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I love washed linen napkins. If you're like me and also appreciate frayed edges, then you can DIY six linen napkins for about $15, with no sewing involved. Read on for how to make this happen. • Frayed Edge Linen Napkins The Kitchn Comments have been disabled for this post.
Sometimes simple is best, such as these delicate Forget Me Not vases from French designer Aurélie Richard. Try crafting your own with some basic wooden dowels, beakers and yarn as a way to display single stems beautifully! Or for ordering information, email info@aurelierichard.com. Via Design Milk MORE DIY VASES ON APARTMENT THERAPY: • DIY Inspiration: Painted Mason Jar Vases • DIY Idea: Washi Tape Bottle Vase • DIY Idea: Honey Bear Vase (Images: Aurélie Richard via Design Milk )
All photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY Today I bring you a lovely Los Angeles living room owned by Samantha and Barry Nugent . Feel so lucky that they let me barge into their home and take photos. "Barge" is the operative word here...because it is exactly what I did. (Mom don't read on...you would be appalled by my manners) Last week, I all of a sudden decided that I wanted to take photos of nice rooms and homes. I like to take my own photos of homes, things, furniture and rooms. I need to do it more but of course like everyone else, life gets in the way and I get too busy. The proper way to ask someone to do a photo shoot at their home is to call a few weeks (maybe in months) in advance, answer any questions they have, offer something nice in exchange. On shoot day, it is customary to arrive on time, with some sort of nice offering (flowers, a candle anything) and to arrive with all of the proper equipment. In this case, none of the above happened. Last Wednesday, I emailed Samantha Nugent and simply asked..."May I please take pictures of your living room". She so kindly said yes (immediately...so sweet). And on Friday, during my lunch hour, I popped over to Samantha's house (I was almost 45 minutes late) with only by Canon Elph in hand (no fancy equipment or hostess gift). Lucky for me Samantha is a good friend so she knows that I am generally nice and polite and well behaved (I think/hope)...but in any other world, I think my photo shoot session etiquette is clearly not the norm! Anyhooo...onto this lovely home. So Samantha (Sam) and Barry live with their three children in the tony area of Cheviot Hills - she is a former art dealer, he is a television executive. Their house is a 1929 Spanish style house. They are only the third family to occupy the charming space. Back in 2010, the Nugents remodeled their home and living room. In early 2012, I was so honored that Sam and Barry decided to include my own COCOCOZY textiles (linen pillows) in their living room decor. COCO : When designing the living room...what was your goal? SAMANTHA NUGENT(SAM) : We loved the look of our living room, we wanted to keep the same look, only improve upon it. The windows that overlook the front lawn used to be french doors, with the glass to the floor. We changed them out and made them consistent in size with the rest of the windows in the room. COCO : The arched ceiling...are the exposed beams original to the house? SAM : The living room ceiling is original to the house. Actually, the painter simply put a shiny stain on the beams. COCO : What are you most proud of about this house and the living room decor? SAM : So many things! I love all of the natural light in our home, it feels light and pleasant in the daytime. Our home is very comfortable, I love to be home. On the flip side, it dresses up well for special occasions. A modern flower print from artist Donald Baechler hangs on the Nugent's living room wall. (above and below) Navy COCOCOZY linen pillows are mixed an matched on the living rooms neutral dueling sofas. (above) A leather club chair and brass flower lamp and perfectly placed in a sun soaked corner of the living room. (above) An original fireplace complete with coveted Batchelder tiles. (above) Simple glass hurricanes dress up the fireplace mantel. (above) COCOCOZY patterns add a some visual texture - COCOCOZY Logo and COCOCOZY Plaid Solid linen pillows! (above) In the left hand upper corner...notice the yellow box...it is art! A set of Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine, Volume 1: The Best of the First Decade 1969-1979. (above) The home is filled with original details including this fantastic staircase with Spanish style tiles that leads to the second floor. (above) I love this living room. Simple, elegant, comfortable...easy on the eye. I love the barrel vaulted ceilings with exposed beams too. Beautifully done Samantha and Barry! Thank you for letting me barge in! Thank you!!!! xo It is always so cool for me to see COCOCOZY pillows in any space...so this post is personally exciting to me! Happy Tuesday! xo Coco P.S. On her remodel, Samantha worked with architect Tom Newman and contractor Gregory Greenwood . These guys are the best in town! P.P.S. Remember to vote today! I voted! I went down to my polling place at about 6:40am. My plan was to roll out of bed, splash some water on my face, put on a big sweater, drive all of a few blocks to the polling place (I am a native Los Angelenos...I drive everywhere), miss the lines, vote in this very important election, get back in my car and go home and get dressed for work. Well, I didn't read the sample ballot that clearly says the polling place opened at 7am. So there I stood, for 20 minutes, looking like a clown in pajamas and hair sticking up, waiting with a bunch of people who I don't know but who live in my neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. Note, my neighbors were all neatly dressed and knew that the polls didn't open until 7a. Needless to say, I made no small talk and literally ran to my car after I voted. Tahdah...! Anyhooo...more important things at stake today than my poor choice in polling place wardrobe! Make sure to get out and vote please! P.P.P.S. Also remember to follow COCOCOZY on Bloglovin' too! If you don't know what Bloglovin' is, check out my post from yesterday! All photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY
