Category Archives: lighting

06.20.13

black stallion.

This beauty has had quite a makeover. Not so long ago, she looked like this…

That was in my parents house. As soon as we moved her to our house we lost the hutch. See how I created the wall of intaglios here.

But I still wasn’t thrilled with it, so I painted it the same color as the walls.

and spruced up the hardware with Krylon Gold Spray Paint

I also had a piece of glass cut to protect the top.

Isn’t she lovely?

06.04.13

Lilly Lampshade.

Remember the adorable pillows we had made by Irene for the girls’ room at the beach? Well, we purchased extra fabric to cover a ginormous lampshade for their room as well. I followed this tutorial from House of Fifty. Let me tell you, this was a total pain in the ass. I think it’s a two person job. I didn’t do the best job, but it’s a-o-k for this beach rental.

Room pictures to come!

05.29.13

Instagram on Canvas.

When looking for inexpensive artwork for the beach condo, I came up short. I wanting something that was cost-effective, large-scale, beautiful and meaningful. Enter CanvasWorld.

Last year, I took this picture while we were at the beach.

I Instagrammed it and loved how it turned out.

CanvasWorld is awesome because you can get an instant preview of how your gallery-wrapped canvas will look.

And there you have it. I got a 30″ x 30″ personalized gallery-wrapped canvas picture for $149.99.

Can’t beat that.

Some of you have asked for my Instagram profile. You can follow me on Instagram here.

04.17.13

Design Crush: Ana Cordeiro

For the past few years I have unknowingly been admiring/ lusting after/ pinning the designs of Portuguese designer Ana Cordeiro.

I am drawn to her use of bold colors and lines.

It seems she does a lot of commercial spaces. I just love how she defies the rules of your typical office design. Gone are the boring colors, prints and furniture. Helloooo style.

Evidently, she likes stripes. So do I.

Her residential designs ain’t to shabby either.

Check out her store here.

04.10.13

The Princess and the F.R.O.G.

A few months ago, my niece Allie emailed me that she wanted a “cooler” place for her and her friends to hang out. You see the F.R.O.G (Front Room Over the Garage) in their house was her designated area and it just didn’t meet her style. Since she was a high school senior and my sister and brother in-law would be moving upon her graduation, we had a very tight budget to work within. Here are some befores..

Allie and I worked around some of her favorite things… Her favorite color was turquoise and she wanted it to have a cool vibe. Since we were on a limited budget, all of them items were wither DIY or on the cheap. They live in Chapel Hill, NC, so everything was done virtually. Here was the plan we worked up.