because decor is on my mind all night long

me:  "so i was thinking about that chippendale that you hate..."

mike (eye rolling and exaggerated):  "yyyyeeeessss....(sigh)"

me:  "why can't you just let me mention a thing or two about decorating the new house?"

mike: " a thing or two...really?"

truth:  it is really on my mind all the time.  at night when i can't sleep i walk through the house and decorate it with stuff i have, stuff i want, and stuff that i will soon be inheriting from my parents as they have just downsized their home.

me: "shut up and let me be excited."

mike: "fine."

me: "so i was thinking that we could put the sofa in the living room with the flokati rug so that it won't look to traditional."

mike: "great.  sounds good."

me: "the we can put the persian rug in the master bedroom."

mike: "uh huh."

me: "and i was thinking we should paint all the walls white or at least all light light light colors."

mike: "ok."

me: "a monkey just flew out of my butt."

mike: "sure, whatever you want."

ok, so that last part never actually was said, but it may as well have been!  trust me, he feigns not caring about decorating but in actuality the man has opinions.  and he is downright stubborn, so i have to start early to plant the seeds of my design ideas.  we'll see how it goes.  for now, i just have some more eye-candy.

side note: the chippendale sofa has fabulous lines and is really great.  EXCEPT for the fact that it is covered in pink/red/green/maybe some yellow stripes and seriously needs updating.  reupholstering costs a small fortune so it has a crappy slipcover over it now.  once it is out and proud i will post a picture.  then when i win the lottery i will have it recovered.  

two previous images from design-crisis.com.  love the light and airy looks to these two rooms.  will aspire to decorate own home in this fashion...

looking for a new bed

this fabulous bed is a dream.  industrial and modern.  love.

and this floating walnut platform bed.  wish i knew a carpenter.

and this bed, for a little whimsy, would be super fun to "play" on.

again i dream about my beach home...

just after quinn has drifted off to sleep i often click through images of beach homes, coastal cottages, and fabulous decorating ideas.  these are a few of my favorite images tonight...courtesy of coastalliving.com

now why don't my walls look like that?

i am so often amazed at people's creative talents.  especially when it comes to mounting artwork and framed pictures on a big bare wall.  for some reason, i hesitate to put nail holes in the wall for fear that i will pick the wrong spot or measure incorrectly or the whole darn thing will turn out looking like i drank a bottle of tequila, spun around with my head on a bat, and then tried to hang the stupid pieces with my feet.  sorry, where was i?  so whenever i am checking out decorating magazines or images on-line, i am always drawn to the walls that have it all together.  or rather, their owners who have it all together.  here are some examples:

{karen walker's home as seen here}

{sandy's unique closet space shown here on apartmenttherapy.com}

{maya's place featured here on apartmenttherapy.com}

{lovely little swedish breakfast nook as seen here}

{this one may be my favorite...featured here}

if i woke up in this home...i would have died and gone to heaven.

seriously, who actually gets to live here?

apparently not me.  a mr. stuart membery is the lucky one who gets to call bali his own little paradise.  not new jersey.  not that i am jealous or anything.  

this is him...the lucky devil.  he is grinning so big because he knows i would probably pay to live under his dining room table.  shame on him.

look at his bedroom.  i could happily lounge in a plush white robe while tanned and muscle-y men bring me cool water with raspberries floating in it, the latest gossip magazines, and rub my so-sore neck muscles.  they are sore because i just finished doing laps in the pool below, obviously.  later, i am inviting friends over for some fabulous indian food and devastatingly delicious tamarind cocktails (i just googled an indian alcoholic beverage...so i actually have NO clue what this is...ha).  we will lounge in the open-air living room listening to billie holiday and chatting into the wee hours of the morning.  i will finish the night with a warm shower, again in the open air.  then off to bed to dream of what magnificence might await me tomorrow. a girl can dream, can't she?  hey stuart...or is it stu...got any room for me?  

{side note:  mike just looked over my shoulder at what i am writing about.  i tell him to check out this home.  "it's a little busy" he says.  right.}