Happy Labor Day !

Barcelona = STYLE

Leaving Baton Rouge after almost 3 weeks... 

so many wonderful people here....new gorgeous architecture is going up,

 and it's hot but great... 

 Let's all hope the crazy crime wave abates quickly...Heading home to Atlanta  to reintroduce myself to my family...I am so excited! Future non-vacation trips away will be much shorter.

Anyway...

Here is one more not-at-home-post, about beloved Barcelona chairs...

Individuality, creativity and smart design are added to

 a wonderful energy in the many designs from or about Barcelona~

I have always wanted the chairs featured in these rooms...

Take a look inside....

So wonderful....
have a great day!
xo
Valerie














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Orange-y Gold Brown and Tropical

This cranky bird is going to show you some of his favorite color and design ideas.

I happen to think each choice is awesome:

The screaming bird above is a Royal flycatcher from warm,

 humid, midland-forest regions of Mexico and Central America.

Here are his choices:

 

lennox

xo

Valerie

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Classic Art Beautifully Updated for Modern Tastes

Dutch Touch Art  is a company that I found while looking at  some One King's Lane stuff.  I really did not know that I had missed the boat, so to speak -- that everyone else had already found it, and many were buying it. Clueless though I may have been, I was...well, I was in love. I have always thought that if the stuffiness of some of the art from past centuries could be eliminated, I would own as much as I could. And then, better late thqan never, I found it! This company offers an "updated collection of traditional classics, merging old with new".
 The work is done by artists who create the oil-based paintings, following the style of artists from their country of origin  -- such as the Dutch masters.  So, the old style is made new with brighter colors, more clarity, and  updated compostion and scale.  If you haven't seen it, look now!

This painting below, which I just love, is called  The Art Cupboard, after a 17th century painting 

by an unknown artist.  It is79" Wide by 59" High.

The Dutch Touch Art Company is a family-run business that has made me very happy. 
This is their website link: .http://www.dutchtouchart.com/

Have a beautiful day!
xo
Valerie




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In the Kitchen: Cabinets!

Here are My Favorite Kitchen Cabinet Ideas-- 

(It's too hard to pick just one.) The huge variety of materials and styles means

 that  with some smart planning, a new or renovated kitchen can have some 

unique, gorgeous storage.

First, the NO cabinet look:

Love the chairs and the dark wood lower cabinets above. 

 I just am crazy-in-love with the no-cabinet up-top look when there are some

 Amazing windows like these below. But notice the glass-front cabnets, the lower ones, the hardware...:

Gorgeous wood, sleek hardware:

Corrugated metal cabinets

Open shelves~

amazing wood~

                        Glass:

Love this!

Great hardware gives these standard white cabinets new, updated life:

Very modern chic:

Not just for the laundry room:

more great style and hardware:

I just love the simplicity, the faucets...all of it:

Wow. So many choices for paint and hardware,  so many easy ways (and so many major ways!) to make big changes...from removing cabinet doors to putting glass into the ones you have, painting them, removing the doors, to removing the entire cabinet...

I am in AWE of all kitchen designers!!!!!

Have a Wonderful Day!

xo

Valerie

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Smart Pattern: Houndstooth

Houndstooth : I've always associated it with Winter and Winter fashions like scarves, jackets, a wool suit, etc. It is a "classy" pattern, and it has always sneaked in here and there to interior design via rugs, pillows, upholstery, etc...but I'm noticing it a lot more recently, in interiors and in fashion...and I love it, especially with all of the  innovations in color and application :

Lady gaga loves it 

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Bentley Greeley, Kathryn Greeley's Westie, 

looks very smart in houndstooth boots and jacket. 

That's one cute little dog!

Pillows may be as far as I go, but I am certainly headed back towards the Houndstooth pattern.


Have a classy day!
xo
Valerie










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