LAYERS OF DESIGN...

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">TACKLE A BIG JOB BY CUTTING IT UP INTO BITE SIZED PIECES....</span><br><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I often write about choosing wall color.  It's one of the steps to creating a beautiful room, but not usually the first.  I start below that.... at my feet.</span><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtAL7Xg4TqGYBL8SEaDjMCbep6grqqU5Br27s0_y6WxrNIEcgS-5LvRCxe-g4dZuHUeyTaGuqjSzgFT-n6g79QKr5rht8QsF4M6oxEXN_I5ZXTh6TKJH8Cyg9FDlUJ-JWVlEEP-mutQfw/s1600/a13c7a754fabd87040110b84036a3c11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtAL7Xg4TqGYBL8SEaDjMCbep6grqqU5Br27s0_y6WxrNIEcgS-5LvRCxe-g4dZuHUeyTaGuqjSzgFT-n6g79QKr5rht8QsF4M6oxEXN_I5ZXTh6TKJH8Cyg9FDlUJ-JWVlEEP-mutQfw/s640/a13c7a754fabd87040110b84036a3c11.jpg" width="426"></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">Starting at the bare bones of the room simply makes sense to me.  Start with the floor and the architectural details, like molding and trim, built-ins, paneling, wainscoting and bead board, you wish to add.  </span><br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-eat-elephant.html#more">Read more »</a>

LAYERS OF DESIGN...

TACKLE A BIG JOB BY CUTTING IT UP INTO BITE SIZED PIECES.... I often write about choosing wall color.  It's one of the steps to creating...

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EVERYBODY'S CRAZY ABOUT A SHARP DRESSED MAN

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />AMEN, SISTER</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9882GU2rGQUwwYmSJ_GZLFW5HpJ6RQI7sMdMQYF_wjgP4SM_OQDbzZViqaXSssyJZRaIxCvj6xe4UwC61GQJmQ16XBbrInu4EbKE4kR-sRAmONVzThbjFfoGocSWPIy7KxYYFZ27znmUP/s1600/cgrant.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9882GU2rGQUwwYmSJ_GZLFW5HpJ6RQI7sMdMQYF_wjgP4SM_OQDbzZViqaXSssyJZRaIxCvj6xe4UwC61GQJmQ16XBbrInu4EbKE4kR-sRAmONVzThbjFfoGocSWPIy7KxYYFZ27znmUP/s640/cgrant.bmp" width="640"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cary Grant</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">"what lingerie is to men, suits are to women"</span></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />admit it, girls...</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />there is class to dark gray flannel with slip of white cuff showing</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />there is power in a navy blue pinstripe with a deep red tie</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />there is elegance in an impeccably tailored suit</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />there is nothing more masculine than herringbone, houndstooth and harris tweed</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />why not add a little sex appeal to your home decor?<br><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/02/everybodys-crazy-about-sharp-dressed.html#more">Read more »</a>

EVERYBODY'S CRAZY ABOUT A SHARP DRESSED MAN

AMEN, SISTER Cary Grant "what lingerie is to men, suits are to women" admit it, girls... there is class to dark gray flannel with ...

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FALL DECOR: THE HUMBLE PUMPKIN GOES GLAM

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">fall</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzk0cO-N8iF9K5vcfE3cgB28rkGhWnK8B5_I544SggiDiAmT7oe4o4wqBr3cv-UQESBTyNX9AB-uy8qaZDCnHY-pfLOgh7aCLIiu8VSQBL2MnCz__42ediKqdCVhdNM78kVtBsYDNCnsH/s1600/OurHouseHalloweenDisplay_h460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzk0cO-N8iF9K5vcfE3cgB28rkGhWnK8B5_I544SggiDiAmT7oe4o4wqBr3cv-UQESBTyNX9AB-uy8qaZDCnHY-pfLOgh7aCLIiu8VSQBL2MnCz__42ediKqdCVhdNM78kVtBsYDNCnsH/s1600/OurHouseHalloweenDisplay_h460.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just when you start to feel a little nip in the air</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nature heats up her colors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVJnN-xXt12MRm_3BOfxwDiqP9i7adwCRisoMT8TZdFaOkm98Y-Kdy1CN80U509WgqlxZEmxdXTe3EbHD86M6bNML8nZko-q0ZmcGBIlErh8sX9NmIemPoj9_Cof3TP4KSbvCBUcYnEaH/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVJnN-xXt12MRm_3BOfxwDiqP9i7adwCRisoMT8TZdFaOkm98Y-Kdy1CN80U509WgqlxZEmxdXTe3EbHD86M6bNML8nZko-q0ZmcGBIlErh8sX9NmIemPoj9_Cof3TP4KSbvCBUcYnEaH/s1600/012.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the true star of the season is the lowly pumpkin</div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcoming-fall.html#more">Read more »</a>

FALL DECOR: THE HUMBLE PUMPKIN GOES GLAM

fall Just when you start to feel a little nip in the air nature heats up her colors But the true star of the season is the lowly pumpkin Rea...

