OOPS, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!

WAHOOO...2 OF THESE CHESTS WERE DELIVERED BY MISTAKE TO MY CUSTOMER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SHE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE ONE....AND RATHER THAN GO THRU THE HEADACHE OF HAVING THE SECOND CHEST PICKED UP AND RETURNED, I HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA (OR AT LEAST I THOUGHT SO!)....WHY NOT KEEP THE SECOND CHEST FOR MYSELF? AFTER ALL, I'VE BEEN DYING DYING DYING TO HAVE THIS FOR MY UPSTAIRS HALLWAY!!

PAINTING IN THE WORKS (VERY RAW RIGHT NOW!)

STOLE THIS LAMP FROM MY FAMILY ROOM...LOVE LOVE LOVE IT ON
THE CHEST....

AND HERE IT IS WITH MY NEIGHBORING ART SPACE.....THE OLD CHEST IT REPLACED IS HIDING IN BACKGROUND....WILL BE IN A NEW HOME SOON-THE GARAGE!

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CHRISTMAS PREP: STAGE TWO

 

 

TIME FOR THE FUN PART.....THE TREE!!!
AND SOME FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. WE ALWAYS GO GET A CHEAPO TREE....TAYLOR'S HARDWARE HAS THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY...10" TREES FOR $35!! ......OF COURSE WE HAD TO CHOP 2 FEET OFF THE TOP!

I LOVE ME SOME GARLAND! AFTER I STRING THE WHITE AND COLORED
LIGHTS (I LOVE USING BOTH!), I ADD MY RED BEADS AND LIME GREEN
RIBBON....GIVES THE TREE SOME DEFINITION AND COLOR COORDINATES
WITH THE KIDS HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS FROM THE PRE SCHOOL DAYS.
 

 

I COULD NOT RESIST BUYING THIS WHILE PICKING UP SOME STUFF
FROM THE HOME DEPOT...WHO KNEW THEY SOLD GINGER BREAD HOUSES?
SOMEONE'S BEEN EATING THE DECOR!! KIDS LOVED MAKING IT.

SIMPLE BOXWOOD WREATH WE MAKE EVERY YEAR AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
GARDEN CLUB DECEMBER MEETING

YAY OR NAY?? SOME PICTURES HAVE FALLEN DOWN...BUT I LOVE SEEING THE CARDS!

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BEFORE AND AFTER: MY OFFICE!!



FINALLY!!!!!! a functional workspace!! do you remember what it looked like before??

you GOTTA take a look at my blog from a few months back..... http://lucywilliamsinteriordesign.blogspot.com/2012/08/oh-my-need-new-office-now.html

i actually stole the guest room next door to my old office-its a way bigger space with another window

before we added on to our house, this was the master bedroom. the king size bed

 was centered on the window. when i had these built-ins made, i made sure we could

still fit a king size bed in between. i love versatile rooms and we are all set just in case

this needs to be a bedroom again someday!!

and the work table? my cabinet guy- he's SOOOOO talented!! it's counter height

which is ideal for drafting....the counter stool is from cb2.

http://www.cb2.com/

my cabinet guy is FANTASTIC!! i designed these cabinets to house my fabric samples...
the center section has a pull out for additional work surface-LOVE and so functional!!!
the fretwork doors turned out amazing and my anthropologie pulls are awesome!

love that my lamps let me see through to my drapery fabric!

 gotta have a tv.....

and framed it out with some old audubon prints that my parents gave me for
 christmas one year.

 

got this enormous bulletin board at ballard designs...it HUGE-i love!
http://www.ballarddesigns.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomeView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10551&redirect=y



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my "blues" and "tans" fabric library....LOVE opening this cabinet!!



want some help redoing your house? call me!

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BEFORE AND AFTER: UPDATING LOCKHAVEN DEN

 

THESE HOMEOWNERS WANTED TO FRESHEN UP THEIR BEAUTIFUL DEN...... AND GRASSCLOTH AND UPDATING THE EXISTING DRAPERIES WAS AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST! OF COURSE, ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER.....AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT, WE WERE MAKING PLANS TO CHANGE MORE THAN JUST THE WALLS AND DRAPERIES !!

 



BEFORE

 

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

WE DECIDED TO PAINT THE BOOKCASES AND FIREPLACE A HIGH GLOSS BLACK....THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR OUR NEWLY UPHOLSTERED CHAIR TO "POP" AND ALSO ADDS A BIT OF DRAMA TO THE SPACE!

THE OTTOMAN WAS REUPHOLSTERED IN RED TO COORDINATE WITH THE RUG AND THE CONTRAST PIPING ON THE REUPHOLSTERED SOFA....THE OTTOMAN'S CHARCOAL TAPE AND PIPING TIES IN IN WITH THE NEIGHBORING CLUB CHAIR.

FUN PILLOWS!

WE BEEFED UP THE OLD CHAIR SEATS, BOXED THEM, AND ADDED THE COOL VELVET STRIPE!

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