Here is a mood board I designed for inspiration for a makeover for my office. Wow that was a lot of ‘fors’. I picked some calming colors to paint over our current mauvey/ peachy/ pinky beige color we currently have.
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Design
Whenever, and if ever I have the money to design my dream kitchen I will be sure to have a pot rack hanging directly over a butcher block island. I attribute this directly to my love of the kitchen in Father of the Bride. Not just the kitchen, I love the design of the entire [...]
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Oh my mercy is this color and this room not GOREGOUS! Rooms like this make me want to start my design degree again ASAP. Check out more of this room and how the owner created this awesome orange color at the LiveLikeYou blog here. It is Benjamin Moore Grand Canyon 118 with a coat of [...]
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Whew been really busy… I have many posts coming but I quickly wanted to share with you the details for the DC Design House 2010. This year’s design house is April 10- May 9 at a beautiful house in Chevy Chase… Be sure to check it out! I for sure am.
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My friend has found these classic books with gorgeous covers that she is obsessed with… So for her birthday some friends made her a replica of them for her cake: I just found them online! They were actually featured in this month’s House Beautiful, you can get them at Anthropologie:
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The other day I was doing some fine dining with my girl friends at Silver Diner when I noticed these pendant lights: I really like them, I knew immediately where to find something similar. Schoolhouse Electric has some of the most awesome fixtures. Here is what I found that is comparable to the one I [...]
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My monthly pile of magazines is usually daunting as they all come at the same time each month, but I am enjoying staring at them this month cause they are pink and pretty for v-day :)
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Garnet Hill is now carrying Lilly Pulitzer Home… I love Garnet Hill and Lilly is of course timeless and I will love it forever. And of course you can always buy Lilly at their own website.
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This should do it with pictures from The Homestead! I’m bummed the pictures I took of these gorgeous blue velvet club chairs is too big to upload. I love this light fixture! It looks like something you could find from Schoolhouse Electric or Rejuvanation. In love with this lavender china… gorgeous. I love candles with [...]
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Site of the Week: The Pink Polka Dot. I just saw that their store is here in northern Virginia… who knew? I saw a product of theirs written up in one of the many magazines I get every month, can’t remember which. I love this sofa… I think I could live in it. Awesome Mirror [...]
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Back in April I posted Feather Your Nest as the site of the week. I just received a sad email letting us design bloggers know that the owner’s husband suddenly passed away and the owner has subsequently decided to close her shop. Please support Gina and her children by purchasing a few of her lovely [...]
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I was just vacuuming my room and realized that the rug I have in it is a Dash & Albert Rug- I had to idea! I thought it was PB Teen, but this is even better! I wrote about Dash & Albert here for my site of the week back in March. Dash & Albert [...]
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Cute handbags… I saw them in this month’s Country Living Freddy & Ma
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For New Year’s Eve I volunteered to do the decorations for the cruise the young adult ministry at my church went on. We had a very limited budget for flowers (we had to stay under $100) so we had to be creative. Many thanks to Bergeron’s Flowers and Events in Springfield, VA for the flowers [...]
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More from The Homestead. I thought this would be the last post, but it is going to take one more to get all the pictures up. This is only because my computer is. so. slow. and it takes about 3 hours to put together 1 post and by the time I have uploaded 10 pictures [...]
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I love this sofa. I love anything that is navy blue, really. Nate Berkus Studio Sofa for HSN:
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If you don’t get Country Living, you should. It is one of my favorite design/ decor magazines (since Domino kicked the bucket). The February 2010 issue I am currently reading:
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Ugh. Half of the pictures I took are apparently too big to upload. I really need to learn how to work my camera. More from my trip to The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA. The Great Hall (I think that is the name… this is the main drag, although I doubt George Washington called it [...]
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I am buying a new font! It is called Pendulum Regular from MyFonts.com. I am hoping to use it for the new header/ title I am making for the blog! Stay tuned! It is so pretty! I love it!
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I visited The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia for a few days after Christmas with my family. I will never get tired of this place, I believe it is one of the most beautiful places in America… LOVE this chest….mirrored all over. This is in the dining room. The dining room has a purple color [...]
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