House Pictures: With the Water Damage

Pictures of My House: Before During and After

Transformations

I love before and afters and not all have to be from the ugly duckling to the swan. Here is a great study room for kids (I know, who has the luxury of a room just for their kids to study in?) that has been transformed to a lovely study room for....teenagers. Aaahh disposable income!

Images via Cote de Texas

Yellow Velvet

I know it's been heavy on inspirational posts rather what I'm buying/will buy but that's because we sort of ran out of money for the time being (I hope). I will gather the courage and post real pictures but this will have to do for now.

I've posted Kate Spade pictures in the past but notice the yellow velvet chair--yellow velvet is such a metaphor for what I try to achieve in my home (maybe that should have been what I called the blog). It's at once quirky, luxurious, young, modern and classic--yin and yang.

By the way, I also love John Baldessari and the Spades have a whole collection of them. (I'm learning about him too-most recently in Seven Days in the Art World).

Floor Cloth

I've always loved floor cloths--not that I've seen many up close but I certainly love the idea of a painted canvas as a rug. I found this one by Sheila Bridges and the technique looks simple enough(if you can paint, that is). Alpha Workshops makes them too but much more expensive.

This one actually has a sociological bent. You can order them in whatever skin tone you want. Two innovative ideas in one. Hmmm.......

Green

Though in an FIT project, I chose green as my least favorite color, (purple was no. 1), it's been creeping into my consciousness. I'm thinking of an apple green as a nice contrast for the lavender in my living room on curtains, and maybe a pillow and a richer green for my bedroom curtains. Velvet is a great texture but so inappropriate for these triple digit days.

Moodboard via Design Sponge and pillow from Hable Construction

New Thought

Go figure!

Look at this baby on Craigslist. It is for the price of.....$150 and he's willing to deliver. Yes it needs to be reupholstered and no, I don't know when I'll get around to that-slash-be willing to spend the money-slash obsess over buying fabric on the cheap and finding a separate upholsterer or do the full service thing at calico corners. HELP!!!

To Buy or Not To Buy?

To take the plunge or not to take the plunge?

This chair is on sale at Jayson Home and Garden. Do I feel more pressure because its on sale and who knows how long it will last? You betcha!

The only drawback I see in this chair is the lack of nailheads. I do like the shape though.