Color my world

September kinda just crept up on me, it just came out of nowhere.  Does anyone else feel like that?

With September came the start of school and this semester I am taking a Color Theory class.  I'm only 2 classes in and already I love it!  School is totally different when you are taking classes that you LOVE and are really interested in.  Color Theory is nothing like my Econ 101 class in college.  Talk about booooring.

Anywoo- if I am absent every few days or so I'm blaming my homework.  In fact, this weeks homework was coming up with my own color wheel. 

It's not as easy as it looks- all that mixing and getting JUST the right colors.  I really hope I don't have too many wrong, ekk.

The syllabus has us doing so many fun things in this class and I'll be sure to share more than just my silly paint mixing.

PS- can we discuss the whole target.com site crash this morning? Like how did they not know the Missoni line would be popular. I was beyond PO'ed

ding dong...

...Oh its just me.

These have got to be the coolest doorbell button cover things ever.  I don't even have a doorbell but I want to mount one outside my apartment door because they are so cool!

get your own at Rejuvenation.

She's got legs

Usually I am drawn to bright and bold colors, but when I saw this first image I fell in love with this house. 

Its the table that got me- oh my those LEGS, I am drooling!

Now that I look at this space I could totally live here.  But, I'd add some bright window treatments, bold pillows, some fun artwork with colored matts and other pops of color with accessories.  Sounds fun, right?

(photos from El Mueble)

old as dirt rug

all my shopping and searching online finally paid off- I am the proud new owner of my very own antique Persian rug!!

You can see why I wanted one so bad HERE

Anywho, here is a little teaser of all the pretty colors

I know, I know there isn't much red in it like my inspiration photos. But, I realized that I don't have that much red in my house and I am more drawn to the blues and other colors in the rug.  Plus the size was PERFECT for my kitchen and it looks like it was made for the space.

Don't you love when things happen like that?

I'll be sure to show you more of the kitchen as I finish a few other projects.  (another hint, these babies are for the kitchen)

Happy Hump Day!

Big, fat fail

Last week I went to Home Depot and bought 6 of these

I had big plans for them.  They were scheduled to get a gold makeover.  See, I was too lazy to order the proper ones online and thought I could just give them a little coat of spray paint and all would be right in my world.

After I let them dry, I saw chips.  Then more and more chips.  Those stupid effers would not hold the spray paint.  This is what I spend 45 minutes doing

chipping off all the spray paint

big FAT fail!

So now I'm left with the original silver finish wondering if I can ever get my beloved gold finish on them.  This is what I will spend my Labor Day doing.


Hope your Labor Day is filled with happy gold dreams, Ciao!

Color Trends

The Pantone Fall 2011 Fashion Color Report came out awhile ago, but its finally Fall 2011!  While I love these colors for fashion, they also play a big role in interiors as well.

I'm thinking I need to paint something Bamboo or buy an accessory in that color- I just love it.

Anywho, here are some beautiful rooms following the Fall 2011 Color trends

(Photos from:  Alice Lane Home, Amanda Nisbet, Apartment Therapy, Jill Seidner Interior Design, Kishani Perera, Rue Magazine, Full House, Design Sponge, and Pinterest)

Hudson Shopping

Boston friends- major sale going on at Hudson right now!  They are moving and from now till next week sometime they are trying to move everything from their old location. 

I stopped by yesterday and basically wanted to buy everything I saw!

Those large wood things were AWESOME- I wish I had a place for them in my tiny apartment

there was tons of lighting, mostly Visual Comfort stuff too- on major sale I might add

It took everything in me not to take these chairs home.  Marked down from something like $1500 to $750 I WANTED THEM!

This lamp shade was MASSIVE.  It would be perfect for someones huge room- it was $350 marked down to $50

This tortoiseshell console almost made it in my bag- but then I remembered I'm still paying for a wedding, boooo

loved the live terrariums- super cute

Oh this couch, it was lovely and on major sale- like 50% off sale.  Run now to get this and make me super jealous.

