Holding onto Summer - Beetle Cat - Room of the Week

I adore this bedroom. In fact this entire vacation home featured in September's House Beautiful by designer Mona Ross Berman is fabulous {I'll feature more of her amazing work tomorrow}. The Beetle Cat wall paper by Katie Ridder and custom bunk bed make the room! 

A wooden Beetle Cat. Beetle Cat sail boats are only 12' long. They are primarily manufactured in Massachusetts. I love their lines. They are perfect beginner's boat. I can't wait to sign my son and daughter up for lessons.

It's all in the details..

because it REALLY is!

images: This is Glamorous, Pink Wallpaper, La Vie Photography, David Jimenez, Pink Wallpaper, Work Architecture, My Little Happy Place, ?

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?

Currently Loving....

GIVEN CAMBPELL WALLCOVERINGS..
I love grand gestures in design and fashion...these wall papers are fabulous; they're so graphic and would add great punch to a bland space. I also really appreciate some of the unexpected colorways..

This paper is any of the colors above would look DIVINE.....

This in the charcoal and white colorway would look stunning in a powder room!

Custom monogrammed papers can be created especially for YOU!! It doesn't get more personal than that!

or simply purchase a panel for framing! I may just do that very thing.....

A few more for the wallcovering "love list"

Osborne + Little - Volt Face

How could I forget Mary McDonald's guest home kitchen?

Flavor Paper - Kashmiri - stone {below}

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I posted Amy Smilovic's {the creator of Tibi} home last year. I love her house b.t.w., it's very chic. I'm still smitten with this custom wallpaper she created for her bedroom. {oh how i miss InStyle Home}

All these paper's are available through Walnut Wallpaper {great one stop shopping}

Images: Domino, InStyle Home

WHY NOT?

COVER YOUR WALLS. HERE'S A PEEK AT SOME OF MY FAVORITE WALLPAPERS...

{manufacturer noted below if available}

Images: Cole and Son - Hicks Hexagon, Absolutely Beautiful Things, Clarence House - Vase design: T. Keller Donovan, Quadrille design: M.design interiors, lft: Imperial Trellis, right: Clarence House - Domino, Cole and Sons via flickr, Laura Ashley, Meg Braff, Coral Pattern - T. Keller Donovan, ?, Thibault, via Design Sponge, Rose Cummings - Zebrine Domino.