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Beyond the Edges: Five New Ways to Think About Molding!

15 Nov

Decorative molding is the hallmark of a traditional home. It’s clean, bright white, and refined in a way that exudes crispness and civility. Since we’re all used to seeing intricately carved bands of white adorn the space where ceiling meets wall (and top of the wall meets bottom and the wall, and wall meets floor…) here are a few new ways to think about molding and its wide array of uses. Some of these are great applications that you may never have though of, while others are extremely daring. Hope you enjoy each and every one of them!

1.) Molding doesn’t have to be white.

A glossy black paint can bring molding to the forefront of your design in a way that's graphic, bold, and very fresh! (image via DecorPad)

2.) Molding can be painted unconventionally and exuberantly.

Farrow and Ball advertised their new 2011 colors by showing off how they could be used to top off a room in a fabulously unexpected way. What a great paint job! (image via Farrow and Ball)

3.) Ignoring molding can make it stand out in a great way!

This wall design completely ignores the molding's presence, but somehow it amplifies the architectural detail. (image via Carpet The World)

4.) Using molding functionally, in this case as a shoe rack, is a great idea!

Evenly spaced bands of molding provide the perfect place to hang your heels. Genius! (image via Pinterest)

5.) You can use molding as wall decoration…all over the wall!

This is such a simple idea with such a powerful impact. I'm sure it's a dusting nightmare, but it's absolutely lovely! By Christopher Stevens Interiors. (image via Christopher Stevens Interiors)

 

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A Monday Full of Rainbows!

26 Sep

I wouldn’t say that rainbows are exactly a “trend” right now, but I have seen a lot of them popping up in decor recently. Whether they’re vibrant, pastel, on the floor, wall or table, I love every single one of them.  Below are some of my favorite rainbow-clad finds; maybe you can even find some colorful ideas to inspire your space…

I love the palette here - subdued but still fun! A lovely pastel rainbow painting... (image via Apartment Therapy: "Beatrice and Ramsey's Cultured Echo Park Casa," photos by Juan Enriquez)

Yet another way to organize your books -- but where to put all the black and white ones? (image via Craftzine)

No need for rugs when you have floors like these! (image source unknown)

Such a fun touch in an otherwise simple bathroom! (image via Design Crisis)

The Louis XV Upholstered Ribbon Chair (image via Dransfield & Ross)

How much fun is this?! (image via Nordsjö/Elle interiör)

 

What an uplifting group of images for a Monday! I feel better already! Have a great week!

 

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Decorating With Paint Chips!

29 Mar

Sometime around 2009 I noticed a tiny trend developing in the world of home decor:  paint chips.  Free, colorful, and ultra Do-It-Yourself, it seemed like just the kind of thing that blogs, 20-somethings, and parents would love. And they do. And so do I.

Lovely. Just lovely. I adore the texture and the little pins tacking the chips to the wall. (image via katharinakrug)

Below are a few really interesting projects around the home that incorporate paint chips.  You can admire them, try one yourself, or scoff at the results…it’s up to you.  If you do want to give one of these colorful projects a try, the only thing you have to lose is a white wall and some pride as you stand at the Benjamin Moore/Home Depot/Duron trying not to look like you’re grabbing 600 swatches from the wall. (I’ve done it a million times, and trust me, it gets easier.)

Paint Chip Murals

Two paint chip murals of famous people: Marilyn and Abe. Both images via Apartment Therapy.

Apartment Therapy wrote about this mural and this mural a few years back. The image of a pixelated Marilyn Monroe is burned into my brain now; it’s a phenomenally creative, well-executed project.  The Abe piece is actually painted squares, but can be accomplished in the same manner as Marilyn if you switch up the method a little bit.


Rainbow Wall

Two very different spaces employing similar techniques. Image on L via CozyLittleCave. Image on R via DesignSponge.

Cozy Little Cave did an attic renovation and used paint chips to transform the hideous stairway into a bright, kind of crazy/kind of fun passageway.  All they used was whole, uncut paint chips and several cans of spray adhesive.  The blue/green/yellow image, from Design Sponge, just uses a ton of analogous colors to create a unified, flowing backdrop against the otherwise bland entertainment wall: super contemporary but it has a lightness to it. If you like these, check out this wall I blogged about a while back.


Framed Art

I came across these just last week, and I really like the simplicity and clean lines of these pieces.

