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One Room Challenge Week Four

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Welcome to Week Four of the One Room Challenge.  If you missed Week One, go  here ,  Week Two is  here , and Week Three is here .   Linda, of  My Crafty Home Life , created and organized the ORC, and I'm so happy to be participating.  The twenty bloggers seen above are redoing one room each in six weeks and posting progress every Wednesday.  The photo below is my breakfast room, and it's what I'm working on transforming.   In Weeks One and Two , I explained all of the things I want to do in the room.  One of them is change out my prints.  The photo below shows what I had.  I love this series, but I also like a change now and then.   A designer from Scott Snyder Inc. commissioned me to do a new series.  I posted about it here and you can see one of the photos from the Scott Snyder room below.  I absolutely loved the way the designer framed them and wanted to copy the idea in my breakfast room. So, here's one wall with the new prints and matting

Blue and White Monday

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It's blue and white from the amazing Markham Roberts for you today.  For more of a visual treat  that you'll love, go here , to his site where you can peruse all of his portfolio.  Markham Roberts is considered one of the top designers of his generation and has been published in Town and Country , Architectural Digest , House Beautiful , Home and Garden , Domino , Elle Decor and The New York Times . So gorgeous, right?  I love these rooms, and each one uses blue and white in a way that's beautiful.  So did you watch The Academy Awards last night?  Which gowns did you like?  And not like?  The unfortunate pointy seams on Anne Hathaway's dress didn't keep me from thinking it was lovely.  I like simple, elegant and feminine, so hers may have been my favorite.  Some of them looked harsh which I don't care for.  What are your thoughts?

One Room Challenge Week Three

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Welcome to Week Three of the One Room Challenge.  If you missed Week One, go  here  and for Week Two go here  to catch up.  I'm grateful to be  included in the ORC.  Linda, of My Crafty Home Life , created and organized it, and I'm thrilled to be participating.  The twenty bloggers seen above are redoing one room each in six weeks and posting progress every Wednesday.  The photo below is my breakfast room, and it's what I'm working on transforming.   First off today, I'll share my chair fabric situation.  Basically, I don't like it, and it looks terrible with everything in the adjacent family room.  With the fabric I'm using for drapery panels, I need a stripe on the chairs.  It's highly unlikely I'd ever find the colors I'm needing, so I'm creating it myself using Spoonflower.   I ordered this color map from Spoonflower in heavy cotton twill hoping it would prevent color surprises.  It's helpful, but I still had a color

Blue and White Monday

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Do you ever spot something fantastic that you haven't seen before on Pinterest only to find out it's been around a couple of months?  I'm wondering how in the world I could have missed this.  I followed the above pin to Desire to Inspire and found this post  about this house by McGill Design Group .  Of course, I love all of the blue and white porcelain used, and the navy and white, but I'm also very interested in the pretty details like the ribbon bows on the pillows. This room makes me feel good.  It's so light, bright and simple without being minimal.  Those flowers aren't hurting either.  Do you ever look at a photo like this and imagine it without the flowers?  I do, but my brain wants to add them back asap.  Rooms always are more appealing with pretty florals. What do you think of antiqued mirror?  When it's done softly like this, I like it a lot.  It adds character and interest.  I don't care for harshly antiqued, however, where y

Wish I Were Here

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via La Dolce Vita ....in my imaginary sunroom.  It's dreary here in Dallas today, and I'm longing for some sunshine.  Not the oppressive summer kind we have here, but a beautiful, mild, sunny day would be delightful.  And I'd like one of these rooms to magically appear attached to the back of my house in which to enjoy it.   House Beautiful via The Zhush BHG Do you have a sunroom?  Which of the above would you enjoy most?  I'd be thrilled with any of these, but I'm just dying over the first one.  Wow. Happy Weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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via Cape Cod Collegiate Happy Valentine's Day!

One Room Challenge Week Two

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Welcome to Week Two of the One Room Challenge.  If you missed Week One, you can go here to catch up.  I'm so appreciative that Linda 's included me in ORC.  She created and organized it, and I'm thrilled to be along for the ride.  A group of us are redoing one room each in six weeks and posting our progress every Wednesday.  The photo above is my breakfast room, and it's what I'm working on transforming.   This is the first floor of our house.  Do you see how my breakfast room is between the two rooms I've previously redone for the last two One Room Challenges?  I want my house to have good flow and be cohesive, so that is something very important to me as I make decisions.   First One Room Challenge -- Laundry Room Second One Room Challenge -- Family Room My laundry room has a different feel than the family room.  I wanted it too be really casual and fun as laundry isn't my favorite.  But you can see that the colors are very similar