Our Giveaway Item Found A Home!!
Remember our Jonathan Adler Misia Vase giveaway last year?? The winner of our vase, Miss Fabulous K, actually lives here in Dallas. Instead of shipping it to her, we decided to do lunch to chat all things blog... as usual, life got in the way! But, we finally got together on Friday and are planning some exciting things for the blog world with a collaboration between Fabulous K & Hello, Splendor. In the meantime, take a look at her giveaway win in it's new home. How lovely??
Carrie's TV Cabinet in Sex In the City II
A couple of people have contacted us about the TV cabinet/desk in Carrie and Big's apartment so we thought we'd tell you where you can get it. It is designed by Thomas O'Brien for Hickory Chair and it's called the Hailings Secretary.
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Happy Friday!!
Let's celebrate Friday with a good old fashioned time suck!! Next week, I'll be participating in D Magazine's Words With Friends Tournament 2010. You may know D Magazine from one of my favorite mags, D Home! (By the way, the girls from D Home have a new facebook page... you should 'like' them! Great resources and style.) So, help me practice for the tournament... my user name is bethd. Enjoy the long weekend and wish me luck next week!
Design Inspirations Q&A: Ashlina of The Decorista
Meet the lovely Ashlina! She is the blogger and interior designer behind The Decorista Blog. In fact, she IS The Decorista! Ashlina is a native Texan, transported to California, so I couldn't resist finding out what inspires her since she and Nest Interior Design share a birthplace. The Decorista is a fun and feminine design blog that blends all of the best parts of interior design and fashion. She blogs with style and personality, which always makes a for a 'must-read' in my eyes. So, without further ado... Meet Ashlina!
Q. What is your favorite design blog? You don’t have to name just one!
A. apartmenttherapy.com hands down is my favorite design blog ever...
i enjoy reading EddieRoss.com and BrightBazaar.blogspot.com (boy design blogs are my newest love) and thedecorista.com is my baby (how could it not be my fave).
Q. What is your favorite interior designer?
A. Why Kelly Wearstler, of course, she is an icon! I also have really fallen for the work of Jeff Andrews, he is rocking LA with his style.
Q. What is your favorite fashion designer?
A. I think everything done by Karl Lagerfeld is genius!
Q. What current design trend do you love right now?
A. Honestly, I am loving wallpaper. I remember hating wallpaper forever, but when it made its resurgence I fell hard! I also am now obsessed with everything brass! It's so glam!
Q. Where do you look for inspiration?
A. Honestly, fashion blogs are rocking my world right now. I love the styles, colors, fabrics, moods, personalities, all of it! I then relate it to interior design and think about the fashion mood I can create in a room. It makes design so much fun for me.
Q. What music inspires you?
A. I love ALL music. Right now...in my car are a Tribe Called Quest, Kings of Leon, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, and Sade.
Q. What was your favorite splurge for your home?
A. My sheets, I am such a bed snob. I have to have a foam pad, feather bed, layers of soft sheets and pillows. To me, a great bed is the ultimate indulgence and luxury.
Q. What was your best frugal find?
A. I recently found a vintage piece of art, a huge old Vogue magazine print for nothing. However, I have found so many things on the streets of my neighborhood, my headboard, side tables, a dresser, bathroom cabinets, and a bar cart. ALL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD! With some paint and cleaning up, they have furnished my apartment perfectly! So i can spend more money on my sheets ;).
Q. Do you have a design pet peeve?
A. I do. I hate to say this, but I literally can't stand when people buy everything out of a catalog and set up their home very generic. Give me some personality to see! I have tons of friends with this problem. I love helping them get some style!
Q. What is your color of choice right now?
A. Turquoise is the ultra hot color right now, which i have always loved but I am also really getting into the color gray. It's my new zen color, so calming and comforting. I have been so drawn to it lately.
Q. Where is your favorite place to read a good book or catch up on your blog reads?
A. Right now I am loving the warm weather and loving setting up a reading station on my patio, a book or my macbook, some tea and lots of fluffy pillows and my little baby chihuahua SOPHIE ROSE.
Q. What is your favorite home furnishings shop?
A. Z Gallerie. If I could decorate my apartment from one store, it would be Z Gallerie. Everything is so fun and stylish and inspiring. I also love going into ANTHROPOLOGIE for ideas and decorations...those stores are my bliss.
