For The Girls

This is for the girls because most girls I know swoon over flowers.



Wisteria, irises, dried hydrangeas and dried roses sitting pretty together on the table.  Vintage plates with no pedigree along with an old lavender top, bring the colors all together.  I get in a hurry when I feel like I have the look I am aiming for.  I am afraid a big wind will blow it away or I will trip and hit my head or the dogs spot a lizard in it and break everything!   Then I feel like I better hurry up and share it because well...something could always happen!
















Wisteria, irises, loropetalums, oleander and crepe myrtles live back here.  I have seen loropetalums spelled lorapetalums and loropetalums.  The Southern Living Grumpy Gardner spells it loropetalums, so I guess I will go with the letter O after the R instead of an A.  I get confused every time I type it now.







The buffet is dressed with irises too.


































































































Jan

What's In ~ What's Out

On December 29, 2015, the Wall Street Journal ran an article online Top Five Interior Design Trends for 2016.  The article is here. 

Here is an excerpt:

Wall Street Journal ~  Top Five Interior Design Trends for 2016.


What’s in for 2016

OLD-WORLD ORNAMENTATION

"People want the traditional and dressy, with a shot of nostalgia, to feel like everything is going to be okay," said Toby Fairley based in Little Rock, Arkansas.  In 2016,  look for brocades, tapestries and Georgian and Empire antiques.  Fringe, cording and tassels soften the austerity of modern upholstery noted  Kirill Istomin, who has offices in Moscow and New York.  Expect, too, dramatic drapes.  "Rooms without curtains are like a man in a suit without shoes," said Kathyrn M. Ireland, British designer.


What’s Out for 2016

THE INDUSTRIAL LOOK

Joe Lucas of Lucas Studio in Los Angeles considers “industrial chic” an oxymoron. “Enough of looking like we are living in the garage,” he declared. The style has become a signifier of millennial-coffeehouse design, said Mr. Brown, who maintains a design practice in New York. “I’m all for reduce and reuse, but I would prefer not to drink out of another Mason jar in a barn in Brooklyn.” New York designer Julia Haney-Montanez takes the oversaturation personally: “I have ended friendships with people asking me for Edison lightbulb resources.”

SISAL AND JUTE

Of these two types of fiber rugs, sisals are the tougher but also the rougher. “They don’t feel soft or cushy on bare feet and are not very child- or pet-friendly,” said Mr. Corrigan. And jute lacks durability, said New York designer Philip Gorrivan. “It wears quickly, stains easily and is virtually un-cleanable.” Its worst offense? Ubiquity. “When you can get a rug for $140 at mainstream stores,” said Birmingham, Mich., designer Corey Damen Jenkins, “the trend has overstayed its welcome.”

What's your opinion on this?  Do you think sisal and jute are on the way out?  What about industrial chic?  Are you a fan?  Brocades and tapestries a look you like?  What about dramatic drapes?


~ And on to other news, on the mantel, what's out are the plates I shared on my last post on my mantel.  What's in ~ are my new to me vintage plates!
























Jan

Couple of Changes

Hey!  How are ya’ll?  I made a couple of changes in the living room.  I like to leave the light blue pillow covers  with the roses on them on the sofa year round.  It breaks up the red on the sofas.  There are dried hydrangeas on the sofa table behind the sofa.

I left these roses to dry in the brass pitcher sitting on the coffee table and they have a fallish look to them.  The green throw I bought a decade ago!  Dried lavender rose petals scattered on top of the throw.

I tried a different look with the fall flowers on the sofa table here.  The container and the colors of the arrangement definitely say fall.  I like it next to the painting with gold frame.

Yes, they are faux!  I think they work really well for fall.

I couldn’t help but notice how the colors are so similar!    Red leaves ~ Red sofa.    Aqua blue sky ~ Pillows.    Green Leaves ~ Green painted walls.

Jan