Hump Day Home Makeover - Ikat Curtains

A few years ago I bought these beige ikat curtains from West Elm for my bedroom. They ended up migrating to the living room and are now back in my bedroom in New York. To me this is the testament of a good home decor piece - the ability to mix and match with different styles and settings. For today's Hump Day Home Makeover, I wanted to do something a little bit different than usual and rethink what the living room could be with the same piece. Here are the curtains in the living room from about 3 years ago...

And here's the new look!

1. Ikat Ogee Linen Curtains - West Elm

2. Branching Out Pillow - Lulu & Georgia

3. Field of Gold Pillow - Lulu & Georgia

4. Manhattan Print - Rifle Paper Co.

5. Tripod Floor Lamp - Circa Lighting

6. Claybourne Sofa - Zinc Door

7. Industrial Age Coffee Table - Urban Outfitters

8. Brass Undulating Candle Holder - Jonathan Adler

9. Citrus Floral Print - Rifle Paper Co.

Hope you all have been having a great week! This week has been extra special for me because one of my very best friends got engaged yesterday during her trip to Croatia! 

A HUGE Congrats to Steph & Eric on your engagement!! Love you both.

Hump Day Home Makeover / Nicole Gibbons Of So Haute

Nicole Gibbons from So Haute's living room caught my eye somewhere along my daily blog crawl. There are a lot of pieces in this room that I'm drawn to - the brass coffee table, Greek key trimmed curtains, Louis XVI chair, lucite chair and sun mirror to name a few. My roommate and I have been settling into our newly shared apartment and mixing some of the random decor pieces we have on hand to design our living room. Three of them where featured in Nicole's living room in a totally new style than we are working with and I loved the inspiration.

Here's how you can get the look:

1. Louis XVI Chair - Ballard Designs

2. Edwards Cowhide Rug - Lulu & Georgia

3. Electron Mirror - Lulu & Georgia

4. Dumbo Elephant - Lulu & Georgia

5. Ginger Jar - Williams Sonoma

6. Greek Key Curtains image (source) - DIY idea

7. Robert Abbey - Double Gourd Lamp, Pink - HomeClick

8. Black & White Chandelier Photography + Matted Picture Frame

9. Blue Peacock Pillow Cover - Etsy

10. Light Blue Pillow Cover - Etsy

11. Mid-Century Brass Glass Top Coffee Table - eBay

12. Diamond Area Rug, Ivory - Target

13. Pascal Collection - Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams

Nicole Gibbons image source - The Glitter Guide

hump day home makeover / design love fest's living room

As you know, I'm in the process of redesigning my living room, so today's hump day home makeover is an extra treat...a beautiful bohemian living room AND a great look at the before and after (you know I love those) from Design Love Fest. Have you discovered this blog yet? I'm surprised I haven't found it earlier, and can already tell it will be a part of my daily reads.

Here's the before:

I came across her bright,colorful and airy living room earlier this week when I was shamelessly stalking fiddle leaf fig trees. The bright blue couch, bright green of the fiddle leaf figs and pops of color throughout the room caught my eye. How amazing is the after of this living room?! I want to live here.

GET THE LOOK

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

See the rest of her living room and house tour here.

Hump Day Home Makoever - Lonny Living Room

I am a huge Restoration Hardware fan and a current resident of an "intimate" New York apartment, so this month's Lonny Magazine that featured an apartment makeover with Restoration Hardware's Big Style Small Spaces was clearly made for me.

I love the white and black contrast with floral and leather accents and white space that make the room feel bigger.

What you need to get Lonny Magazine's editor, Michelle Adam's, makeover look.

While the living room is my favorite, she really did a great job with the entire apartment. A lot of white spaces with space saving tricks throughout the entire apartment.

See the rest of Lonny's November magazine here.

And we're back! - Hump Day Home Makeover - Tribal Glam

After a little too long of a hump day home makeover hiatus, this week I'm trying something new. Instead of selecting a picture of a room I like and telling you how to create it, I created a totally new room based upon living spaces I've found inspiring over the past few weeks. I'm a day late on hump day...so uh...happy weekend redecorating!

credits: floor, fireplace, windows

Target - Lennox Faux Leather Sofa

Cate Parr - Vogue Germany Photographique

Not available online - similar lamp

Furbish Studio - New York City pillow

Ballard Designs - Red Ikat pillow

One of A Kind Antiques - Large set of 19th century deer or stag antlers

One Kings Lane - Thomas Hammer, M5

BJS - Gramercy Alec Coffee Table 

Bloomingdales - Ralph Lauren Margeaux Faux Fur Throw

Anthropologie - Marjorie Chair

West Elm - Anthony Shapiro Vases (left)

West Elm - Ceramic Matters Thorn Vases (right) 

West Elm - Kite Kilim Rug

One Kings Lane - Rivington Bowl

Enjoy,

C

Update (Week 3 & a half??) / Bedroom Makeover

Carrie Bradshaw was right sometimes a girl needs a half. While everyone else in NYC is going crazy for the upcoming Fashion Week, I'm ogling over the new edition of Domino Magazine. And I tell you what, even after a 3 year hiatus from publication, it never seems to disappoint.

In this edition, the editors take readers through their favorites spaces of all times. My favorite room from this bunch was Amy Kehoe, a principal of L.A. based Nickey Kehoe, Inc. I am completely obsessed with her sense of design, and am now rethinking my entire room plan (let's hope this is the final end to my indecisiveness). I love her approach to the color palette and furniture type in her living room, and turns out it's a perfect solve for how to make my vintage vanity fit into my overall bedroom scheme without having to paint over the tiger maple.

Here's my inspiration from Amy Kehoe:

Domino Magazine Fall/Winter 2012

Needing to make up for three weeks I've already wasted in my bedroom makeover (thank you indecisiveness) and get my room in shape for my out of town guests later this month, I hopped right into this new project last night - my rendition of Mark Milroy's woodblock print. I hung it up last night, and am already obsessed!