Feeling relaxed and boheimian

Comfort in soft colors..

image via miguel flores vianna

Greige Wedding...

I am totally in love with this...  So wonderful and feminine...  If I were to do it all again.  This would work just perfectly!!

images via Agent Bauer and 100 layer cake by Lo Bjurulf

Vintage French... the garden table

I love how a well done shop can make you just jump in excitement! The layering that you cannot do in your own home is always a plus. Right now I am lusting after a little french garden table. I have no real need for it so currently it is un-purchased but someday maybe..

Today is the last day to enter to win the Recycled Canvas Purse from My Sparrow

images via eclectic revisited and eloquence

White wash

The ceiling height in here is amazing!  Can you imagine..

image via Ditte Isager

Weekend wishes...

I hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend!  Oh what I would not do to have that chaise to relax and read on...

Don't forget to enter our Recycled Canvas Purse giveaway from My Sparrow..

Image via Ditte Isager

For two

so so relaxing...

Design ideas from Darryl Carter..

It is possible that I am a little obsessed with Darryl Carter... but I saw this short video and I thought that you might enjoy another peek at his amazing house and hearing what he has to say about color and design.

Also, in a side note you can grab a copy of his book from Amazon on the side bar on the left...

More great clips from Sonu and Darryl here

My Sparrow Recycled Canvas Purse giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from My Sparrow, they are offering their Small Recycled Canvas Purse.  This purse is a great look for summer...

Best of  luck!  

For a chance to win please visit My Sparrow and leave a comment below, for an additional chance to win you can tweet or blog about our giveaway.  The winner will be chosen at random on June 28th .  

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** Congrats to Patricia of PVE on winning our giveaway!**

Good Morning!

Taking a short break from the chair posts... sorry it seems I have been unknowingly posting about chairs, chairs and more chairs...  Have a lovely day!

images via  Ditte Isager

The French House

The French House is located in England and it looks like a little piece of chair heaven!  I am obsessed with old chairs and recovering them (currently have 5 projects in the works for old chairs).  I think I would die if I were to see so many beauties in one space... Not to mention all of the other treasures it looks like they have there!

Images via light locations and the french house

Playing Favorites

This is one of my favorite images...  I am not sure why I just love it!

I am not even sure where it is from...

Happy First day of summer!!

Hope you are enjoying the first day of Summer! 

images via Christine Rudolph

Erin Martin Rope Chandelier

I am totally in love with the rope chandelier from Erin Martin Design...  So cool and I love the table display with the coral and the candles!

images via Erin Martin Design

A Little more Darryl Carter...

I found these cool little numbers on his site..I am sure we have all seen the bath before but I am in love with the lounge in the top photo and the pics of the puppy..

images via darryl carter

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image via Aaron Hom

Stop and stay awhile...

I found this on one of my new favorite blogs... yummy pictures here my friends.. eclectic revisited  you simply must go by and see!

Grey Tufted...

So So fancy - love the tufted chairs.

French Rustic

I am so wishing for the simple rustic interiors of this type of place.  Someday I want to have a home in France - well two actually.  I would love to have a little apartment in Paris and a country house somewhere quite.  These are dreams people...  BIG dreams but without dreams what do we have.?

So relaxing and perfect in the summer...

images via light locations

Darryl Carter - The New Traditional home - Keeping it simple and interesting

I cannot tell you how long I have been looking for these pictures... I pulled them out of the Elle Decor I had and somehow misplaced them.  I was so happy to run across them on their site.. Now I can share how much I simply adore them with you. 

Each image just seems so relaxed and planned but unplanned.  Darryl Carter's talent makes me have faith in great design.  The bedroom and bath in the first two pictures are my absolute favorite..

images via Elle decor

The Shiny Pebble Designer Challenge Party...

A while back I was asked by the lovely Catherine at The Shiny Pebble to participate in her Dining Room Designer Challenge...  Now she is having a lovely little party to celebrate all of our virtual hard work.

Here is what I suggested and a little about me... (and yes I am obsessed with that mirror from Oly just in case you were wondering)

How do you define your style? 

 Humm that is hard- I would say that it is a transitional eclectic mix.  I like just about every style mixed together in some way.

What inspires you? 

Everything.  I love to see spaces that are a true reflection of the person who lives/works there.  I have a couple of best friends who are designers also and to go into their homes is like walking into my own home (minus the kids).  We gravitate towards the same things, even when we are not together and going into their houses makes me have an amazing new feeling of inspiration each and every time because I feel like I can see them in every item they have.  Everything has a type of purpose and special ness (is that even a word).  I also love to travel and I find that old cities make everything new again to me.

What designer or life experience has influenced your design aesthetics?  

I think that my biggest influence in design has to be my Mom.  She has always taught me the value of your surroundings.  Where you live should always be special and a reflection of what you love.  She also helped me appreciate antiques as she has been buying and selling them for the last 30 years.

Where is your go to resource? 

Is it bad to say the internet??  I do most of my resourcing online and at shows.  The pictures are at hand and that makes it so much easier to express what I want for a space.  People need to see things to want them in their home or space.

About your dining room:

I fell in love with the lifestyle photo and thought it would be a great way to dress up/dress down Catherine’s dining room a little.  I think that the dining room can be a little bit fancy and fun at the same time.  Adding the hanging pendant above would give you a chance to use the dimmer for this space which is a necessity in the dining room and draw your eye to the woodwork.  The deeper paint colors would help to bring out all of the wood detailing in the room too.  I am not really big on matching pieces so I thought it might be nice to change up the dining chairs a bit by adding these great Louis XVI chairs from Paris 1^st dibs in there.  Switching out the smaller art pieces with a pair of the Astrid Mirrors from Oly will really put a wow on that wall and draw your eye into the room.  Adding in some less traditional accessories makes for great dinner conversation too.  Switching the traditional plaid chair for a leather piece from Oly with a fun pillow from Romo paired with a garden stool makes the corner area more interesting.  Finally, I think I would add some rich texture by putting some stacking roman shades in a thick linen on the French doors- for looks or for privacy either one and always fresh flowers in the room.  

And here is what I intend to virtually party in...

I am sure that we will be having a wonderful time.  You should stop by and stay awhile... but be careful not to have too much fun...

dress and shoes from Anthropologie

bag and jewels from J. Crew

champagne glasses from My Sparrow