valentine's day Browsing the Catalogs

Anthropologie, Battersea Soffette

We must be getting to the Fall season because there has been a recent deluge of catalogs hitting my floor as they are fiercely shoved through my mailbox. (I have often wondered how mail carriers feel about catalogs...I think ours is not so fond.)

I have been a little too busy lately to really dig into the pile sitting on my overloaded "mail table"....but recently I became acquainted with THIS blog.....and my interest has been completely renewed!!! (Where have I been anyway...it took me long enough to learn about Catalog Living ....I am sure Gary and Elaine are quite upset!)

I have been perusing the latest catalog offerings and these are a few of my favorite things ( I always love a little Julie...)

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By the way....these images are totally random....these are just things that struck me. No order to any of it....sort of like my kids' rooms.

West Elm, Hallway Photo styled to perfection...this might be on Catalog Living somewhere.

West Elm Martini Tables. I have seen these first hand and they are great. The perfect little tables!

valentine's day Crate and Barrel Hendrix Desk. Handsome rustic-modern design!

valentine's day Crate and Barrel Metropole Chair. Cozy with a color like butter.

valentine's day Viva Terra Moroccan Lantern. There are two more styles to love...check to website.

Viva Terra Moroccan Fluted Stool. An alternative to all of those Garden Stools choices.

valentine's day Viva Terra Eco Sectional Sleeper. The brown (grey?) ticking seat and back cushions...love. Excuse the photo color...the catalog color is a much warmer grey.

valentine's day Viva Terra Talisman Mirror Collection. Great shapes!

I hope Gary and Elaine consider adding a few pieces to their household. Only good things can come of it.

valentine's day Been Working on This:

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I have a client who needed a little help pulling an affordable plan together for her little bungalow cottage. She needed things quickly and wanted to be able to buy things herself from retail sources. She did not want to take time to shop at flea markets or antique faires. She just wanted it "done". I think there are alot of people out there who want a pleasing environment, but do not want to spend alot of time putting it together. They have other things that are more important to them. Luckily for us designer types, we LOVE to spend time doing the putting together. And I am all for working within a budget, especially in this economy. valentine's day

Living Room:
Sofa - Pottery Barn
Chairs - Pottery Barn
Coffee Table - Pottery Barn
Black Chair - Palecek*
Garden Stool - Pottery Barn
Pillows - Crate and Barrel
Side Tables - Crate and Barrel
White Lamp - Crate and Barrel
Green Lamp - Pottery Barn
Mirror - Pottery Barn
Fabric for Drapes: Lulu DK *
Small Cabinet - Owner's

Dining Room:
Large Mirror - Pottery Barn
Dining Table - Ballard Design
Dining Chairs - Palecek*
Sideboard - Bungalow5*
Blue Lamps - Bungalow5*
Pendant Light - Circa Lighting
Art - Oly Studio*
Accessories - Oly Studio*
4 Piece Art - Wisteria

For more information on kd space, click on my website link in the sidebar or just click here.
* These items available through Katie Denham Design

valentine's day It's Finished....for now.

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Thanks to all of you who have been patiently waiting for pictures of my daughter's room! It is finally in a state where pictures can be taken. I had been waiting to find the right, affordable lamps, hang the sheers at the windows and on the bed, and to hang a bit of art on the walls. And while it is still a work in progress (every room in our house always is), it has turned out to be rather pretty. The most important thing is that she loves it.

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Some of you have asked where things were found or purchased. So here we go: The bed is from IKEA and we painted it white. The bedside chests are from Bungalow 5. Lamps are from Home Depot ( I know!). The little suzani I found on ebay. The sweet portrait I found at a flea market and looks so much like my daughter.

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The rug is from West Elm (no longer available). Sheets and Duvet Cover were from PBteen. Sheers were from IKEA. Matelisse Bedspread and Shams were from Crate and Barrel.

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Dresser was from Jayson Home and Garden. Lamps on the dresser are vintage. Mirror is from the Nate Berkus Collection on HSN. Coral "sconces" are from Urban Outfitters. Louis Ghost Chair is from DWR.

If you check here, you can see the ideas that we had when putting the room together. It came pretty close I think!

So there you have it!

valentine's day Hannah's Room

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If you have been reading Katiedid for awhile, you know I have been working on my younger daughter's bedroom, theoretically for her birthday. Well, her birthday has come and gone, and we are still not quite done. I can manage to get client's work done and meet a deadline at work, but at home.....the cobbler's shoe syndrome takes over. We have drapery panels to hang, a mirror to find, and art to hang. But the furniture is all in and the room is painted! Progress!

In the meantime, my older daughter had a party for Halloween. Which prompted a room cleaning. I thought I would take the very infrequent opportunity of a clean room to snap some photos. Just so I can remember what it looks like.

Hannah and I did her room a few years ago starting with the Marimekko "Unikko" Duvet Cover and shams as the jump off point. We chose a matlisse bedspread from Crate and Barrel with matching Euro shams for the "background". You probably recognize the Seagrass headboard from Pottery Barn. The nightstand is an antique Swedish pine table. Nate Berkus lamps from Linens and Things. Red drapery panels from IKEA. We chose things that a teenage girl could grow with that were affordable, and therefore changeable if tastes changed.

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Above her antique pine dresser, I placed a flea market mirror that I painted red which made it pop off the walls, which are painted Dunn Edwards Whisper White.

