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Friday Foursome

March 25, 2016

Perhaps you haven’t been on Minted.com since you ordered your holiday cards … did you know that they offer a whole new line of table linens? Napkins, table runners, placements – all in fun patterns with customizable colors – perfect for spring and summer entertaining!

Love me some lucite! Gorgeous new collection of tables and bar carts from Anthropologie.

One of my favorite light fixtures, the Darlana lantern – now comes in an outdoor version! Check out Circa’s new outdoor collection!

How fun are these storage boxes? Perfect for Spring Organization projects.

I’m off next week on Spring Break with the family! Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!

Client Files: A Happy Homework Hangout

March 21, 2016

I’m excited to share this latest project with you because it was such a fun one – colorful, laid-back … just a happy, light-filled room that was to serve as a study/hangout room for this family of 6.

A lot of times people wonder where they should begin with designing a room – rug, furniture, paint? I always say, it depends. If you have your heart set on a certain paint color, rug, painting, wallpaper, fabric, fill-in-the-blank, then it can be worth designing the room around it.

In this case – the first real design element decision was a shiplap wall painted Gray Owl. On it, I envisioned hanging this large Celestial Map flanked by two library sconces.

Fortunately my clients loved this idea too – so that is where we started from. Where to go from there? We wanted a comfy sofa, a colorful rug and a coffee table to sit below, across from new built-ins with desks, bookcases and space for a TV. With soft gray walls and the Navy blue artwork, we still could go any number of ways with the other colors in the room. I proposed these four options to my clients:

What is your favorite? I’ll let the pictures below reveal what my clients selected – it was my favorite combo too.

We completed the look with a bohemian mix of fun yet durable pillows that can be tossed around, warm leather desk chairs and some vintage books.

My clients have been loving their cozy new space and I’m sure there will be lots of A+ work coming out of this room!

Photography by Stephanie Montanari of Focus Pocus

Friday Foursome

March 18, 2016

I cannot get enough of this Instagram feed. Each image is more swoon worthy than the next.

Who’s ready for Easter? Serious design aficionados will love these DIY Easter egg ideas.

Spring means freshening up your porch, walkway, front door. Raise your hand if this doormat is perfect for your house.

How fun is this new Spring collection of textiles by Rebecca Atwood?

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Grand Opening Party

March 16, 2016

So last Thursday I had the pleasure of attending the Grand Opening party for the new Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Oakbrook store. The store is gorgeous and let me just say, the people at MGBW really know how to throw a glamorous party!

I’m not sure whether to talk about the food and drinks or the furniture first … but since this is a design blog, I suppose I should go with the furniture …

… like this chic looking sectional for instance (the words chic and sectional don’t always go together!) And the gold discs are a great way to fill a large wall. They come in sets of four so you can use as many as you need and play around with your own arrangement.

Beautiful and sleek, this bed and bench combo feels very modern and inviting!

Lots of amazing textures on display – between, rugs, fabrics, leathers, hides and metallics.

I fell in love with these acrylic arm chairs!

Lots of pretty little vignettes throughout the store …

They also have a great selection of lamps and unique accessories …

So this is where we started to get a little distracted from the furniture …

Yummy signature cocktails (go ahead and steal the recipe!) and the cutest presentation of things to nibble on …

Shrimp and grits, mac’n’cheese, crab lettuce wraps … just to name a few of the delicious offerings. (There may or may not have been some butterscotch pudding and mini peach cobblers as well.)

Thank goodness I had these lovely friends to help me out …

As if that wasn’t enough, we left with goodies bags and boxes of these –

Of course, donuts would not be a very nutritious breakfast to feed our kids the next day, so … well … you know.

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