via Simple Things Furniture Shop

OR as a wall hanging?

via pinterest

via atticmag

 As a table cloth....

via Bunny Williams Kips Bay House

 or as table runners

via atticmag

or let's cover a copper pot!!!  why not???

via DesignManifest

So there you have it, something to get the juices flowing on this Saturday morning.  So if your floors are covered....you still don't have an excuse...you must come by next week.

Devine Street Pop-Up Shop

November 9-11, 2011

10am – 4pm, or by appointment

2900B Devine Street

Columbia, SC 29205

Just  few more days....getting ready, my friends:)

Happy Weekend Everyone!