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Room Envy: Light & Dark

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPHHnBrEwAcsRax4qkmJhbpBP2CoglTR2ibruTB_5BB64uxPh8lEFjkrZhoANgN_SN9vBN_akAOPqMyeD2EpH3DMd_dqVj3wfumef_LHRkJK0noLgSLH_kLX6_lO4OMK-29CagvsYi_x9/s1600/HBdSaraScaglionepLucaTrovato.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452155008348900370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPHHnBrEwAcsRax4qkmJhbpBP2CoglTR2ibruTB_5BB64uxPh8lEFjkrZhoANgN_SN9vBN_akAOPqMyeD2EpH3DMd_dqVj3wfumef_LHRkJK0noLgSLH_kLX6_lO4OMK-29CagvsYi_x9/s800/HBdSaraScaglionepLucaTrovato.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a>Love the contrast here in this bedroom designed by Sara Scaglione - even though it's dark and light the room still feels quiet and relaxed. Sara also happens to be the owner of <a href="http://www.shabbyslipsaustin.com/">Shabby Slips</a> in Austin and Houston. Hope you're having a great week - TGIt' almost F! Is it too soon to say that on a Wednesday? (Image via <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/relaxed-design?click=main_sr">House Beautiful</a>, photography by Luca Trovato)

Room Envy: Light & Dark

Love the contrast here in this bedroom designed by Sara Scaglione - even though it's dark and light the room still feels quiet and relax...

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DC Designer Series: Barbara Franceski