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The room is divided by French doors into two parts, the main bedroom (very small) and a sun room. It is a very charming space and one of the selling points when we were first looking to buy the house. As soon as Hannah saw this space she claimed first dibs.

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The sun room is covered with bead board on the walls and ceiling and has windows on three walls. We made it into a cozy library using West Elm book shelves, which fit perfectly under the windows. There is an old pine armoire for storage....and Heaven knows a teenage girl has got to have storage. We used West Elm red lacquer nesting tables, a white slip covered chair from IKEA and a lambskin rug on the floor.

And that's it! A fun bright space for my teenage girl.

Speaking of Nate Berkus.......now that Linens and Things is closing, I was wondering where he might be selling his retail products. It turns out he is offering his line on the HSN website. He is also writing a blog for the website as well, which you can check out here. I went and did a little looking around and found THE mirror for my other daughter's bedroom! The Nate Berkus Moroccan Mirror:

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Perfect size and price! I am determined to get this room done before.......Christmas!

valentine's day Design Crush: Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz

I promise I am not stalking you. But when I see another of your projects, I fall in love all over again. And you thought you could hide from me in the latest Veranda. Who would have thought to find you here? When I saw the cover, I thought: this is no ordinary Veranda. This is not the tailored and refined Country French I have been accustomed to. This is something altogether different.

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I went to see who it was that could be gracing this beautiful and edgy cover. The white upholstered sofas and daybeds (Room and Board), the ebonized floors, the black tiled fireplace surround...I thought I had found a new crush.

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But then..... I knew it was you as soon as I saw the white sheers and your custom designed light fixture (ABYU Lighting) in the foyer. Yes...you had me at "Hello". Only you could have piqued my interest with the Country Swedish chair with the seat in Sacco Carpet goat hair!

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One of the things I love about you is the way you mix up the high and the low. Like in this Dining Room: putting a Larsen Velvet on a Crate and Barrel chair. It makes my heart smile, like wildflowers in a silver vase. Zimmer + Rohde fabric used as wall art, it's wonderful.

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They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Well men aren't the only ones who love the culinary arts. And to find a kitchen at the other end of the Living Room, well that's just magic. And then you go and make it look like this! That curtain of beads by BallChain around the stovehood, the Plexi-Craft barstools.... sigh.

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I could lounge here for hours on this banquette by the window. Long relaxing dinners with family and friends. Maybe a little Jamie Cullum playing in the back round. You did this on purpose, I know it. (Chairs through Room and Board).

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Then you got really glamorous, but I could expect no less. In the Master Bedroom, you went for the Swarovski crystals on the custom shade and Ostrich Pillow on the bed, both by ABYU. Jean Harlow would be right at home. So could I.

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And there it was.... just what I'd hoped for. One of your iconic feather lampshades (ABYU) hiding in the guest room, perfectly juxtaposed with the Man Ray photographs.

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What I love about you is that you inspire me. I can watch you make magic using sources available to everyone, like this bed by Room and Board, the Restoration Hardware Lamps, and the mirrors by Crate and Barrel.

I promise, I am not stalking you........yet......

All photos by Antoine Bootz for Veranda, May-June 2008

valentine's day A Bit of Catalog Love

Some of the new Spring additions to the piles of catalogs I get caught my eye. I am seriously considering a couple of buys here.

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Crate and Barrel Josephine Chaise at $1299.0, very pretty! I also am liking it paired with the Avery Bombe Chest, $799.00

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Give me a tufted sofa! Crate and Barrel Azure Sofa, $1899.00. Pretty nice photo styling here.

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I am loving the red Pagoda Etagere (Crate and Barrel) $349. What is really cool about it is that it is actually a series of tables that stack which you can see here. The Jardin Chair for $799 is pretty cute too.

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I am thinking this bench at the end of my bed. What do you think? Ballard Design Macau Bench goes for $399.95. (C'mon, just say $400).

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Isn't this the cutest red chair? I love the woven seat. It makes it a bit different from similar metal chairs. Anthropologie Emile Chair at $198.00

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I have toile bedding in a guest room that is almost exactly like this, but this Toile Wingback Chair from Anthropologie ($1998.00) looks like someone colored in parts with a magic marker. I love that. I may have to add it to my guest room.

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This Coconut Chandelier from Wisteria ($649.00) has been on my wish list for awhile. Not sure where to put it, but it is pretty cool dont'cha think? I think I can find a place for it. Lovin' the Black Forest chairs too ($499).

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So this is another bench I might try at the end of my bed. Wisteria Iron Bamboo Bench, $349. The price is great! AND they say it folds up for easy storage! Which bench do you all like better? I could use another opinion here.

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OK, I just bought the three Ikat pillows on the right. I know Ikat has all of the symptoms of being too overexposed ( all over blogland, Pottery Barn's catalog, in Target, etc.) but I just really liked 'em and they are going to be perfect in my Family Room. Nuff said. They are from Wisteria at $79.00. They say their inserts feel like goose-down....hmm, what does that mean exactly? Are they, or are they not goose-down? I will let you know when I get them. I am also thinking these cobalt blue garden stools are different enough in color and shape to have some real staying power. ($249.00 not bad!) And loving the Dhurrie Rug too ($649 for a 9'x12'! What a swinging deal!)

Just a random sampling of what I have been keeping my eyes on lately.