Saturday, December 3, 2011

Winter bedroom options

I'm ready to change my bedroom over to winter decorating.

Here is the new quilt for the end of the bed:

I bought navy blue towels, I am thinking of embroidering either a cardinal or a white snowflake


And do a pillow in navy blue for my bed with this reindeer
And maybe pillows for my chairs on burlap with something like this:
I've already switched out the shell pictures in my bathroom for these:





Thoughts?  suggestions?  Comments?  Which snowflake do you like best?  Snowflake or cardinal on the towels? 


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Pillows

Here is a sample stitch of the coral pattern I am doing on my green silk lumbar pillow.  Since it turned out pretty well, I offered it to Beth for either her house or for Mary's beach house.

Here is the coral on the green silk fabric.
Here is the monogram for the other side:
Next is making the piping and putting it together...


Saturday, July 9, 2011

TV purchased

I was at Best Buy tonight and purchased a TV.  It was more than I wanted to pay, but I think I got a pretty good deal.  It is a 46" Toshiba.  Retail is $899, Amazon has it for $600 and I got an open box (meaning somebody returned it) for $499.

I also bought the mounting kit.  Best Buy will come install it on 7/30.  In the meantime I need to:
get an outlet moved 
buy a Blu-Ray player or Roku box
upgrade to HD with Time Warner Cable
get HD box
figure out where to out blu-ray player & TWC box.  They can go in a remote location, but I will need a univeral remote.  OR, I can get a box that will make all the devices remote (repeater, approx $200).  This might be a longer term solution, the boxes might just sit on the floor for now (despite how much I DO NOT want cables showing).  

Here it is:

http://us.toshiba.com/tv/lcd/46g310u/


And here is how the size looks on my wall, not as big as I thought it might look.
Notice that you can see my smaller shell prints in the chairs for the bathroom.


Thursday, June 30, 2011

Pictures for bathroom

I am thinking about these pictures for my bathroom.  Since my bathroom doesn't have any color on its own so I thought it might make sense to add some color in the pics.
Update...
These over the hand towel rings:












And this over the tub/towel bar:












And, this in the toilet room:












Here are the old pics.  I still like them, but I am leaning towards the ones above.
Whelks over tub.  Tide pool in toilet room (actually a little better size than the shell above)






Monday, April 18, 2011

This was my inspiration room.  But the accent colors aren't what I would do.  I want an off-white bedspread, not white, not ivory, somewhere in-between so I have more flexibility in accents (white or off-white).  Of course, I would embroider some throw pillows probably white with off white thread.  Maybe an off-white/ivory pillow with some taupe (a bee perhaps)?  Re-upholster my chairs in an off-white fabric with some texture for interest.  Dark furniture, not black.  (Sarah Richardson)




Of course I will use these lamps (Restoration Hardware)











I have this quilt ready to go

Maybe a headboard made of fake leather like (Restoration Hardware):


Maybe a picture with these colors (Bed, Bath & Beyond) - OR shell posters in post from 6/30:

I got this quilt in porcelain blue from Pottery Barn:



or this:  (Pottery Barn)
Green throw (or maybe something more aqua)

Here are the fabrics for my throw pillows.
I'll do 2 - 24inch in the sea fabric with green beading trim
I'll embroider coral in cream on the green silk in a 12x16 lumbar.




I'm planning on doing 2 embroidered pillows (14 inch?), 1 for each chair.  Maybe a blue crab, starfish, or octopus.



Mostly taupe/brown with some pale blue/green accents like the seahorses.
Pottery Barn

Use blue/green/purple instead of red
SRC embroidery

In winter, switch to darker colors, like (Pottery Barn):




Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Here are some pictures of me: