TGI Art on the Wall

I slept in this morning (the gym has no appeal without you, Jessica), and then I headed to Conway and Little Rock in search of fabric for throw pillows (I think I found just what I needed). So, I'm a little late with today's post, but I think it's stunning (in a scary, cluttered, love it sort of way).

via isuwannee's flickr

The Anti-Depressive Dining Room

What a crazy cool room! Retro and modern all at the same time. I can imagine lots of lively conversation at dinner parties here!

via Little Green Notebook

And if you haven't already, don't forget to head over to the Tobi Fairley blog and vote for your favorite inspiration board (mine is #2 - Around the World if you want to vote for me)! Voting ends tomorrow.

My Inspiration Board!

Last night was the final night of Design Camp. I'm sad it's over, but it was tons of fun! A couple of weeks ago we learned how to make inspiration boards, which I had never done before but will probably do again. They are so much fun! All your favorite stuff in one place! So anyway, Tobi Fairley picked her 4 favorite student boards and posted them on her blog for her readers to vote on! So if you have a moment, please go vote for me (#2 - Around the World) or your favorite board! (The winner gets a spa package!) Get your votes in before Friday, because that's when she's tallying them up!

Vote HERE

Thanks so much!

Comfort

"Comfort is perhaps the ultimate luxury." - Billy Baldwin, indigenous decorator

House of Turquoise

Nautical Inspiration

Sources (clockwise from top left): liebemarlene, Met Home, bexpert (btw I totally want to hang one of these in every room of a beach house), gipiosio, Le Cupcake, Little Cafe

TGI Art on the Wall

(Love how they just worked the air vent right in.)

via Lonny

Cream, Tan, and Brown

Looks good to me!

via Full House

See the rest of the house here (it's all creamy!).

Sheila Cotton

Since I've been visiting the Tobi Fairley Gallery every week for the last three weeks, I have had the opportunity to see some amazing artwork. One of the artists who has stood out to me week after week is Sheila Cotton. I believe the following images are part of her "Antique Arkansas" collection, in which she paints the ordinary things in life "that still move us and define us." [Tobi Fairley website]

See more here

The Judicious Use of Antlers

Having grown up in the south with walls full of prized dead animals, a house isn't quite a home without trophy antlers. I've only recently started acquiring my own antlers (bought, not hunted). I really prefer the ones mounted with leather. These were recently found at Canton (thanks, Sandi), and I left them sitting on the counter for about a month trying to think where to put them. Finally, yesterday afternoon it came to me. I LOVE IT! I wish it had photographed better, or maybe you need to see the whole room (there's another set just like this on the other side of the buffet), but it feels like a Ralph Lauren country home.

So here's some more antler inspiration...

And here's one I thought I'd never see - the whole head (by the way, when your a little kid, these are really freaky!) mounted on trendy wallpaper....

images via msn, Elle Decor, The Farmer's Trophy Wife (Love the name! and the content!), Home Shopping Spy, Living Etc, The iDesign Box, and Yossawat

TGI Art on the Wall

If you didn't already know, Brides magazine bought the Domino archives and uploaded them to their website (here). That's where I found this lovely image, but, honestly, it is not nearly as exciting as I hoped it would be. I hope they get some more stuff up soon, because there's hardly anything there.