Name: Edith Gregson Location: 16th and U Street, NW Washington DC Size: 1,200 square feet Years lived in: 1+ year When I walked into Edith's apartment in Washington DC's U Street neighborhood I felt immediately calm. Her apartment is bathed in soft whites and neutrals but feels neither sterile nor overly beachy. It's a cool apartment but not at all cold. I could tell right away that Edith (who falls in that enviable 20-something age bracket) loves to entertain. Enter House Tour Edith's living room and dining room are comfortable for lounging and chatting but also very elegant and just so pretty. She lights up when talking about her home and her shopping expeditions at the growing number of excellent thrift stores and decorating boutiques in DC. This is the home of someone who obviously gets a genuine kick out of decorating; and that's a good thing, given Edith's vocation as a decorator with a local Washington interior design firm! But somehow the place doesn't look like a decorator's home (or what we imagine a decorator's home would look like!). It isn't overly orchestrated and self-conscious. Each little corner has a special personal touch; and there is a story behind every purchase. But what I really love about this apartment is that Edith is not afraid to mix high and low and old and new; from IKEA to West Elm to designer fabrics and antique gilt mirrors. Enter House Tour Apartment Therapy Survey: My Style: I like an uncomplicated and serene style. I never wanted to have my home feel too new or too one dimensional by following a single track, so I tried to show off the fact that pieces have been collected from different places, people, and from different times. I wanted my place to feel calm and understated with a sort of "accidentally sophisticated" feel. Inspiration: The inspiration for my apartment would have to be my boss, Joe Ireland (of J.D. Ireland Interior Architecture & Design ). He is known to pair clean architectural bones with a layering of modern pieces, antiques, and ideally family heirlooms. There were few decisions made that didn't echo a style lesson learned from him, or that he didn't have a hand in....quite literally when it came to installations. The antique bar cart was a gift from him and was something I "just had to have". What can I say, we bring our work home with us :) Favorite Element: I love the tall ceilings and arched windows. Every room in the apartment has a window, so light and air just flood through the space. The curvature of the windows softens the corners and harsh lines of the rest of the apartment. Living on the 2nd floor puts me at about tree level, so I always feel like I'm in an adult tree house, with birds-eye views and greenery all around. Biggest Challenge: When I first moved into my apartment there were a pair of aggressively modern sconces that made the space feel cold and commercial. The angular glass shades and chrome arms made little sense of the existing architecture. Furthermore, they cut up the wall, making it hard to place artwork. I removed the sconces, capped the wires, and screwed plate covers in place. With the sconces gone, I hung two large paintings across the wall and further focused the seating area by putting my flat screen on a funky console from Ruff & Ready (from the old days of the 14th Street neighborhood). What Friends Say: I've heard friends describe my place as feeling like a hotel (semi-dressy white hand towels go a long way apparently). With a fervor for de-cluttering, I've stripped the place of most knickknacks. Everything has a special "landing pad" (the mail sits in a chrome basket and the remotes in a vase with river stones in the base). I think it's the sense of order that make people feel like they're in a hotel. It also creates a great environment for entertaining. The door might as well be a revolving one with friends stopping by for cocktails and "family" dinners. Something about the uncomplicated atmosphere makes everyone able to unwind and relax. Biggest Embarrassment: I have yet to redo the Kitchen. The massive commercial fluorescent rectangle that floats in the center of the ceiling doesn't exactly have that "wow" factor....or not the "wow" factor you want. I've covered the light switch with a vintage metal mirror and have hung a small pendant from the ceiling as a quick fix. It helps distract the eye from the scary truth and gives warmer lighting than the fluorescent fixture would. Proudest DIY: I purchased my dining table and chairs from Miss Pixies a few years ago. The lines were great, the table expanded with additional leaves, and the whole set (table, 2 arm chairs, and 4 side chairs) was only $325.00...gotta love the Pixie! One problem: The chairs were upholstered in a fabric that looked like a bad shirt from a Hawaiian luau...yikes. And the table top was painted white. So, I borrowed a sander from a friend and went to town the on table top. I had hoped to rough up the painted finish to then paint it black, but I found beautiful wood veneer beneath. Upgrade! After a few days of sanding, I used a satin polyurethane to seal the wood. The chairs have been reupholstered in a cream fabric from Hines, which is dangerous considering the amount of red wine and bourbon consumed at that table. The trick is, I scotch guard the fabric a few times a year (3-4 