budget-friendly headboard

what a great upholstered headboard from U.O. with all the fixings (ie. nailhead trim, great shape, & wallet-friendly). there is only one catch or i'd be ordering it up for my master bedroom....it only comes in a full/queen. and seeing that we just invested in a king so that our whole fam could sleep in the bed w/ us (babe and golden), this won't do. but for the other people in the world who are without kid, dog, and still enjoy smaller beds to cuddle w/ their significant others, this would be a great addition to any bedroom!

*and with some classy bedding(maybe a dark coverlet-chocolate or slate gray, w/ monogrammed euro shams, light throw at the bottom of the bed), you could really dress this up and no one would ever know that it didn't put a dent in your wallet buying it

what a table....

oh my bad, female leather chair....won't this table look smashing by my beautiful, ivory leather piece of work! a perfect masculine match...and look at the cost of this little diddy.....pretty darn good if i say so myself....go get you one!

the female leather chair....

so i am helping a dear friend of mine with a house that she and her husband are building....and let me tell you, they LOVE leather. it's something i struggle with b/c while i think that leather is good looking in a chair, i tend to steer away from it for sofas. however, i have opened my eyes to the idea of it a little more b/c to their defense, they have two small children and think its the best for spills and clean-up. so with that said, i have been on a quest to find beautiful leather....and here my friend, is exactly that!

its funny b/c domino just featured an article on leather and my friend called me out on it, saying "see shannon, they say leather is back".....this is the leather that is back: classic, beautiful, feminine leather! who wouldn't want two of these chairs in their house(besides kevin)?

*in case you are wondering, i did find a sofa i think is nice in leather....if you want to see what i suggested, here it is!

red wine is definitely cool....

as if drinking wine wasn't fun enough, add this wine holder to any kitchen/dining room and you have really got something to talk about. i love the sporadic hole placements for the wine bottles! i don't know if i could keep the wine bottles in there...we tend to drink what we have at the house! but empties could display well too!

white canvas....

i love it when i run across designers that totally excite me....its like drinking 3 cups of coffee. i just get an adrenaline rush that makes me love design and what i do. i just crave cool houses and creativity and love the people out there delivering it. i just want to create inspiring work for my clients that they will love and grow with and yet is affordable and classic and totally them.

this picture is classy. it's totally tasteful yet has a flare of funk with the accented red chairs. and of course, i love the white canvas that the furniture is against...the walls and the floor just draw your eyes directly to the furniture. its kind of like eating off white plates...the food just looks prettier and taste better for some reason.

oh beautiful throw....

sometimes you just need a little zebra in your life and if you are an animal rights activist, a zebra skin rug just might not float your boat. but this gorgeous nina campbell throw would excite just about anyone. its a little pricey but for lambswool and for a fabulous design statement, it's worth it! hey, put it on your xmas list...let someone else splurge. and with animal prints taking a huge leap back into style, this gets you right up there with the other trend followers.

library light reinvented....

where most people would look at this light and see something that needs to be used when reading, i see this fixture with a whole new outlook. i love taking this traditional light and throwing it in a nontraditional setting. place two of these above your kitchen window and it would make great task lighting. you could also use this as a bathroom fixture over your mirror....who says you have to use the same old sconce with frosted glass? or it would look great on the wall next to your window seat (and i guess this would be slightly taking it back to its original purpose but we'll let it slide). spacing these around a room (like at eye-level) or mounted them on the tops of bookshelves also make a dandy use for this extremely functional light. but in order to achieve these nontraditional looks, you need to make sure you remember to review this with your electrician. they will have to install electrical wires in these not-so-typical places. this is something that you definitely want to think about when you are building a house and make sure to point out during your electrical walk through...another great reason why working with a designer can be a real plus...