Flowers for a princess, new pillows and my temporary office

I took a friend to lunch at the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles yesterday (now that is a post in itself!!!) and on the way I stopped in at the flower mart to pick up some flowers ...

 

Because this little princess is turning three on Saturday and she is having a little bash.

Don't you wish you had natural ringlets like this?

I made some sweet arrangements to go on the dining tables ...

 And there will be plenty of cupcakes.

My youngest daughter (she is such a good auntie!) is taking out all the green sprinkles to get ready to decorate them. No green sprinkles allowed ... this party is all pink!

 And speaking of pink, I have a new pillow order I am working on.

 The fabrics are from Duralee, Pindler and Kravet. They will be going in this room:

I presented the first inspiration board (you can see it here) with orange accents and the client asked for pink instead. The teal ottoman was her favorite, but it was just a conceptual piece that I had found on Olioboard. But today, it showed up on my Facebook page saying I might be interested to know that it was being sold on One King's Lane. For $369. Nice! (Scary that my research is being tracked, but it was quite convenient!)

Elliot Velvet Cocktail Ottoman | One King's Lane

Arden Charcoal Rug | Lulu & Georgia

The rug is on its way, the media cabinet is installed, and this lamp is on it's way:

Navaeh Turquoise Lamp | Lulu & Georgia

Progress always makes me smile. Another thing I am smiling about is that we have a house full of kids right now. One is staying for a while and the others are visiting. To make room, we needed to make a few adjustments and so temporarily I moved my office out into the living room. It is not permanent, but it works for now. 

In fact, it is kind of fun being out in the middle of everything ...

And the view is great! Have a happy weekend everyone! 

Orange is the new red

Do you remember this room? We changed the accent color from red to orange ...

It is still a couple of weeks from the final reveal but I was there the other day working on another project and had to snap a few photos of the new upholstery. Here is the Adirondack chair with the old look:

BEFORE

And here is a peek at it now:

AFTER

Just a little teaser for you ... Happy Saturday everyone!

Framed fabric & spotted pillows

I hope you all had a lovely 4th of July!  This was the first year since we have had children that they were not with us on the Fourth of July and although it was disappointing and a first-time break in our usual BBQ / fireworks celebration, I decided to take advantage of it and use it as a much needed day off to just relax and unwind. I had a few things I needed to take care of around the house but it was nice to have a day that I didn't need to go anywhere or even get dressed if I didn't want to. Don't you love those kinds of days?

One of the things I needed to get done was a little cleaning and when I clean it makes it more fun to move a few things around. Since I have committed to not changing my living room for a while (do you remember that post? It has been exactly 30 days and no changes yet!), I did a little re-styling in the entry. And the best part ... using mostly things I already had).

When I moved everything around last month, the entry was a little neglected. I had taken the large mirrored screen from behind the mirrored chest and moved it to the other side of the room, which I love, but it made the entry look a little bare. And on top of that, I sold the artwork that was there and so I needed a replacement. One that didn't cost much.

I picked up an inexpensive frame from Ikea and put in some fabric I found (6.99 / yd.) last week while I was purchasing pillow inserts for an upcoming client project. 

It is not a permanent solution ... but for now, it is bright and bold and a nice placeholder. I really like how it looks with the rest of the room.

By the way, my spotted pillow (which I love), was made by Kassapanola and this week they featured my home on their Facebook page! :D