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIudQj1t7b-ofqRtIEYeVlHZY24eWWt565Ft7QerV59DrHE6wLEFF4UM2nhFqiiUH8SACtv-RrhClY2jc0F8d89MFT33s-9k4h_alfu_lpli3CAv2KBPntYuzep8BG5BKhfnMlyP6vXWiF/s1600-h/bf1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405913147788370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIudQj1t7b-ofqRtIEYeVlHZY24eWWt565Ft7QerV59DrHE6wLEFF4UM2nhFqiiUH8SACtv-RrhClY2jc0F8d89MFT33s-9k4h_alfu_lpli3CAv2KBPntYuzep8BG5BKhfnMlyP6vXWiF/s640/bf1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> The other week while attending the <a href="http://www.dcdesigncenter.com/">Washington Design Center's</a> Ones to Watch Awards, the portfolio of <a href="http://www.barbarfranceski.com/">Barbara Franceski</a>, one of the nominees, really caught me eye. I like the interesting, layered interiors she creates. Comfortable and inviting but with a bit of the unexpected added in - whether it's a bit glam & glitter, an interesting accent piece or an oversized pattern. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZfGmOHwmJjfjAZ_L21XWXi9LwAMZCIvMK_pG6pVcm41oX8_kQncM2uTX3i3q5B32cWyZbCYve5QJaMQ_XKQxvIksdbyhKFS0I9KTcYboZsHg5j9J2NMmqgftOtNPk5IGOmP90UDmbwIz/s1600-h/bf9.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405831031356098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZfGmOHwmJjfjAZ_L21XWXi9LwAMZCIvMK_pG6pVcm41oX8_kQncM2uTX3i3q5B32cWyZbCYve5QJaMQ_XKQxvIksdbyhKFS0I9KTcYboZsHg5j9J2NMmqgftOtNPk5IGOmP90UDmbwIz/s640/bf9.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Love the fresh spring green accent pillows in this room and the repetition of the oversized nail head trim. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocjV4hNWIkWCsnT2tAmmmmWQeVxJLn56Y-YYHy-JtIFQN0bNpElaKTP-DGbjwEQQafDeGU_nBaPmAk9WdCqw-Yf3DFMgh_NuWsbaCEgq8eC2rrwgvxUC3m8NkHK7kDcpHvgf5NveQ884O/s1600-h/bf12.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405478304128498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocjV4hNWIkWCsnT2tAmmmmWQeVxJLn56Y-YYHy-JtIFQN0bNpElaKTP-DGbjwEQQafDeGU_nBaPmAk9WdCqw-Yf3DFMgh_NuWsbaCEgq8eC2rrwgvxUC3m8NkHK7kDcpHvgf5NveQ884O/s640/bf12.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrC3_JNZoBsFDDVFp51xNFZXA6waZMcK81p7-60fc6etuCja0zqSaxZUgmz6RfFC1_-4bhm79fQL2R5TSNXmDbZeaPFo5v0U9lG0XK1vNlVfp0pdLN3vKNUkbP6VmGFOZRoI95ksSaebQ/s1600-h/bf3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405728870180594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrC3_JNZoBsFDDVFp51xNFZXA6waZMcK81p7-60fc6etuCja0zqSaxZUgmz6RfFC1_-4bhm79fQL2R5TSNXmDbZeaPFo5v0U9lG0XK1vNlVfp0pdLN3vKNUkbP6VmGFOZRoI95ksSaebQ/s640/bf3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Great pattern! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fgLeyBvy9nnyW5H79Y3CzLmrcsMsgKKpIGYcchNEp5cnp13JaoUx5l_C591VfKlR1nfhAo1Ie740wHgYYo1ieM6xdhA7spMww0We9VihlmXamRoNfQTNqPKf78AGbePbKmxRe3RQOF5_/s1600-h/bf2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451409618791428898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fgLeyBvy9nnyW5H79Y3CzLmrcsMsgKKpIGYcchNEp5cnp13JaoUx5l_C591VfKlR1nfhAo1Ie740wHgYYo1ieM6xdhA7spMww0We9VihlmXamRoNfQTNqPKf78AGbePbKmxRe3RQOF5_/s640/bf2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQRz8UNtZHL-25pABhq8sZimo_rfr7ZoNCnFsmfauKFMtw0HAPPiR6r2F-MSKHzLzmrztw14Gj-DML869k-v1Wizr-Il57O7ZXbuVCvMyNCyPfVRjbxsyTQmirgFWm47zxxYkDaxHq5ag/s1600-h/bf5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405332592529522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQRz8UNtZHL-25pABhq8sZimo_rfr7ZoNCnFsmfauKFMtw0HAPPiR6r2F-MSKHzLzmrztw14Gj-DML869k-v1Wizr-Il57O7ZXbuVCvMyNCyPfVRjbxsyTQmirgFWm47zxxYkDaxHq5ag/s640/bf5.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFnMnwhiwdKwj44yFjr6G-4o1BWTRQDc0HkwTXizeZ1GvY7PL-7UAam9DwJCg-fDzcowCaxttfQmFR63oypBgyILRmAdp-JYpGHuansSSHU9OeUpwjrhO6MyQGg5uYohgSdLSO7J6vAn6/s1600-h/bf11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451404363606728242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFnMnwhiwdKwj44yFjr6G-4o1BWTRQDc0HkwTXizeZ1GvY7PL-7UAam9DwJCg-fDzcowCaxttfQmFR63oypBgyILRmAdp-JYpGHuansSSHU9OeUpwjrhO6MyQGg5uYohgSdLSO7J6vAn6/s640/bf11.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> A bit of whimsy - often reserved for bedrooms this wire model looks terrific here (which I think is in the main living area of the home) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc1NMVhVcuroLB_bTQzE_ZOvQZgqfYsWGz4slyLErPdtwZCqSa_MnN4coxa0_Cxdl5Uc9Sy6xQLDqnw1QoBh_Z124BInydffdBwL_kcu_-YCY0lfC-WEHrozBl_y85PRAhAZ5g5ynxwh/s1600-h/bf8.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451404165495595378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc1NMVhVcuroLB_bTQzE_ZOvQZgqfYsWGz4slyLErPdtwZCqSa_MnN4coxa0_Cxdl5Uc9Sy6xQLDqnw1QoBh_Z124BInydffdBwL_kcu_-YCY0lfC-WEHrozBl_y85PRAhAZ5g5ynxwh/s640/bf8.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Love Barbara's solution for those very tall windows - it adds to the comfortable scale of the seating area. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuyplWY8_AoTNKTsn-i0ixluGNAQhz0IHKKWaz8qn_zHhF59Z45xeIANtHLFvO8kW99E9xTU9-kD6N4FFTEheHtYPepA5YA7r9vYDDN_d0_nTfU1pBloO1k_VBppH-UCCQ5oZ_4xzs7qO/s1600-h/bf10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451404022061147154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuyplWY8_AoTNKTsn-i0ixluGNAQhz0IHKKWaz8qn_zHhF59Z45xeIANtHLFvO8kW99E9xTU9-kD6N4FFTEheHtYPepA5YA7r9vYDDN_d0_nTfU1pBloO1k_VBppH-UCCQ5oZ_4xzs7qO/s640/bf10.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> What can you say - this is a terrific bedroom! Love how the upholstered element continues from the headboard through the base of the bed. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzE52SwWtLC4JwFvDx3NfSHNuYlxLa0z3S3-mrY_qWyJGHBS_34dR07Opf2HwmAa1VU9n0BN7tP_WT-_2l_1y31bHTemoIKBcaQfWZSUgrndf7ZZ08aqPz0_XqJzk3522k27ktzlXN_UU/s1600-h/bf6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451403928224839410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzE52SwWtLC4JwFvDx3NfSHNuYlxLa0z3S3-mrY_qWyJGHBS_34dR07Opf2HwmAa1VU9n0BN7tP_WT-_2l_1y31bHTemoIKBcaQfWZSUgrndf7ZZ08aqPz0_XqJzk3522k27ktzlXN_UU/s640/bf6.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOY2hWOCZ7Sm0ivdm4yrUcN0Q4qtONaaREUaRSoqyyPrOBWjlnqe-fkyJU9eV-N3tmWgquzDFw6bIYvoq2rAtZxldgV-0n8lm11URaS5fCAnfL5re_wE_Ij-OJEtdLOG6qW9P_e-vbsJ0a/s1600-h/bf4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451403784802665842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOY2hWOCZ7Sm0ivdm4yrUcN0Q4qtONaaREUaRSoqyyPrOBWjlnqe-fkyJU9eV-N3tmWgquzDFw6bIYvoq2rAtZxldgV-0n8lm11URaS5fCAnfL5re_wE_Ij-OJEtdLOG6qW9P_e-vbsJ0a/s640/bf4.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a>If you're interested in seeing Barbara's work in person, there's good news. She'll be creating a guest sitting room in the upcoming <a href="http://www.dcdesignhouse.com/">DC Design House</a>. In a recent email, Barbara mentioned the window treatments have been installed and the furniture and artwork are about to be installed. Really looking forward to it! In the meantime, if you'd like to see more of Barbara's work, you'll find her porfolio <a href="http://www.barbarafranceski.com/">here</a>. (photography by Gunnar Westerlind or Barbara Franceski)

