Just a fun little tip...

As Spring approaches and the luscious white wines are being brought out, here's a little trick to keeping your Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc nice and chilled... Drop a few frozen grapes into the glass! It won't dilute the wine like an ice cube, and what's better is, they're a delicious garnish!

 

Super chic, super simple! Just the way I like things!...

Nursery project...

Just in the midst of a nursery project right now, and kind of loving the results thus far, so I just wanted to share where my key elements are coming from, just in case you've got the urge to enlarge your family a bit... :)

This is a girl's room, but we're not going total pink! I'm really not so opposed to pink nursery for girls as long as they are really offset with something else to counter balance the sweetness... So this room is a accented with grey and white, which is so chic, and I think much easier to transition into as she grows up!

Let's start with the Austin Crib and 4 Drawer Dresser from ducduc... This is such a great company to work with as there is a myriad of color combinations you can do to really customize your pieces! Both are shown in a darker finish, but we're doing a grey limed oak and white lacquer pairing! How chic is that!

Austin Crib

Austin 4 Drawer Dresser

Grey Limed Oak Finish

What's on the walls? Well a super gorge Designers Guild pink, magenta, metallic gold and white striped paper called Pembroke-Peony! So unbelievable when installed!

Pembroke-Peony from Designers Guild

Next, on the windows, just a simple relaxed Roman valance to dress it without being too fluffy... This beautiful Osborne & Little fabric from the Lorca Silk Roads Collection called Sausalito is the choice. It's a play on a traditional floral, but so updated... I especially love the fact that the abstract flowers are set on a smokey grey field and the subtle highlights of green keep it playful...

Lorca Silk Road Sausalito from Osborne & Little

To illuminate the room I chose a from a new line of lighting I discovered not too long called Marset. The company makes very unique and interesting fixtures in a pocket of the industry where you really need to weed through a lot of mediocre fixtures... This is the Discoco ceiling mount, which is like the new updated Artichoke fixture which everyone is familiar with. Love!

Discoco by Marset

What's baby going to be lulled to sleep in? Well this great glider from Gus Modern. I just think this is one of the best gliders on the market right now. The Sparrow Glider is one of the few smaller scaled, clean lined and just good looking baby friendly chairs on the market, that could easily go into a living room, and no one would blink an eye. We're going with the Cashmere/Carbon fabric, which looks awesome!

Sparrow Glider and Ottoman from Gus Modern

Bedding is very important for baby and designer as well... Hehehe! I mean come on! So Matteo it is! The beauty of this line of bedding is that their linens are so ultra soft. They feel like they've been washed a hundred times, so they're yummy and like buttah'... For the actual crib sheet we're going simple with the white Combed Cotton finish, but for the bumper it's going to be the Vintage Linen Bumper in Coal... It's so sumptuous, I want to curl up in the crib!

Combed Cotton and Vintage Linen from Matteo

Finally, what are we grounding this whole scheme with? Well of course one of my faves... An uh-mazing magenta Color Reform Rug from my friends at ABC Carpet and Home.

Color Reform Rug from ABC Carpet and Home

Totally not a bad way to get ushered into the world ha?!... Surrounded by fabulousness before she can even see in color!... LOVE that!

Designing with Dark Colors

For some reason a lot of people have issues with going dark in their interiors... I'm here to show you a few "Pinned" images from my Pinterest page to really show you how it can work.  It's always very amusing to me that you'll find deeper colors in really cool boutique hotels, chic restaurants and the hottest spots, which most people and clients react to in a ridiculously positive way, but can never commit to their own spaces.

There's something so bold and sexy about a darker environment... All the furnishings and finishes pop so much more and the space becomes almost endless as dark colors tend to recede when looking at it, so it's like an infinite space that is created... It's hard to explain, but you can almost visual increase your square footage by not giving yourself visual boundaries...

Charcoal, grey, black, navy, these can all be your friends... 

 

I won't preach that this is a look for everyone, but it sure is a daring and chic way to outfit any interior... Like any woman needs that little black dress, and every guy needs his basic black suit, then the accessories are what makes it amazing, this is that staple piece.  I personally love it!