this is the room i will be sleeping in this weekend. the seaside suite. it is not on the seaside however. nope, it's a B & B nestled somewhere near asheville, NC. my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and myself are all going for a girly weekend, where there will be lots of wine, snoring grannies and probably a lot of farting on my end. my sister in law rachel is the one of us who is pretty much perfect: quiet, never complains, always has a smile...she rocks.
i would love nothing more than to blog while i am there and plan to but you never know what that situation is like until you get there. so..we'll see..
happy weekend, lovers!
*the farting will be due to a major dairy intolerance but when i go on vacation i say no to nothing.
this time of year i like to settle in and get the cozy going in my home even though the need for indoor warmth is SEVERAL months off here in the south. still, it's on my mind. fall is my favorite time of year. i love it all, the leaves all over the ground (fall in the south is pretty spectacular when it finally does arrive), the cool, crisp air, the humid haze gives way to bright blue skies, the pumpkins all over the grocery stores and inevitably, my porch. i'm a sucker for the white ones and the blue hubbard squashes. as far as "decorating" or "autumn-ing up" the inside of your house the following is a look that i am not in favor of..although understandably it is the most popular way of getting the point across...
hay-CHECK. leaf garland-CHECK. fake pumpkins and fairy lights-CHECK. i think that a few of these things are ok so long as they are not used all together in one clump of an area. unless you WANT your house to look like a tuesday morning display. although..skip the fake pumpkins. just skip 'em. get the real thing, it's worth it. 
see the pears?? they are in season in the fall so they are acceptable as long as they are real. i love this kitchen. it speaks to my inner rustic minimalist.
subdued and inviting, perfect for a movie night. would you fill that bowl with popcorn or is that one of those bowls that would give you lead poisoning?
i take lots of baths in the fall and winter and this tub is glorious. as is the table full of expensive girly bath oils and bits. using furniture in the bathroom is fabulous too. the neutral palate, the simple window treatment and rug keep this room from being too fussy.
while white and stripes are generally used in summer decor i think so long as the textures are seasonally appropriate it can work any time of year.
what a cozy spot for breakfast.
stripe rug..YES!
blue, white, dark wood..YES!
no matchy matchy...YES!
chandelier....YES!
relaxed elegance...FAIT ACCOMPLI!
image via decorology via photographer morten holtum
i thought dan was going to pee pee when he learned that john gidding was coming in...
a gay dude who thinks he's awesome. oh and he's on hgtv's designed to sell...oh THAAAAT john gidding. (???!!)
yeah, those are 3 recliners in the nursery, you can barely see the 3rd one in the bottom left hand corner. there is also a flatscreen above the changing station and a lot of sculpted boat frame thingy's that are pretty cool if a bit gimmicky. but hgtv loves a designer with a good gimmick up their sleeve. the room is ok, not terrible. dan did do a pretty good painting of clouds and sky. you can see it there in the top right corner of the image. he also took store bought curtains and fancied them up with some shiny embellished fabric to create a stripe, nice touch dan. while not a fan of wall decals or wall murals the whales add a bit of whimsy that is so desperately needed in this nursery. but i still think that 3 recliners is weird and that overall this room doesn't seem very functional. but the judges loved it! hmmmmm...my aforementioned suspicions of danfoolery are becoming more tangible. speaking of judges...mandice was looking very little lord fauntleroy this week:
although this week she shall be called: tandice
so antonio giving his best minimal zen gave us the fucking set from plan 9 from outer space. seriously, lavender is pretty but here it looks like they used the leftover paint from monica and rachel's apartment on the friends set. note to hgtv...antonio works on sets. everything he does looks like a set. there is nothing personal or comforting in his work. and he has fangs. seriously, he does. now, this is how you can make this room better: first of all get rid of the stupid doormat between the two white chairs and put a real fluffy textured rug down the center of that room. this room needs texture in a big, bad way. add a few pendant lights over the work stations and already the room is about 8379273049million times better. and that's just off the top of my head...or...2.2 seconds. not 30 hours.happy labor day monday folks. in honor of the stupid can't-wear-white-after-labor-day-rule and my rebellious, sassy side i thought it only fitting i do a white on white color combo today. so take that labor day rule makers!