DC Designer Series: Barbara Franceski

The other week while attending the Washington Design Center's Ones to Watch Awards, the portfolio of Barbara Franceski , one of the no...

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Thomas O'Brien's New Book

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SATvXnFr2nzIMb74XWA1fW173HPfn6R-gNbaASdk6_aLPUgM1ae7IvH3BKmlUgZC1L86h07MCju1o50-cR8kJMsLqfDlYH2lL6gWhk5LIGSaA9qK_Fp9_wTmXR0aHV3qqAo0NqPbwtsi/s1600-h/thomas4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450296583350283874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SATvXnFr2nzIMb74XWA1fW173HPfn6R-gNbaASdk6_aLPUgM1ae7IvH3BKmlUgZC1L86h07MCju1o50-cR8kJMsLqfDlYH2lL6gWhk5LIGSaA9qK_Fp9_wTmXR0aHV3qqAo0NqPbwtsi/s640/thomas4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Has anyone had a chance to read Thomas O'Brien's new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810984784/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810984784&linkCode=as2&tag=myno0ab-20">American Modern</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myno0ab-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0810984784" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />?  I just ordered a copy and am hoping it arrives by Saturday's mail. Canadian <a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/">House and Home</a> featured O'Brien's apartment in their April 2010 issue and some of those images are available on their web site. Hope you have a great weekend! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyY2VZa6wQZzHgXhAic7CYzHCnhKBsE5XT9BPMwYSWN45z7wyR-1WP2y_biXjCToPuinAWYf1zF4Jjy6v22PvHuKs2u048-IAVRyJscOJjI05XjDl4w-6QCt49GugKkhUVh84lRFuBt2r/s1600-h/thomas1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450295909594742338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyY2VZa6wQZzHgXhAic7CYzHCnhKBsE5XT9BPMwYSWN45z7wyR-1WP2y_biXjCToPuinAWYf1zF4Jjy6v22PvHuKs2u048-IAVRyJscOJjI05XjDl4w-6QCt49GugKkhUVh84lRFuBt2r/s640/thomas1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-8hwGszrxq9AP81kDeRxSe58VMxC3LQUhQLMdPolMKoZ6zg6Gd_c1FQVMpGHtSFyQ3uKL9Ra-gu1yZpRRYP97YiGWcRY8ODcXMMivKAtjZS6cywqeUs-rQjR678NAxEW89CVI2sHZPHe/s1600-h/thomas.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450298269095495394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-8hwGszrxq9AP81kDeRxSe58VMxC3LQUhQLMdPolMKoZ6zg6Gd_c1FQVMpGHtSFyQ3uKL9Ra-gu1yZpRRYP97YiGWcRY8ODcXMMivKAtjZS6cywqeUs-rQjR678NAxEW89CVI2sHZPHe/s640/thomas.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> (Images from American Modern via Canadian <a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-designer-thomas-obriens-apartment">House and Home</a>)

Thomas O'Brien's New Book

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