Multi Colored Dining Chairs

March 7, 2013

While blog stalking and pinning this past weekend for dining room inspiration, I noticed some of my favorite rooms had one thing in common: Multi colored dinging chairs! I’ve thought about doing different styles of chairs all around the table, but I am really liking the idea of one style in many colors… especially in really bright, cheerful colors like the Eames and Tolix chairs {seen below}. And you don’t have to do designer. You could take your old ratty chairs or even a few from Ikea and spray paint the suckers.

The Kartell Masters chairs work well with the bold mural

Eames molded chairs bring color and warmth to this minimalist dining room

Brightly colored Tolix chairs add a pop to this white space find similar here

Society Social Darlington Chairs

Are you digging the look? Would you consider bringing these multi colored chairs around your dining table?

Also you may have noticed something new on the blog while scrolling down. It’s my new “Shop My Closet” widget from Stylitics. I’ve organized some of my favorite looks so click on the widget to shop shop shop!!! Plus you can shop the closets of other super stylish bloggers like Viv, Grace and Julie and Lauren. Yipppee!!!

xo e

images via bodie and fou, apenthus and le-jolicoeur

Getting Back Home

March 4, 2013

dreamspacesmoulding I am sad to say that I have ~~sort of~~ fully neglected interior design posts lately. I’ve done a few house posts here and there, but have focused my attention on fashion for quite some time. I just haven’t been very inspired. But cruising around on SF Girl By Bay , This Is Glamorous, Scandinavian Chic and Pinterest this weekend changed that. Hallelujah, I’m inspired again. So, get ready to see some things that have made me excited about design again. I am really going to make an effort to do at least one interior design post a week. Yahoo!!

xo e

images via thisisglamorous vogue, barrie briggs spang, live creating yourself, ignitelite sf girl by bay

Project Couch Re-Cover and A Guest Post

January 9, 2013

Haaave you met my new sofa???

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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we got a new coach!!! It’s literally my dream! I wanted a french style sofa that was still comfortable since we live in that room. While I love love love the shape and cushions, I don’t love the ratty old fabric so hence Project Re-cover. So…let’s get down to my options. Material wise: We basically eat, sleep and cuddle with our animals on this sofa so the fabric needs to hide any dirt and must be durable. I’m thinking velvet, but a very fab friend suggested an indoor outdoor fabric. Either way, I think it should be solid since I have the crazy stripes on the wall. Am I right? Any thoughts before we move on? Ok so now to colors:

dark

darkgreen

I was thinking dark because it won’t show any awful stains or dirt and would be animal and child friendly. I think dark and emerald are both great, but a little bold for a room that already has black and white stripes on the walls. Although they would hide Brother the cat’s black fur, it would definitely show off Pickle’s white fur. So, on to the next color options…

light

blush

lightgreen

light

In my ideal scenario, I would just have a white coach and paint the wood on the bottom gold, but since we are going to have a baby soon {not that soon..but by next year} and we have two animals, I’d be pretty psycho to do that. Clearly I like the different shades of green and while it’s a main contender, I really love the idea of having a blush velvet coach and still painting the wood on the bottom gold or maybe even black lacquer. It would be very Bijou and Boheme- esque right?

So… any thoughts??? My ears are open!!!!

xo e

PS I’m over on Brighton’s blog today discussing a few of the things that make me happy….come see us!!

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Sculptural Chandeliers

November 7, 2012

Jenna Lyons’ Serge Mouille fixture

A DIY by Brick House

Room by Grant K Gibson

OBSESSED with this Pick Up fixture by Billy Cotton

images via Domino, Brick House, Grant K Gibson and Lonny

When I first laid eyes on these stick/branch like, semi industrial, sculptural light fixtures, I really disliked them, but now, I am insanely obsessed. Isn’t it so funny how your taste changes? And I think blogging really enhances my design mood swings. Ugh. Anyway I just adore the the Serge Mouille and Billy Cotton lights but I would have to sell my organs to pay for one. I did find a really cool designer, Rayond Barberousse ,on Etsy who makes brass styles for a much more budget friendly price. I am really considering getting one. So…what do you think? Are you a fan? Has your style changed like mine??

xo e

Alex from Things That Sparkle

October 23, 2012

Hi all,

I’m Alex from Things That Sparkle and I’m so excited to be here today sharing my obsessions of the week (a post that I do regularly on my own blog). Since E usually focuses on fashion, and I definitely couldn’t compare to her, I figured I would make my obsessions interior focused for the day.

This has been of my favorite paintings for as long as I can remember. Cy Twombly can truly do no wrong. If only I could find a place to get a print of it. No such luck.