Archive for January, 2011

bundle of “boy”

January 28, 2011

While we’re gearing up for a mural next week, I thought I would share pictures of a nursery job we did last week.

Our client, which just so happened to be my lovely sister-in-law, is expecting a little bundle of “boy” any day now.  With the room almost complete, she called on us, Rusty Bluebird, to add the finishing touches.  She came to us knowing she wanted something simplistic, something that would work with the vintage and natural/coastal elements in her nursery, but at the same time, be modern enough for today.

BEFORE:

Boy Nursery Before #1

Boy Nursery Before #2

Boy Nursery Before #3

Because they already had artwork on two of the walls, and a window/closet combo on the third wall, we decided it best to use our design on the fourth, side wall (above the bookshelves).  That way, we keep it simple enough not to take away from the rest of the room, but bold enough to create interest on our new, accent wall.  After several rounds of ideas, we decided it would be cute to use the stripes from her nursery rug as inspiration.  Because the stripes in the rug are so symmetrical, which usually translates into more traditional, I decided to twist it up a little by keeping the bolder, wider stripe at the bottom of our pattern, but remove it from the top.  This creates a more modern look.  You’ll notice too, because we have one smaller group of horizontal stripes rather than stripes on the entire wall, the viewer’s eye is able to move about the room, rather than getting stuck in one space.

You see, stripes don’t have to be outdated as they were in years past.  With a few simple changes, they become fun, bold, modern AND functional, which makes for many great reasons to keep them in mind for your next project.

AFTER:

Rusty Bluebird: Atlanta, GA - Boy Nursery After #1

Rusty Bluebird: Atlanta, GA - Boy Nursery After #2

Rusty Bluebird: Atlanta, GA - Boy Nursery After #3

The new parents to-be were beyond excited, which makes us very, very happy!  Hopefully our new family member will love his room as much as the rest of us.

Enjoy until next time,

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good-bye 2010. welcome 2011!

January 11, 2011

Although I wish I had taken more pics of our holiday decorations, especially since this time around I did more than past years, these are all I was able to find now that everything is put away.  Better late than never, right?

our tree and stockings made from old sweaters

wreath and snowflakes hung from our mirror

close-up of hanging snowflakes from mirror

So, since some of you have mentioned my lack in posts, I must say, things have been CA-RAZY here the past month or so.  So sorry!  I promise to be better this new year.  Yes, that is my “professional” new year’s resolution.

Unfortunately but fortunately, the holidays bring with it the stress of preparing our homes for visitors and entertaining.  I say fortunately because for that reason alone, we were called in to help our clients get their homes ready.  Unfortunately however, I also had to prepare my own home for the holidays.  I had great big plans of sharing DIY holiday decorating tips with you, however, between decorating my own house, cooking for 4 Christmas celebrations, that’s right, 4, not to mention taking on a VERY large and overwhelming project in my own home, I didn’t have time for much else.  I’ll be posting info and pics of my at home project within the coming weeks but for the record, I decided it was time to clean out our “catch all” room and turn it into a more stylish and functional office/craft room.  Oh, and did I mention, I also co-hosted a baby shower for my sister-in-law this past weekend.  Again, lots of reasons to keep me away from you.  But I’m happy to be back!  Welcome 2011!

Enjoy until next time,

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