With color inspiration from the 70s and a marriage of design styles, this home tour encompasses a lot of things I look for when featuring on my blog. I like a home to have some character and architectural detail. Brany’s has just that in the molding designs on the doors, beautiful wood floors and exposed…
Tag: exposed brick
Friend in my head: Lauren Conrad’s penthouse…
I have posted about LC (for you old Hills fans) several times before on her Paper Crowne office space and her feminine style so I’m glad to see her home featured in Instyle magazine. This feminine Parisian inspired closet is everything. It looks like a luxury boutique… For me, the epitome of a penthouse is…
Lauren Conrad’s Paper Crowne offices
I have been a fan of the newly engaged Conrad since the Hills days. It’s nice to see a reality star who went to college, interned and honed her craft. I like a lot of her pieces at Kohl’s Dept Store and her site is filled with fun girly tips and DIYs. Though I’m unfamiliar…
David Jimenez Palm Springs home plus the perfect gift for mid-century design enthusiasts
Jimenez is VP at Williams-Sonoma and Williams-Sonoma Home. His role as a visual merchandiser includes creating inspiring displays, theatrical settings and creating a great visual shopping experience (sounds like a dream job). One of the challenges in his mid-century bungalow was replacing dated tiles and creating unified flooring throughout the space. I think the poured…
Indulge Daily 8.8.13 Masculine Nook…
I really like the art set up and picture lights. This is probably from a restaurant but the nook can be recreated for a bachelor pad easily. {Anyone know the source or designer?}
Tuesday’s Tips: The trick to hanging pics on brick walls…
Brick Clips from Lee Valley are great for hanging photos on an exposed brick wall and they prevent damage to them.
Painting exposed brick: your thoughts?….
I love me some exposed brick walls and I think painting them can go either way. Sometimes the brick’s color can make a place feel like a dungeon and dated. Painting can modernize it and bring new life into it. There are other times in which the brick works well aged and natural. What do you…
iWant an exposed brick wall in my next place…
{The Decorista} This wall could have been very stale and cold if it were all white. The gray actually warms it up and I adore the placement of photos. I’m really not a fan of skirted sinks but I think this does it justice.Very stylish now. I love the texture and architecture of an EXPOSED…
Before & After…
Browsing Desire to Inspire & came across this before and after renovation. It went from very ugly… To über cozy. Ottomans under the lucite table to the right adds for additional seating. By using an acrylic table, it doesn’t add weight to the room which gives the illusion of more area. Click HERE to see further examples. An…
