Painted Floors . . .

(Image: Katie Ridder Interior Design)

Dying to paint some floors in my home,

but ol' HandyHusband is not buying into this plan...

Next house! Will be in the plan!

Let's just hope I'm not too old to sit in the floor and do this!

ps. that sofa is killing me too!

but not so grandchild friendly and I want those too.

xov

Crushable Pillows !

Once again, I could not resist reblogging my work post today.

I'm crazy about ALL of the pillows in the shop right now! 

Featured Design: Atlanta's Beth Wood Interiors

We think these beautiful tomato red prints would 

fit nicely into the mix of this featured Greenwich home. ($120 each)

Featured Bedroom: New England Home Mag (Photo Robert Benson)

Red Velvet Cheetah Print ($150 each), Gold Leopard Bolster ($90),

Red Velvet Stripe ($120)

Featured Design: Max Rollitt 

Needlepoint Chelsea Textile ($325), Istanbul Ikat ($90 each)

Featured Hallway: Thibaut Design 

We love the ribbon trim on this yellow Ikat ($125)

Featured Designer: Bill Murphy & the late Jim Essary from Atlanta Homes Mag Nov.2011 

Greek Key Chenille Design and Screen Printed Linen ($125 each)

Featured Photo: Daniel Farmer 

Aqua Musical Toile Print: Small ($90 each), Large ($120)

Ottoman: $675, Cotton Blanket: $65

Featured Designers: Aspen Getaway/Cheryl Tague, 

Tricia Foley/Country Living (photo: Marili Forastieri)

I'm CRAZY about these Animal Prints!

Zebra ($285), Cheetah ($295), Giraffe ($295)

Our regal Lion Stripes would look fabulous 

in the Twin Farms Treehouse Cottage in Barnard VT! ($220 each)

(Calgon! Take me AWAY!)

Featured Design: Phillip Mitchell Design/Canadian House & Home (photo: Janet Kimber)

Nothing is more classic than 

Red French Ticking! ($75 each)

Featured Interior Design: Southern Living Book: Style (design by Gerrie Bremermann)

Floral Aubusson Bolster $370

Featured NC Interior Design: Nancy Taylor Lynch

Embroidered Silk ($90 each)

Featured Interior Design: Photo Polly Wreford, Stylist: Atlanta Barlett,

Featured in book: EASY ELEGANCE via Pale & Interesting 

Embroidered Silk Pair ($90 each)

Featured Interior Design: Thibaut Design

And to this hallway, 

we'd add our blue & green toile and check pillows ($90) 

All featured interior design images 

were collected for inspiration in Rooney's STYLE FILE on tumblr!

Please visit the Style File and the Designer's websites for more.

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Instagram @ Work !

I took a few minutes at the end of the day to play with Instagram!

I snapped lots of my favorite things @ WORK.

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you've already seen these, 

so b'bye, but if not...

I LOVE THIS DRUM!

It would make a great gift for BeatDropping, 

but not sure how it would fair in a dorm room...

(note to self: buy now, save for later : )

I've been batting my eyelashes at HandyHusband to get him

to convert the armoire in the family room into a bar.

If I succeed, I believe I'll have to bring home a decanter or two...or three.

This bamboo chest really needs to live in my guestroom and since I

slip-covered those dining chairs, well, I think they should live with me too.

Anne and I put the same fabric on that lovely bench and I've

always wanted an old bottle tree!

That insanely beautiful secretary has a nickname...Harry Potter.

It's beautiful. The green bullseye glass in the doors is so unique.

When I finish the family room details, I think I'll be sneaking the

Staffordshire Poodles onto the mantel and adding to my

clock face collection.

The porcelain tureen is part of a pretty big collection.

I want it all, but I'm willing to share it with PrettyStuff!

Need vs. Want 

Always an issue around here!

Zebra figurines: WANT, Garden Stool: NEED,

Oyster Plates: WANT, Ladder Shelf: NEED,

Green Confit Pot: WANT

We have a pair of these Imari fish and they are KILLER!

As hot as orange is these days, I honestly can't believe they lasted

more than a day in the shop...think Aqua beach house with orange

Hermes blanket on the sofa and those fish on your coffee table!

I adore this roof tile lamp and the book lamp is a great guy gift!

Anne and I fight over that bamboo table and our newest treasure

is this incredible late 18th century needlepoint barley twist chair!

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Love those walls!

and the Curry & Co. Chandelier...BIG LOVE!

Bookcase Style . . .

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I love the color coordination in this bookcase!

And love the little mirror hanging from the shelf.

HandyHusband and I have a little obsession with mirrors.

I've got a few little ones...

I think I should take them off the wall

and put them on a bookcase.

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Right after I saw this picture today on Design Darling,

I got the itch for some new books with great spines.

Then, I went rummaging through my Crush Cul de Sac Archives...

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...I found stacks 'n stacks of Interiors with stacks 'n stacks of books...

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...Great Bookcases with GREAT ideas for Accessories...

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So, whether you're using books for elevation in a tablescape...

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or propping them up on your desk with memories,

I can't think of any interior accessory that

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I am thoroughly depressed now. 

I need a b'zillion books to stuff, turn backwards, stack, and cover...

I think I need some fun new bookcase clutter & shine too!

While I was pouting over the beautiful stacked books,

I found these sparkly things in Design Darling's online Boutique.

Love the lacquer tray, quartz bookends, votive,

and the amethyst rock is calling my name!

I think I've created a weekend of moving stuff around.

How about you? Gonna shuffle your stuff?

I can't leave a bookcase post without this image.

If you don't have one, paint one.

{Alasdair Gray by Wil Freeborn}