Q. Describe your personal style.
A. This is a hard one...It's a mix. I'm a little bit feminine + glamorous, a little bit edgy and a dash of traditional. I am like a mixture of the things I love. It's kind of like my ethnicity...I'm a part hungarian, mexican and spanish. A little bit of everything! Thanks so much, Ashlina!! And, my friends, stop by The Decorista and add her to your list of daily reads...
Minimalist Office Room Design
Some methods to bring a good condition and enjoyable in an office room, we may arrange such as office chairs or home office chair into the office room. Furniture or personal items like leather office chairs brought into the working room are believed to be able to increase our work. The application of minimalist design executive office chairs currently helps us in managing the room to be more efficient floor space. This is also into consideration by selecting an office chair is minimalist too.
We Love AphroChic... and so does Nesting Newbies!!
Well, of course, I've blogged about AphroChic... and interviewed AphroChic... and am just genuinely head over heels for the whole AphroChic line & blog... (I'm bordering on stalker!) But, now, Nesting Newbies loves AphroChic, too!! Check out this amazing cover shot full of AphroChic style. I have big plans for a Majolica Blue Reflection pillow in the back! Congrats to you, Jeanine!
Modern Fitness Room Design
We usually confuse when we think about a fitness room. What should we take to design it? Where I place the equipments? Maybe, these questions that you have now, however, we have to arrange well. Here an example of fitness room, you can take it for your reference. The equipments are arranged well. The lighting is immediately shined through the windows. The mineral water is positioned on the corner under the television. The room looks healthy by the wall color and the lighting. It also has fresh air and has a minimalist design too.
Minimalist Building On The Coast Area
This is a smart concept of relaxing place. The place is designed in a beach area which a large landscape of sea in front. While the wind flows from the coast make us relax. The sun chairs are designed to make us enjoy and in order to muscle relaxation. The green moss umbrellas and the things surround look match one another.
Contemporary Decorating Home Needs Budget
Home decorating is always to be an important consideration. Whether designing a room for comfort or style, a great deal of planning and effort often goes into making a room just right. Sometimes those accesories decorating can become a higher budget. its generally true when attempting to design a modern room. However, with a bit of careful planning, a contemporary room can be designed on a good budget or minimal cost.
Design Inspirations Q&A: Heather Moore of Skinny Laminx
Meet Heather Moore! She's the Cape Town, South Africa designer and illustrator behind Skinny Laminx. If you don't know Skinny Laminx, visit their etsy site and check out their amazing collection at Heath Ceramics. I first became inspired by Heather on the Elle Decoration South Africa Blog and then I stumbled upon her Skinny Laminx Blog. Heather keeps me constantly inspired with her quirky and stylish finds, along with sharing a great line of home accessories. There is true talent behind this blogger and designer and it shows! Ladies and Gentleman, meet Heather Moore...
Q. What is your favorite design blog? You don’t have to name just one!
A. I've always enjoyed the eclectic coverage of design from Design*Sponge - it's lead me in such interesting directions. Also, I'm very grateful for all the amazing publicity I've received on that blog!
Q. What is your favorite interior designer?
A. I'm not sure I could live in one of his interiors, but I really do enjoy the fun and irreverent approach of Jonathan Adler.
Q. What is your favorite fashion designer?
A. My friend Alexandra Hojer. She's a Swedish gal living in Cape Town with amazing style and committment to using excellent fabrics.
Q. What current design trend do you love right now?
A. I'm enjoying the way people like Ilse Crawford are using beautiful materials and making furniture that is practical, useful and excellent. In fact, the current celebration of the artisanal way of making things is hopefully one that will be more than just a trend.
Q. Where do you look for inspiration?
A. I am very inspired by people who do whatever they do with a definite focus and a commitment to excellence. That is how I would like to do the things I do.
Q. What music inspires you?
A. I love vocal harmonies, whether they're sung by Simon and Garfunkel, The Byrds, Gillian Walsh and David Rawlings, or in more formal music like JS Bach's The Messiah, or Arvo Part's glass shard vocal arrangements.
