Coastal Chic for a New Client

It's been a while!  Summer has started and everyday is a fun filled day with my kiddos! :)  Swimming, baseball, BBQs and a little tennis thrown in for good measure!  Moreover, right before Memorial Day, I started working on a new project for a young family's great room.  Coastal chic with a bit of prep is what this young mama with two boys wants and I've been working on her design for several weeks now.

Like every young family, affordability and durability are of the upmost important and I tried to do that without sacrificing too much originality.  Above is a very high-level snippet of the whole design.    Their space definitely posed challenges, so it'll be interesting to see this all come together.  Hope everyone's summer is off to a great start or just about to start!

A Martha Vineyard's Home

There are so many elements I love about this home.  The nautical touches, the subdued, but fun use of color and pattern and all the classical elements running throughout the home.  

I love how colonial this dining room feels.  The above room was the inspiration for my dining room; see our dining room progress here.  

Is that Katie Ridder's Peony pattern in a rug? (above).  I've never seen it as a rug before.  

This home has all my favorites - striped walls, painted floors, spindles, empire lamp shades, gold framed nautical oil paintings, Katie Ridder fabrics, blue and green colors, antique furnishings and colonial touches.  To see more of this home designed by Molly Luetkemeyer (m. design interiors), go here.  

Green Street Loves...

First, thank you all for your very thoughtful and kind comments regarding my little girl's room.  I was so touched! :)

So, what else have I been loving lately besides E's room??

Lately, I have been inspired by all things green, aqua, gold, fresh and bright.  It's gotta be this cold front we are experiencing, because why else would I be pinning furnishings and fabrics in aqua tones??

Could it be I am already yearning for warmer weather and we haven't even hit winter yet??  Boy, I'm in trouble.  How about you?

Pillow, Velvet Pillow, Painting, Frame, Mirror, Rug, Lamp

Sasha Emerson

Over the weekend, my friend sent me the above photo as inspiration for the living room in her summer home.  When I saw the photo, I immediately recognized it and remembered when I saw it in the July/August 2009 Coastal Living .  I love how this home incorporates a lot of color without it being too overbearing.  Sasha Emerson perfectly mixes midcentury pieces with classic, more traditional furnishings and uses a backdrop of black and white basics - ebonized floors and white walls.  She keeps it fun and modern by adding bold colorful fabrics and accessories.  It was a real treat to re-visit this home so I thought I'd share some of my favorite pics.  

 The graphic wallpaper reminds me of this .  Love this canary yellow sink console. 

Love the Victoria Hagan curtain fabric paired with the Dash and Albert rug.