loving…

1.  this amazing night stand ikea hack by penny people designs.  jenny at little green notebook posted it earlier this week and that’s where i saw it.  i am so doing this when we buy a home that has a third bedroom.

2.  this list of 50 gifts under $50 compiled by rachel over at nest egg.  love all the gifts that she’s put on the list.  here are just a few.  check out her post for the rest.

3.  this marble tile from lowe’s that’s on sale for $2.88 that looks very much like new st. laurent marble.  they have a whole pile of it in their stores or at least the ones in huntsville and atlanta.  the tile on sale at lowe’s is called emperador dark brown.  john and sherry over at younghouselove are using this tile in their bathroom that they are renovating.

                      lowe’s tile                                                            new st. laurent marble

4. the 2nd edition of lonny magazine.  it’s just as spectacular as the first edition was.  LOVE IT!!!!!

 

i’m so glad that i’m over my nasty cold that i had last week/weekend, but i’m not excited that i gave it to my hubby.  looks like this weekend will be spent taking care of him and trying to get him well. 

hope you all have a great weekend.  see you next week. 

LiveJournal Tags: little green notebook,ikea hack,penny people designs,nest egg,christmas gift ideas,marble,tile,renovation,younghouselove,lonny magazine

technical difficulties

i had planned to show you the design plan for my client’s office/guest room today, but unfortunately i’m having technical difficulties with my scanner.  i’ll have to save that post until tomorrow or whenever i can get my scanner figured out.

in the meantime here are some gorgeous images of a nantucket vacation home designed by elizabeth corker for you to look at.  i could handle a vacation here any day.

  this great room is trully a great room.  love the coffered ceiling and neutral gray tones.

the coffee table looks really interesting.  i wish i could see the whole piece.

the antique chandelier is my favorite part of this picture.

i love everything about this bedroom, the chandelier, the artwork, the bed, the window treatment, the colors, everything.  isn’t it funny how so many designers use the word love so freely.  it’s probably my most overused word, but when you love something…you love it.  :o)

images – traditional home, photography by michael luppino

 

get excited…tomorrow is friday!!!

 

LiveJournal Tags: guest room furniture,office,nantucket,technical difficulties,traditional home,vacation home,michael luppino,elizabeth corker

going dark

i love the look of charcoal colored walls.  i think i would like them best in a bedroom.  i really like the contrast of the baby blue bed against the dark walls in the picture below.

yellow’s a great compliment to it too.

images above -  house beautiful

images above - hashai

images above – country living

LiveJournal Tags: charcoal,bedroom,house beautiful,country living,hashai

i’m dreaming…

of a white christmas, or maybe just some interiors decorated in white…

image – the white company

image – the white company

image – coastal living

image – coastal living

LiveJournal Tags: the white company,coastal living,christmas,white

sofa weekend

so, i hope you were able to do something a lot more fun this weekend than laying on the sofa.  yep, that nasty cold i had all last week stuck around the entire weekend.  so i was tied down to the sofa all weekend long.

being on the sofa so much got me thinking about my favorite sofas.  i would much rather have been lounging on one of these than mine.

the marin sofa from century furniture

the oliver sofa from south of market

the randolph sofa from jayson home & garden

no name sofa from lee industries

and the milo sofa from anthropologie

LiveJournal Tags: sofa,century furniture,south of market,jayson home & garden,lee industries,anthropologie

loving…

1.  this awesome invisible wall switch from forbes & lomax.  i really think it’s every designer’s dream to have these in every home where there’s wallpaper.

2.  these couple of posts from discover: interior design giving lots of great tips about how to hang artwork.  for the person that has no clue…these are must reads.

click here for tips: hanging artwork, part I                                                 

click here for tips: hanging artwork, part II

3.  these jules accent tables from crate and barrel.  so simple and classy.

4.  artwork hung gallery style like the picture below from traditional home.

5.  this gorgeous wall stencil that lauren from pure style home used on her wall.  it is not just gorgeous…it’s drop dead gorgeous.  bless her husband’s little heart for having to stencil that big wall.  click here to read her beautiful blog and to see the transformation of her living room and entry.  what a talented lady she is!

last week when my mom went back home after visiting with us on thanksgiving.  she forgot to take her cold with her.  and since she left it with me, it’s decided it wants to stick around a little while.  i can’t believe i’ve been sick 2 times within one month!  i rarely get sick so this is really unusual for me.  i’m looking forward to the weekend and really hope my cold clears up by tomorrow because billy and i have plans to go to the stacks holiday lofts + artists tour on friday night.  then saturday we are supposed to have dinner with our neighbors.  so cold if you’re listening it’s time to pack it up and head out of town. 

hope you all have a wonderful weekend!   looks like atlanta might get some snow on saturday.  whoohoo!

LiveJournal Tags: loving...,forbes & lomax,invisible light switch,discover: interior design,artwork,jules accent tables,crate and barrel,traditional home,pure style home

sneak peek – guest room/office

i’m working on a small guest room/office right now for a client in huntsville, alabama.  i’m presenting the design plan next week and i’ll share the whole plan with you once i present it to the client.  until then i thought i’d share just the fabrics and color scheme with you.

i have a  pretty tight budget for this area of the home so i’m going to be purchasing most of the furniture from ikea.  luckily the client loves ikea.    i’ll be using shelves and a desk top from ikea versus custom built-ins  to save money on the closet work station.   stay tuned next week to see the entire plan.

LiveJournal Tags: huntsville,alabama,fabrics,ikea,office,guest bedroom