ONE ROOM CHALLENGE LINKING EVENT… ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – WEEK 2 Welcome back! October is OFF AND RUNNING…in a ALL good ways..busy Fall IS in full swing, lots of visitors and events, Homecoming (Phoebe was chosen Homecoming Queen!) , my “baby” brother is visiting and my dear friend Suzanne is in the National Tour of… Read More ORC – WEEK TWO – PAINT COLORS
DARK GREEN IS POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. IT IS HUMBLING …TO HAVE WITNESSED A COLOR – BE “IN” AND THEN “OUT” AND THEN “IN” AGAIN. FOREST GREEN WAS A BIG BIG COLOR IN THE 1980’S. IT WAS EVERYWHERE…WHO REMEMBERS DARK GREEN COUNTERTOPS WHICH WERE THE CORNERSTONE OF A BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN???…AND THEN…LIKE AVOCADO AND OTHER NOBLE GREENS… Read More COLOR TREND – DARK GREENS
“Maybe one day you will go to COLLEGE HERE!!!!” I WOULD SAY… ” WHAT IS COLLEGE?” THEY would ask..AND RUN OFF AHEAD…before I could even answer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN….THE CHANGE OF SEASON… YES, THE DAYS STILL HEAT UP…and the leaves are STILL GREEN… ….but the mornings ARE COOLER…..I can feel FALL knocking… Read More FALL IS IN THE AIR – “AUTUMN” COLORS
LAKE LIVING I COULD GET USED TO THIS! I HAVE DECIDED THAT SOMEDAY…I WILL LIVE ON A LAKE… FOR AT THE LEAST – THE ENTIRE SUMMER!!!! NOT SURPRISING TO FIND THAT BENJAMIN MOORE HAS AT LEAST A DOZEN “LAKE” COLORS – HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES: EACH OF THESE COLORS EXEMPLIFIES THE MANY FACES… Read More THE LAKE COLORS
I am sitting on the beach… The rumbling ocean and peals of laughter punctuated by the high excited squeal of kids in the wave….and my favorite people in the world flopped out around me . In other worlds … Heaven . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I keep seeing MARINE BLUE… In front of me … Everywhere. I LOVE… Read More COLOR OBSESSION : MARINE BLUE
I LOVE PINK…and even a few years ago it was difficult to find sophisticated pink fabrics and highly unusual to see a utilitarian room like a living room painted pink….of course that is unless you came to my house! All that has changed and lovely new pink rooms and accents pieces and sofas and drapery… Read More PINK IS NOT JUST FOR LITTLE GIRLS!
HOLLY HOLLINGSWORTH PHILLIPS, of THE ENGLISH ROOM BLOG ….is one of the most talented INTERIOR designers and Design Bloggers I know and certainly THE MOST media savvy PERSON I know. I have learned so much on so many fronts from Holly …and Yesterday, she announced that she had been nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Blog… Read More 10 QUESTIONS AND THE SISTERHOOD OF THE WORLD BLOG AWARDS!
I am A LINKING PARTICIPANT!! #oneroomchallenge THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE was conceived and is coordinated by by Linda at CALLING IT HOME blog and is a semi-annual event where 20 bloggers, made up of Professional Designers, Diy’ers, and Interior Design Bloggers, transform a room from start to finish. For the next six Wednesday’s, THEY will be giving you… Read More ONE ROOM CHALLENGE LINK PARTICIPANT AND WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE NAVY AND PINK TEEN GIRL ROOM
TARGET HAS OUTDONE ITSELF! THIS CURRENT THRESHOLD LINE IS AWESOME…. IT WAS/IS A PINK AND NAVY AND GOLD AND YELLOW/CHARTREUSE PALOOZA RIGHT NOW AT TARGET!
MY NEWEST DOMINO ARTICLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED! (seriously I have to pinch myself each time I write this!) DOMINO! and..on another topic… .I HAVE A CONFESSION….I miss my Pink Living room… I mean, I really really miss it, so much so that I have moved the unopened flu gallon of PINK CLOUD that I bought… Read More 9 WAYS TO BRING SOME PINK INTO YOUR LIFE / HOME
