Let There Be...LIGHT

I'm loving this new release...Gold Leaf Wall Flowers! Got to find a project for these or perhaps for ME! Taking in all the new products around here today.

Image Courtesy of Wildwood Lamps.

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Room Design Peek

Remember our client's red and blue guest bedroom we designed and installed turn-key recently, here?  We are in the midst of doing her other guest bedroom so I thought I'd share a sneak-peek of this room design with you today. 

Keep in mind, we have to "pop" a little red in this room as well to keep the "flow" between these two bedrooms...and the guest bathroom that is between these two rooms (we'll share that with you later this week perhaps!).  There are two windows on either side of the bed.  The panel draperies will be on the outside of each window only...to frame that entire wall where she has the iron piece as a headboard (this was already in her room).  The bedding will be custom-made from these fabrics...however, the pillows will not be exactly as on this design.  There will be another euro sham made out of the blue bedding and then we are custom designing a bolster pillow combining three fabrics (blue, cream and a little red).  I just put this red one in for board purposes only. You can see a few other "pops" of red in this room that we will incorporate as well.  Actually, this red throw will go on a chair we are having made in yet another creamy fabric (with a leaf print) to give it a little added color.  Oh, and yes, there will be a small TV in this room for the guest so this chest will be the perfect addition for it, as well as a little extra storage in the room.  As for the artwork...we are still "playing", if you will, for the exact pieces we want to showcase.  Two choices are on the board here as possible options.  Again, it's not complete...just the "bones" of the room and the bedding.  The accessories will come last, but we'll be sure to share photos with you once it's all completely installed.

Now...for the real tangible inspiration board that we created for our client...(who is local)

As you can see...on the right side we included a few samples from the other guest bedroom that we did...and the stripe in the center is from the bathroom in between these two rooms...and all the other items were possibilities for this new room.  As you can tell, we've already changed the lamp!  She wanted to pop a little more red in this room too...which we were indeed going to do in a few accessory pieces anyway...we aim to please!  The chair will not be in this red fabric...see more on that below (just this style).

Also, here's our graphic layouts of this room that we originally presented to our client...(her carpet IS blue, by the way).

Remember, this bolster will really be out of three fabrics and have much less red on it than this one here.

The chair is this style, but will not be this white.  The exact fabric was not yet chosen when these designs were created.  It will be a creme-on-cream leafy pattern that blends well with the tones in the other cream fabric in the room....just FYI.  

Also, this wall is a bit larger than shown here and the chest will go flush against the wall (not turned as shown).  Then, our client has lots of framed pictures she wanted to use somewhere so we plan to go through them and do a gallery wall over this chest and on this wall.  Sort of like this idea below...

This will look really nice and fill in that wall behind the chair too.

Here is one of the pictures we are deliberating over using in here...just one option though.  Flowers shown on the garden seat...just for "softening" purposes on here.  

And here was the floorplan of this room to give her an idea of furniture placement.

So...I hope you enjoyed our Room Design Peek today.  We will post the full room reveal once it's completed.  All furniture, fabrics, lamps, etc are already on order so hopefully we will install everything by the end of October.  The custom items all take about 4-6 weeks...but we are excited about presenting the final products to our client...who, by the way, is an absolute delight to work with.  That makes our job even all the "merrier"!  Right?

If you'd like for us to design YOUR next room...just comment on the blog and we'll get back with you on all the details and pricing.

Here's to a "Simply Irresistible" Day!

Images are property of Alpha & Omega Interiors, except image of gallery wall by Traditional Home.

Reader Request for Color

I had a request from one of our regular readers in regards to the post we did about the beauty of nature...with BLUE, green and white.  She wanted to know if we could come up with any room ideas using PURPLE...instead of the blue, with the green and white.  So, I said, let's see what we can find to appease this color palette request.

Here is one with lots of fresh green and white...and then the purple is added with accents in the artwork and flowers.  This is quite lovely, wouldn't you agree?

This one is a much softer palette using more muted color, but again we have the purple, green and white.  Very calming!

This one really in truly does bring the outdoor beauty of nature inside...and provides most of the green for this setting.  The purples are added in with flowers and throw pillows...and aren't those chandeliers just "simply irresistible" out here?

Again we're back to the bolder colors...and I believe this room would be even prettier with a white sofa....do you?  Well, this would then change the drapery color...so maybe we should just go with it "as is".  I do LOVE that bright purple rug!!

Simple...and very calming.  I love the size of the artwork and that it really POPS that purple in this area in a big way.  

I hope this helped to show our reader that yes...you can combine these colors in your room.  The choice is yours...go bright and bold...OR...more muted and soft?  Which do YOU prefer?

Have a "Simply Irresistible" Day!

Photo Credits:  Traditional Home, Decor Pad

*I TRY TO CREDIT ALL IMAGES, IF THERE ARE ANY PHOTOS OR IMAGES HERE THAT ARE NOT CREDITED CORRECTLY OR YOU WISH THEM TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GLADLY OBLIGE. THEY ARE BEING USED HERE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING INTERIOR DESIGN. THANK YOU!

Design-A-Room (Day #4)

Hello...welcome back to our Day #4 about building our room design. We've been slammed with work for clients (a good thing though!) so we've missed a few days...when that happens, just know we are working on "real" design plans and projects (we do alot of full-service design) and we'll be back asap.  With that in mind, let's get started...


We have decided that in order to ground the room a little more we are in need of a large piece of furniture...to add some balance to the overall design ... and ... some storage and bookcase areas.  So, we've come up with this...

A lovely bookcase with some storage behind the doors (available here).  This will be a great addition to the room as we can accessorize the shelves and pop some color in there as well...sounds like a plan, right?

Now, we will definitely need some more seating in this room...and I want this room to be bright and bold...so with that in mind...take a look...

How about using a pair of these Hickory Chair Paris Club Chairs in this fabulous, bright and bold orange!  Hickory Chair has a great website that allows you to customize pieces of furniture with most any fabric and you can see how it will look finished.  That's what we did...picked our chair style then selected our fabric...and voila! Can you see these in our room along with that new fabric we used on the sofa pillows?  I say...yes, yes, yes!  Let's do it!

This is how our room now looks on Day #4...what do YOU think?

With it being Friday and also Mother's Day weekend it was all I could do to stop myself from presenting this room with a few accessories (you know, the pretty things that truly "make" the room!)...but I did...so no surprises yet.  Let's finish the other aspects first and then we'll move on to that...so stay tuned!

Have a "Simply Irresistible" Day ... and...

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there!!

Children are a blessing
    and a gift from the Lord.

Psalm 127:3 CEV

Image Credits:  Hickory Chair, Layla Grayce

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Things I LOVE...Day #20

Today I will share with you my love of...SCRAPBOOKING! Well, let's just say I do love it, but it seems I never have the time to do it anymore.  Can we find a way to just slow life down a bit?  Is it possible?  I really enjoy looking at other's scrapbook pages or cards...and then finding room designs that remind me of the scrapbook design. I've done this on some Friday posts before, remember?  Here are a few more (with some wonderful scrapbook designs, so be sure to check out their linked blogs if you are interested!!  You'll be inspired, I promise!)

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How about YOU...do any of you find scrapbooking as fascinating as I do?  The pattern mix-and-match, color coordinating, embellishing with all sorts of unique things...is just like interior design to me!  Just on a much smaller scale. Crazy, I know, but that is really how I feel when I design a layout for my pictures...I am "creating" an entire page design.  I love it!


Have a "Simply Irresistible" Day!

Photo Credits:  House Beautiful, LA Times Home and Garden, Country Living...and Sources listed under photos.