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Blogging game

So, how lucky am I, these two lovelies, Mary Ann from <a href="http://myverbenacottage.blogspot.com/">Verbena Cottage</a>, and Anna from <a href="http://lonadeanna.blogspot.com/">Lona de Anna </a>have both tagged me in a blogging game called Photo #6. For this I need to show the 6th photo I ever posted, and re-visit the post and its inspiration.<br /><br />So here goes:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2TYhOLdS1NjvJCI8K_oNDqJVcBM1kL4T5bPDoddh3H1ddS-l4qn8MhOArTGVFyJ2Ui_lcAWcZoDkFyj6ArtDWKExWHifyjHuP6-FXGM-M-OSbW0UnB0IdTeF8K6HTdYafGXr3qbKVBY/s1600/GumdaleHouse-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2TYhOLdS1NjvJCI8K_oNDqJVcBM1kL4T5bPDoddh3H1ddS-l4qn8MhOArTGVFyJ2Ui_lcAWcZoDkFyj6ArtDWKExWHifyjHuP6-FXGM-M-OSbW0UnB0IdTeF8K6HTdYafGXr3qbKVBY/s400/GumdaleHouse-8.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">via Anna Spiro's lovely blog, <a href="http://absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/">Absolutely Beautiful Things</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In this post, I mentioned that one of my clients loved this image, and wanted me to try to track down a similar antique overmantle to the one in Anna used in <a href="http://mylife-myloves.blogspot.com/">Sharnel's</a> gorgeous home. My dilemma was that I have one just like this stashed away, and was in two minds whether I should tell her or not. These beauties are as scarce as hens' teeth, and I was torn whether I should confess or keep my secret and hope to find another.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, luckily for me we're not at the final stages of this job yet, so I haven't had to make the decision.  But let's just say I've madly been scouring ebay and the likes for a mirror just like this!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks Mary Ann and Anna for the tag, and so in the spirit of the game I'm passing the baton to the following bloggers, many of which are new finds for me and I'd love to see some of their original posts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kerry at <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/">A Tranquil Townhouse</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Olivia at <a href="http://ourwindyspot.blogspot.com/">Our Windy Spot</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linda at <a href="http://oekedesignblog.blogspot.com/">Oeke Design </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Angela at <a href="http://wickerandstitch.blogspot.com/">Wicker and Stitch</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Janette at <a href="http://mysweetprintsblog.blogspot.com/">My Sweet Prints</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So thanks girls, and I'll see you tomorrow with an update on my little DIY project.</div></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>

