Archive for April, 2009
Chantel’s Second Design Dilemma
After helping Chantel transform her living room, of course we’re super excited to work our way over to the bedroom and spruce things up in there. Here’s her letter:
Hi again, design masters! We were so happy with your mood board for our living room that we’re back for help with our master bedroom. It’s close to a clean slate. The bed and two bookcases could just barely fit along the big wall adjacent to the window if that idea pops up in your plans. And we need lots of stuff: a headboard, side tables, lamps, something to stack extra pillows on at night (the Ikea Ektorp ottoman is in there now), a full-length mirror, artwork (would love to support Etsy artists), and other decorative elements (a rug and a chandelier would be so great). The style that we’re going for is beachy romantic/bohemian modern and I’d like it to tie in with the finished living room. I’ve been coveting this Amenity Home duvet cover and as for the wall color, we could paint it either of the living room colors (Benjamin Moore’s Bali & Catalina Blue) because we have extra paint- but something else would be fine too. Even wallpaper would be fun! We love greens, blues, whites & creams. Artwork-wise, I like photos that look dreamy and the room needs to be relatively child-friendly since our baby is starting to crawl and get into things. Can’t wait to see what turns up on the mood board this time! -Chantel
This blank slate of a room is just begging for a major makeover. Here’s the plan:
And now for the mood board breakdown.
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Me-ow
You all know that I love our dog Burger, but you probably don’t know that I was originally a cat person. From my love of tigers as a kid to taking care of my cat Casper through high school, I’ve always had a preference for felines… until I met Sherry and her cat allergies (which resulted in a compromise of sorts: a cat-sized dog).
But there’s good news. I’ve FINALLY convinced Sherry to let me bring a cat home. And she doesn’t even have to worry about getting itchy eyes or a scratchy throat because the kitties we’ve got our eyes on are these awesome cat lampshades from Lamps Plus. We just need your help when it comes to picking the perfect illuminated furball.
So which do you think is the purr-fect choice? The Sleeping Kittens Pendant, the Laundry Cat Table Lamp or the Cat & Butterfly Swag Chandelier? It’s a painfully hard decision because they’re all so amazing. If only we had room for the whole litter! Or should we just employ the trusted eeny-meeny-miny-meow technique?
Oh, and by the way, we’re totally kidding. Happy April Fool’s Day!
Images courtesy of Lamps Plus, which does actually have a great selection of normal lamps too.
