Pink and Lace-y

(Houzz and on my Pinterest)


 

Oh my gosh...
I have re-written this post a hundred times...
Ive gone from Valentines day, love songs, quotes to poems...
to sharing things I love that are pink, lace-y and...feminine.

(Ana Rosa Tumbler)




I love getting flowers ...they look beautiful in every room.

(John Robshaw)


I love when a room is creative and has a Bohemian feel...
18 patterns in one room....
If I counted right. 
Shoot, have you ever tried 18 patterns...this is not easy to pull off!

Chanel...lovely anytime!

 Patina... 

Soft and feminine vignettes..

Dominos.com

 

  Antique looking Rugs 

(On my Pinterest)


I have always loved this look and I don't own anything like it...

(On my Pinterest)



An antique blue cupboard.... 

(On my Pinterest)


So pretty! 

Nature in the pink!

(On my Pinterest)



Dark Chocolate.... 

(On my Pinterest)



  Love poems....

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


 
 The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire..
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld




All you need is love. 
-Lennon and McCartney

I just bought this antique clock for a client and we love it! 


What are somethings you love and what are you doing to celebrate Valentines Day?

Mixing Patterns in Decor

Carmen Lopez

Have you ever thrown fabrics together trying to be creative and wondered why it didn't work? 

I was taught as an artist to look at patterns, color and balance. 
 For some reason it has always come natural to me...

Carmen Lopez
What do you notice about the pattern in this design?

 The shutters, the chairs and the wallpaper have a similar line or shape....

The chair fabric softens the hard edges and the solid orange is a resting place for the eye...

every room needs a resting place...
an area with no pattern...

Carmen Lopez

Jeffrey Bilhuber

Carmen Lopez



Look how every color and print plays on each other....
the blue, orange and printed fabrics are repeated through out the room to create balance...

My eye naturally started at the left gold sofa corner, then to the chairs, then the orange sofa and then around to the the coffee table....

it's like the designer created a visual path through color to see the room and create interest....

Debra French


Look at the pillows...
the shape of the flower is the same but a different scale...
they balance each other... they don't fight each other...
It wouldn't work together if they were the same size.

Debra French

Matchbox Magazine

John Robshaws living room and home is a fun example ...
he started as an artist and became an interior designer and fabric designer...

look how he plays with shapes...
the circles and the diamond shapes are repeated in his fabrics and the side table ....

the stripe rug adds an element that calms the patterns down..

The circle pattern is repeated on the wall.....
it looks like he designed his home as if he is going to paint the room on a canvas...

Debra French

Start noticing how everything in nature has a pattern...a green leaf, a butterfly etc ....

it helps to look at magazines or decor on-line and notice the pattern and the shapes in them and how they use color...

also....John Robshaw has a new collection with Cisco Brothers ...

And....my computer broke...It's being fixed and if I don't post on schedule you'll know why...Shoot....so frustrating!