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Cheery California Beach Bungalow by Designer Krista Ewart

July 16, 2010 · Comments { 14 }
This cheery beach house designed by Southern California-based, Krista Ewart was recently featured in House Beautiful and captures the relaxed SoCal beach vibe perfectly. Although the 1938 cottage located on Balboa Island is small in size {1,200 square feet}, the interior design is bold and bright.

Ewart brilliantly mixes patterns, color and texture throughout. It all really pops against the all white walls and ceiling. In the living room {above}, flowers are everywhere – in the vibrant artwork, sofa print and fresh blooms from vases. The green and white zebra rug is a playful, unexpected element.
   
 
Scallop shapes are also seen throughout the cottage including in the living room bookshelves, mirror above the fireplace and guest-kitchen countertop {above}. “Scallops are feminine, but not overly feminine, a great old-fashioned smiley shape. They’re young and happy — like polka dots” says Ewart in her House Beautiful interview. The pink Smeg fridge says nothing but “happy” too.
 
Ewart add personality to the space by adding animal objects and figurines. One such animal is the elephant seen above beside the sunny window seat.
The refreshing  little girl’s bedroom is darling with crisp white walls, turquoise vintage bed and “Bubble Up: side table in red from PB Teen. The rickrack details in the Roman shade and bedding give the room some feminine touches.
 
One luxury of living in California is being able to entertain outside most of the year. Ewart designed a colorful, approachable patio for guests to unwind. The 1960s patio furniture is the perfect form and scale for the space. Love the preppy, green surf board as a backdrop.
 
Parked outside the front gate {notice it too is scalloped!}, is a darling and of course colorful beach crusher bike by Liberty of London… available at Target! I want one and am talking about the beach cottage! Be sure to drop by House Beautiful to see more lovely pictures of this darling home.
xo,
 
 
*photos by Victoria Pearson and from House Beautiful
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DC Designer Liz Levin’s Kid-friendly, Stylish Home

May 5, 2010 · Comments { 14 }
When Washington DC-based interior designer, Liz Levin became a new mom she discovered few stylish furniture options that were kid-friendly. As a result, she founded Nesting – an all-in-one resource for contemporary, high performance furnishings specifically selected and designed with children and pets in mind. Yippee!
Liz used her own home as a laboratory and many of her furnishings are from her store’s collection. In the living room, Liz mixes design styles and balances feminine and masculine elements beautifully. The table skirt was made custom by Liz Levin Interiors in Rogers and Goffigon {cream texture} with trim fabric by Schumacher. A fun Lucite waterfall coffee table from CB2 serves as a coffee table {note the rounded corners – kid-friendly!}. Liz sells a higher end version on Liz Levin Nesting. The most striking element in the room however, is the stunning wallpaper by Cole & Son  behind the dark chocolate sofa. The colorful print {Fornasetti Collection Frutto Proibito} pulls together the room’s color palette brilliantly. The remaining walls were painted in Benjamin Moore’s Manchester Tan and is a nice contrast to the dark remnant wool wilton area rug.
The Murano glass table lamp and round brass vase add just the right vintage touches and were purchased at Sixteen Fifty-Nine in DC’s Georgetown. The red, pink and white t.v. time chair {“deliciously comfortable” as Liz puts it} is covered in a cutting edge, stain-resistant upholstery fabric that uses Nano-Tex technology and adds a punch of color. Stylish and functional – love this!
Above the living room’s fireplace hangings original artwork by Barbara K. Buer. I love how Liz flanks the fireplace with highs and lows – an antique Chinese garden statue from Qi in Old Town Alexandria, VA and a sweet child’s rocking chair found at a local flea market. The fuchsia nesting chair {Hollywood 2} is also made in high performance fabric, yet has a fashion-forward look. {We need to know how she sold her hubby on the bold, feminine color choice!}

In the dining room, Liz opens up the space visually with a large custom mirror and floor length drapes in a fun brown and white geometric print. The dark wooden dining table was a passed down from a family member and looks amazing with the Design Within Reach white leather chairs Liz scored off of Craig’s List. The drum pendant lighting is by Visual Comfort and is available through the trade.
This fun and colorful space is Liz’s “catch all” room. It serves as a home office, play area and guest room so the design needed to incorporate furnishings that were functional and flowed visually. The striking red and white “Merlin” wallpaper by Albert Hadley {through Hinson/Brunchwig & Fils} was a splurge and sets a playful tone. Liz selected the sleek white Parsons desk from West Elm and paired it with an Ikea chair – both very affordable. A fun red bamboo style floor lamp from Arteriors {available through the trade} helps with needed task lighting and balances the space visually. Artwork stacked above the cherry red file cabinet are finger paintings by her daughter and set in frames from Pottery Barn. I love to see children’s art framed and showcased for all to see.
Keeping within a tight budget, Liz selected the children’s table and chairs from Ikea – can’t bet Ikea prices! Liz hung a whimsical poster that beautifully picks up a yellow and white zigzag accent pillow on the West Elm Storage Bed Frame {pull out draw provides more storage options}.
In the bedroom, Liz covers the bed in dark brown bedding by DKNY. The turquoise and white circle print accent pillows were made custom while bolsters were from West Elm. A sweet Lucite tray table from Alba Interiors Lambertville, NJ is the perfect bedside table. Framed artwork from Liz’s travels to Brazil and Hong Kong are stacked, while a larger “For Like Ever” print hangs above the bed.
 

