Let me begin by saying that I must have said “omg! omg! omg!” at least 10 days at first seeing this dining room. Everything about it is divine! Worthy of a “Love at First Gasp” post. Poppytalk (located in Vancover) introduced me to Canadian House & Home magazine & now I am hooked. No need to be physically in Canada to appreciate it’s decor. This photo was in Canadian House & Home’s online sample magazine under the topic: Indie Chic. Well, I guess I’m a fan of Indie then! The owners of this home are a very creative duo: Matt Carr (industrial designer) & Joyce Jo (fashion designer/retailer). I’m already a fan of their home decor taste – I imagine their other work is brilliant as well.
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Do you like my Christmas card displays? I love to receive Christmas cards – especially photo ones! I have this super cool old frame with no artwork in it (got for $30 at a local salvage shop in Fort Lauderdale, great price). I painted it that wonderful yellow, oh, painted the clothes pins too! I love small details, can you tell? It’s in my dining room.
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I’m in love… with STEEL! Literally. Particularly John Beck’s steel Table 9. I know I use the word “love” a lot, but this time I really am in crazy, must-have love…. or would that be lust! Ooo… I hope I’m not lusting over a piece of furniture. LOL! My blog buddy, David from The Studio Chronicle posted John Beck’s work & I MUST, must, must re-post his work for myself.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone from my mix-matched seating, mix-matched tablecloths, mix-matched plates & mix-matched tables decor to yours! May you eat, drink, be merry & be thankful today & always. Coming to my table(s) later this afternoon are yummy turkey-day foods along with some very special people that I get to call family & friends!
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My friend Vanessa has one of my favorite dining rooms ever! She is a huge fan of mixing old things & new – we have that in common. Represented in her gorgeous dining space are: Ikea, Anthropologie, Target, salvage finds, Etsy fabrics & tasteful personal touches. Ikea’s black BJURSTA table has never looked better!
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Leave it to Anthropologie to think outside of the box! What in the world is with their new “Eat, Drink & Be Merry Chandelier”? I like it, but it’s really kind of crazy! With Thanksgiving only a few days away I want to post this week about some pieces that I think are Thanksgiving-related… this chandelier being one of them. HOW, you might ask?
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The color turquoise has never looked better! My friend Katie blows me away! Mother of 5, home-school mom, wife, cook… the list goes on. Still, she finds time to create such a beauty as this turquoise hutch. Everything about it is lovely… the rusted metal panels, the original rusted knobs, it’s shape (so unique), the keyholes (LOVE those)!
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Kenneth Brown (from ReDesign on HGTV) super ROCKS!!! He by special request sent me the above photo on the left of a dining room he designed a few years ago. I got the inspiration for my breakfast nook from this photo. Normally this photo would’ve been on his website: kennethbrowndesign.com, but because of fabulous new designs this photo was MIA (missing in action)!
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As in a fairy tale… “they lived happily ever after” – old things & new things, that is. These photos are not from my home, I am sad to say, but from a Soho flat. Done by Magdalena Keck Interior Design. I was google-ing south Florida interior decorators & Magdalena’s site came up – although she is not in Florida (she’s in New York) & neither is this flat, hmm, what happened there Google? One of the few sites that I actually liked out of all the ones that came up…
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Cicero, a Roman Philosopher from 106-43 BC once said: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” (In case you don’t know who he is, click on his name.) I couldn’t agree more. Well said, don’t you think? Pottery Barn was my original inspiration for using books as decor. Then I began to realize that almost every decor book and magazine out there has a book somewhere in a room…
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