Design Indulgence

 I stayed up to watch the Oscars and the ending was quite the SNAFU huh?  How horrible it would be to think you won and then......not. Yikes. My sister [best assistant ever!] and I made another trip to Madison on Saturday and got so much accomplished.  My car was packed to the ceiling with accessories. How about we just get into it huh?   Starting with upstairs.  All photos taken with my iphone hurriedly before we left at 6:30....starving. We started by clearing the room and whitewashing the walls..... Brought in this vintage rug from her house. Added these cute lights in the nooks..... Here is the before After We painted the iron beds SW Iron Ore.  I got these runners from Ikea and the baskets in the corner came with the house. The curtains came from Ikea and the bedding is a mix of Ikea and Target. Before with a full size bed After......switched to a king bed which she had in her attic Lamps from Homegoods.  She had the chest in a bedroom at ho...

Whoa boy.....did my farewell to gray create some drama!  Let me set the record straight....I am not the "gray police" and I won't be knocking on your door to make sure you have retired this iconic color.   Here's another shocker for you..... I am not the authority on color trends either!   Fact. So I'm going to do something unheard of.....and that is..... let you make your own decisions on paint color choices!   Yep....I can be impartial like that.   It's a gift:) BUT.....I will say this.  Gray and ivory/beige can play together nicely. As I saw in one of my favorite consignment stores in Atlanta called  Swoox .   It's the kind of store where you drop off things you want to sell and they curate it so perfectly that you want to take it back home! In other news my good friend Jennifer's gorgeous home is in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles this month...... This beautiful ivory room!   She is the queen of mixing high and low for sure! Many times ...