A Bedtime Story

{via here}

I couldn't wait to share this with you ~ so simple, so compelling!

I think I would add a pair of these french industrial lights from 1st Dibs.

French Industrial Lights from 1st Dibs

a pair of rewired iron french industrial farm lights. these have the most fantastic reflection when illuminated due to the silver panel behind glass in inside the shades.

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Styling Bookshelves

{Suzanne Kasler}

Thought I would share with you a few of the stylish bookshelves I have been saving in my inspiration files. There is definitely an art to creating these eclectic vignettes. These images can teach a lot about how to compose and organize collectibles. I am sure there are a lot of written rules about display but for me I like to learn from inspirational images.

Of course, it looks like all the images I selected are set against a lovely gray paint color. This was not intentional but helps me know I am making good decisions as I select paint colors for my new living room.

{J. Crew New York bridal salon}

{Veranda}

{Charles Faudree}

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Coveting Gray

I am totally smitten with the color of the new j.crew shopping bag. Has anyone else noticed? It is the most yummy shade of gray. I tried to take a creative picture of my bag after my most recent purchase but it just didn't have the luster and pizazz it has in person. My daughter just turned sixteen and in celebration of her birthday, I bought her one of those really cute sequined skirts that only a sixteen year old girl would look great in. They were pairing it with an eighties inspired jean shirt. Sorry but the jean shirt needs to stay in the eighties. Anyhooo...I'd love to paint the inside of my living room bookcases j.crew bag gray.

Here are some yummy gray images for inspiration!

{Elle Decor via A Perfect Gray}

{Gerrie Bremermann}

Okay...so I know there are no bookcases in this photo!

{Aubrey Road}

{Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles}

Eric Pike of Martha Stewart via Greige

{Martha Stewart Living}

{image via Cote de Texas}

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Books In Smashing Color!

When my daughter was little she didn't play with her toys. She liked to organize them in 'rainbow' order. Early in her life, she had a distinct understanding of color and a love for order. I would like to think that she inherited those traits from me. It is so gratifying to see just a hint of who I am reflected in my daughter. Although my tastes in interior design have changed over the years, one thing has stayed consistent ~ I like rooms that have a system of order. I prefer a nuetral, clean palatte with an organized presentation of color. I find rooms that are balanced and symetrical calming. I love books and have many built-in bookshelves in my home and am always reworking them and trying new arrangments. I particluarly like to change them around when the seasons change. I have been inspired lately by the collection of photos I selected below where books have been arranged in 'rainbow' order. I should also mention that I have a magazine collection that I love to browse through on a regualr basis and like to incorporate 'my stacks' into the family room shelves.

{Homes and Gardens}

{Mrs. Howard}

Notice the little bar incorporated into the bookshelf display.

I love the thought of 'finding' space for books under a window seat and creating a light filled reading nook.

{Charlotte Moss via Elle Decor}

I have always liked a room stacked to the ceiling with books. I'm not sure when my affection for a library ladder started but need to go ahead and put it on my 'one day' design list.

{Traditional Home}

{Mrs. Howard}

{Mrs. Howard}

{Martha Stewart Living}

{Elle Decor}

{Domino}

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