Design Inspiration: Small Bathrooms with major impact!

March 29, 2016

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Have you ever heard the saying that bathrooms and kitchens sell a house? Well, its true and even small bathrooms count when it comes to design whether you’re selling your house now or will be sometime down the road.

Whenever I’m talking to design clients about re-designing a bathroom my focus is always to add as much style as possible into that space. With larger bathrooms that’s pretty easy to do but with a smaller bathroom space it can be more challenging.

Even with limited space, there are lots of things you can do with structurally and decoratively to add major impact to your bathroom.

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Gift Wrap Inspiration: Flowers & Birds

March 28, 2016

SPRING GIFT WRAP INSPIRATION

Creative Ideas to Inspire Your Gift Giving

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One of my favorite ways to wrap gifts is using embellishments instead of, or in combination with ribbon. I love using items that add dimension and bring gift wrap to life. I have a basket full of odds and ends that I’ve picked up at clearance sales that I use when wrapping gifts. Embellishment can be anything from ornaments and jewelry to button or crafting materials. Use whatever you have to make your gift extra special.

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Furniture Crush: DayBeds

March 25, 2016

Apartment Therapy

When it comes to furniture and creating cozy spot in a home, I love the idea of a daybed. Daybeds are often relegated to a guest bedroom, a kids room and sometimes are used as causal seating in a room that serves multiple purposes.

If you do a quick search on the interest you’ll see that daybed styling has come along way. Yes, you can still find metal styles like the ones you see in a lot of dorm rooms or first apartments but don’t fret if you’re looking for something with more style…they are out there.

You’ll even see daybed designed for outdoor use which takes decorating outdoor spaces to a new level.

A daybed is an easy way to create a cozy outdoor lounge space that can be shared my several people and used as a unique summertime porch bed.

Doesn’t this outdoor space make you want to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea?

Dominique Decoratrice

Daybeds can be used indoors to create a retreat space in pass through areas of your home which are often challenging to decorate. Think of them as an oversized window seat.

I just love the blue and white fabrics used on the daybed and window to create a stylish setting for this space.

The Enchanted Home

You can create a charming daybed set-up in a guest bedroom that will make your guests feel like they are at a luxury hotel.

A fabric canopy is a great way to frame a daybed and give it a more luxurious feel.

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And daybeds are a fun way to add seating and a reading nook to a home office.

This day bed has a middle trundle which makes it even more functional and I love how the bolster pillows add a stylish touch and make it look more dynamic.

Design Dump

Now that I’ve got you inspired and thinking about Daybeds in a new way, you can shop my favorite Daybed styles.

SHOP MY FAVORITE DAYBEDS

OK, who else out there is a fan of daybeds?

Blue and White Spring Tablescape

March 23, 2016

Don’t you just love spring? The bright colors, beautiful flowers, birds chirping and all that sunshine. Spring is one of my favorite times of year and the season always pushes my creativity to new heights. Over the weekend as I was moving the accessories around, the creative bug hit and I decided to pull together a spring tablescape featuring blue and white.

It’s been a while since I’ve shared seasonal table decor with you so I’m excited to unveil my Blue & White Spring Tablescape!

Blue and white tablescapes have always caught my eye but until recently I never owned enough blue and white decor to create one of my own table setting. Over the last year or so I’ve collected a handful of blue and white porcelain pieces and together with some new items I picked up recently, my spring table was easy to pull together. Let’s take a look…

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Sunflower Door Basket

March 22, 2016

Hello there. Is anyone else out there feeling the effects of all this spring pollen?

I woke up yesterday at 6:30 am ready to hit the ground running and get some stuff done. I had two morning appointments and then had to go by the post office to drop off some shipments. By 12:30 I was on my way home and feeling a little scratch in the throat but I still felt like I had lots of energy.

Once I hit my garage door I felt like someone had pulled the plug on my energy supply and the idea of sitting at my computer and working didn’t sound like fun. All I wanted to do was take a nap so that’s what I did. A nap in the middle of the day is such a magical thing especially when you’re lying on your bed with the sun streaming through the window.

Needless to say I didn’t get around to posting yesterday so today I’m sharing my spring door basket.

DIY Sunflower Basket!

When we first got married, my hubby sent me a huge bouquet of sunflowers in a beautiful cobalt vase. It was the most beautiful arrangement I’d seen and since then I’ve had a love for sunflowers. They are kind of like an afternoon nap and always put a smile on my face.

Anyhow, I knew I wanted to use sunflowers in my spring door basket so I set out to find some. I hit up my favorite craft stores and some pretty stems but most were $6.99 or more per stem. Then I stopped by a Dollar Tree to pick up some items and spotted beautiful bundles of sunflowers in the flower aisle. Sold!

Putting the arrangement together was really simple.

I pulled out this woven basket I picked up at the Country Living Fair last year and gathered a few stems of greenery (from Hobby Lobby) and got busy.

I layered my stems placing the green leaf stems at the back of the basket, the sunflowers in the center and the succulent sprays at the front so they would drape down the front of the basket.

I love how the yellow sunflowers pop against the black door and the greenery provide a color and texture contrast.

Here’s my little basket transformed into a water-color image using the Waterlogue app.

Ok, spring….I’m ready for you!

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Shop the materials and create your own sunflower basket:

Woven Door Basket or Welcome Door Basket with Leather Strap (great price)

Green Leaf Stem

Sunflower Bush or head to the dollar store like I did

Succulent Sprays

Green and White Decor (in honor or St. Patrick’s Day)

March 17, 2016

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Don’t you just love the good ‘ole Irish blessing. There is just something so cheerful and uplifting in the rhyme and rhythm of it all.

Another thing I love is beautiful green and white decor so in honor of St. Patrick’s Day I’ve rounded up some green and white design inspiration for you!

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Green and White Decor Inspiration

One of the things I love most about decorating with green and white is that there are so many shades of green to pull from. This vignette is a great example of mixing different tones of one color to create depth and interest.

Luxe Addition

Green is a fun accent color in any room and is so pretty mixed in with a bright white palette.

Decorpad

This bedroom space is really beautiful and is a great example of how to pattern mix with success. It’s all about using different patterns scales so that nothing competes and each pattern stands on its own.

Traditional Home

Thanks for stopping by today. If you happen to see me out and about, don’t pinch me because I forgot to wear green today.

Blue and White Decor at Target

March 15, 2016

House Beautiful

When was the last time you went looking for something on a stores website only to find yourself going down a rabbit hole of endless surfing? It happens to me more times than not. The other day I went looking for a specific item on Target.com and an hour later I found myself looking at completely different things.

During my search I stumbled upon some fantastic blue and white decor pieces and knew I had to share them with you along with some design inspiration.

Tobi Fairley

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SHOPPING TARGET FOR BLUE and WHITE DECOR

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Shop these items:

Dinner Plate—$1.49 ea / Ginger Jar–$22.95 / Blue Seersucker Pillow–$16.99 / Ceramic Lamp–$47.24

Kensington Rug–$229.99 / Sheer Curtains–$24.99 to $29.90 / Snowdrift Pillow--$47.50 / Paisley Rug–$79.99 and up

Floral Pillow—$47.50 / Solana Pouf–$216.00 / Ceramic Vase–$26.35 / Skyline Ottoman with Storage–$99.99 /

Parson Chair–$171.00 set of 2 / Natasha Ottoman—$649.99

House Beautiful

*** this is not a sponsored post, I’m just sharing the things I love

Small Space Decorating Tips

March 14, 2016

Last year I wrote about the Tiny House Movement and how it is gaining in popularity. Well, a year later and the movement is just picking up steam.

I recently finished an article for a friend of mine who started and published Welcome Magazine here in Atlanta years ago. She has since moved to New York and is in the process of re-establishing the magazine there. She asked me to write an article for it with tips for decorating small spaces and I thought I’d share a few of those tips with you here in the blog.

Decorating small spaces can be challenging. The layout of a room, the style of furniture, the paint color and how to keep the space organized are just a few of the design elements you have to consider. The tips I’m sharing will help you do all of that without sacrificing style and personality.

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