Holiday Style Oliohop

I'm thrilled to welcome you to 2012 Olihop Holiday Style!

Before I begin let me explain a little about what an Oliohop is.  

It all begins on Olioboard, an online tool for creating 2D and 3D design boards.

An Oliohop is a blog collaboration of 10 bloggers at the same time.  This month we are focusing on Holiday Style.

Perfect, I know!

We are taking a look at my vision for Tablescapes Holiday Style this year, 2012.

I always begin with some inspiration.  Soft, quiet colors of Duck Egg, muted greens and natural burlap.

I always mix old with new.  Some unexpected with traditional.

Let's take a look at Holiday Style in my own home.  A work in progress...

My Annie Sloan Work Book for making notes and tracking my thoughts.  Duck Egg Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ is my inspiration for everything.

Yes, that's a book...and yes I painted a pearl necklace...the unexpected!

The final table for two for the Holidays.

Buffalo Check in a soft Duck Egg Blue.

I put my Apparel Design skills to work and made an apron just for the Holidays.

Now for the final Olioboard Tablescapes Collection...

My favorite part of Oliohop is seeing and sharing the other amazing nine bloggers and their posts!

Drop by to see what they have been up to.

http://colorchats.benjaminmoore.com 

http://tobifairley.com/blog/

http://lisamendedesign.blogspot.com 

http://jenniferreynoldsinteriors.com/blog/ 

http://www.sarahgunnwallcandy.com 

http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com (Lynda Quintero -Davids )

http://andieday.com/blog/

http://alliecat4ever.blogspot.com (Alicia Phillips )

http://kimberlyandcameron.blogspot.com (Kimberly Ward )

Have a super week!

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Soft Blue and Grey

I like the use of the soft blues and greys in these interiors.
Photographs by Line Thit Klein.

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Jonathan Adler and Layla Grayce Express Your Style Contest

So much happening this week!  

High Point Market will be coming to a close soon.  Looking forward to what the Style Spotters will be sharing.  Next week I will share  what the market has in store for us, can't wait.

Today I'm sharing the second contest featured by Layla Grayce, sponsored by Jonathan Adler. 

My mood board featuring Jonathan Adler's Bargello Pillows from  Layla Grayce.  

Love this color combination of teals, turquoise and carmel.

The contest is open, anyone can enter:

DESIGN YOUR DREAM LIVING ROOM

Make your dream living room a reality with an Olioboard that expresses your unique style, and you may find yourself winning big. Enter our contest by designing the ultimate sitting room using anything you desire from Layla Grayce, and be sure to include two products from Jonathan Adler to be eligible to win! The top three winners chosen exclusively by Jonathan Adler himself will earn cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250 as a reward for their decorative genius. May the best design enthusiasts win!

http://expressyourstyle.laylagrayce.com/

I hope you enter and share your design with me! 

A few other notes, the Snob Blog is working on a revamp of the site.  Aslo, I will be sharing my prediction on color for Spring 2013 on GentryConnects Blog very soon.  I will post it here as well.

Enjoy your week!

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EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN OLIOHOP

 Today's issue of Monday Mashup is a fun one.

 I've been seeing a wonderful combination of Fashion+Decor in many design markets.  This year Highpoint Market has a great focus on fashion the week of October 13-18th. 

With my degree in Apparel Design, I am more than just a little excited about the emphasis on Fashion+Decor.  The apparel and decor industry really do influence each other each year in a circular "fashion".

This month's OlioHop collaboration (which I have been talking about for the past week) is focused on Fashion+Decor as well.  

So without further ado... 

I can hardly resist the timeless brilliance of Christion Dior and the legend of Marilyn Monroe.  Over time designs, fashions, styles and colors will always come back around.

Window shopping with Fashion+Decor. 

A department store window with Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch, featuring Layla Grayce and vintage apparel from Posh Girl Vintage.

When designing a room I try to combine the old and new using  vintage, flea market finds and perhaps inherited antiques.  Combine these with new or custom pieces to bring the decades together in a single beautiful space.

A lovely collage of aged items, furniture and decorative pieces.

New, fresh tables and chairs mixed with accents for the home.

A pairing in the Paint Gallery of Fashion+Decor.

Dior makeup, revolutionary products of glamorous colors.

