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Minggu, 30 Mei 2010

Celebrity Home Envy: Ashley Tisdale

Check out June's Instyle for a peek into the home of Ashley Tisdale. A pool cabana, pink velvet, mirrored furniture, linen drapes and.... a Louis Vuitton trunk cocktail table in the living room? I'm in LOVE! The best part is that she designed her first home herself.

Courtesy: InStyle Magazine June 2010

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Sabtu, 29 Mei 2010

Veranda's Californian Beauty

Summer is in the air. Enjoy these pics from this month's issue of Veranda.

I love these wicker chairs next to the rough table.

Loving the roman shades and the burlap bag planter here.

Slipcovers on the porch. Brilliant!

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Jumat, 28 Mei 2010

Go Figure.

We've worked so tirelessly to get the inside of our house feeling good and now all we want to do is go outside.

Summer's here (ok, maybe not really, but it totally feels like it) and it's time to break out the sprinkler for the little guys to play in!! I found this awesome vintage (I think) set of black iron outdoor patio furniture this week at Lucketts and I can't wait to bring it home in our truck today!! It's really not at all like this one from High Society below (it has much straighter lines) but its' the first thing I thought of (and my husband too-- poor guy has an awesome memory & I've been filling his head with decorating!!) when I saw the set.

It has kind of a modern retro-chic feeling that will work really well with the exterior of our {not-so-pretty}70s house. Here's a photo of it when we first moved in last year. (below) Enough good things haven't been done to it yet to warrant an "after" picture. (But we have moved the neon playset into a less conspicuous area until we can get the wooden one we're after, and the tree debris & drain pipe are gone.)

...The back and sides of our house are still beigey/ "nude" (I love to say that about our house... it cracks me up) while the front is now a rich gray. (Still?? Yes, still.)

{My little fern hanging on for dear life}

... I know the neighbors much just love us... but hopefully they won't think we're as worthless as we look once we paint the sides & back of the house as SOON as Dave off of work for the summer. (High school English teacher :) I can't wait!! (Both for summer vacation and a fully-painted house.)

Anyway, the patio set is kind of a combination of these (in black iron) but doesn't have pillows that we can use:

{vintage set}

{image from Maas Brothers recoating... It has a simlar 'X' back but with a large "O" in the center which is almost exactly the same as the caged lantern in our front entry. (see photo of entry a few pics up)}

{Crate & Barrel via Hooked on Houses... It has similar straight, spare lines but it's black. }

I LOVE its size (a massive 3-seater sofa, a chair and a chaise!!) and it has awesome lines, but the paint is peeling off and of course we need to have cushions made. I can't get the High Society cushions off of my mind but might go with a solid fabric and do pillows. (I wouldn't be going pink out there... but possibly an enlarged "grandma" floral... I'm also thinking about orange as I love it with the gray on the house...)

We've also got plans to work on the shed/ playhouse this weekend...

Below is a photo of the ceiling all primed & ready for paint...

I set up a Facebook Page for Pure Style Home last night & posted a couple more pics of the shed as it is now. I'm not quite sure how to really work facebook yet but hopefully I'll get the hang of it. I'm thinking I will post little updates & progress on projects there. Not as exciting as "voila" before & afters but I know some of you like to see behind-the-scenes & "progress" pictures.

LINK TO FACEBOOK PAGE

Hope you have a happy Memorial Day weekend & get a dip in a pool!!! If you have some time, check out the new facebook page & send me some thought/tips/ideas!! (I'm so slooooow with computers/ technology!!) I'd love to know what you'd like to see on there.

xoxo,

lauren

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Happy Weekend

Wouldn't you love to spend it here in this outdoor kitchen?

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Kamis, 27 Mei 2010

Sex And The City 2 (more set design love)

courtesy: Elle Decor

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Austin Artist: Kyle Bunting Collection at Gump's

I love to read success stories about local Austin artisans. Kyle Bunting is everywhere these days. I first heard about him from Karen Hall Designs. A couple of weeks ago, my sister pointed out one of his hide rugs featured in an Austonian show house living room.

Now, San Francisco design shop Gump’s will be offering an exclusive limited edition collection of furniture and art from the renowned Austin-based designer Kyle Bunting.

Bunting, who made his name with collaborative collections of cowhide rugs, wallcoverings, and upholstery created a series of screens, ottomans, and tables available in unlimited pattern and color variations for his Gump’s collection. Gump’s will also be featuring a group of six four-by-five foot hanging art pieces made of highly detailed cowhide by Bunting and his team.

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Rabu, 26 Mei 2010

All around the mulberry bush

As you might remember, we moved into our house about a year ago... One of the funny things about first moving into a house (especially in early Spring like us before the leaves are out) is that you don't necessarily know what kinds of plants & trees you have on your property. This past year it's been so great to watch the place bloom around us & to find out what everything is. One of our favorite "mystery trees" that we saw when we first moved in turned out to be a mulberry tree!

{Mulberries}

And we love to eat them!! (Things just taste better outside & especially when they're from your own yard, don't they?) It's so relaxing to head outside at the end of the day & pick mulberries. I love that we don't have to do anything at all to keep them alive (because my thumb is the blackest of blacks.)

{Christian's getting so big -will be 3 yrs old in July- and can reach the lower branches}

{yum! yum!}

...After we pick them we head to the backyard to the adirondack chairs to relax & enjoy the mulberries ... and forget about how messy our house is, the work that needs to be done, and the craziness of daily life etc.