coats each time). The table legs and chair frames are black, which has proven to be great since I can touch up any nicks or scratches with a black sharpie. The entire set has been transformed and has withstood the test of time... and friends :) Biggest Indulgence: The chandelier, from West Elm, was my biggest indulgence. It just needed to happen. The existing fixture was too small for the space and looked sad. The dining table has always been the center of celebrations with friends, so I knew I needed to step it up and create an ambiance that would make people want to gather around. The fixture can be seen from the moment you walk through the door and seems to visually pull people into the space. While the chandelier demands attention, it is still neutral enough to keep the space feeling airy and bright. Best Advice: Move into your place and LIVE there before going crazy with designing/decorating your space. No matter how convinced you are that you want a certain sofa or have a focused game plan for a layout, the way you actually live in a space can be very different than what you project before moving in. Furthermore, pay attention to the dimensions of a room and the scale of furniture (especially in DC). I originally planned to have two additional chaises in my living room....the space could never have held that amount of furniture without feeling like a furniture show room. Dream Sources: Ochre and Pucci are my dream sources. They're modern and streamline but still playful. They produce pieces that are simple but not sterile. Ochre boasts beautiful chandeliers that can be seen at Bar Dupont (their Arctic Pear chandelier, I think). Enter House Tour Resources of Note: PAINT & COLORS • No info available on this, but it's probably a warm white from Benjamin Moore. ENTRY • Paris prints LIVING ROOM • Ikea Kivik sofa • Pillows designed and made by JD Ireland with fabric from J. Lambeth. • Arm chairs from Miss Pixies • Green urn compliments of a George Washington University pottery class. My one item not worth throwing out. • Console from Ruff & Ready • Coffee table- heirloom • Antique chest from a Paris flee market • Family paintings re-framed by Paula at Framesmith (the best Frame shop in the city!!) • Miss Pixies arm chairs from 7 piece dining set DINING ROOM • Miss Pixies dining set • West Elm Large Rectangle Hanging Capiz Pendant white • Ikea dressers as buffet • Stag sculpture from Good Wood . This is probably my favorite item in the house! I originally bought it to use to hang jewelry in my bedroom, but I liked it so much I decided it deserved a more prominent spot in the home. • Mirrors from Good Wood and Paris flee market • Bar cart from Good Wood • Column from Ruff & Ready "> Ruff & Ready • Cloisonné vases from Good Wood • Silver hammered bowl from Bloomingdales • Vintage records from Miss Pixies and a Birthday gift from a clever friend who was well ahead of the style scene back in high school. KITCHEN •Ikea barstools • Ikea cabinet for barware BEDROOM • One nightstand is Ikea and the other is from Ruff & Ready . I added new hardware to both to make them relate. The one from Ruff & Ready was sanded and painted white and I added pieces of a cut dowel to the feet so that it matched the height of the Ikea dresser. It's all about the details! • West Elm table lamps • Ikea mirrors and bookcases • Family heirloom marble clock • Framed fabric scrap- a DIY move from a low key Sunday with too much time on my hands. Enter House Tour Thanks, Edith! (Images: LINK "> Lauren Ackil Photography ) • HOUSE TOUR ARCHIVE: Check out past house tours here . • Interested in sharing your home with Apartment Therapy? Contact the editors through our House Tour Submission Form . • Are you a designer/architect/decorator interested in sharing a residential project with Apartment Therapy readers? Contact the editors through our Professional Submission Form .
A small t.v. room - dueling white sofas with tan velvet seat and back cushions. (above) I'm liking this trend...two toned sofas. Take a white sofa and make the seat cushion (perhaps the back cushion too) just a tinge darker in a neutral tone. It is almost color blocking on sofas using the cushions! I like this look. A white modern sofa with a long linen colored seat cushion in an Atlanta den with charcoal gray walls. (above) What do you think of this trend of two toned sofas...do you like or dislike? Is this a trend you can see incorporating into your own home? Happy Friday! xo Coco Photos: Jean Allsopp ; Atlanta Homes Magazine
1st Dibs - Zuber Wallpaper Panels - $9500 (18th century Zuber wallpaper on wood panels)(above) I don't know why I like wall murals with bucolic country scenes but I do. I would love to have a dining room or bedroom with one of these idyllic countryside landscapes rambling across the walls. I like the idea of art covering an entire wall! Smash cut to reality - I live in a tiny cottage in the Hollwyood Hills...so small that there is probably only enough room to squeeze 1/2 of a tree from one of these wallpaper scenes. I can still dream. :-) So today I bring you pastoral wall murals in the form of wallpaper and panels ... that's today's CHEAP TO CHIC! Anthropologie - Etched Arcadia Mural - $298 (above) Layla Grayce - Tara Shaw Maison Italian Grissaille - $2,470 (above) I like. What do you think? Too busy? Or are these wall murals just the right touch? Happy Thursday! xo Coco P.S. Still without a computer...my sis DS is putting pressure on for me to return her Macbook Air. Dell people say they are coming by to fix my laptop next week. How long do you think I can keep my sis at bay? P.P.S. Will do my market review next week when my computer is up and running. :-) Photos: House Beautiful; Michael Smith; David Prince Photography; Mad Cap Cottage
