Design Thoughts

I have a brown living room...very brown as you can see below.  My accent color is a lovely blue-green, but I am feeling really drawn towards pinks and reds and thinking of changing things up.  Maybe using an ikat fabric. I am always drawn to darker rooms, but maybe I'm ready for a change.

So, I'm thinking of adding in new pillows like this one:

I see rooms like this one and think that I should go much lighter.  I love the neutals with the great accents.

Thoughts?

Style My House: House Beautiful Inspiration

I have been flipping back through House Beautiful magazines and loved a house in the May issue.  I think I want to live here.  I've actually never wanted a lot of white in my house, but the way the colors in the few colorful furniture pieces and art work in the room are amazing!

And I'm totally stealing this idea--I think it would make me quite me happy to have pretty little black and white photographs in my closet. 

Style My House: Bar Tray Table

I have been toying with the idea of putting a bar tray table in my living room.  I love the look of it, but ya know I'm not really a liquor drinker.  I have the perfect table for it and a great little spot picked out.  I saw this great pic in Lonny Magazine and got some inspiration.

Which Designer are you most like?

I found this great little spot on House Beautiful's site...14 Designers Share Their Favorite Things for the Home. You have to go check it out and see which designer you are most like. For me it was Celerie Kemble. Although, many other designers had peonies as their favorite flower, which is my absolute most favorite too!

Celerie KembleNew York, NY; Palm Beach, FL
FLOWER: Poppy
SOFA SHAPE: Tuxedo
COMFORT FOOD: Spaghetti with butter and Parmesan
LAMP: Vintage oddballs
ALARM CLOCK: Bose — black, with CD player and remote
CAR COLOR (EXTERIOR/INTERIOR): Dark green/tan
EVERYDAY DISHES: Same as my fancy — vintage china from Maddock and Sons
COFFEE TABLE BOOK: Tony Duquette
COLOR: Where green meets blue
ALL-PURPOSE GLASS: CB2 stacking tumblers — flat bottoms and taper
SOAP: Jo Malone Orange Blossom
ICE CREAM: Mint chip, if the ice cream is white
TOWEL: Restoration Hardware bath sheets. White with colored piping
CHAIR: A small Napoleon III-style slipper chair from 145 Antiques, NYC
WALLPAPER: Grass cloth in deep blue or green from Schumacher
SHEETS: Léron hand-stitched bamboo pattern
CLEANING SUPPLY: Mustela baby wipes in my purse
TOOTHPASTE: Marvis Jasmin Mint
VACUUM: Dyson
LIGHTBULB/WATTAGE: 3-way
KITCHEN GADGET: Williams-Sonoma baby food steamer and chopper
WORKHORSE FABRIC: Valtekz Torello faux-leather in dark teal, carried through Zoffany in New York
PEN: I like push-point pencils
ARTIST: Matisse

Chocolate and Blue Room...I love it

I am loving the new Traditional Home issue-- and I looked back in some old issues for inspiration and found these pics of a room I love. The colors in this room are very similar to my living room.

Around the house

I am loving my entryway... pretty roses from my backyard, mirror, small chest. Nice and simple and it makes me happy.

I also, with the help of my Dad, framed the piece

of art I bought from the Clothesline Art Show.

It is hanging up in my bathroom now. I LOVE it!

In the front yard- finished with my herb planting and moved my ivy topiary to the front porch. These little steps of progress make me happy.

You may know that I have an affinity for decorating. I look at an obscene amount of decorating magazines and wish that I had the money to do all of the things what I want to my house.

One of the mags that I love is domino. I love this room that is in their current issue...sorta modern with classic bones. Kinda like me.