Sunday Afternoon thoughts…….

I Love You

BLOGS

and Coffee…

“When I’m designing a home, I give as much attention to the placement of a decorative chair as I do the hanging of an expansive painting, in every instance engaging the interplay of texture and scale… a well considered vignette can make a piece of art all the more beautiful by adding a complimentary energy and form”  Kelly Wearstler

I have no time for personality-eating, mean-minded demons with absolutely no sense of humour…..

“Make appointments' with Yourself, But keep them like they’re with someone else”

“People inspire you, or they drain you- pick them wisely.” Hans F. Hansen

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I will…… x

Fresh, crisp entry

By Benjamin Moore Paint

Walls, Tapestry Beige  OC-32

Stair risers, trim & wainscoting, Simply White  OC-117

a must see @ Ralph Lauren Home

I check Ralph Lauren Home for his newest collection often, yesterday I was amazed at Left Bank Collection video… I watch it a few times and I recommend you do to check it out here

As the video started with the amazing music I started to think… I could so get into redesigning our living room again.  Of course it would help to have such an amazing loft like this one….

I could work so easily at this desk…

We had a bed just like this one, now a my daughters home… wonder if she would give it back to me?  Just kidding, it would not fit into our condo bedroom, lucky for her!  But I must show her how great it would look with a coat of black paint!

Check out the video for yourself, if anything I need to get those plates!

Let me know what you think… 

Movie Houses, The Holiday…

 

The House Rosehill Cottage from the movie, The Holiday, hit the theatre in 2006. We all fell in love with this house.  Seems everyone wanted to know where it was, turns out this amazing cottage that looks like it was built years before was built in a few weeks just for the movie… pity!

Rosehill Cottage was built over the course of about a week.









Entrance

Living Room

Living Room with entrance & kitchen in the background.

Shows stairs leading to bedroom.

Kitchen

Bedroom

 

Back room off kitchen.

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone !

This is truly the best Valentine Heart of all.

From Me and my favourite musician Paul… x

lost opportunity…

I was at West Elm in Vancouver, BC last week and saw these incredibly cute owls… so wish I had picked up a few now that I see this picture…

Room of the Month… February is romance…

I could so live in this room…

good way to start….2013

 

Random Black………

so interesting how the hallway wall beyond is in a contrast colour… black

this vista is a wonderful setting for a special art piece

red brick…black    yes please!

so looking forward to using this sofa

the Malina Sofa is coming to La-Z-Boy very soon…

shown above with an Allegra chair

Loving the scale of the two together….

Entrance me Happy…

The Venetian plaster on the walls of the entrance hall was applied in stripes of two custom-mixed colors. The carving on the cornice is picked out in white-gold leaf.

to frame with love….

Ralph Lauren Home is an amazing website I like to go to often.  This picture stopped me in my tracks, who knew empty frames could look so good….

diy tables…

I just received the gift catalogue from Anthropologie, a store I love to shop at. 

I noticed interesting tables holding gifts, a few years ago Martha Stewart described making a console table in a similar way.

Here are the instructions,

Perfect for your entrance way, this demi-lune console is actually something you can create at home!

1.  Start with a round or oval dining table with leaves.  Check your garage, attic or thrift shops for the perfect candidate!

2.  Separate the table where the leaves are usually inserted.  Remove any additional hardware that protrudes beyond the straight edge of the table.

3.  Using a mounting cleat or heavy duty L-brackets, mount the table flat edge against the wall (connecting with a stud or using strong anchors).

4. Leave the table natural or paint depending on your look and you’re done!

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Now to the tables I found in the Anthropologie catalogue.

 

This one has been attached to the wall and kept only 1 leg.

This one uses three legs.

What do you think?  Would you take an old table and do this in your home?

I think I will keep my eyes wide open next time I’m at a garage sale or my local thrift store. If I find an interesting piece that would work and I just might have to try this for my own home…

Design… so good !

Sharing a few of Candace Olsen rooms with you all… this is how you do it right people, notice the size of the area rugs… enjoy the many great idea’s

Industrial warmth, the 2 metal dressers as TV stands on the back wall, great focal point… this rug could have been a bit larger…

Bright and fun… wrapping the floors, walls and ceiling in white enlarges this room. Rug not to dark…

So loving the pink accents, large rug again.

 

Large rug, pop of colour with the pink wall…

 

Notice the drapery rods are all at the same height… extra large rug…

 

ditto…

   

Must have been a custom rug used, enlarges the room…

Space plan me, Amazing!

As a designer I so love the space planning part of my job, it’s how a room totally comes together… before the fabrics, paints, tables are picked… knowing what will fit, to me is so important.

This room was designed by Sarah Richardson and Tommy Smythe for their show.

I have hand drawn the floor plan to give you an idea of how the furniture fits in the room…

This is great use of this space…

Left side of the room

Looking from the entrance, the fireplace

Wonderfully scaled chairs…

Looking from the entrance the right side of the room.

Close up of the sweet sofa used.

 

Using the same lanterns above… laying one area rug through the two spaces pulls it together.

Looking from the kitchen entrance to the full view of the room, this living room would be a great space to have a party of many people.

Design tip... side tables

Try to incorporate a side table for each and every seat in a room.

So loving the look of this wood block table placed next to this French settee.