Bookcases in the Living Room

(Phoebe Howard)


Hello Blog-land...

hope you had a great weekend....
Ours was fabulous....

Our Granddaughter was dedicated on Sunday and we spent the day with family....  

We ordered food in and it was so good!

I'm working on a living room design that is going to have bookcases on both sides of the sofa...

we want it to look like a loft and my client has a lot of art...
 Restoration Hardware has a lot of examples of bookcases...

 If you know who designed this..please let me know.





 

(Restoration Hardware)




The walls are very high and the bookcases will keep everything in balance...
It's a smaller space..but with high ceilings..




 

(Phillip Jeffries)



 

We decided to use this one from Noir 

I considered this one, but thought it might be to busy looking.....

This one didn't have the pizazz we needed...all of these bookcases are from Noir furniture..


 

This will probally be the sofa...
we are looking at one other choice. 

We like this chair...

Our pillows and drapery fabric...

This room is going to be a multi- functional living space...
they wanted it to be a room that they could work in and entertain.... 
Do you have a living room that serves different purposes? 
Or is it a room that no one really goes in?






 

Tangerine interiors..a Beautiful color Palette...

 We had a great Christmas and hope you did also. Julie's daughter's wedding plans are coming along and can't wait until the big day. Danni has loved having her son home, but she can't wait to be able to get her sleep again. You know how it is when kids come home from college and the odd hours they keep. You can't wait to see them and then can't wait for them to go back to school!



We are so excited for the new year. Some of the new predictions for 2012 that we might be seeing is a softer side, more feminine, with  Brocade Damask and paisley patterns. When we think of feminine we think of French antiques, and a Baroque feel. We also think of Chintz, even though we haven't heard it mentioned, it has a very feminine feel. We are also hearing that we will be seeing more dark dramatic interiors, Twilight colors.  One palette we will be seeing more of is tangerine, soft yellows, faded shades of rose, stone washed blues and grays with a soft touch of greens. Pantone named Tangerine the color of the year.
(Image from inspirational girl)

Designer Mary Evelyn has created a soft palette with tangerine and cream. The portrait , ornate sconces, silk flowing drapery create that feminine touch. 

( Jeffers Design group)
(Photographer Matthew Millman)

The soft hues of green with a touch of tangerine as pipping on the ottoman is just darn right pretty! Don't you agree? The painting brings in the blues with the repeat of the tangerine..
(.Jeffers design group )
(Photo by Cesar Rubio)

Interesting mix of opposite hues on the color wheel with geometric shapes.
( Jeffers design group)
(Photographer Matthew Millman)

Great mix of rustic beams and doors with a fun twist on furnishings. So inviting, can't decide where we want to sit. Maybe right by the amazing doors looking out to the back gardens.
( Jeffers design group)
(Matthew Millman- Photographer)

Mamye Baker has come up with a fun whimsical wall of color.

Wonderful woven  fabrics. Makes us think of all the creative ways to use them in designing.
( Wool and the gang blog)

A perfect setting for conversation. Hum, martini anyone!
(Celerie Kimble blog)

We love hearing about all the new predictions for the New year in interiors. We thought we would spend some time in January going through those forecasts. We would love to hear your opinion. Do you like the color palette or not?
( Jeffers design group)
(Matthew Millman Photographer)
We have one more week of family and friends visiting and the big wedding, YIKES!   We will try to post and visit your blogs, but we promise we will be back to normal the following week.

Thank you Tina from The Enchanted Home for the blog on fire award. We are very thankful to you for thinking of us.