ditto :: a clear, crisp, white and pure bathroom
Monday, July 9, 2012 by {darlene}

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This bathroom is so simple. Not much to it. Which is everything. Ditto!!!!!!!

{As always, I look forward to hearing from you and finding out what you would ditto, too. So, be thinking!}

pure bathroom

{design by Clora Kelly , photo by Tim Street-Porter via Elle Decor}

 

DITTO :: {WHAT I WOULD STEAL FROM THIS SPACE}:

1.    FARMHOUSE SIMPLICITY.

I tend to like my bathrooms on the simple, crisp, white, spa-like, yummy-smelling pure bathroom side of things. This space with farmhouse simplicity is worthy of study, more for what it does NOT have than for what it does have. Pure color scheme {or lack of}, pure towels, pure countertops, pure materials. No clutter. No mix up of colors. Not even a window treatment. I would Definitely Ditto!

2.   WHITE.

Everything white. Pure Bathroom. Ditto.

3.  SUBWAY TILES ON THE FLOOR.

Follow the white Carrera road. Follow the white Carrera road. Follow the white Carrera road. Subway tile is all the rage for back-splashes, but I love the brick road feel that this unconventional subway-tile-usage creates.

4.   CLAW FOOT TUB.

They are the best. Truly they are. The deep, deep soak is worth the hassle of finding one, having it recoated, and hauling it to your house. Ditto it!

5.   CARRERA MARBLE COUNTER TOPS.

It has been done before. But just because it has been done before does not mean that it is not worth doing again. These are gorgeous, and make me think of waking up in a 5 star hotel.

6.   OPEN VANITY CONSOLE SINK.

If you have any alternate form of storage in your bathroom, by ALL means, use sinks like these console sinks. The airy-ness and purity that they give a bathroom is worth the sacrifice. And you will never find a more GORGEOUS place to hang a towel. Go for it.

7. THE TOWELS.

This is not very profound, but, I LOVE the towels in this space. Maybe it is because they are perfectly pressed, and someone ELSE pressed them, but the white with gray makes my heart beat as it pulls the veining out in the Carrera marble.

8. DARK GROUT IN A BATHROOM.

Yes. I WISH I had done this in my bathroom. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto.

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SO much goodness.

Love anything I did not mention? or…

WHAT WOULD YOU DITTO {STEAL} FROM THIS SPACE, 1-8? SOMETHING ELSE?

I LOVE HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS! 

 

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happy birthday to my firstborn
Sunday, July 8, 2012 by {darlene}

These are days I never want to forget. We keep telling this adorable guy to “grow downer,” but it just does not seem to work. You never know how time flies until you have these precious little ones. Bittersweet joy, I tell ya. But it is the greatest privilege of all my life to see these treasured children of mine grow.

 

We love you, buddy!! Happy Birthday!

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design board :: formal dining or family fun? why not both.
Friday, July 6, 2012 by {darlene}

It has been a while since I have shared a design board with you!

This project was completed a few months ago. My client has a formal dining room that needed some affordable fresh touches. Her desire was to keep the space elegant and formal, but she still wanted it to serve the needs of her family. We had fun adding details that brought in the elegance but kept out the fuss. And, red! She wanted red!

 

What I love about this space:

1. The contrasting patterns that all work together.

2. Two wicker chairs at the end of the table liven up the client’s current traditional dining set.

3. A built-in hutch – in black! With contrasting white platters.

4. Warm golden touches, like the wicker pieces and the gold frames.

5. Using an indoor-outdoor rug under a family dining table.

6. The wood bead chandelier! Hmmm…. have you seen this fantastic D.I.Y. one?

7. Loving that bar cart!

8. Updating the clients current botanical collection by swapping out the frames for gilded ones.

 

Once again, my client was so thankful to see the entire room plan PRIOR to making her purchases, so that she could move forward with confidence, knowing that the room would pull together with each room element she adds.

What do you think of this eDesign?  Does it help you with ideas for blending a formal dining room and family fun?  I love hearing your thoughts!

 

 

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Pin-spiration :: O’er the land of the free
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 by {darlene}

I love this country.

Happy Birthday America. Is there anything as inspiring as the greatest gift you bring?

Freedom.

The lesser-known fourth verse {my favorite} of the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America:

“O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation.
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”

 

A few images of Red, White, and Blue. None of which can capture an ounce of the American Spirit:

 

 

 

 

 

Source: etsy.com via darlene on Pinterest

 

 

 

Source: indulgy.com via darlene on Pinterest

 

 

 

Source: tumblr.com via darlene on Pinterest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: via darlene on Pinterest

 

 

Source: flickr.com via darlene on Pinterest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is something feisty and rebellious about the 4th of July.
And about the American Spirit.

Freedom IS a bit feisty, after all.

Well, then.
I guess I fit right in.

If you are an American reading this post, what makes you a feisty American??

 

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more images can be found via my Pinterest Board: my thing for the land of the free

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