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26
Aug

Opinions, Please!

posted by rachel, August 26, 2010

Ok, I’ve been trying out different colors of paint for the chairs and table I got at the ghetto resale shop the other day. Could you please give me your opinion on which you prefer?

These are really terrible iPhone photos, but my camera battery is dead. So, we go with what we’ve got. None of these colors look totally spot-on like they do in real-life. The blue/green is really more gray-green, and the dark one is actually a gray brown. Ugh. The chairs look much more yellow in this photo than they do in real life. Anyway.

Any thoughts? I welcome any and all!

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8
Jul

Kate Spade / Dallas

posted by rachel, July 8, 2010

I forgot to post these photos I shot at the Kate Spade store in Northpark at Dallas. The sales ladies thought I was a nut job, but the store had been redone and I fell in love. My photos didn’t turn out so hot as it was difficult to shoot in there w/ the light. Anyway, you get the idea. I wish they would’ve picked up more of the details.

Simon looks like he’s about to say the pledge of allegiance in that last photo. Ha!

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14
Jun

Rain, rain, go away!

posted by rachel, June 14, 2010

It’s raining here as I type. As in, monumental rain. Serious flooding. End-of-the-world, better-get-your-ark-built-NOW flooding.

And it’s now raining in our living room as well. There’s a lovely leak in the ceiling. Simon and I joked about sticking some piece of furniture under the leak that we really didn’t like – hey, gotta make lemonade outta lemons somehow, right?

Right. I’m trying not to feel a wee bit discouraged after this ridiculous month of hail and now water damage.

In the meantime, I’ve been brainstorming some ideas for painting Jude’s room. I was so inspired by all those Lucy & Co. painted walls, but I really don’t want to add much more color to Jude’s room. Doing a tone-on-tone gingham might be the answer for me. I did some mockups to see how it would look.

Thoughts on this? Any thoughts welcome – too much pattern? Weird? Difficult? Adorable? Best thing you’ve ever seen?

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30
Apr

The most amazing painted walls EVER

posted by rachel, April 30, 2010

Now there’s a blanket statement if there ever was one. But I was perusing Aubrey+Lindsay’s blog today during naptime and I swear my eyeballs nearly popped out of my head, and my heart started pounding, and my hands started itching for a paintbrush, and then I’m sure somewhere Simon started sweating. Because these, my friends, are the most amazing painted walls EVAH. Lindsay linked to Lucy & Company, which is an interior design service in North Carolina. All the rooms are fantastically, colorfully decorated, and I am totally in love.

Have you ever seen such a great gingham pattern? I love the subtlety of the color – it’s not too bold or gender-specific. It could be quirky or chic or even (ugh) country. And while in this particular instance I’m not wild about the furniture, etc., I am totally in love with the pattern. Gorgeous.

The pale blue is so soothing, too.

Zigzags into stripes!

I’ll bet this one was extremely difficult and time-consuming, but the result is showstopping.

Don’t even get me started on the girls’ rooms. I’m over the moon.
This is wallpaper, but that enormous-scale mirror is so over-the-top chic.

Untraditional colors but so soothing and feminine.

!!!!!

The roman shade? Yes please.

So Dorothy Draper. This could be at my parents’ house.

Is it just me, or could this be our upstairs bonus room?

WOW – this ceiling is amazing.

A perfect way to highlight a niche that might otherwise be awkward.