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I’m loving the subdued colors in this Rosemary Beach home designed by Atlanta designer, Melanie Turner.  It’s a nice change from the “sea” colors you typically see in a home by the water.  All the white slipcovered furniture keeps it light, but the grey tones give it an unexpected moodiness.  I’m liking moodiness right now…and I’d like a beach vacation!

I adore this compact kitchen.  Stainless steel hoods with a strong horizontal element like this one are in crazy demand these days.  The driftwood lamp reminds you that you’re still at the beach!

That’s a lot of seating!  I love the detail over the hallway openings on either side of the hood. 

 

Comfy couches for a raining day at the beach.

I love this landscape!

I still love white bedding…the black shades on the lamp provides a crisp contrast.

For more of Melanie’s work make sure to visit her website.  The living room of the “Chatham” House is one of my all time favorites!

 

Can this marble-topped console be retrofitted into a sink base and used to create two totally different bathroom looks?  I think so!   My first look is “Punchy Traditional.”  I love this kelly green graphic wallpaper.  I really love the name too – “Reel of Fortune!” 

I love the masculine lines of the “Dillion” faucet by Restoration Hardware.

I love this simplistic round sink bowl.

I love the organic lines of this Twig Mirror. 

 

 

 

 

The  Hicks Pendant by Visual Comfort would tie in the black of the vanity and gold of the mirror.

Several baskets from Waterworks would line the open shelves and provide storage.

Look #2:

Same vanity, this time with a more Uptown twist!

Kensingston Mirror by PB

The wallpaper and light fixture give the bathroom it’s “pretty.”

 

 

The“Ladena”sink balances out the girliness but still maintains elegant lines.

 

The Kent collection from Restoration Hardware could easily go masculine or feminine. 

Pair of Campaign Chests via 1st Dibs

I have long love the “campaign style” of furniture.  The original concept is actually pretty cool…furniture you can pack up and take on the go!  For a great explanation of this genre that has been around since Roman times, read Buzz Kaplan’s explanation on his blog.

Vanessa de Vargas’ green campaign dresser as seen in Lonny

Black Campaign Dresser

Jenny of Little Green Notebook’s fabulous campaign dresser and shelves

T and S Company via Ebay

Campaign Inspired Table from Wisteria

Italian Campaign Bed from Anthropologie

Williams Sonoma Home’s  Canvas Director’s Chair

Ralph Lauren Mahogany Campaign Desk

{Thom Filicia}

I scored this antique print of “foil” designs for my friend, Libby, at Round Top last weekend.  In its honor I decided to dedicate this Furniture Friday to one of my favorite motifs, the quatrefoil.

Suzanne Kasler uses the motif quite frequently in her designs.  Her “Alexandra” chair for Hickory Chair is a personal favorite!

Gothic Arch Console from Wisteria

Cast Iron table by Ironies

‘Tini Table – love the name, love the table!

Quatre Feuille Side Table

Gothic Bench

White Painted Anna Bed

Antiques du Monde via 1st Dibs

Antique French Server

Antiqued Iron Demi-Lune Console Table w/Marble Top

{above and below photos via La Dolce Vita}

Along with a white, tailored, slipcovered- sofa, a velvet textured sofa (because let’s be honest…some of these fabrics just look like velvet) is a personal favorite of mine. Tufts or no tufts – I could go either way! I do prefer a “funkier” shape like the turquoise number from Shine Home. Do you have a favorite?

{Angie Hranowsky}

{Elle Decor via The Goods}

{Mary McDonald}

{Kelly Wearstler}

{Katie Denham}

{Mary McGee}

{Tobi Fairley}

{Melissa Rufty}

{Shine Home}

{Lee Industries}

{Alister Sofa}

{Lee Industries}

{Jayson Home & Garden}

{Hutton Sofa - Room and Board}

{Easton Upholstered Sofa - Restoration Hardware}

{above and below photos via La Dolce Vita}

Along with a white, tailored, slipcovered- sofa, a velvet textured sofa (because let’s be honest…some of these fabrics just look like velvet)  is a personal favorite of mine.  Tufts or no tufts – I could go either way!  I do prefer a “funkier” shape like the turquoise number from Shine Home.   Do you have a favorite?

