Lost

I ordered this wonderful, vintage zebra for a client a few weeks ago. He never showed up. He's out there somewhere but never arrived at my client's home. Has anyone seen something similar? It was a one of a kind find and about 15" long x 10" h. Thanks for any information! 

score

Sorry for the lack of posts. My life has been insane! My poor little guy broke his collar bone today!

I just purchased this fabulous dresser for a client project! I love so many of the items from C. Bell, and Christine {the owner} is such a pleasure to work with! Promise to return with more posts soon! xx.

Sneak Peek

I still have quite a bit to finish up in Emerson's room but here's a peek at a few things that I have completed.

The light fixture is hung and I've had a couple of pillows made. I'm not sure who made the rose fabric, but it's a classic chintz. The red dot fabric is called La Pluie by Brunschwig and Fils. The bottom image is of the porcelain lattice lamp in her room. I'll of course have shots of her finished room soon. I also painted the walls in Ben Moore's Mellow Pink. It's a beautiful color!

Mamapreneurs - Shelter feature

The very talented Stephanie Piscitelli from Bellini portraits has a great Mamapreneurs series. Today she has featured Shelter, and my kiddies on her blog!

Images:

2. My gallery wall in my downstairs hallway

3. An updated shot of my inspiration board

4. I painted the large number three. It's pretty sentimental considering all that has gone "down" in my life over the past six months!!

Stephanie was an absolute pleasure to work with, I'll be hiring her this summer to take photographs of my children at the beach!! Her work is beautiful!

Emerson's room - design boards

 Here is the plan for Emerson's room, the walls are painted and ready to go. I also already have some of the other elements. The concept for her room was the idea of bunnies and deer emerging into a summery garden from the "enchanted forest". Make sense? Good.

1. Scalloped window treatments with a pom-pom detail.
2. Art work via lovemaki.bigcartel {found via this is glamorous}
3. I am going to paint the dresser lemon yellow
4. Light pink paint - ben moore, mellow pink,
 - the charcoal fabric is for the custom designed headboard. It will have a medium pink contrast welt.
 - Kelly Wearstler - in confetti from Lee Jofa on an upholstered chair
5. I purchased this amazing bunny via Etsy from Dimdi. My sister also had an adorable deer painted for Emerson by the same artist.
6. I am going to design a custom headboard similar to this!
7. I purchased these great letter press words. Each type was designed and signed by the artist. {will provide site}. I am going to hang them above the bed, each will have a hot pink mat.
8. + 9. Bunny Pillow via Unica Home, Deer - room's mascot, via HomeGoods. I purchased this when I was pregnant, not knowing if I was having a boy or a girl.
10. Bob Collins yellow lattice will be used for a large bed pillow. {maybe a bolster - not sure yet}
11. Inspiration for an artwall above the crib - It will be a collage of deer and bunny prints by various
artists
12. Palm leaf chandelier. I found one very similar on ebay and had it sprayed last year.
13. I want to add this David Hicks - hexagon wallpaper someplace as an accent.
14. Pink gourd lamp. I also already have a great pierced white lamp.
15. Bedding will be simple and scalloped with a ruffle bed skirt in shades of pink and white.
16. I have a fun fluffy wool shag carpet in the room it's perfect for little, bare feet.

got to run and get my kiddos!!

a little peek

excuse the holes in the ceiling, still haven't found the perfect chandelier for my dining room!

I was happy with my daughter's small birthday celebration on Saturday, thought I'd share a peek at the details {as some of you may remember, i featured my inspiration board last week! I had the bib and invitation custom made through Etsy! Emerson wouldn't touch her cake, I guess she has plenty of time to learn about sweets! If you live in the N.E. hope you're staying warm! I'll never warm up to -20 weather!!

inspiration board

J'Adore - Adore Home Magazine - Read my tips for a personalized work space!

Have you had a chance to check out the newest online design magazine, Adore Home? If not, head over right now!  Australian based Adore, is filled with fabulous eye candy, homes, designer's tips + tricks and so much more! I'm thrilled to be a part of their Premiere Issue! Read all about my creative space and design tips below! Thank you Adore Home and congratulations on your first issue! I love having another favorite magazine to add to my reading list!

a sneak peek inside!

