Showing posts with label white furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white furniture. Show all posts

August 18, 2009

I'm so predictable!

I picked these pics with the intention of doing a random design day... but surprise surprise, it turns out there is a theme to what I'm liking: White! I'm loving the casual look here of tons of pillows thrown around on the couch and the open windows and white washed beams are to die for! I can't say I'm loving the orange shag, but I think the mirrored coffee table is fun!


I guess the second theme is that I'm loving black text and numbers on a white background.

Photo credits: Marie Claire, Elliston Lutz, Desire to Inspire, Ashleys Busy, Caitlin Moran.

August 6, 2009

White Inspiration

Did you see this gorgeous house in the June Elle Decor? If not, I wanted to make sure you didn't miss out! It's the Hampton's home of Rita Norona Schrager, a former New York City Ballet Dancer. She says that she fell in love with the property because its colonial style feels more like Connecticut rather than the majority of the shingled homes in the Hamptons. Inspired by the Delano Hotel in Miami, Rita instructed her interior designer Hernan Arriaga that she wanted an all white color scheme. The mirror, which is an antique, is gorgeous!I'm loving the fireplace seating area. Fab chairs.The homes previous owner, Greg Yale is a noted designer. So when Rita moved in, the house had already been equipped with beautifully updated kitchen and baths and a simplified open floorplan. The dining table is a 19th century wine tasting table. I think that's all the encouragement I would need to have a glass or two at dinner! It looks nice here, but it personally drives me nuts when mixing sheep skin with white linens, the sheep skin ends up looking so yellow by contrast.... Of course it would be totally weird and fake looking if it didn't have a natural off-white hue... but it still bugs me!I'm loving the rug in here!In the library the all white rules were broken. The walls are covered with hand-appliqued tobacco leaves. I just love the effect - the texture and variation in color is fabulous! I'm digging the antler chandelier too! The house comes along with a gorgeous pool... and play house containing desks, a daybed and flat screen TV. I'd be happy with just the play house!!

For the inspiration behind it all, here are a few pics of the Delano Hotel located in Miami.
So pretty! It's no wonder Rita was inspired by it!

Check out the party at Hooked on Houses

June 4, 2009

White chairs please!

As I'm sure some of you do too, I keep inspiration files. I'm usually all over the place with styles, colors, themes... I mean really, sometimes I wonder if I have multiple personalities the way some of my "favorite" rooms are so extremely different!

But for some reason with dining rooms I have one specific type. Had you asked me a few months ago what kind of dining rooms I liked, I don't know that I could have even told you. It just happened that I was repeatedly drawn to modern white chairs paired with a dark antique table. Certainly all of the light, the detailed ceiling and gorgeous bookshelves help to set the scene in this room, but I love the contrast of the sleek white chairs against the worn in wood of the table. I also love this table too and I laughed when I realized how similar it is to then one above it. I literally had to flip between the 2 several times before confirming that in fact they were NOT the same table just shot at different ends. These covered chairs are also really nice too! I like the slight French flair here.
This table only cost $30! It was purchased as part of a renovation done by Angela at The Painted House. I love pretty and cheap!
I really took a step out here --- a round table!

But isn't it funny how similar they really all are?!

Do you tend to like the same style? or are you sometimes all over the place like I usually am?
Photo Credits: Domino, Domino, Giannetti Interiors, House Beautiful, The Painted House, Things that Inspire.
And please check out what everyone else is hooked on at Hooked on Houses, and all things fashionable at Fifi's Flowers.

May 14, 2009

It's Like Rainbow Sherbert

I love rainbow sherbert in the summer.... and these fruity, fun rooms also seem appropriate as the weather gets warmer.

I just love how white furniture pops off of the bright walls!



I like mine with rainbow sprinkles too!