Hudson Boston

312 Shawmut Avenue, in the South End

*this post is in no way sponsored by Hudson and I didnt get anything for free- I just love what the have and wanted to share :)

Over It!

Irene an I are NOT on speaking terms!

I totally thought when I woke up yesterday and still had power I was in the clear. I had a list full of things to get done, starting with a few sewing projects.  Just as I got everything set up and ready to go... the power flickered twice and went out for good!  Apparently Irene and her wind gusts had different plans for me.  BOOOO to you Irene!

Thank goodness I got my spray paint project done on Friday afternoon.  Here is a little hint

side note- here is where I have to get my spray painting done

in the back alley- my neighbors hate me

Anyways, that's right I have myself some awesome fretwork panels from Danika and Cheryle and their new company O'verlays!

These two ladies are GENIUS and the possibilities of projects that can be done with their panels are endless.  Just look at some of the things that have been made so far

And the super funny Bri over at Me, you and a wiener came up with this creation which I am slightly obsessed with

My panels are currently drying and as soon as it's spray paint weather again (aka Irene the wench is gone) I will get to painting the chest these babies are going on.

Be sure to head on over and check out O'verlays- I guarantee you have a project you can use those babies on!!

All the small things

It is said that good design is in the details, and I could not agree more. 

Often times I find myself hating things about a room in my house and its usually something large: the TV stand, the couch, the curtains, the rug, etc.  To be honest I don't have unlimited funds to go out and change those, but what I can change is the smaller details. Recently I have been trying to appreciate what I can not change (totally easier said than done when you are a design freak, as I could literally rip out my hair sometimes most times) and turn my focus to the smaller details.

Here are a few spaces where the details are really done well and what I am noticing in each room

 The border around the room, the colored mat in the framed art, the monogrammed pillows, the double molding around the bottom of the room, and the trim on the toss pillows

 I LOVE how the desk is made to look like a piece of furniture- the bottom of the file drawer is perfection.  I also love the trim on the shades, and the gold on the inside of the lamp shade.

This is the perfect little space.  Things I am noticing are:  the sideways chevron chest- LOVE, the ruffles on the drapes (which are on the bottoms as well) and the little chevron pencil cup- so cute!

love that headboard shape and the nailhead trim, how there is a recessed circle around the drawer pulls, the small art that is hung under each mirror, the lace trimmed pillows, and how the side tables are covered in glass (great for those of you who like to keep drinks next to the bed, this way you wont get those nasty water rings) 

Tobi Fairley, the queen of color and details does it again!  Just about everything in this room is amazing but my most favorite things in this room are those yellow stools at the end of the bed.  They aren't your typical circle or square shape- its like a really fat quatrefoil shape.

So tell me my lovely readers, what details are you loving lately?

(Photo 1: Gwen Driscoll Designs, Photo 2: Hillary Thomas as seen in Lonny, Photo 3: Nick Olson design as seen in House Beautiful, Photo 4: Rue Magazine, and Photo 5: Tobi Fairley design from the Hampton Designer Showhouse) 

A whole new level

Is chevron still all the rage?  Or do you think its on the way out?

Either way, this kitchen really takes the whole chevron love to a new level.  I'm actually kinda digging it.  What do you think?

I wish I had a country house with a kitchen like this.  A country house on a lake, with a boat and a pretty dock to sunbathe on.  Yes, that is what I wish.

daydream over, back to work ya'll

(Photo from this really cool Spanish magazine El Mueble)

you can stand under my....

...you know the rest of the song.  You're welcome for getting it stuck in your head now.

Ok, so I need a new umbrella stand.  I came to this realization when I saw this photo on  Julie's Blog and fell in love

hello sunny lover

Then I remembered Jenny made her own monogrammed version as well.

Both genius.

I also love these ones, but I think I might stick with the painted square variety. 

I sketched up some plans on how I wanted mine to look and emailed them over to my Dad.  I'm hoping he has some scrap wood in his shop that can be made into one of those tall, square badboys.


Dad, if you are reading this hows that umbrella stand coming?  LOVE YOU!