Q. What was your favorite splurge for your home?
A. It must be our Ercol sofa, which was such a lucky find after years and years of looking. I suspect it's probably a knockoff, even though it's beautifully made, as it has 6 legs instead of 4, but still, I adore that thing.
Q. What was your best frugal find?
A. Our Murano glass orange lampshade in the living room. We bought it years ago at a car boot sale for just R2.00 (about $0.30). I thought the guy said R200.00 at first, but it was R2.00. What a thrill.
Q. Do you have a design pet peeve?
A. I can't stand tables designed especially for a computer. I'm working at one now and it's hideous. Takes up far too much space and really, all a computer needs is a desk.
Q. What is your color of choice right now?
A. I keep buying things in apple green.
Q. Where is your favorite place to read a good book or catch up on your blog reads?
A. Lying on the floor with big cushions. Bliss.
Thank you for sharing you inspirations with us, Heather!! Nest Interior Design is a huge fan!
Q. What is your favorite design blog? You don’t have to name just one!
A. I've always enjoyed the eclectic coverage of design from Design*Sponge - it's lead me in such interesting directions. Also, I'm very grateful for all the amazing publicity I've received on that blog!
Q. What is your favorite interior designer?
A. I'm not sure I could live in one of his interiors, but I really do enjoy the fun and irreverent approach of Jonathan Adler.
Q. What is your favorite fashion designer?
A. My friend Alexandra Hojer. She's a Swedish gal living in Cape Town with amazing style and committment to using excellent fabrics.
Q. What current design trend do you love right now?
A. I'm enjoying the way people like Ilse Crawford are using beautiful materials and making furniture that is practical, useful and excellent. In fact, the current celebration of the artisanal way of making things is hopefully one that will be more than just a trend.
Q. Where do you look for inspiration?
A. I am very inspired by people who do whatever they do with a definite focus and a commitment to excellence. That is how I would like to do the things I do.
Q. What music inspires you?
A. I love vocal harmonies, whether they're sung by Simon and Garfunkel, The Byrds, Gillian Walsh and David Rawlings, or in more formal music like JS Bach's The Messiah, or Arvo Part's glass shard vocal arrangements.
Q. What was your favorite splurge for your home?
A. It must be our Ercol sofa, which was such a lucky find after years and years of looking. I suspect it's probably a knockoff, even though it's beautifully made, as it has 6 legs instead of 4, but still, I adore that thing.
Q. What was your best frugal find?
A. Our Murano glass orange lampshade in the living room. We bought it years ago at a car boot sale for just R2.00 (about $0.30). I thought the guy said R200.00 at first, but it was R2.00. What a thrill.
Q. Do you have a design pet peeve?
A. I can't stand tables designed especially for a computer. I'm working at one now and it's hideous. Takes up far too much space and really, all a computer needs is a desk.
Q. What is your color of choice right now?
A. I keep buying things in apple green.
Q. Where is your favorite place to read a good book or catch up on your blog reads?
A. Lying on the floor with big cushions. Bliss.
Thank you for sharing you inspirations with us, Heather!! Nest Interior Design is a huge fan!
Modern Contemporary Kitchen Design
Here is a kitchen design concept that has a good arrangement, a prestige kitchen design with an ordinary point of view. The appearance is beautiful with the cabinet and some pictures on the wall. The cabinets design suited to the lifestyle of the modern living and also the curtain suited to wall’s graphic. The window also has an impression itself, if I may say it is included a modern contemporary design.
In the city...
Hi Friends! I'm in NYC for ICFF... and incredibly excited about it!! I still have some great posts for you this week. Check in on Wednesday - I interviewed the amazing Heather Moore of Skinny Laminx and Elle Decoration South Africa. And, I'll have some amazing posts from ICFF for you when I return...
Modern and Minimalist Decorating Home Design
This can be a small meeting room or Dining room. The lighting is clean and bright, achieved through a combination of natural colors and good natural management lighting. Accessories and the lamp overhanging, floors and even some furniture looks assimilate in one form. Minimalist decorating project can focus on modernistic accessories and furniture with plain but interesting shapes for adding flavor to the room, but you also need to bring the windows and floors into the decor. Window treatments for the Modern home decorating style should be light and minimalist.
