Fall Color: ORANGE

"There is no blue without yellow
and without orange."

+Vincent Van Gogh

 

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AND what better color for FALL????

warm, BRIGHT, cheery....ORANGE!

OCTOBER screams ORANGE!

So why not, THROW a few orange
 ACCENTS around the house to add SOME fall FLAIR?

I know, I know....either you LOVE it or you HATE it.

Apparently, ORANGE has been named one
of the most CONTROVERSIAL colors for AMERICANS....who knew?

Well all controversy aside...
here are some PRETTY darn cute ORANGE ACCENTS!

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THIS IS the coolest little GIRL'S room!
I have always wanted a BED that looks like a SOFA!




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PINK + ORANGE?  GREAT color COMBO!




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CUTE idea for a BEACH HOUSE!

 

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PERFECT splash of ORANGE for a BOY'S room!

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ORANGE eames CHAIRS!

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HAPPY FALL decorating!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson



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1) via ELLE DECOR 2) via Better Homes and Gardens 3) via sayyestohoboken.com 
4) + 5) via decorpad  6) via Re-nest

SPOTTED: Sofa Dining

couch potato

Quite simply, a potato that is on the couch

+ Urban Dictionary

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SPOTTED trend.......SOFA/Settee dining!

I LOVE the trend of ADDING seating with a SOFA or
settee at the DINING table!

It screams, I am way TOO cool to follow the RULES!

and

It BRINGS a WHOLE new meaning to phrase COUCH potato!

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This is the PERFECT solution
to add a LITTLE ZING
to your dining area!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson



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1) via http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ 2) via House Beautiful 3) via elledecor.com 
4) via glamlamb.com  5) via developingdesigns.blogspot.com

Happy Chic...

"Collecting and displaying artwork is
one of the most effective means of
injecting Happy Chic personality

into a home. Everyone's definition of
"fine art" is a little different. Some like Wyeth;

others prefer Warhol.

To each his (or her) own!"

- Jonathan Adler

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EVERYONE has a personal DESIGN TASTE,

and mine is DEFINITELY what Jonathan Adler

refers to as "HAPPY CHIC"!

HAPPY CHIC= graphic, luxurious,
BOLD, glamorous, PLAYFUL!

And Since,

J-NEL (my husband Jeremy) and I will be moving in a

 MONTH to an OH-SO CONTEMPORARY/modern HOUSE,

it's time I RENEW my Happy CHIC-NESS so I can DO

this new PLACE justice!

In other WORDS...

Let me WALLOW in my own EYE CANDY desires 

with this 

TRIBUTE to

MY favorite DESIGNERS of 2011!

(One is the "Happy Chic" KING and the
other two
can "happy chic" any AND every thing!) ...



DRUM ROLL please....



JONATHAN Adler and
Robert and CORTNEY Novogratz!


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Jonathan ADLER'S PLAYFUL and BOLD designs!


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The PARKER Palm Springs
RESTAURANT by Jonathan Adler


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The PARKER Palm Springs 
GUEST ROOMS 
another Jonathan Adler ORIGINAL!


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NYC loft DESIGNED by the NOVOGRATZ!


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The Novogratz' GROOVY NYC home
 (remember the show,  9 by DESIGN?)


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THE Novogratz' MOD kitchen.

I love their use of FUNKY lights and
eye CATCHING furniture!


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Another Novogratz SPECIAL...

I MUST have a few of the AMERICAN alphabet
 series by HEIDI Cody in the NEW place!


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The NOVOGRATZ have FUNKY down to a SCIENCE!


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Want to shop like a NOVOGRATZ?  Click here


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Well off to PONDER more HAPPY Chic DESIGNS for the
NEW PLACE!


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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

Pretty Paper...

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye.
But only a few will catch your heart.... "

+ Ben Crenshaw

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RECENTLY, I have heard a lot of CHATTER about
GOOD ol' wallpaper.

ORIGINALLY, my thought was...
 WHY in the world has this "TREND" resurfaced?

WALLPAPER is about as "trendy" as
DARK wall paneling,
SHAG carpet, avocado GREEN appliances, and
BRASS light fixtures...

BUT...

UPON further RESEARCH....


I have had a CHANGE of heart!

THERE is a lot to be SAID for just the right  
bold accent of PRETTY wallpaper.

DONE correctly...
wallpaper can be a charming little surprise.

DONE poorly...
wallpaper can look like bad TIME WARP!


SoOo...take NOTE and be CAREFUL out there!

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Want a MILLION dollar wallpaper without the BUDGET?

BUY just enough for one WALL!

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PLAYFUL, graphic wallpaper
in a NURSERY adds an eye catching POP! 

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SoOo...who actually LIKES to do LAUNDRY?

SOLUTION:  CHEERY wallpaper and MAYBE just
maybe it will PUT you in the MOOD!

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This MONOCHROMATIC paper is
ELEGANT and GLAMOROUS!

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Have a NOT so CUTE piece of FURNITURE?

SOLUTION: Add a GRAPHIC, FUN paper and maybe

a coat of PAINT for an instant REVAMP!

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For a POLISHED look...

mimic the PATTERN of the wallpaper with
other design
ELEMENTS in the room.

(i.e.the wallpaper PATTERN
and chandelier design, in this PIC)  

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CHECK out this hipster METALLIC paper!

