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A few months ago I started working on my client Stacey’s home office.  From the get-go, she really wanted to incorporate navy in her scheme and sent me this photo below of Carrie’s apartment in SATC 2 for inspiration.  She loved how the warm yellow and golds were mixed with cooler colors such as grays and silvers (with a splash of navy as an accent).  Of course, we both were completely infatuated with Carrie’s slipper sofa too so wanted to try to incorporate that into our planning.

Stacey’s wall color was currently light gray and I went over and over in my mind about how we were going to tie in golds, navy, white, and gray.  I needed a fabric that pulled EVERYTHING together- one that would help it all make sense in there.

Enter: Lee Jofa

One sunny afternoon in Dallas, I was perusing the fabrics at Lee Jofa and stumbled upon the most incredible fabric I had ever seen!  I sent Stacey an email as soon as I saw it with the message- “this would be perfect for your office”.  It was one of the 25 fabrics from their new Oscar de la Renta line.  The fabric I chose in particular was a gorgeous linen-silk made of grosgrain ribbon, designed in a chevron pattern (appropriately dubbed Chevron Ribbon).  To make the fabric sighting even more rewarding, Lee Jofa had all of Oscar’s fabrics displayed in long pieces so you could really see the patterns and colors in them. I was really wowed by it all!

For Stacey’s office, I started with the Gray/Cream/Black colorway (trying to convince myself the black was just a really really dark navy but the cream in it didn’t fly with her bright white trim so I went out on a limb and proposed something else to Stacey.

Chevron Ribbon- Gray/Black/White colorway

I proposed that we paint the entire room navy and go with the Navy/Slate colorway instead.  The bright white background of it would look amazing with her white trim and wall paint from connecting rooms, and she would get the navy color that she’s been wanting, with a very graphic look. Luckily her and her husband were all for it, so we’ve started working on the scheme-

{Sources- Lee Industries, Lee Jofa, Global Views, Amanda Talley, 1st Dibs, Benjamin Moore}

Stacey’s color scheme reminds me of a post on Kravet’s Inspired Talk, that featured de la Renta’s clothing in navy, white and orange-

His fabrics are so stunning, you could honestly get out your sewing kit and make a skirt out of them, but of course Oscar has already thought of that!

Online Auction for Charity- Custom skirts designed by Oscar de la Renta

I took photos of some of the other Oscar fabric swatches that I got at Lee Jofa to give you an up close and personal look at all of his colorways (apologies in advance for the awful photography and background, but I do have to say that sisal looks great with his fabrics!)

During the last few weeks on my “Christmas break”, I spent a good amount of time tidying up my office.  I threw away a bunch of magazines, organized client binders, cleaned out my file cabinets, and attempted to just get really organized!

Organizing is actually one of my favorite hobbies (sounds crazy I know!) but I would so much rather do this over things like deep cleaning my house or cooking.  It makes my life feel so much less chaotic when everything is labeled and put in their designated place.

And stylish office supplies are purely the icing on the organizational cake!  I came across the most adorable site, Sorting with Style.  Their “cute office supplies” make cleaning out your desk, bearable and dare I say, exciting?

Now that I’ve gone through Phase I of my office, I now need to move to Phase II- getting cuter office supplies.  SWS is definitely a way to accomplish this!

{The Mini Binder}

{Season Green Cork Board}

{Days of Week Magnets}

{Block Brown Perpetual Calendar}

{Lime Aqua Pencil Pen}

{Pencil Holder- Midnight Bloom}

{Truly Mom Planner}

{Nature Olive File Folders}

{Hot Pink USB Flash Drive}

{Zebra Mini Clipboard}

{Forsythia Pencil Cup}

{Petals Notecard}

{Notebook Set- Leaf Garden}

{Flower Paperclips}

{Orange Chalkboard}

{People + Places Set}

I have been incredibly swamped lately trying to get a bunch of projects finished before the holidays….it’s that Christmas rush!

I really do think I’d be much more productive in an office that looks like this, don’t ya think?

{House Beautiful}

Well, actually Velvet and Linen blog does.  Brooke of Velvet and Linen is hosting a Restoration Hardware Brickmaker’s coffee table givevaway on her blog and this past weekend, the Material Girls were among other design bloggers asked to judge the 170 room entries that she received (readers were asked to send in a room where they would use the table- and trust me it was not easy judging as Brooke had so many great entries!)

We selected our top five rooms that we thought would be enhanced by the Brickmaker’s Table.  After all of the bloggers’ votes were in and tabulated, ten rooms were named as finalists in the contest.  But the contest isn’t over yet…the winner depends on the opinions of YOU dear readers!  So be sure to stop by Brooke’s blog and vote for your favorite room (one vote per person).  The voting window will end Wednesday morning at 8 am.  The top three will each win a Brickmaker’s Table.

Here are the 10 finalists-

See what I mean- it’s not an easy decision!

To vote for Valorie’s Modern Creole room in the 5th annual Apartment Therapy Room for Color 2009 Contest.

Valorie, our friend over at the Visual Vamp blog, is definitely no stranger to color.  Her bold and vivacious home in New Orleans is filled with lots of colorful Southern charm.

Click here to vote!

Good luck Valorie- we are all rooting for ya!

Which celeb library is this?

I’ll give you a hint…it’s her California home- books on her shelves include first edition biographies of Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent, Collected Poems by Robert Frost, Edith Wharton’s the Age of Innocence, and The Deep End of the Ocean.

Apparently she even likes greek key too! (judging from her fireplace)