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Junell from Seeker's Bazaar Here Today

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My friend Junell is here today while I'm doing last minute One Room Challenge work.    You will love all of the gorgeousness she has to share.  She has exquisite taste, and I highly recommend her incredible blog.  Happy Tuesday!  Jennifer Hello! Junell here from Seekers Bazaar . So excited & honored to be guest posting @ TPP.    Could have died when Jenn asked me to help out. Seriously, freaked out, put my eyes back in my head & said "Sure, Jenn, I do this all the time" not....  I am a huge fan of Jenn's, TPP, Designer Showhouses, Color & Palm Beach Chic; that is my resume in a nutshell. Working on a renovation & will be filling up my new/old home with lots of work that Jenn has done & will be doing for moi. Jenn is busy   getting her husband to finish with the last minute details of her big ORC reveal tomorrow so I am stepping into to embarrass myself & hopefully not run off too many regular TPP followers. 2012 Hampton De

One Room Challenge Update

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Collins Interiors These pinch pleat panels are what I'm hoping mine will look like.  In my family room that I'm redoing for the One Room Challenge in case you haven't been here before.   Cynthia Collins  designed this room and is here in Dallas.  She has amazingly fantastic taste.  Her house was featured in this month's D Home, and Elizabeth, of Pretty Pink Tulips , posted about it here .  If you didn't see it, you really must.   Wednesday, in my ORC post , I mentioned my new hardware possibly being too bright for me.   I'm over that now.  My husband held it up for me to see where it would be installed and I loved it.  I'm actually fine with shiny brass furniture.  In fact, I'd love to have some.  Like maybe a brass and glass Parsons table or Jan Shower's Harrison Table.  I just was a bit nervous imagining it over the windows.  The photo above shows that it's installed in the room now.   Emily Henderson I ran across this yesterday on Pintere

One Room Challenge Week Five

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Welcome to my One Room Challenge update for Week Five.  If you've been following along, you know that Linda, of My Crafty Home Life created this challenge and invited some fun ladies to participate.  Basically, this is Linda's party, and I'm a very appreciative guest.  If you need to catch up, here are weeks  One , Two , Three and Four . I came across the above photo of this gorgeous room by Mackle Construction late last week.  The colors in it are so similar to what I'm doing.  I won't have a boat over my mantle in Dallas, Texas, but I really adore this room.  It's my new inspiration photo. This Ashley Whittaker room is my drapery hardware inspiration. Here's my hardware.  I got it on sale -- YAY! -- but when I unpackaged it, it looked a bit bright for me.  I like bright color, but I'm not used to bright metal finishes in my house.  The architecture just doesn't go toward the glam.  Am I just being too conservative here, or should I tone it d

Blue and White Monday

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What an amazing combination of blue and white and Chinoiserie!  These are photos of the pool house of Blue Ridge Farm in Albemarle, Virginia and are via The Food Dog Ate My Homework which you must visit if you love gorgeous, tasteful interiors and exteriors.  I'm crazy for so much of the Virginia design aesthetic, and have been very interested to see that a majority of my customers are from the mid-Atlantic states.  I suppose it all really makes perfect sense. I'm sorry to say that this has to be the shortest Blue and White Monday on record.  Guess what I'm busy with?  Of course, The One Room Challenge !  To not leave you with so little blue and white today, I'm adding the following links of loveliness. Jennifer, of Belclaire House , is quite a fan of blue and white.  You can see lots of beautiful images here . Beth's blue and white Pinterest board is full of gorgeous blue and white Chinoiserie.  See it here . Kerry has a blue and white Pinterest board with so

Decorative Drapery Tape

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Richard Keith Langhorn via Southern Accents 101 Beautiful Rooms. I picked up this Southern Accents publication at the grocery store last night.  If it's Southern Accents how can I resist?  This room by Richard Keith Langhorn is gorgeous.  That custom rug is amazing.  And just look what the decorative tape does for the room!  My post yesterday discussed my interest in adding this detail to my family room for the One Room Challenge.  I think the one I showed yesterday is too solid.  The one below is better in that it's more subtle, but it's still not quite right.  The blue floral that I'm using for pillows is shown in a photo below and has a freshness that I'm missing in this tape.    This is the one I posted yesterday that's too solid for me.  I also want curves and not angles. So, am I being too particular?  I need to get out today and see if I can find some other options.  I don't want to do this unless I'm completely happy with the choice.  It ma

One Room Challenge Drapery and Around Town

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Elle Decor It's the second half of The One Room Challenge , and I'm busy busy busy trying to put all the pieces together.  The photo above is one of my inspiration rooms and the drapery panels are very similar to what I want to do.   Here's my family room pre One Room Challenge.  With the paneling and the vaulted ceiling, I think it goes a bit cottage.  What do you think?  I'm a former teacher, and have no education or training in interior design.  I'm just a very enthusiastic enthusiast.  And if you've been keeping up, you may be noticing that I keep repeating this.  Yes, I'm hedging.   A trend I love is adding a header on drapery with a contrasting trim.  This is the fabric I'll be using with a trim sample I picked up at Rutherford's here in Dallas.  I love the trim with the fabric, but when I put it in the room, I got a strong feeling that it was just wrong.  Since I'm not a designer, I get feelings instead of intelligent thoughts about t

One Room Challenge Week Four

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Ashley Whittaker Schuyler Samperton At Home in Arkansas via Carrie Leber via Absolutely Beautiful Things Just because we're at Week Four of The One Room Challenge doesn't mean I can't find new inspiration photos.  If you're new, see Week One here to learn about the challenge and see my before photos.  Week Two can be seen here , and Week Three here .  My room is really going to be a close finish with only two weeks to go.  I'm living on the edge. The upholsterer has picked up my sofa and chairs, and the fabric I'm using is above.  That part is done.  The possible drapes fabric above doesn't have to be ordered.  It's here in Dallas.  I had thought blue originally, but I like the neutral.  It's several shades darker than the wall paint, and looks good with the rug background and the upholstery.  What are your thoughts?  Dallas has lots of fabric stores with beautiful linen on the bolt.  I could go with a color, and would lo