Designer Cristina Re's beautiful shop and stationery line.

Louise from Table Tonic's  {blog and home-boutique} gorgeous kitchen and home.

Project - Sneak Peek

I'm finishing up an amazing project right now! It's always great when the client is on board with most of your ideas! When they take risks it works out better for all of us! Here is sneak peek of the job! I can only show you a bit, because I'm told it's not wise not to show all your work if you want to get published with the "big guys". That is why I need to hold off on my home and my little one's nursery too.
Happy Friday. (I'm wondering if it's call "Fri" day because by the end of the week everyone is feeling a bit "fried". ;) )

Double Take..

Yesterday I was flipping through the June issue of Coastal Living when the nursery photo's of swimsuit designer Marysia Reeves baby's room stopped me in my tracks..I couldn't believe how many elements were similar to my son's room that I designed three years ago. You may have seen the shots of my little guy's room featured on La Dolce Vita - May 09'.

- zebra rug, the horizontal stripes, the lamb, the white canvas drapes, the crib design

Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not implying anything here, I just thought it was a strange coincidence..I guess great design minds sometimes think alike!

Here are some other photos of Marysia's "surfer chic" {one of my favorite styles} home!

I absolutely love the turquoise interior of these cabinets!

More beach friendly design moments from this month's Coastal Living!

And also a home designed by Sasha Emerson

LOVE designer Sasha Emerson's collection of Madeline Weinrib rugs! Swoon!

Images: Scanned by Shelter via Coastal Living

Project Sneak Peek

Isn't this finial gorgeous?
I love transforming furniture..It's a very important part of the creative process for me! I have a great set of craftspeople lined up who help turn my ideas into reality. Here is a snapshot of one of my latest project pieces for a client. It is a vintage Chippendale chair. We had it sprayed and sealed to match a turquoise necklace I happening to be wearing the day of our design meeting! I love the details of this chair, the finial, the color the, final seat fabric. I was very happy with the end result, as was my client! (which is the most important part of my job!) Be sure to check out my website in a few weeks. I am going to include a section that actually sells some of my vintage transformations and along with a small custom furniture line...eeek..I'm very excited about it..


BEFORE SHOT

Fabric on seat: Kathryn Ireland, Style: M6550

Here's another piece of the project. We had the panels for the client's credenza covered in one of my favorite wall coverings..

This wall covering is simply amazing isn't it? It comes in a number of colors and is part of the Osborne and Little vintage collection!

sorry about the blurry image..but you get the point..right?

Fun Project - Sneak Peek

I have so much fun designing children's rooms...They are usually all about great use of color.

Here is a sneak peek. I'm actually working on two separate girl's rooms among others with this project! Can't wait to post the end results!! {fabric info. listed below}

{window seat}

Fabric Info: Image one: this is the most gorgeous floral print, there are a number of other flowers throughout the fabric : Kravet: Hemiola -715, Image two: Rubie Green - Tillinghast, if you haven't ordered from Rubie Green yet, I highly recommend their fabrics, they're durable, green and of course graphically beautiful, Image three: Designer's Guild, Berkeley D1400-03 - seat cushion fabric.
{as always feel free to email me with any ??}

Bits and Pieces

My pregnancy nesting continues..I've been working on a slew of projects around my house. I'm sort of doing bits in a number of areas but I really want to FINISH everything. {i have three month's left..eek}. So here's this weekend's project {mind you I have to do most of this during my son's nap time. Baby sitter time is used for my business and teaching}.

WHICH COLOR DO YOU LIKE?

I am painting the above piece this weekend. It's either going to be black or turquoise. If I go with black - I own a turquoise lamp to use with it. If I go with turquoise, I'm not sure what I'm going to do..there is a lamp I like from Anthropologie . I'm definitely using one of these pulls from Muffs Hardware , they are larger and more interesting then the current hardware.

Here's a little peek at my dining room. I still need to finish a number of things before I post the entire room. {i also need my photographer to take the photos with the proper lighting - sorry about the blurry image} Aren't those lamps great? I found them at Home Goods..