Liz mixes styles and adds ethnic touches on a dresser. The vintage turquoise Chinese Foo Dog from Qi in Old Town Alexandria, VA is handsome next to the modern Paris lamp from good old, Target. The rrom’s walls were painted a soothing Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore.
In the baby’s nursery room, Liz keeps it bright and cheery with the walls painted in Farrow & Ball Hound Lemon. She placed a white classic spindle crib from Land of Nod {before many of the crib recalls of this type – please make sure if you are given a crib it has not been recalled} centered between a glider and toy bins. The sweet and sassy curvy side table in white is one of my favorites and is available at Liz Levin Nesting. It is perfect for any room in the house! 

Floor length drapes in yellow with a green panel nicely frame the windows. While large, colorful stuffed animals in the green and yellow color palette add to the playfulness of the room’s decor. Liz keeps the amoire and changing table {Land of Nod} neutral white and consistent with the other furnishings in the room.

I am still drooling over the Cole & Son wallpaper in Liz’s living room? What caught your eye?

Be sure to check out Liz’s lovely design portfolio and visit Nesting for kid-friendly furnishings and great design advice.

*images courtesy of Liz Levin Interiors

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Laura Casey Interiors & Suzanne Kasler’s Inspired Interiors Giveaway

May 3, 2010 · Comments { 12 }
A surprising, yet wonderful result of blogging has been the people I have met along the way. Laura Casey is one such person. Not only is she a very nice, she is a talented interior designer and writes a darling design blog. Based in Charlotte, NC, Laura launched Laura Casey {LCI} Interiors a full-service residential design firm in 2003.

Recently Laura launched a new look for her website and I couldn’t resist posting some of the beautiful work from her portfolio. As you will see, Laura and has a great eye for classics with a stylish contemporary flair.

Be sure to drop by Laura’s LCI blog soon – she is giving away a signed copy of Suzanne Kasler’s book Inspired Interiors.

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More Designer Living Rooms in Green

March 29, 2010 · Comments { 25 }

This beautiful living room designed by Tobi Fairly of Little Rock, Arkansas recently featured here and on Odi et Amo had me thinking about one of my favorite colors, green. Last year, I featured a post on living rooms in the hue of green and wanted to share some more great examples.

Speaking of Tobi Fairly, she was recently interviewed on The Skirted Roundtable. Tobi is so talented and charming too.

Lauren Liess, an interior designer and fellow blogger of Pure Style Home features green in her own living room shown above. She bought {scored} the Lee Industries sofa off Craigslist and had it reupholstered in a bright green velvet {her favorite color}. The sofa looks amazing paired with her lucite coffee table, table lamp from Pottery Barn and mirrored reproduction French flea market nesting tables from Crate & Barrel.

In this living room the designer {unknown – let me know if you know!} a traditional sofa in green looks sharp with coordinating graphic pillows. The white shag rug and glass round coffee table provide modern elements. The beautiful yellow blossoms behind the sofa adds height and pulls the yellow accent from the middle throw pillow and books on the side table. Photography by Anna Williams.

Jonathan Adler creates a beautiful living room in a green, yellow and brown color scheme. The sofas are covered in kelly green which contrasts nicely with the yellow trim detail and white legs. Adler mixes vintage, modern and traditional styles with ease. I particularly like the dramatic floor length drapes, white lacquer coffee table and yellow and white geometric rug.

Interior designer, Pheobe Howard is known to use green throughout her creations. This gorgeous living room by Howard showcases green with both dark and light furnishings. The airy white upholstered sofa is beautifully contrasted with heavier dark wooden casegoods and carved chair. The pair of green and white geometric slipper chairs adds a fun contemporary element. I am also loving the natural bamboo stools!

The living room beautifully painted in leaf green by Billet Collins is reflected in a stunning over-sized mirror. To balance the color scheme, upholstered chairs and the rug are in a neutral white.

Do you love green too?

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