GORGEOUS OFFICE SPACES! {INCLUDING A GET THE LOOK}

This is my personal favorite grouping of images. 

-I love the pops of pink in both rooms. With accents of gold! 

I love this use of green in this office space! It's a very bright, refreshing color! 

I love looking at beautiful, well designed offices; however what I love more is creating the same or similar look, for much MUCH less! Who agrees? Even as a designer, I don't believe you need to spend thousands of dollars to achieve a room you absolutely love. You do, however need to shop smart, and be prepared for maybe a little D.Y.I.! 

Here's what I've come up with. Everything you see here you can have for about $200.00! Not bad, right? 

Ikea: Desk, Picture Frame, Rug, and Table Lamp
Anthropologie: Pillow
Target: Office Chair
Z Gallerie: Floral Tea Light Holders

As always,

LOVE OVERCAST MORNINGS!

I love a beautiful overcast morning! Such lovely weather we have been having in Southern California lately... I love how the weather has given us little bits of each season in a week too! We've have rain, fog, heat and cooler temps! A little bit of everything. I find it very inspiring! 

ORANGE YOU GLAD I'M POSTING AGAIN?

Hey Followers! 

I know it's been awhile since I have posted!  Sometimes life gets so busy, you really have to look for those spare moments where you can truly let your mind escape to your "creative land" and time to allow yourself to become inspired. As a creative individual, I find it hard to be brilliantly creative, under stress and limited amounts of time.  Tonight, I have found a spare hour after work to let my mind free, and along with a cup of tea, it feels great! 

Today, I have started a new project, and the gears are turning in my head! To let you in on a little bit of this new project, I am thinking orange! Orange is not a color I gravitate naturally towards, or use often; however, it is the desired color of the client! Orange is a very interesting color to me. A combination of red and yellow, so vibrant. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange seems less in intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow. To me, orange says a summer night with spicy chicken curry, and sunsets.  

Here's what inspires me and images I'm thinking of using! Enjoy!

Using color in small amounts is a good way to introduce strong hues into your home.

Orange, the happy cheerful color. We often overlook using orange as we find it bright and bold and too brilliant to use in our homes.

But wait, where does peach and apricot come from? Yes, the color orange. They are a tint of orange. Now you can see that we do actually use orange a lot in our interiors!

Feeling inspired yet?

Throw around some bright orange cushions to brighten up a dull color scheme, add some orange flowers to a vase to enliven the room.

Orange is a popular color choice for teenager children’s bedrooms, as it is happy and active and has anti depressive properties!

Orange can also be quite classy, when used properly ;) 

That's all for now! 

MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hello Friends! 

I just wanted to stop by and wish you all a very merry Christmas! I hope your Christmas eve and Christmas day are filled with family, laughs, gifts, and delicious food! 

COLOR OF THE YEAR {ELEGANT EMERALD}

Pantone finally has revealed what the next "color of the year" will be for 2013. The winner is the ever elegant, Color 17-5641, Emerald Green!  "A color of elegance and beauty"... No wonder I love this color so much. It's also the color of my birthstone. I am very happy with the outcome! 

Thinking about all this green has reminded me of something! The color green and I haven't been on the best terms. Back in grade school when I attended The Methodist Ladies College in Claremont, Australia for some time, and we we required to follow their dress code. The school colors were Emerald green and gold. So, naturally our uniforms were mostly varied shades of green, with some gold accents. I had become so green-ed out, I could hardly stand the color when I left the school. Thankfully as time past, green and I are getting along again. I still don't wear too much green, but I think that could change this year!  

So with all this talk about green, here is some Emerald green eye candy!

Here's the Link to Truffles Recipe!

SILVER & GOLD, SILVER & GOLD... AND MAYBE A LITTLE BLACK

I have been thinking of more christmas ideas, I have so many, it's difficult for me to pick and choose. I love to decorate, I can't help it! So here is more holiday inspiration....

I love the idea of using black like this!

So much inspiration! I hope you can handle it. 

LET'S ADD SOME SPARKLE

It's that time of year again when holiday decorations are coming out. What is your style for holiday decorating? I naturally go towards more neutrals, such as whites, golds, silvers, and then always, always add some sparkle and pops of color. How can anything be festive without any sparkle by the way? 

After thinking about possible decor ideas, and even looking at holiday fashion trends, I've naturally come up with some holiday color palettes. My palates are different from the traditional Christmas colors, however isn't that what designing is all about? Creating something new! So here's what I have been playing with: 

If you're into brighter colors, maybe this one you will like better: 

There's more holiday inspiration to come, so keep checking back! 

    For now...