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CLASSIC stripes still LOOK

clean and FUN in this BATH!

(disregard the corny PUN, please)

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A BOLD wallpaper makes a STATEMENT in

small POWDER rooms!

THIS pattern makes me want to go to  

Palm Springs!

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WHERE to BUY cool WALLPAPER?

Tempaper

Walnut Wallpaper

Burke Decor

Modern Chic Home 

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HAPPY wallpapering!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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1) via elledecor.com 2) via decorpad.com 3) via thedecorista.com

4) + 5) + 6) via decorpad.com 6) via michaelanoelledesigns.blogspot.com 

 7) + 8)  via elledecor.com

Hello Gorgeous...

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"You’re walking down the street and it’s a good day for you; good self-esteem day.You’re happy with your outfit, happy with your hair, feeling really good about yourself. It just takes that one tiny trip to suck the coolness right out of you."

+ Ellen Degeneres

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HERE'S to EVERYDAY

be a good HAIR DAY!

LOVE it?  Here's the HOW TO!

HAPPY THURSDAY!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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SWING Low...

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"This is my swing set.  This is my sand box. 
I'm not allowed to go in the deep end."

-Ralph Wiggum

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SUMMER is officially UPON us.
And
it is HOT, HOT, hot here in the South! 

AND
There is just NO way to ENJOY the outside 
right NOW without
getting sweaty or getting CREATIVE.

 

So it had me THINKING...

Back in the DAY,  
on the ol' PLAYGROUND,
we used to HIT the SWING set
 to get a BREEZE flowing through the AIR.

Oh the fun...

Not to mention the TIRE swing
(a.k.a. step BROTHER to the original SWING)....

Which created A BIT more of a RISKIER  
endeavour for the POTENTIAL SUMMER cool Down...

(i.e. getting stuck in the HOLE and/or
 BARFING from SPINNING in circles)

ALL things CONSIDERED,
the SWING has now BECOME a TRENDY and functional
FIXTURE for the HOME

Check out these TRADITIONAL and
NOT so traditional uses...

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NESHOBA county FAIR swing? 

NO...BUT a SUPER stylish PORCH indeed!

(and if YOU have NO idea what I'm talking about...

CHECK out the Neshoba County FAIR!
 A MISSISSIPPI tradition!)

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GLAM swing!!!

This looks LIKE a JONATHAN adler

"HAPPY CHIC" room!

 

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MY most FAVORITE swing... It is HUGE!

AND Who's the CHICK on the SWING?

 The Nashville, Tennessee DESIGNER,

 Rachel Halvorson. 

Check out her BLOG... NEST EGG.

 

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OH MY...HOW cool??? A SWING table! AH!

 

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THESE kids have the COOLEST parents EVER!

INDOOR swing AND a HUGE BEAN bag??

 

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a SWINGING BED?  LOVE it!

I wonder if THERE is a WEIGHT limit?

 

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PATRIOTIC and CLASSIC!

 

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WHAT I would DO to be on this

 BEACH SWING right NOW!

 

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ADORABLE!

 MY heart is SMILING!

 

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OH to be a CHILD again! 

GUESS I will just HAVE to PRETEND!

HAPPY SWINGING!

 

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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1) via http://www.scoutforthehome.com/  2) via http://pinkwallpaper.blogspot.com/

3) via http://nestegg.typepad.com/ 4) via http://keltainentalorannalla.blogspot.com 

5) via http://frenchbydesign.blogspot.com/  6) via http://acidgypsy.tumblr.com/

7) via pinterest 8) via pinterest  9) via http://crushculdesac.tumblr.com

MOMA marathon...

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“The strangeness will wear off and I think we
will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”

+ Jackson POLLACK 

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WE just returned from a VERY quick trip to NEW YORK...

TRYING to do New York in TWO days was CRAZY...

Among "our" (not so much, JEREMY's)
priorities was MY favorite place on EARTH!

MOMA a.k.a. The MUSEUM of MODERN art! 

NOTHING gets me more EXCITED than
 entering into a
MECCA of ARTISTIC wonders!

WE had APPROXIMATELY TWO hours before we
were leaving NYC
and I insisted we take a QUICK gander inside!

HERE are a FEW of my most
FAVORITE art pieces from
our WILD and CRAZY MOMA marathon!

ENJOY!

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Bell-47D1 Helicopter

Arthur Young (American, 1905-1995)

SUSPENDED over the entry STAIRcase...

IF it was going to FALL... I would have

 been HONORED for it to fall on me!

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This GIANT airport departure SIGN cracked me up. 

HERE'S to air travel! 

 Check it out in MOTION here. 

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This POOL lounge has PALM SPRINGS written all over IT!

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TURNTABLE

David Gammon (British, 1933-2005)

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Le Corbusier LOUNGE from 1928!

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CHARLES and RAY EAMES chairs!!

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I LOVE Jasper John's Target PAINTINGS!

Target with Four Faces

Jasper Johns

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BEAUTIFUL OIL painting!

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Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)

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LOOK close...These are PAINT BRUSHES!!!

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This was MIND blowing... ANDY Warhol is GENIUS!

Double Elvis

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

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This made me LAUGH...

so SIMPLE and creative!

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This PAINTING has a CIGAR sticking out of it! 

LOOK closely for JEREMY's REFLECTION!

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HAPPY Sunday Funday!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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