Merry Christmas
one of my faves from last year
wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
love, donna
nailhead trim on...
...curtains.
Atlanta Designer Amy Morris added oversized nailhead trim to
these curtains in a client's mountain home.
An interesting touch, isn't it?
I'm crazy about that bathroom AND this guest bedroom
from the same house.
Love how the black highlights the angles of the ceiling.
And those prints!
the really tall fiddle leaf fig...
check out how awesome they look in a moss-filled basked (first and last photos).
Have a great fall weekend!
donna
Down Pipe - a Perfect Dark Gray
Check out my dark side.
It's Down Pipe and I love it.
We used it on one large wall in the lobby of my husband's new/old office.
The building was built in the early 1920's as our town's original post office, so we wanted to incorporate a nod to the history of the building.
You can see I rolled up some of the building's original
blue prints and tucked them into a wire basket.
You might remember when I blogged about using these original
Here's a glance at the lobby 'before'.
A little bland, there, wasn't it?
I really like how this light, distressed piece looks against the dark wall.
We framed and stacked some blue prints in the adjacent conference room.
And painted the conference room ceiling Down Pipe, too.
Made a huge difference.
Big thanks to Bill Bates and Barry McElreath of Antiques on Augusta for helping me through.
Down Pipe is their go-to and they knew it was just what I needed.
C'mon over to the dark side...I'd highly recommend it.
I've gone over to the dark side...
I've fallen hard for one particular dark gray and I can't wait to show you how I used it.
I've always wanted to try a really deep gray, I just needed a little nudge.
Details soon...
"Gray is my neutral"
photos by Matt Ramirez for The Wall Street Journal
article written by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz
Interior Designer Ryan Korban's New York apartment was just
featured in The Wall Street Journal.
Check out the article to see how he discovered the color gray,
and what he pairs with it.
Glidden's Best Gray Paint Colors
wall color: Seal Grey from Glidden
wall color: Pebble Grey from Glidden
You guys are the best.
And I know you love your gray paint colors.
I've gotten a lot of e-mail asking for a few gray color selections in paints available from home improvement stores.
The good folks at Glidden were kind enough to send me a little information for you...
Seal Grey and Pebble Grey, both pictured above, are Glidden's top selling gray
selections. (Notice that Glidden uses the spelling 'grey'.)
Krim Danzinger, Senior Color Consultant for Glidden Paint says, "When decorating a bedroom, 'Pebble Grey' is
a nice choice. More and more the bedroom
is where one wants to surround oneself with a sense of peace. We are over stimulated by our busy days and
we need a space of respite, a place to fall asleep quickly and soundly. However, a grey selection is also a wonderful
backdrop for a spark of color as well.
'Seal Grey' is a beautiful expression of
quietness in this seating area. If rest
and relaxation is on your list for the weekend, this is the area to enjoy
reading your favorite book."
Glidden's Tips for Grey
·
A grey selection is a stunning color to be used
for a nursery color on an accent wall.
It’s the kind of unisex color that can be companioned with either
gender. A grey appears very calming and
creates a wonderful contrast with yellows or pinks.
·
Using a grey in your kitchen can be very
welcoming. This neutral can be a
backdrop to those interesting materials that are also used in your kitchen such
as granite, marble and stainless steel.
·
Grey, perfect for a “man cave” atmosphere, gives
the man his personal space to enjoy. Whether
it is a collection of his antiques to a movie theatre area, this grey surrounds
his environment with meaningful things.
layering. for fall.
art and mirrors...
what?
you didn't think I meant clothes, did you?
have a great weekend!
see you on monday with some great new gray paint colors...
donna
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