Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Bedrooms to Dream in...

Welcome to My Bedroom! Not really, but a girl can dream, right? I want to share some beautiful bedrooms with you, and I think you will see a common link in styling. I call this one Frenchy Victorian.
 Rustic Feminine. The brick wall is juxtaposed against the antique iron lamps, the lace laden iron bed and feminine details.

This sweet cottage bedroom is painted a color like BM Guilford Green, with painted bed and nightstand.
Enchanting isn't it? Serenity is the word with neutrals operating to showcase the french details like iron and crystal sconses and and a white bed piled high with white ruffled pillows.






 Cottage Farmhouse with a bed in a painted distressed finish with BM Woodlawn Blue beadboard and Van Alen Green walls. A bed dressed in white adds to the simplicity.

Swedish Farmhouse Style.
                       Whites and Blues with white painted floor and toile pillows.
Feminine Frenchy bedroom grounded by black needlepoint carpet and dark wood bed dressed in soft pinks and beige.

Cottage Farmhouse Styling in buttery yellow like BM Weston Flax with distressed painted night stand and old fashioned rose paintings.

Blue and White are a classic combination that lets you take the feminine one step further. The sweet details like ribboned mirror and toile and lace bedding are held in check by the blue walls, painted in a color similar to BM Buxton Blue. 
Feminine Cabin with a big dash of whimsy with mosquito netting!

A classic French Country Bedroom with the layering of florals and toiles in golds and reds. Walls remind me of my favorite color, BM Hepplewhite Ivory.

When you are a girl at heart, you can never have enough pastels!  Flea market finds abound with success in this mix and match paradise.
The only thing missing is a chandelier!

Sweet Dreams!

All photos courtesy of Country Living Magazine

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Country French

Country French is my favorite decorating style.
There are so many ways to fit under the umbrella of Country French Design, from formal to rustic and everything in between!
Components of this design style incorporate painted pieces, feminine furniture styling, iron, toile and checks, yellows paired with blues, greens, or reds, baskets, & antiques sprinkled about.

 Rustic Elegance


Bon Appetit!


Limestone walls, blue & white pottery paired with golden yellow!


Formal yet approachable with floral drapes and a painted secretary.


French chairs and Hutch painted in a classic distressed green finish.

Try some French Country in your decorating!
All photos courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Inspiration Boards

                                       When I am going to embark on a decorating project there usually is a source of inspiration. Anything can inspire you. A painting you love, a favorite dress, a page in a magazine you can't forget.... this beautiful urn of flowers in soft pinks and yellows speaks to me! 
 I take my inspiration and build a grouping of fabrics and trims and wall colors that give the essence of what inspired me to begin with. A simple way to build your inspiration board is to get snippings of fabrics and trims and paint chips and assemble them on  paper and slip into a protective clear sleeve. On the other side of the sleeve you can have pictures of rooms or furniture or window treatments that you love.
This inspiration board has fabrics that include a pink leopard, a yellow toile, and a pink and yellow houndstooth check! I paired a paint color by Martha Stewart called custard from her new line at Home Depot. A dainty pink/yellow tassel trim adds sweetness and detail to the board. I would love to come home to a sunroom done in these colors, wouldn't you?

A fun table like this one adds the personality that makes a room really special. I would put my urn of flowers right on top! This pink table  looks great with that pink leopard fabric. Maybe all the soft furnishings would be slipcovered in white....mmm...I  feel inspired!!



So that is the essence of an inspiration board. To get you excited and confident enough to move forward!





 

Monday, May 3, 2010

More Purple


a lovely lilac settee
I love hats, but what a pretty parasol my little sister had!









purple teapot and platter from my collection makes me smile!