Before & After

I have 2 new blogs I want to share. 

Some of you may already know about them,

but I wanted to share some of their DIY projects. 

Looking at their before & afters have made me look at furniture differently. 

It also taught me what to look for while searching CL.

In The Fun Lane

**Photos below are by Holly & Sean from Life In The Fun Lane**

**Check out her Country Cabinet, I love how she placed those books - - with the pages facing out**

Holly's headboard before

After

I now know to look for scroll legs, scalloped bottom, & sweet detail on the drawers.

Harp Chair

I love how Holly made this Sheet Music skirt for this dresser. 

Click Here for a tutorial on how to make it.

My favorite is this China Cabinet.

This China cabinet has scroll legs, scalloped bottom, & sweet detailing.

The next new favorite blog to read is Stories Of A House

I am definitely looking for this dresser! I love the color blue she used in this.

Dresser Before

Dresser After

(When you go to her blog, you can see wonderful details of this beautiful dresser)

Stories Of A House

After reading these 2 blogs, I went out & found a dresser with details.  I can't wait to show it.
I've been begging to keep it & sell my dresser ... mom says no!

It's so hard because you find what you love, but you can't keep it. 

C'est La Vie!

P.S. Have  you ever wondered how Anthropologie creates those amazing window displays??  Get The Scoop Here

Jennifer Lynette

Inspiration

What inspires you?

I love shopping on Etsy & reading magazines & blogs ~

it's one of my most favorite things to do. 

I get inspired, motivated, & entertained from blogs.

Where else do designers get motivation?

(Kelly Wearstler via Google Images)

Nature

(Google Images)

(VWGarden.Blogspot via Google)

(Google Images)

Is this not the most amazing color of blue?

Architecture

Architecture is amazing & inspirational.  I take joy in soaking up all forms of architecture.

Whether its basking in front of a Monet or looking at old streets in France or Italy,

I enjoy it!

(Google Images)

Other forms of inspiration are Music, Photography, & Imagination.

Design elements such as Textiles, Shapes, & Color also evoke inspiration. 

Dorothy Draper (the Queen of Design) says to pull pictures of magazines,

& use them as a reference.  Don't be afraid of color!! "Living without

color is like living without love" ~Kelly Wearstler.

Designer's Guild is one of my favorite places to find inspiration.
The colors, prints, & textures makes my heart melt.
Fabric is deinitely my weakness & where my talent lies.

What inspires you?

some old doors?

an urn?

(interiordecoration.blogspot)
a picture from a magazine?

(image from Paris Atelier)
a pair of shoes?



I wish I knew where I got this photo.  It was on my desktop for a long time.

I'm in awe of the french furniture, the pink draperies, & the art on the small side table,

the amazing sconce.... I'm amazed by it every time I look.

I keep a file on my desktop of my favorite chairs, room views, dressers...

Somtimes they change but I'm always inspired.

"Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style."

~Billy Baldwin via Josh Taylor

 Jennifer Lynette

from

For The Love of Color

Miles Redd has been called the "Sultan of Swank" & the "Purveyor of cozy glamour." He left Atlanta for New York & attended film school.  ~Southern on the Inside
His style has been defined as Old Hollywood meets The South.  Redd "has created an infectious new design aesthetic, defined by his bold, cinematic approach to glamorous interiors, and propelled by his no-holds-barred take on individual, original spaces."   ~Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Photo from House Beautiful.  The walls are lacquered

using Farrow & Ball's "Hauge Blue."

Photo from Elle Decor

Redd's Bathroom

I am amazed at how Miles uses color & how he is able to fill every space to be asthetically pleasing.  This is something my mom & I are trying to learn to grasp. 

Dreamy Blues

I've started a few projects.  But...

While I'm struggling to get this paint color right,

Dreamy Whites cupboard (above)

Oh how I love you, French Blue

Photos from French Blue, Miss Mustard Seed, Paris Hotel Boutique

French Finds at Marburger Farms

Mom & I ended up going on Preview Day and again the next day.  It was amazing 

how many items (even some I wanted to go back and purchase) were already sold.

Even though it's more expensive to go the first day, I definitely think it was worth it.

 This was one of my favorite venues.  They had amazing pieces.

Antique French Urns ($650 each)

In the urns are paper flowers made out of vintage dress

patterns.  I did take a few home with me.

I love how they put king size pillows in antique grain sacks on this iron day bed

My only purchase regret was these.  I should've purchased one but mom & I

were laughing about our commitment issues. (These were gone the second day)

The next booth had amazing pieces. Loved it all.



French Settee - ready to be upholstered

This lady had antique French architectural pieces. 

They were all amazing and amazingly expensive; however,

the color of blue in these pieces is what captured my attention. 

This venue had beautiful grain sacks and this Postes France sack,

which I wanted badly...



Mom & I each purchased one of these French baskets.

They would put moss in the bottom & flowers in them & hang

the baskets along bridges in the spring and fall. 

Definitely my favorite purchase this time.