A little Industrial

I'm thinking of adding this bar code decal to my Christmas list so I can put it over my bed. It's from Tasty Suite.

Tons of Black and White

Ok, ok, I know I've been posting a lot of black and white lately, but taking B&L photos with Tiffany has got me interested. I just found this blog devoted to black and white flickr photos. Have fun browsing! I did!

Wanted: A little room of my own

I'm really drawn to this room. Usually I'm attracted to a more modern, minimalist style, but there's something about this art grouping...and the rustic stool over on the side...oh, and the orange.

From Jeffers Design Group, seen on JuBella.com via Flygirls.

Elemental Clay Studio

I'm getting these in the mail this week! I got the set of four in hydrangea, fungi, durian, and lichen. It's Seth's anniversary present to me.

Fabric at Ikea

Who knew Ikea had such cute fabric? It's perfect for my price range, now I just need to find some in my color scheme!

Fredrika:

Patricia:

The Swatch

I have held on to this piece of fabric forever, intending to eventually buy enough to make curtains for my bedroom. Does anyone know where I can find this online?

One more thing...

Eeee-gads! I almost forgot one of the most important parts of my kitchen idea! I really want to incorporate some clear glass tiles - perhaps for a back splash. I love the recycled glass look of these "cloud nine" colored ones.


P.S. Can you tell by the many posts today that I am procrastinating doing things that need to get done around the house?

Kitchen Inspiration

Our kitchen is one of the rooms in my house that I sit and daydream about re-doing. It is going to have to be one of those projects that get done little by little, but I have been collecting ideas so that I don't forget what I want to do. That is why I came up with this inspiration board. Next time we get a little bit of money to put into the kitchen, I'll have my ideas at the ready. It might not be as far away as I think!

A lovely room

Since I can't take pictures of any new jewelry right now I have turned my attention to projects that might be awaiting me on the home front. I was inspired by Domino's top ten decorators in this month's issue. (Click on the link to see the other designer's rooms.)
I especially love these tall white curtains with the neutral walls. I've already done some crisp white panels, but I'm thinking of carrying that idea throughout the house.

Jeremiah Goodman

I've always been fascinated with interiors, and that's why the master interior illustrator Jeremiah Goodman is so interesting to me. I decided to get this book, Jeremiah: A Romantic Vision, after reading an article about him in Veranda magazine.

So, I finally finished it.

It took several days. I decided to pickle the old brass by painting on white and then methodically wiping off to show the detail better. This process took several hours and I spread it out over three days. As I was standing on a stool finishing the last part of the painting, the FedEx guy dropped the package of crystals at my front door. So exciting! I played around with how I would hang them over the next three days. I had to re-wire every one so they would all match. Man, that was time consuming! Thank goodness for jewelry pliers! Now all I have left is to get some more chain and splice the wires so that I can swag it over the dining room table. I'm having my first dinner party at that table this week!

Chandelier part II

I ordered some new crystals for my chandelier re-do. I think I'm going to intersperse some of these in with the pear shaped prisms already there. I can't wait 'til they get here!

Chandelier Re-do

I am s-l-o-w-l-y trying to fix up my dining room, and I think my next project is the chandelier. It came with the house and has a little charm, but something definitely needs to be done other than a good cleaning. My ideas are: paint it white or not (maybe a white wash), get new cystals, do colored crystals??, keep the old crystals but intersperse new/different ones, buy new chain to center it over the dining room table.




What do you like or not like from these three?
(Top photo:mine, bottom three: clippings from Veranda)

Redesign

I have been helping my mom redesign one of her upstairs guestrooms and I was over there today putting on the finishing touches. I'm really happy with the way the room turned out and better still, my mom is very pleased. A job well done is worth doing!

A Paper House

Loft bedroom by MissMeshell

I am in love with Crust Station's Paper dollhouse project, which I found a link to through Ali loves Curtis. After seeing Carrie's post about little children's furniture, which got me thinking about dollhouses and then reading about Kristen's teeny, tiny paper Christmas tree, I have been pining for a dollhouse and a daughter to share one with. I especially love the paper dollhouse idea because as a child I spent so much time making my own paper dolls and hundreds of clothes for them to wear.

The Salle de Bain, Bathroom by Corey Amaro

All Lit Up

I finally got all of the Christmas decorations up (except for our front door wreath which I still have to make.) My husband was trying to figure out how we could keep all the twinkly lights up year round (don't worry I talked him out of that.) But it's true, the house just feels warm and special when Christmas rolls around. I'm already super excited and it's still 22 days away!

Dark New Floors

I'm home and the floors look really nice. When I got here, Seth had been working on getting everything back in it's place and he had all of the furniture in (mostly) the right spots. The floors are darker than I wanted, but we can't go back now...They'll look great with all the Christmas decorations that I'm planning to put up today!

See You Soon!

We are going out of town for the holiday and while we are gone, the floors in the whole front part of the house are getting redone!

So four rooms worth of stuff is crammed into the kitchen and playroom. When we get back we'll have a lot of work to do to reorganize all of our stuff, but at least ours floors will look brand new! See you next week!

Another Lighting Choice

I keep doing posts about lamps that I like because I am still needing lamps for our bedroom side tables. I thought I had found that lamps that I wanted (see them here) but now I'm not so sure after seeing this phantom lamp from CB2. Ooooh, the decision is hard...but I still have to save up, so that will give me time to decide. Which one do you like best?

Studio Pictures

O.k. I finally have pictures of the studio that I have been talking about for the last week. It's done! There's a bit of arranging left to do, but not much, because my husband has agreed to not bring in very much stuff (whew!). He is building a new wall sized adjustable easel. Other than that, all he needs is his mixing table which just got a new slab of smooth marble to mix paint on. All paint and brush storage is underneath! Hopefully this will inspire him to keep it put away (fingers crossed). Today I will be transforming this space into our guest room (to welcome my good friend Kristen) by pulling out the futon and putting all the art stuff away.