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New Patterns

Winter is just ridiculous here. Boston is buried.
This is my house...

My kids have had more snow and vacation days this past month than school days.
I'm a cranky shell of a human and snow is a four letter word.
And I have developed an unhealthy relationship with memes from texting with snowbound friends,
a territory I NEVER thought I'd enter..

I've officially cracked and I now find myself cackling at pictures of giant snow penises.
Wait. I always did that.
OK, so nothing new...

One of the things I've been doing to pass the time this winter
-besides over eating and drinking-
has been designing some new stuff on Spoonflower.

Dragons, splats and pirate skulls with a paisley tossed in.

I usually start by designing for myself- in this case the boy's bath-

and then it grows into several color ways. You too can be a snow bound fabric designer,

so get busy and get on it!

I wound up using the Splat in Indigo for the boy's shower curtain...

as you can see the "Bleeding Sharpie Fail" is still on the walls.

I still am trying to decide on the wall pattern.

Most of you know decision making for myself is not my strong suit,

so stay tuned for like ever....

I'm stuck on these two:

Paint is no problem, I can change it quick. It's like decorating speed dating.

Wallpaper and I though, ugh. It's a commitment thing. I have to really really like it, and basically want to marry it- for a good long while.

I also design this one, the Aztec Trellis in Valentine, for my living room ottoman:

Living room is getting some updating love slowly...

like super slowly.

Go ahead and blink.You won't miss anything.

Up next are these chairs.

They need some reupholstering, and I'm on the "citron or aqua" velvet fence.

Bases are getting gilded. But at this rate it will be summer, but who knows.

Give me another snow storm and I just might get crazy enough to do it.

Update:

and the winning color is....

Pale citron.

I just bought 10 yards of this fabric.

It looks like velvet and it's kid proof (deal-sealer).

Now for the real work....

Be back with upholstery pics!

The Chant is Up!

Two lamps or one? Can't decide.

I finally wallpapered my entrance last week. I was originally going use the Lulu DK Chant in my mudroom, but there were way too many doors and windows. All the math and the fact that I was doing it myself made me chicken out. I have much bigger plans with paint for the mudroom now, so stay tuned. (It just may be my most ambitious and crazy project ever). Anyhow, this was a straight wall, with a little patch over the front door. 5 strips and relatively easy. Here is the before...

By the way, this funky lantern came with the house and makes me happy!

Where the homewrecking began...

I was browsing through decor*pad and I came across this entry and living room which I loved, and then I noticed it was actually the set from Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I think I was only able to tolerate 5 minutes of that movie and it was in the middle, so I don't remember seeing this. I might have to watch it to see what else I missed.

The Living Room

Since starting this blog I have been going through my old binders of magazine clippings. Many of them were from when I was in design school and I saved everything at that point thinking I could somehow use it or learn something from it. Well I did. Looking at most of it now I realize I can safely toss most of it because a) the design was overly "safe" and boring or b) it was way too trendy. So I started cleaning them out and reorganizing, and along the way I pulled out some of my favorite Living Rooms (along with a couple newer ones). There is something in each picture that grabs my attention and I still have a fondness for.

This first one is my all time favorite. When I first saw Lulu de Kwiatkowski's apartment I was in love. I loved her bold eclectic vibe and strong use of colorful geometrics. I also loved that she started off as a Decorative Painter. That to me helped lighten the curse of the title that is always associated with "sponging". If you haven't seen her textile collection do check it out here.