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Designer Suzanne Kasler
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Designer Suzanne Kasler
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I love, love, love them! Especially when it is preplanned prior to construction. It makes for more intimate and comfortable seating in a kitchen or breakfast nook.
Suzanne Kasler...
I want to be you when I grow up. What's that? I am a grown up. Dangit, I need to get busy.
These are images of a house she designed using only Ballard products. I think she nailed it. Nailed it! Ok, so she has designed four collections for the company so it was probably easy for her to find items she wanted to use BUT despite that, I still think she has managed to put her own design aesthetic into each of these rooms. AND it proves that you don't have to have a lot of money to have good design. Just good taste. Can I get an amen?
I dig this quote of hers:
"If you bring in a few contemporary pieces and put them next to your antiques, it makes the things that are crusty and old look even more special."
For more of her House Beautiful interview look here.
So it seems I have a slight obsession with design books. So much so in fact, that I decided I needed to purge! Hence the mass amount of posts over at Objects offering these great books to you for a steal. Some are priced as a set but most are priced individually however if you purchase more than one, you get 25% off of your pre-shipping total so start shopping!
I know a lot of bloggers do posts turning outfits into a room. Cheers to you! I love it but can't seem to find the time. However, in honor of New York Fashion Week I wanted to do a little somethin' somethin'. Here are some celebrities photographed at Fashion Week and I have likened their outfits to a room. I cannot imagine the pressure of dressing to go to a Fashion Week show! It must be like the first day of high school x 100. And do you wear something by the designer of who's show you are attending or is that like wearing a concert shirt of the band who's show you are going to see?
Rachel McAdams
(I love you but stop making romantic movies that are totally unrealistic. It is just cruel.)
Rachel Zoe and Milla Jovovich
(Bananas!)
via porchlightinteriorsblog
Lauren Conrad
(I wish I was you.)
via materialgirlsblog.com
Olivia Palerma
(You are a royal bitch. Be nice, it gets your farther.)
Designer Suzanne Kasler
Lindsey Lohan
(There are no words.)
And while I am at it, I might as well give yet another shout out to my friend, Lisa Johnson, who created Aspen Fashion Week. She is brilliant! If you are able to go...go. And if you are going, buy me a ticket. In the meantime, I will work on some better outfit to room segments in time for Charleston Fashion Week!
Admittedly (see, I got it now!), I am not the biggest fan of the holidays. I mean of course I love Christmas and all the parties and spending time with family-laughing, sharing fond memories, partaking in some spirits, eating good food, watching my nephews ruthlessly tear open gift after gift-but it is also super stressful! I mean this is the busiest time of year for my business then you add decorating clients homes for Christmas (which I love because I rarely get to do my own!) and then there is shopping for presents and traveling and making everyone happy and blah, blah, blah. But I am really trying this year. Really! I hope to be more like this...
Thanks for letting me vent :)
Now I am going to talk about some of the things I really dig as far as Christmas decorating goes. I was at a friend's house the other night and she had those lights on her tree that alternate between clear lights and colored lights. How have I never heard about these before? Brilliant. Totally solves one of life's many debates. [For the record, I am pro clear.] I am also loving anything natural and earthy-driftwood, paper whites, birch, seashells, garland, burlap, moss, boxwood...oh my.
Love.
Not the biggest fan of things that scream Christmas.
Unless you are going to an ugly Christmas sweater party.
Who came up with this idea? I want to be your best friend. If you are a guy, I might want to be more than friends.
And red is my least favorite color (except when it comes to the GA Bulldogs) so I tend to go for the creams, golds, silvers, greens and even, perhaps, a Tiffany blue. Typically, I love when you can incorporate holiday decor into your normal, everyday decor. Like this...
The brilliance that is Suzanne Kasler. You go Atlanta.
Here are some other images that inspire me...
Let's face it, pretty much everything she does kicks ass.
Ditto for Ruthie. Love the atypical color scheme!
Eddie Ross you are a rock star.
This makes me want to take back my red comment.
~Images: 1-2) Google ? 3) via MFaMB 4) ? 5) via Toby Fairley's blog 6 and 7) Cottage Living 8) eddieross.com
I love using nailheads as a decorative detail in the home. You can easily customize pieces like beds, chairs, tables and even bulletin boards with some nailhead trim. It is a great way to emphasis the lines of a piece or to add a little somethin' somethin' to a neutral or simple object. Recently, I thought it would be easy to reupholster my own chair and use decorative nailheads along the bottom edge. Ummm, not so much! It wasn't as easy as I thought to get them lined up straight (as I am sure there is a trick to this that I will learn before my next attempt) but I am still happy with how it turned out!
I especially love the use to emphasis the feminine curves of furniture!
I love the use of a ribbon trim anchoring the nailheads!
I love it mixed with the texture of raffia!
I love the double rows of nailheads!
You can put them close together or separated out.
They come in many sizes.
I am really liking these larger ones!
And they come in many finishes too!
~Images: 1) Martha Stewart 2 and 3) Unknown 4) Suzanne Kasler for Hickory Chair 5) via Little Green Notebook 6) Unknown 7) Designer Suzanne Kasler 8) Unknown 9) Elle Decor 10) Beautiful Interiors 10) via Laura Casey Interiors 11) Unknown 12) House Beautiful 13) Martha Stewart
Real Simple came up with a challenge for some well known indusry leaders to design a room using these three items: Terri Crystal Lamp from Circa Lighting, Chin Chin trays by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and a Macau chair by Ballard Designs. Oh, what fun!
Take a look at what they came up with...
Suzanne Kasler
Susan Hable Smith of Hable Construction
Charlotte Moss
Design Team Foley and Cox
Designer Philip Gorrivan
Jamie Drake
