Category Archives: Montage

May 15, 2009 · 2:00 am

Montage: Colors of Sea and Sky

This weekend we’re heading out to Truro on the Cape. It’s finally warmed up, probably even out there. Might this weekend bring the first beach day of the season for us? To get me in the mood, I’ve compiled this collection of rooms inspired by ocean hues and summer skies. And they just happen to be my most favorite colors…

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Photos: House Beautiful, House Beautiful, unidentified, Jonathan Adler in Elle Decor, Domino, Domino, Domino, Domino, Domino, Domino, Domino, Jordan Craig via Desire to Inspire, unidentified, The Rug Company, photographer Eric Roth, Marie Claire Maison, Katie Ridder, Living Etc., unidentified, unidentified, Style Court, Skona Hem, Skona Hem,, Sandberg Wallpaper, photographer Justin Bernhaut, Ami McKay, Osborne & Little Wallpaper, Skona Hem, House of Turquoise, Anderson Wallpaper, Jonathan Adler, Kim Coleman, Skona Hem, unidentified Coddington Design, M. Design, Kelley Proxmire, unidentified, Jamie Drake, Studio B Five, Pariscope Design at Kip’s Bay Showhouse, Suzanne Kasler in Southern Accents, Galo Verdesoto, Keith House at Graeme Park via House of Turquoise, Katz residence.

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May 7, 2009 · 1:12 pm

Montage: Reading Nooks

I know I was supposed to do organized spaces today, but the dreary weather has me wanting to curl up with a book (or go see a movie!) rather than rearrange closets, so today we’re going with reading nooks. Now where’s my tea?

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April 28, 2009 · 1:32 am

Montage: Ode to Eames – the Rocker

How can you not like the Charles and Ray Eames molded plastic rocker? It comes in pretty, yet practical colors, and like many mid-century modern pieces, works in a variety of rooms and settings. It’s whimsical but not cutesy. We have one in our son’s room on the Cape. It’s perfect for kids because it can’t be ruined, but it’s comfortable enough for Grandma to sit in too when she reads bedtime stories. Here’s an array of images, many from Flickr, but from magazines too.

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Photos: Making It Lovely; Flickr; Living Etc; Made By Girl; Mid-Century Modernist; Hand; Flickr-it’s what I do. . .; Hand; Alan Kaplanas; Door16; Apartment Therapy Los Angeles; Flickr-Moakidi; Marie Claire Maison; Hand; Apartment Theapy; Lutterlagkage; KarstonLulloff; Katz residence; Skona Hem.


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April 15, 2009 · 3:51 am

Montage: Sweet Dreams in Pink Bedrooms

This weekend we had friends over for brunch. Their totally adorable two-year-old daughter, Eden, was wearing a myriad of pink patterned clothing. Her style worked – it was cute, not cloying. I often wonder what it would have been like had I had a girl instead of two total boys. When I see gaggles of little girls, all clad in pink this and that, the whole effect can get annoying. But sometimes, pink has its place. In honor of girls everywhere, let’s look at bedrooms decorated in pink.

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Photos: Marie Claire Maison; Living Etc.; Oak Management; Domino; Domino; Domino; Jonathan Adler; Domino; Gamota residence; Jennifer Flanders; Jennifer Flanders; Living Etc.; House Beautiful; Domino; stylist Heather Cameron; Flickr-*Ximena Escobar; Katrin Cargill; unidentified source: Phillip Gorrivan; Shelton, Mindel & Associates; Alessandra Branca; Palmer Weiss; stylist Selina Lake.

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April 9, 2009 · 10:58 pm

Montage: Orange Aid

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ven though it will probably rain, we are going to the Cape this weekend. Despite the dreary weather, when you step into (or even just glimpse) my younger son’s bedroom, you can’t help but feel invigorated. In celebration of his favorite color, today’s post is all about orange.

The color’s made quite a comeback since the ’70s. (We had an orange and white shiny vinyl booth in our kitchen when I was in elementary school, to match the orange and gold oversize plaid wallpaper. Wish I had photos!) In the ’80s, orange was seen only in Burger Kings. (The color supposedly incites hunger.) These days, orange is considered hip, and is especially popular for kid’s rooms.

I wasn’t being purposefully trendy. My son declared orange his fave shade when he was about three and grabbed an orange mug in a housewares shop, and wouldn’t let go. I don’t know how long it will last (he’s seven now), but in the meantime, it’s definitely his signature shade.

Here are a handful of other spaces outfitted in orange:

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Photos: Sara Story Design; Jeffrey King; Cookie; Skona Hem; Coddington Design; Flickr-Spring Globe; Wendy Blount; InSpace; Desire to Inpsire; Living at Home; Cookie; M. Design; Mark Roshams; Flickr-Spring Globe; unidentified source; Frillie Designs; Flickr-iancr; Kumler residence; Flickr-Moakidi; Flickr-The One and Only Jet Guer; Shoot Factory; Domino; unidentified source; stylist Selina Lake; Jamie Bush; Cookie; Remodelista; Viceroy Hotel Palm Springs; Cookie; Tia Zoldan; Sara Bengur Interiors; Flickr-magicmikas; Donna Griffith; Marie Claire Maison; Flickr-unidentified.

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