Follow Up

I want to say a HUGE thank you for all the help yesterday regarding the lamps!  Y'all are good.  It seems that what I have focused in on is antique pottery lamps (of course because they are $$$).  The gorgeous and talented Greet of Belgian Pearls (such a beautiful blog) sent me some sources in Belgium.  This only furthered my suspicions that really I was meant to live there.  One of the stores Greet recommended is AM Projects and look what I found...perfection.

I have requested information from them but I would really like to find them stateside. So we shall see...

Pretty Little Friday

Happy Friday!!  I wanted to pop in really quickly to say good luck with the holiday rush.  I try to periodically remind myself to appreciate the little things & so much of that for me (and I'm sure many of you ;) is about seeing the beauty in the every day...

Being able to sit down & share a meal with friends or family, having a moment to yourself, and yes, even appreciating the pretty produce at the grocery store...

{Would love to do a fabric based on these leafy clementines}

 

I am (as always) terribly behind in my holiday shopping (meaning I haven't done any;) but I've also learned that this is a time to be enjoyed & even savored.  This time wants to fly away.  The anticipation in our house full of boys is really cool and it brings back those Christmas-kid feelings I used to have.  Lately, life (although crazy-sort-of-losing-it-busy) has been exciting & special...  Full of lightning-quick days interspersed with moments where I notice something & really take it in...  and feel thankful for it.  I've been reminding myself to slow down and appreciate and I do think it's working.

Sending hugs & love your way and hoping you get some time to take the moments in.



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Sale Week Interrupted..Lamp Help Needed

Sale week will resume tomorrow but I need help.  I am looking for a lamp similar to the ones in these pictures.  I am coming up empty handed.  Does anyone have a good source?  Is there a particular name I should be searching?  Any buzz words to Google?  Help!

 All images Belgian Pearls and Brigitte & Alain Garnier Antiques

Sale Week Day 3

For sale today I have a favorite in the design world: one Circa Thomas O'Brien Bryant Sconce in Polished Nickel with a Natural Paper Shade with silver trim.

Dimensions: 14 1/4"H, 5 1/2"W, 8 3/4" Extension

Retail: $189, One time only price: $129 (does not include freight)

e-mail me @ mstronginteriors@aol.com if interested

Sale Week: Day 2

Next up on sale is a brand new Jane Wilner, King Ivory Coco Matelasse with pink stitching.  Once again, it was a size issue so it has only been out the packaging for these pictures.  Jane Wilner is known for the exceptional high end bedding in amazing fabrics and colors.

The pink embroidery forms a scalloped edge along with a clean 3 line top design.

Of course with pink a girl's bedroom comes to mind but it could be beautiful in a master or guest as well as just a touch of soft color...

The details:

Retails for $399, price for this one only: $250, 80% cotton/20% Poly, King with 19"Drop on sides -great for a king bed but couls also be used on a queen for those who like longer coverlets.  Prices does not include freight.  E-mail me @ mstronginteriors@aol.com.

Into Golds...

For a while now I've been noticing that gold tones have really been catching my eye.  I've always been into brass & the warmth that gold tones can bring to a home but I'm wanting it more & more in my own home in things likes fabrics & art...

 

{Loved the way Christian's hair matched some of the leaves this Fall}

I haven't been able to get this orangey-mustard beauty out of my mind since I saw it on my friend Seleta's blog, years ago for her Thanksgiving tablesettings:

I came across this gorgeous tree this Fall & it reminds me of the chandy:

I love the gold tones mixed with earthy & moody ones.

 I first became conscious of how much I was loving golds when I did the boys' room at my dad's lake cottage this summer:

 

 

There's something about those mustard throws that I couldn't stop thinking about.  (Yes, I know, other people have more important things to think about...  but I occupy my brain with ponderings of color ;)  Just thinking about this room since we left it makes me happy & in the strangest way, redoing this bedroom made us start thinking of moving this past July.  It was just a tiny itch, but with us, an itch can lead to a serious rash & we were off to a new place!

 

I came across this beautiful ancient Egyptian Wall painting on wreckorated.blogspot.com and am crazy about it:

 

 

 

Around the same time I did the boys' bedroom this summer, I finished "buttercup" and naturally, it was yellows & earth tones:

 

 

I'm really not one for "trends" & knowing what's "of the moment" but I do think I have my own little love affairs with colors & objects & themes in design.  I start to notice them in life & in photos & just ccan't seem to get enough of them. Whether they're current or not, I never really care or am aware, but they're right on for me. 

 

 

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Sale Week: Day 1

 After some arm twisting and a huge office cleaning my assistant has convinced me to have a week long sale of great items that we have in the office.  So, I am starting the week with this custom built, very high quality ottoman.  

Custom made for a client...in the wrong dimensions. It is brand new, never used.

 

Made in a gorgeous brown linen, it also boasts large French Natural nail head detail and Queen Anne Ball & Claw legs and a tufted top.

Size: 40"L x 20"H x 25"W

Retail: $1250, One time only price: $899 OBO

Freight outside of Birmingham must be coordinated by buyer.  E-mail me @ mstronginteriors@aol.com.