Blogging game

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Decorating Dilemma!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Hi everyone<br /><br />I have a new client who has spent the last five years slowly renovating a lovely old queenslander. She has great taste and our plan is to combine contemporary and vintage elements into the interiors. She found a photo of an old overmantle over at the lovely <a href="http://absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/">Anna Spiro's</a> blog and sent it to me so I could source one for her. Here's Anna's pic<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LqxvE0UStOSUndINRV70pcbE3lNoLr23aeRjRg3vpsOnWykCIPtuyuL5dQMJ4QGvBJAoDtl80cAMCrm82_jL_cPr-U_4PNyZtHYNP1d23dhT-TrfzcT3i3IdccxWoE7ukariwfBZbAU/s1600-h/GumdaleHouse-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LqxvE0UStOSUndINRV70pcbE3lNoLr23aeRjRg3vpsOnWykCIPtuyuL5dQMJ4QGvBJAoDtl80cAMCrm82_jL_cPr-U_4PNyZtHYNP1d23dhT-TrfzcT3i3IdccxWoE7ukariwfBZbAU/s320/GumdaleHouse-8.jpg" /></a></div><br />Now, my dilemma is this. These old overmantles are pretty hard to come by, particularly as we're looking to paint it white, so we don't want to pay big dollars for a professionally restored one. But it just so happens that I picked up one of these beauties just recently. Here she is:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtDPJi_lwUHNIlpOXTanEPgk9aDqEtA7rklRTpfqVGoOAc747jhSJAh9X4gdR0S7pk9OYn9XxXqkcbmIM4aQ2mXhbCuw13u4tYqmottgpIZ2iXLntk-X_4u8dNFe4N3nzsdlbSR8XTrg/s1600-h/DSC02712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtDPJi_lwUHNIlpOXTanEPgk9aDqEtA7rklRTpfqVGoOAc747jhSJAh9X4gdR0S7pk9OYn9XxXqkcbmIM4aQ2mXhbCuw13u4tYqmottgpIZ2iXLntk-X_4u8dNFe4N3nzsdlbSR8XTrg/s320/DSC02712.JPG" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See the lovely original mirrors? I'm not sure if you can see the detail in my photos, but they're all bevelled and quite lovely. And it's already white! Not much work needed to bring it back to gorgeous. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-J9zYWW4Ahyphenhyphenye34Eh4KThDhDgSh0v-NX9FjU-LU4Wujp4Lx0Mj1OomHSiA9uYb1Y5WBbTnsgDNhcah1jY4XSNl_nk66a84_Fca_NUP-QfRgffEFqfKe3sLi35U0A57RcftNMg7Gxlzs/s1600-h/DSC02714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-J9zYWW4Ahyphenhyphenye34Eh4KThDhDgSh0v-NX9FjU-LU4Wujp4Lx0Mj1OomHSiA9uYb1Y5WBbTnsgDNhcah1jY4XSNl_nk66a84_Fca_NUP-QfRgffEFqfKe3sLi35U0A57RcftNMg7Gxlzs/s320/DSC02714.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What to do, what to do? Do I pass this one one to my client, knowing it may be a while until I find another? Or do I keep looking for one for her? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I'll keep mum about this until I have a thorough look around for another one. Just hope she's not reading this post!</div><br />Have a great week <br /><br />Kerri x<br /><br />p.s. here are some pics some of my other vintage pieces. You can never have too much eye candy after all!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0Czfaw7c_iPdZgtxdbIupwTbPTIqlJfo7rae4BzRxY6BHeObIm2HdF5piKvQLANgY8kIlf2IKuyDQQMu68KmY-6inD9WFtCOYaCAnEBgyzfNOdSU5hjbVHA-wfEseWSUte-1-iwPV0Y/s1600-h/DSC02334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0Czfaw7c_iPdZgtxdbIupwTbPTIqlJfo7rae4BzRxY6BHeObIm2HdF5piKvQLANgY8kIlf2IKuyDQQMu68KmY-6inD9WFtCOYaCAnEBgyzfNOdSU5hjbVHA-wfEseWSUte-1-iwPV0Y/s200/DSC02334.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSpuuzuU8YspbH77Hw5g3RMrF9nFXQkQVE0GsqR5fUENEe2TgIDbRWig5y-O5HgcIih580T6YrmEjXryfkQ0yrHLrS_-9yjM3YK7YPWHu2rfSJ3n6rO7yrx6PSEUqvAZGG5R-g7VpzQQ/s1600-h/DSC02531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSpuuzuU8YspbH77Hw5g3RMrF9nFXQkQVE0GsqR5fUENEe2TgIDbRWig5y-O5HgcIih580T6YrmEjXryfkQ0yrHLrS_-9yjM3YK7YPWHu2rfSJ3n6rO7yrx6PSEUqvAZGG5R-g7VpzQQ/s200/DSC02531.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzImAlQQ6ymJIhUs2kGgS6d4dBpeMBS7870L49Owj5lzga7GNA4D_KGiogSrplbAPSUjPC5o86F4MrTjUbRBAP4utKSUZRzVu7GD_YW3WWC14GKMVeHxOkcJaMLAEthfPq7QkMixq9pCc/s1600-h/DSC02528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzImAlQQ6ymJIhUs2kGgS6d4dBpeMBS7870L49Owj5lzga7GNA4D_KGiogSrplbAPSUjPC5o86F4MrTjUbRBAP4utKSUZRzVu7GD_YW3WWC14GKMVeHxOkcJaMLAEthfPq7QkMixq9pCc/s200/DSC02528.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>

Decorating Dilemma!

Hi everyone I have a new client who has spent the last five years slowly renovating a lovely old queenslander. She has great taste and our p...

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