{Angie Hranowsky}

{Elle Decor via The Goods}

{Mary  McDonald}

{Kelly Wearstler}

{Katie Denham}

{Mary McGee}

{Tobi Fairley}

{Melissa Rufty}

{Shine Home}

{Lee Industries}

{Alister Sofa}

{Lee Industries}

{Jayson Home & Garden}

{Hutton Sofa - Room and Board}

{Easton Upholstered Sofa - Restoration Hardware}

My heart may have skipped a beat when I spotted this Erickson Beamon designed chandelier from Vivre.  It’s dripping with Japanese glass pearls, Swarovski crystals, glass, and brass chains on an antique brass base.  I would pair it with very minimal sleek modern dining furnishings in an old Parisian apartment of course!

{The Darling store, Perch, where THE VAMP works!!!}

{above two photos from the Perch blog}

I just spent a long weekend in New Orleans, and I have to say, I’m smitten with the city!  I was so excited to meet Valorie, who works at the shop Perch on Magazine Street.  The store is fabulous.  If you are in NOLA it is a must see.  Please excuse my iPhone pictures (my camera died after I dropped it eating a funnel cake @ the Houston Rodeo BBQ cook off - priorities, people)!

Loved this bergere!

I thought this vintage Lenox dish would be so cute on a coffee table with match books.

I may have a thing for Angel Wings…I loved this delicate dish-tray-catch all.

I WANT this little painting – it would be perfect on a gallery wall with black and white photos, sketches, and prints.

{photo from the Perch website}

This turquoise blue Venetian glass chandelier was gorgeous in person.

After a nice, long, lunch with Valorie, she headed back to work and I browsed up and down Magazine Street.  I loved seeing the Leontine shop in person – it was like visiting the Motherland.  Julie Neill’s light fixtures are more beautiful in person (I DIED), and I also managed to get some clothes shopping in too!

A long day of shopping ended with a fun night at the piano bar @ Pat O’ Brien’s!  Of course, I was focused on the copper pianos and their “nail head trim (a.k.a. silver screws)!”

So the no beignet story…well I was really excited to try the famous beignets @ Cafe du Monde.  I needed to leave for the airport around 1:15, so I raced over to the square around ten til 1 and the line to get in is down the block.  One thing I have observed about New Orleans is that you just can’t be in a hurry there…they run at their own pace.  When the “to-go” line wasn’t moving, we ended up getting a not-yet-cleaned-off table (for Houstonians, it was like the Avalon diner on Saturday morning…on crack).  It’s 1:15 at this point and we are a good 15-20 walk from our hotel.  Darn, no wait service yet…1:20…no service and not a nice reaction when a waiter is flagged down (table is still nasty).  Eek.  We had to bail.  Tragic.  I could actually SEE the beignets being pulled out of the fryer.  I was breathing in the powdered sugar.

Alas, I was forced to race back to the hotel because I knew that line at the airport was not going to move at Houston’s pace.  Don’t worry, I got my beingets…at Crescent City Cafe in River Oaks.  Not NOLA, but I got my fix.

One more plug for Perch…they’re giving away a lucite ballroom chair! You know the Material Girls love them some lucite!  I’m entered…are you??

 

{Photography by Brandone Barre via Desire to Inspire}

I think every room needs a little lucite.  Accent tables are the perfect place to experiment with lucite because they are small enough to just add a subtle glimmer to a room.  I’ve rounded up some of the most fabulous little clear tables out there!   

{Above two photos Blount Design}

 

{Acrylic I-Beam Table}

I spotted this vintage darling at Mecox…I really wanted to bring it home!

Pair of Lucite and Brass End Tables.  Emily, these really remind me of you!

 

Glass & Lucite End Table

Charles Hollis Jones Lucite Side Tables

{Can’t beat this price}

{Alec Acrylic End Table}

{Acrylic Side table from Horchow}

{Timber Table by Gus Design making it’s second appearance on Furniture Friday}

 

{Kartell’s Jolly Table}

I immediately fell for this chic ensemble when I spotted it on Franki’s blog. I could really relate to it because as much as I love black, I do need that pop of color!  My favorite part are the Chuck Taylors…so chic with tights and a mini, yet so practical for walking all over a city!

This Living, Etc. bedroom via Mimi and Meg really exemplifies the casual elegance of the woman’s outfit.  I love the fur throw tossed on the bed and the pop of striped fuchsia pillows, acting as the “scarf” of the room.