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Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

From Inspiration to Reality: Jami's Bedroom

When my friend Jami told me she was gearing up to decorate her bedroom in her new place, I jumped all over it. She kindly agreed to let me create an inspiration/reality board of sorts based on some pictures and a few ideas she already had.

She is going for a black, white, yellow and gray color scheme in this bedroom. Can I tell you how much I love that color palette? It feels so fresh.

Here are a few of the inspiration pictures she sent over:



She’s obviously not afraid of some bold patterns- LOVE!

I love the script on this rug.
{source unknown}


Don't you just want to curl up on each of those beds and read a good book? 

 Based on her photos, this is what I created:

black yellow gray




click here for chevron rug from urban outfitters {click on any of the above thumbnails for product details}



She already picked out some black hemnes furniture from IKEA (which I also happen to have in my bedroom :). And she already has two nightstands that are just waiting to be painted a cheerful shade of yellow (so the ones shown in the board above are purely for show).

I think sticking with a white duvet and adding pops of color with accent pillows and perhaps a quilt is the way to go. That way, if you want to change up your color scheme in the future, you have a good, neutral base going on.

The gray chevron rug makes my heart pitter patter. I love the bold design it adds without being too overpowering to the room.

Above the bed, I thought it would be fun to mimic the script from the gorgeous rug in the inspiration pic, above. Three simple black frames can enclose some simple DIY art. Find a scripty font online (I like www.dafont.com), type out some words (a favorite quote? Song lyrics?) in a word processing program, print it out and pop it in the frame. Easy!

Obviously, Jami has some great taste so I’m sure she’ll do fine all on her own, but I appreciate her letting me take a shot at it!

Have an inspiration picture you want to re-create in real life? Have a design dilemma? My VERY amateur self would love for you to let me attempt to help. Send me an email at lindsey@lovelindseyblog.com! Maybe I’ll feature your question/design in an upcoming blog post.
 

Thursday, August 25, 2011

New Stuff

Guess what? I had my first night of interior design class tonight! I'm so excited for all the goodness I'm going to learn.

So, in honor of some good interior design, here are some rooms I love love love. Enjoy!

 Honestly, would you ever want to get out of that bathtub? 

Probably only if you knew this dining room was awaiting you...


or this kitchen...

And oh my. This bedroom is perfection.

Maybe one day I can design rooms as gorgeous as these.

 

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Wednesday Words

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This week, I went out on a limb and enrolled in an interior design class.
The timing was right and some pieces fell into place.
We'll see what fruit there is there.

Hope you're venturing out on some limbs as well!