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Friday Find :: Malibu Loft

Chic, sleek and modern. These are words that come to mind when describing the Malibu Loft furniture collection. Launched in 2011 by Somerset Bay, Malibu Loft offers a youthful vibe to contemporary furnishings through hand-painted finishes and fabulous design details not normally seen with this aesthetic. Although the collection is offered in six beautiful colors ( fresh, dusk, java, ebony, ivory, stone and cayenne), I’ve selected my faves in fresh (crisp, clean white).

white chic horizontal bookcase white concave chest with gold pullswhite chic bookcasewhite geometric console tablemodern white and gold bedside table

You can purchase Malibu Loft furnishings online at  Zinc Door.

Happy Decorating & Happy Friday!

Cristin

 

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Read full story By on March 8, 2013 in bookshelves, console tables, Features, friday find, Friday Finds, furniture, mid-century modern

A Curated Look :: Houston Home

My favorite interior last week featured in Matchbook Magazine’s latest issue, was the beautiful home of Bailey and Pete McCarthy. After briefly living in Chicago and Austin, the husband and wife interior design team behind Biscuit Home and the Peppermint Bliss blog settled in Houston. For the home’s design, the couple incorporated  items they’ve been collecting as they moved from city to city. Their curated look is inviting, multi-layered and has a wonderful mix of period styles.

emerald green velvet sofapeppermint bliss living roomgreen and yellow floral wallpaper bedroomRetro Pink Dining Roomdecorate in layerskitchen island table with caster wheelsretro bar with open shelving and wallpaper

I will say I have never considered my style fearless. My style has evolved over the years and I think it has gotten better and more refined, but it really is just my style. I am flattered that people like it but I am always a little amused when the work is called “fearless”- like maybe I should be afraid of putting it out there because it is testing the boundaries of good taste? Whoopsies. – Bailey McCarthy

chic bathroom medicine cabinetpagoda bookcasegirl's eclectic bedroom dresser vignette

 

Head to Matchbook Magazine to read the interview and see more inspiring images of this darling home!

Photo credit: Emily Anderson

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Read full story By on February 11, 2013 in antiques, Bathroom, bathrooms, Bedroom, bedrooms, bookshelves, curated look, Girl, girl's bedroom, Interiors, Kitchen, Living Room, living rooms, medicine cabinet, Uncategorized

Neutral Home Accessories

stylish bookcase with atlers and neutral accents

The right decor accents certainly makes styling a bookshelf an easier task. Selecting decorative objects in tones that  coordinate with the room’s color palette helps the bookshelf have a harmonious look. For example, the accents used in the above bookcase are all neutral tones (even the books!).  This stylish bookshelf inspired me to round-up some fun neutral home accessories for your bookcase:

decorating with neutral home accessories

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How cute are those ceramic Pug dogs?

Happy decorating,

Cristin

 

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Read full story By on January 28, 2013 in bookshelves, Features, Friday Finds, home accessories, Uncategorized

Design Reveal :: Traditional Boy’s Bedroom

traditional boy's bedroom with high ceiling

It’s the small details that make interiors special and this is especially true when it comes of designing kid’s rooms. Although my client’s son’s bedroom was charming before, adding art, storage and a work area personalized and maximized the space.

The young boy loves Legos and has created some wonderful pieces that needed a home. Taking advantage of the room’s beautiful high pitched ceiling, I had a custom display shelf built the length of the the entire wall. Now his Lego creations are stored neatly (and safely!). They also add such wonderful color and texture to the room. For now the shelf stores Legos, but in the future as the child’s interests change it could be used for other collections such as books, trophies or photographs in the future.

boy's bedroom with vintage airplane artwork

By adding a table and chairs under the shelf, I created an area for the boy to work on this Lego projects. I  selected a traditional drop-leaf table could expand for larger projects and had storage shelves underneath to tuck away works in progress. The clean-lined red chairs were added for a fun pop of color.

Originally a large scale black and white photo of a vintage airplane was going to be placed above the table. However, my client and I were drawn to this art-wall first seen on Pinterest. Purchased on Etsy, twelve different vintage airplane prints were placed in a simple, white frame and hung.

boy's bedroom red chair and letter pillowboy's bedroom with lego storage shelfboy's bedroom lego shelf

 

 I love how these special, personalized design elements pulled together the room. Don’t you?

Cristin

*photo credit: PlumLily

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Read full story By on January 14, 2013 in baby and children, Bedroom, bookshelves, Boy, boy's bedroom, chairs, etsy, Interiors, kids' art wall, Organization, simplified bee portfolio, storage, tables, traditional