Updating the Ordinary

I'm working on a really fun playroom and last week I dropped off the curtains. We haven't had them steamed & hung yet, but I thought I'd share a picture with you.




These curtains started with store bought 84" orange grommet panels from World Market. I don't even know why they make 84" curtains.. they are way too short for any type of window. The curtain length we needed was 115" (that's roughly floor to ceiling).

I chose some Duralee yellow patterned fabric to be sewn onto the bottom of the curtain panels and added some blue trim to bring in the wall color. It was pretty inexpensive and it gave a big makeover to the 84" store bought curtains!


Also, if you look closely, you can see we updated the ordinary IKEA daybed with these glass knobs from Anthro:

I also installed these lucite bookshelves for the kids' books.. I definitely recommend them!

Rebooting my computer...

Is the perfect time to play with fabrics on my inspiration board... :)

Inspiration

I went to a luncheon once and the speaker was Bunny Williams. It was SO inspiring and the main take away was to always go out and seek inspiration. Go to museums, art shows, old buildings, read old books about decorating, etc.

I have been SO busy lately I can barely keep up but thank god for Pinterest (I know, I know I always say this). It's like the drive-thru version of inspiration. But I have been feeling guilty that I haven't been "studying" design lately as much as I should be.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite drive-thru inspiration pictures....

I looooooooove this contrast welt!

via Marianne Simon

I will always and forever love grasscloth (I think my heart speeds up a little every time they show Don's apartment on Mad Men). The grasscloth + Settee + painting + white floors is perfection.

Using these curtains as inspiration for a client!!

Makes me want to have a baby.... not really but almost.

I did get some Bunny Williams-worthy inspiration during our trip to Charleston..

Painted black trim way before it was ever "cool" :)