Nursery of the Week: Teal with it

Saucy Storage

Betsy Burnham Design

 

I have painted some furniture in my day. You will notice there haven't been too many other "project" posts like this lately, that is because it takes a lot of time and loads of patience. So the fact that somebody tackled these two beauties is kind of mind blowing. It also makes me think I should get back in the game. Sheridan French was inspired by the blue and red Union Jack dresser in Betsy Burnham's daughter's room. So much so, that she wanted one of her own so she took an existing piece in her house and HAND PAINTED the pink and orange version you see above.

 This one is cool too (not painted, but detailed) I would pair it in a totally unexpected way with a bright wall color or wall paper, perhaps the way Miles Redd did - see below.

Not for everyone, I know, but I think it is insanely good.

You could just buy it already painted. This piece was recently on sale at One Kings Lane

The way we really live - Traveling with Kids

Just keeping it real around here. This is what vacation looks like when you travel with little ones. If you already have them then you know. If you are thinking about having them then you have been warned :)

Destination: Carmel, CA.

Happy Fall

Wooly Bully

Pendleton Woolen Mills

The weather is finally starting to turn around these parts after being in the 80's even the HIGH 80's for the past month. Most were complaining that it didn't feel like fall. Well, you got your wish people it's time to break out that extra blanket. I steered clear of wool blankets forever but they hold the most heat and so my interest is peaked. Enter Pendleton.

The Apache leader Geronimo - Pendleton's first celebrity customer.

A vintage Pendelton advertisement

The contemporary take on traditional designs are awesome. Updated color options and the graphic designs make a spectacular focal point.

 The company has been around since 1909 when the Bishop family opened a mill in the Oregon frontier town of Pendleton. Their specialty - weaving Jacquard design Indian blankets. The company tradition of creating individual blanket designs for American Indian tribes continues today.

 In 1932 the Pendleton company provided 4,000 blankets for participants at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Lucille Ball famously sported a Pendleton jacket in an episode of  "I Love Lucy" and 1955 - Pendleton was a founding tenant in Disneyland's Frontierland.

As much as the brightly colored Native American designs appeal to me I am sucker for the National Parks line.

The Glacier Blanket has been really popular in interior decorating lately because of the simplicity of the design.

Nursery of the Week: Lilac and Mocha

What I like: the Osborne&Little wallpaper on the back wall, scallop trim detail on the edge and the pink ceiling.

I am wondering about the two chairs - guessing that one is a glider and the other a pull out with a twin bed - what do you think?