Modern and Minimalist Room
This can be a small meeting room or Dining room. The lighting is clean and bright, achieved through a combination of natural colors and good natural management lighting. Accessories and the lamp overhanging, floors and even some furniture looks assimilate in one form. Minimalist decorating project can focus on modernistic accessories and furniture with plain but interesting shapes for adding flavor to the room, but you also need to bring the windows and floors into the decor. Window treatments for the Modern home decorating style should be light and minimalist.
Elegant and Minimalist Office Room
This is a sample of elegant office room design with clean approach. It usually lies on the upstairs because the room like this needs a quite situation. Generally the building is likes middle east buildings with the cream-colored.
Modern Kitchen In White And Woody Pattern
The minimalist concept for modern kitchen always increase fascination. It is also With minimal materials, wood design concept. this kitchen richness and sobriety. Adaptability for all the occasions. It is so elegant with a special brightness, white, blue and brown collaboration.
Before & After: Nest Interior Design Tufted Chairs
Nest Interior Design has had such great success re-designing pieces for clients, that we decided to do it for our customers, too! We've scoured the area finding pieces with beautiful lines and rich history and repurposed them using luxury fabrics and finishes. This week we will be sharing a new before & after each day so you can see our newly re-designed vintage pieces! All pieces are available at Nest & on nestdallas.com and have been designed by yours truly!
If you have any questions about these pieces or want a piece of your own re-designed, contact us!
Before & After: Nest Interior Design Loveseat
Nest Interior Design has had such great success re-designing pieces for clients, that we decided to do it for our customers, too! We've scoured the area finding pieces with beautiful lines and rich history and repurposed them using luxury fabrics and finishes. This week we will be sharing a new before & after each day so you can see our newly re-designed vintage pieces! All pieces are available at Nest & on nestdallas.com and have been designed by yours truly!
If you have any questions about these pieces or want a piece of your own re-designed, contact us!
Home Sketch With a Small Area
This is good arrangement with a small area of your home. It looks minimal but it has a neat arrangement in positioning things or in dividing rooms. It likes the garage position, it has a right measurement enough and it has a little door to enter the house. and also whole the little rooms, it is laid correctly.
Before & After: Nest Interior Design Credenza
Nest Interior Design has had such great success re-designing pieces for clients, that we decided to do it for our customers, too! We've scoured the area finding pieces with beautiful lines and rich history and repurposed them using luxury fabrics and finishes. This week we will be sharing a new before & after each day so you can see our newly re-designed vintage pieces! All pieces are available at Nest & on nestdallas.com and have been designed by yours truly!
If you have any questions about these pieces or want a piece of your own re-designed, contact us!
I love my clients!!
Remember when I told you how much I love my clients?? And, how one of my favorite clients were letting me use this fantastic Missoni Home rug and design a room around it?? Well, my friends, IT HAS ARRIVED... and yesterday when we unrolled it to inspect for damage, I felt it warranted a photoshoot (please ignore my appearance, I am in full install mode). Sometimes you just need to take a break, soak in a gorgeous design, and get giddy! Warning: no shoes touched the rug durning the making of these photos.
You just can't deny it... This rug is fabulous!!! It joined it's new family today and I can't wait to have it photographed to show you all! Like I said, my friends, I just LOVE my clients!!
Me & The Aspiring Kennedy (If you haven't read her blog, you should!)
This is gold medal winning figure skater Evan Lysacek to my right (actually that just our intern Matthew, but he's just as fabulous) and web and marketing guru, Laura Busby, to my left (read her fashion blog!).
You just can't deny it... This rug is fabulous!!! It joined it's new family today and I can't wait to have it photographed to show you all! Like I said, my friends, I just LOVE my clients!!
Before & After: Nest Interior Design Ikat Chairs
Nest Interior Design has had such great success re-designing pieces for clients, that we decided to do it for our customers, too! We've scoured the area finding pieces with beautiful lines and rich history and repurposed them using luxury fabrics and finishes. This week we will be sharing a new before & after each day so you can see our newly re-designed vintage pieces! All pieces are available at Nest & on nestdallas.com and have been designed by yours truly!
If you have any questions about these pieces or want a piece of your own re-designed, contact us!
If you have any questions about these pieces or want a piece of your own re-designed, contact us!
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