Bring new life to old furniture.  Recycle, upcycle, refinish, refurbish, call it what you will.  Everything Old Is New Again with a finish of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint TM.

Headgear for all.  Regardless if you're going to church or adding a little something extra to a lamp base its always in style to try and make a statement.

It's the little details that can top off your look.

Influences throughout the years always find their way back into design.  So many memorable icons, so much joy and so many memories. 

Everything Old Is New Again.

Each Image was designed on Olioboard.  To follow all of my boards, click on...

Please visit the my fellow Bloggers to read all about their views on Fashion+Decor:

http://www.apartment34.com

http://www.materialgirlsblog.com/chicago

http://selmahammer.com/blog/

http://lifeinaventicup.com

http://eurostylelighting.com/modern-inspiration/b/blog/

http://www.lampsplus.com/info-center/b/blog

http://www.nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com/

http://www.pocketfullofcolors.blogspot.com

http://design-magnifique.com/blog-news/

All week I will be posting on Dior, Marilyn Monroe and all about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint TM available from Shades Of Amber, via my social network. I hope to hear from you, leave a comment.

LINKS:

Dior

Posh Girl Vintage

The Seven Year Itch

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint TM / Shades Of Amber

Layla Grayce

Olioboard

Highpoint Market

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What Color of Blue are You?

As we continue our focus on [BLUE] Royalty and Fashion Week, I'd like to share a few galleries I have created on Olioboard.

First, take a look at a Lighting Gallery created with products from IKEA.

My inspiration behind this gallery comes from the True Blue Collection only offered at limited IKEA locations.  Each piece shown above is from IKEA and can be found online.

Next is a paint gallery filled with blue colors from Benjamin Moore for you to choose from.  Which collection of blues is your favorite, four to choose from?  Each accessory item, including the upholstered bench you see, is from West Elm. 

How about a little cushion?  Featured is a Pillow Wall I created on Olioboard with an online company called Wayfair. Their mission is To make Wayfair your favorite place online to buy anything for your home.

Finally, choose your favorite fabrics for custom details that cannot be found anywhere else.

Fabrics & trims from Wesco Fabrics, Fabricut and Kravet. 

Choose your top fabrics picks to coordinate perfectly with paint colors, lighting and pillows.  Bring new life to a space in your home with these four options.  It doesn't have to cost a fortune, just a little bit time & inspiration. 

Now a little more fashion. Yesterday was the final day of Fashion Week NYC.  Below I'm sharing two more runway photos featuring [BLUE] Royalty.

RALPH LAUREN Runway Photos.jpeg

BIBHU MOHAPATRA Runway Photos.jpeg

To see more runway fashions, go to FB and Pinterest.

On a different note:

This week I had the opportunity to join in on a Twitter Chat with kbtribe, led by lighting expert & designer James Bedell.  James is based in New York City and launched JPB Lighting in 2011, an independent lighting design firm specializing in special events such as theatrical productions & launch parties for major corporations. The lighting industry is a facsinating one, evolving as quickly or quicker as the computer world.  I look forward to sharing about lighting in future posts. 

Also, I am really excited to share news about an upcoming blogging feature for the month of October that Snob Interior Design is participating in.  Details will follow as soon as I have them. 

Have a Fantastic Friday!

       

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Interior Design is in Style with [BLUE] Royalty

This weeks post of Monday Mashup is [BLUE] Royalty.

A beautiful blue velvet tufted sofa paired with a sketch I worked on in College for my Apparel Design Degree. 

Funny how fashion and colors come back around. 

Tufted velvet is so hard to resist, gorgeous!  The colorful books on the shelves are the perfect balance for a contemporary piece hanging on the back of the door. 

Now typically my pairing is a little more professional than the model a green dress with a neat plaid jacket.  While perusing photos of fashion week, a few shots reminded me of college days and apparel design classes.  Seeing bright blues on the runway made me think of a particular assignment so many years ago of a design including lorem ipsum text for an ad. Feel like I've gone back in time.

Take a look at these runway shots...

Here are a few rooms from Lonny Magazine.

This week I will be sharing more designs with Olioboard adding to Style Files with a Lighting Gallery, Paint Gallery and an inspirational moodboard with [BLUE] Royalty.

Have a super week!

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