I love the refined feel of these. Definitely the most grown up of all the paint chip projects! (image via Zipper 8 Design)

These are made from Benjamin Moore chips and are sold by Zipper 8 Design in…you guessed it…their Etsy shop. Head on over to grab some of your own. Or, make them!


Let me know if you are aware of any neat paint chip projects…or if you take on one yourself!  Happy swatch collecting!


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Painting Trend: Colorful and Choppy Waves

22 Feb

I fell in love with this painting (on the right) by Ann Sophie Staerk months ago.  It was featured in the September 2010 issue of House Beautiful.

A beach house living room with a gorgeous painting. (design by Christina Murphy, painting by Ann Sophie Staerk, image via House Beautiful, 2010)

Staerk’s current work is very different from the minimal but energetic painting featured in the House Beautiful beach house spread, but I did find an earlier image on her website that is quite similar. It’s called “Beautiful” and it’s from 2003.

"Beautiful" by Ann Sophie Staerk, 2003 (image via http://www.sophiestaerk.com)

 

I was reminded of Staerk’s fantastic piece of art last week when I came across this image of an abstracted seascape mural on Re-Nest:

A sea-inspired dining room mural by Emily Knudson. (image via Re-Nest)

This mural has much more severe lines and harsher colors than Staerk’s painting(s), but they are undeniably linked in form and cool color-palette.  It’s painted and designed by Emily Knudson of Jessica Helgerson Interior Design. You have to wonder if there was some inspiration here from Staerk’s work; they’re very similar, but each has its own identity and concept.

Today as I was browsing online I saw an amazing image that accompanied a short article on Holton Rower, who pours paint over a mountain of boxes to create really interesting pieces that are shaped by gravity and chance just as much as they are by his hand.  The actual piece of artwork created looks nothing like the two pieces above, but despite the warm colors I think that the process-image pictured below evokes the same type of random waves that I have been admiring.

One of Holton Rower's "pour" paintings in progress. (image via ColourLovers)

You can read more about Holton Rower here at his website, and read the short article that I read here at Colour Lovers.

Funny how over the course of six months your mind can collect images and link them all together.  It doesn’t happen to me often, but when it does I love to make the connections!  Now, back to figuring out how to get my hands on an early Ann Sophie Staerk painting…

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Color Friday is: Champagne!

31 Dec

What else would it be?

 

Loving this festive pendant light from Oly Studio! (image via Oly Studio)

Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope that 2011 is completely full of beautiful things for you.  While I wish you beautiful things of both the tangible and intangible kind, here are some bright shiny objects to look at until next week!  Enjoy!

 

Clockwise from mirror at top: Mirror by MadeGoods (image via Made Goods); Recycled Cork Flooring by Jelinek Cork Group (image via Domino); Jonathan Ottoman by Oly Studio (image via Oly Studio); Champagne Mercury Glass Lamp by Casual Home (image via Casual Home); Benjamin Moore's Champagne Kisses (1240); Marceline Gold Contemporary Rug by The Rug Market (image via Rug Market); Organza Pillow (source unknown); Ottomans (source unknown); Champagne Bubbles Ring by Kate Spade (image via Kate Spade); Champagne Flint Glass Tile by Vetrazzo (image via Vetrazzo)

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Wallpaper: It’s BACK!

20 Dec

If you think wallpaper is a thing of the past, belonging only in distant memories of your mom’s powder room, then you’re sadly mistaken.  Wallpaper is definitely making a strong comeback, and over the past five years I’ve seen its popularity and appeal grow profoundly.

Here are a few of my current favorites – each is a bit of a commitment, but 100% worth it. Admittedly, most of these are very unconventional.

A stunning collection of chairs is both classic and modern: Chaises de Ginger in Charcoal by Brunschwig & Fils. (image via House Beautiful)

What a pretty floral -- but do you see it? -- a fire hydrant! City Park by Flavor Paper (image via Flavor Paper)

Also by Flavor Paper, a scratch and sniff (you heard me right!) design! This has been around since 2007, and I've been dying to see it installed but haven't spotted any yet. For the record, it can be printed without the scented aspect. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! by Flavor Paper. (image by Flavor Paper).

DIY frames! It arrives very much a blank slate (just black hand-drawn-style lines on a white background) and once it's up you do the rest! Frames Wallaper by Graham and Brown. (image via Graham and Brown)

This wallpaper is 100% recycled newspaper, and it's 100% cool. Colorful and crazy up close, it becomes a distinct gray that's lightly flecked with color when applied to the wall. Newsworthy Wallpaper by Lori Weitzner. (image via ReNest)

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