Tuesday’s Tips: add curb appeal with jazzy address numbers

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Standard address numbers are nothing short of boring. Take an hour out of your weekend to jazz up the numbers and add some curb appeal to your exterior.

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Love the color palette of chartreuse and gray with sleek modern numbers…

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Or you can add greenery and use moss….

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Have you changed yours?

{Images via my Exterior Board on Pinterest}

Miami home tour with a modern sky blue twist

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This is pretty much what I think of when I think of Miami penthouses in the sky. The monochromatic color of water with lacquered furnishings and modern lines is quite beautiful.

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This mirror is everything…

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This is what I thought all furniture would look like after year 2000. Growing up, I thought by now we’d all dress futuristic in silver like TLC, have cars that fly and just very curvy and odd shaped furniture. Don’t judge me. But this would have fit my vision. I like the metallic wallpaper throughout and what was done with the column as well.

{Designed by Carlo Rampazzi with more images here}

Tuesday’s Tips: DIY Ikea lamp inspired by Ralph Lauren’s Brass Helmet Lamp

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I love those brass mushroom styled lamps but the real deal is a bit pricey. Purchase the Ikea lamp here and after a coat or two of spray paint, you can create your own saving$572.

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{Images via Kelly Wearstler, Small Shop Studio & Ilse Crawford}

I’m inspired by bright lacquered animal statues and figurines…

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Designer Miguel Palacio has something in common with me. We both have animal statues. Mine are a panther and elephant. In giving my old decor new life, I spraypainted mine. Jonathan Adler was the inspiration as his home decor lines always feature bright colored animals. I loved the dogs from the Barbie House he designed here.

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So yeah…all of this made me spray paint mine a cobalt blue and chartreuse.

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Before and after…

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I love how they turned out. I will be posting other spray painted items so follow along on my instagram. See more painted animals below…

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A colorful home tour designed by twins who mix high end with low end & DIY projects…

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Twins Teman & Teran Evans (HGTV’s design consultants for the show High/Low Project) live together & collaborated to create a home that effectively mixes higher end pieces with lower price point retail chain stores. Covering a living room wall with … Continue reading