Shannon Kaye Website
Last week I finished the website/portfolio for Shannon Kaye. Shannon is a designer, decorative painter, and conveniently, my very talented sister. You can see her website and projects that she has worked on at www.shannonkaye.com. I will be launching her blog on the website shortly as well.
You can also see Shannon at DIY Network and Shur-Line Paint.
New Blogspot Template
In an effort to share more of the graphic design side of projects I have been working on, I am going to be showing more of my freelance and marketing work.
Last night I updated my friend Shannon’s blog. The objectives: hip, fun, chic, greens, blacks, and trendy. Shannon loves fashion, interior design, and it would definitely be hard to capture her in one word. I do my best, however, to capture her in a template!
My favorite thing to happen this year…
High-gloss, laquer-finished furniture. I can’t think of anything I want more. Here are my favorites:
Reeves bedside table {reeves design}
Malm occasional table {ikea}
Bergsbo bookcase with glass doors {ikea}
Rawlins accent table {pottery barn}
Charging station {west elm}
Go-cart desk {cb2}
lacquer table lamp {lotus bleu design}
Shell chair {barber osgerby}
Southtown Website is Live
Southtown is a Master-Planned Community in Vacaville, California, by homebuilder D.R. Horton. I have been programming this website at my work for months now, and the unveiling is here: the Southtown website is LIVE! Be sure to check out the great interactive map that my colleague, Terry, created here.
ohbrooke featured on wedding blog
My DIY project, painting a temporary ballroom floor for a backyard wedding was featured on Elizabeth Anne Designs. This blog is featuring the best-of-the-best in DIY wedding ideas for the month of November. Check out her post here and be sure to comment!
Transition Room
Since my mom has finished her degree that she has been diligently working on for the last few years, she has had more time for creative work. She has been really into recovering furniture, making pillows, and painting, so she thought the spare bedroom would be a great place for a craft/sewing room. This room was my sister’s, then it was a spare, and now my mom will get to use it as a little studio. Exciting!
Here are my mom’s requirements:
1. a ceiling fan
2. a modern feel
3. paint the ceiling
4. use the color teal
5. grandkids may need to sleep in this room when they are in town, so it needs to be somewhat kiddie-proof.
So here’s the room as it looks now (she recently disassembled the bed, painted it, and moved it into the guest room):
and here is the inspiration board I put together for her:
white desk with large surface area for cutting, doing her calligraphy, or other crafts. {ikea}
blue milk crates for storage in the closet, easy to organize {target}
smaller storage boxes for tabletop storage {ikea}
branch hooks for fun, to hang trim, measuring tape, etc. {urban outfitters}
wallflower decals because color and free-form shapes are always inspiring in a creative space {urban outfitters}
tear drop chandelier to make it special, pretty, fun, and to have light over the sewing machine. {urban outfitters}
wall shelf to keep supplies out of reach for little ones. {ikea}
pillar candles: modern and moody {crate and barrell}
the fainting sofa in black and white would look great with the teal walls, and make the room comfortable. {urban outfitters}
green chair for the work desk {crate and barrell}
modern ceiling fan with exposed wood echoing exposed wood of the wall shelves {lowes}
pillows to add color and comfort {etsy}
I think the room transformation is going to start this weekend – I’ll keep you posted!
Vintage Christmas
Maybe it’s the weather, or the premature holiday marketing at Starbucks, but I just got excited about decorating for Christmas. I don’t decorate for many holidays, mainly because I don’t like clutter. However, Christmas makes me a new woman. Every year, I do my day-after-Christmas shopping, shopping carts full of Christmas decorations that I get the pleasure of opening around the week of Thanksgiving the following year. Oh, I LOVE Christmas decorations.
So with my premature excitement comes my premature Christmas inspiration board – vintage style.
The Highlights:
pine cone ornaments in greens and golds {smith and hawken}
mercury glass tabletop trees {smith and hawken}
ceramic bird {pier 1}
icicle ornaments in shiny gold and brown {target}
iridescent brown tree skirt {front gate}
vintage look moss garland {pottery barn}
sparkly silver stocking holders for the mantle {christmas people}
black, white and silver damask dinnerware {target}
berry beaded wreath {target}
silver foil stockings {west elm}
silver tree branch candelabra {west elm}
Anybody else in the Christmas mood?
Recovered Pillows
My mom updated her couch with a recovered set of accent pillows. She complimented her small-scale patterned couch, a blue and green ticking upholstery fabric, with a large-scale floral fabric from Amy Butler, one of my favorite fabric designers. When putting fabrics together, always consider color and scale. Two large-scale patterns would appear too busy, and two small scale patterns wouldn’t balance like these two.
