1:: DISCOVER YOU

{pics via HGTV}

Your home should tell a story about you! Don't worry about what others say, think, or do with their space. What do you need/want your personal space to say when it tells the Biography of Insert Name Here??

Often Times we will see a picture in a magazine, watch a TV show, or even visit a friends home and say "I love that or I want that!" Then we proceed to recreate the same room with a sorted mess of odds and ends and no real direction. Ultimately ending with a room full of trinkets, scratching our heads, thinking "I don't understand??Where did I go wrong??"

Solution Time:

Discover You! Take time to discover what style you naturally gravitate towards! What destination do you want to make a permanent get-a-way in your home? Take a peek into a few interior design galleries online, visit your local bookstore, pay attention to little things that make you happy, and don't be afraid to mix and match whatever it is you can't live without!! Be Patient and let the "Design Process" evolve! You will end up with the room you love-- and not your husbands-cousin- sister gorgeous living room.

Did you read your Colorstrology report today???

I am not big on astrology but I am intrigued by collaboration Pantone+MicheleBernhardt=Colorstrology!!! It is a combination of your own unique personal color(you and everyone who celebrates their b-day on that particular day) and personality traits. For example, my b-day is Oct 13 so according to my colorstrology report I am Practical, a Builder, and Driven with Opal Blue 12-5406 as my birthday color. To find out all 366 colors and personal strengths visit Pantone or buy the book. While your @ Pantone, reading your colorstrology, don't forget to send out birthday e-cards to everyone in you address book!!!

Swooooning Over.....

Cliosonne Hummingbird Oil Lamp via Barkshop
Garland Shade Light via MoMA Store
The April issue of Domino

These are just a few finds this afternoon that I really love!! I have been meaning to bring my design journal in and add some pics to the blog but I need to organize organize organize...so maybe one of these days I will remember to grab it! so I can add the pictures. Anyway enough about that!! If you have not checked out the April issue of Domino you are missing out!!! The pic above immediately caught my attention (among other things--Drew Barrymore's office). I heart the paint color!! I love vibrant rooms like this, especially in places like the laundry room or kitchen--it lends that extra push to start the dishes or do an extra load of laundry!!

Crazy Over Chair Couture!!!!

What else is there to say other than I LOVE Chair Couture!! For me this furniture is soo inspirational. A different fabric is created for each piece of furniture and is given its own individual name (above Marianne,Chip, & Lila).

{Thank You Margaret for sending over the beautiful pics}

Todays Theme:: Morroco

{pic via Elle Decor}

{pic via Elle Decor}
{pic via Jonathan Adler}
According to the trend forcasters Morrocan style is HOTT in 2008!!! I love the rich colors, designs, and most of all lanterns. Above are just some pics I collected to inspire. Check out the March issue of Elle Decor for more ideas and inspiration!!

Spring Inspiration

{pic via dwell studio}


{pic via Shawn Lovell Metalworks}
{pic via potterybarn}

{pics via HGTV}

I just compiled a few cool things for spring. The first picture is a wonderful butterfly duvet from dwell studios. The second is a Tree Bed!! Very interesting to say the least. I love the alarm clocks I found at potterybarn!! The colors are so fresh and bright. Perfect for springtime!! The last is proabably my favorite!!! It is a reshapeable vase (as seen on HGTV's I WANT THAT!) that you dip in hot H2O to sculpt and after achieving your desired shape/design you dip in cold H2O to seal its shape.

Can't get enough: Wallcollection

I admit I have a bit of an obsession with wallpaper but I just can't help it!!! I love wallcollection because they allow you to upload your own photos/designs and create your own wallpaper. Above are just some samples you can find in their gallery.