Haus and Home

May 19, 2014

Boathouse Turned into Chic Nautical Man Cave

Architectural Digest featured White House decorator Michael S. Smith's work who was tapped to turn this former boathouse into an guest house doubling as man cave at Lake Geneva. The boathouse sits in front of the main house, so the owner wanted to turn this into something fun for her husband and his friends and desired a pre-war yacht feel. The owner and Smith studied design elements of various boats from the 20's and 30's. There is lots of dark wood millwork, beautiful blue and white fabrics with mixed patterns and nautical accents throughout with the porthole type lights and mirrors, nautical flag chair covers and more.

May 15, 2014

Coral Ikat Goodness in Palm Beach

House Beautiful featured the beautiful work of interior designer, T. Keller Donovan who gives us a fun, coral ikat explosion in this preppy Palm Beach apartment. So many feminine touches are seen throughout, from the ribbon and bow flourishes on the chairs and headboard, feminine valances to the floral prints and skirted furniture. The owner, Kay Gilman was the first female sportswriter for the NY Daily News and has downsized from her NYC apartment to a one bedroom condo in Palm Beach Towers. Pops of color are shown throughout with lots of Quadrille's Island Ikat giving the space the feel of "a tropical cabana." Something interesting I saw was her use of trays under coffee tables act as catchalls for magazines, books, etc.

May 3, 2014

Mad Hatter

Since today is Derby Day, and all sights are on the fashionable hats and the horse race I wanted to feature a fun post of stylish ways to display your hats, though ost of these are more casual straw hats.

Assorted straw hats as decor around accent table Brabourne Farm

India Hicks Bahamian home with hats displayed above the walkway from Houzz

Things that Inspire

Gorgeous equine themed mudroom displays assorted hats inclusing riding hats Windsor Smith Home

A veritical strategic alignment of hats at the entryway Happy Roost

Assorted colored and shaped hats above vanity Hats Fashion

Assorted straw hats hang high in the rafters above the door My Sweet Savannah

Coastal chic guest bedroom displays hats above the bed Shelterness

Walk in closet displays a few hats as decor Shelterness

Colorful entry way display completed with framed bathing suits, beach essentials including all of their hats Better Homes & Garden

April 4, 2014

Iris Apfel's Epic 800 Item Collection on One Kings Lane

I was so excited when I read that One Kings Lane will be selling around 800 pieces of her epic collection of vintage jewelry, furniture and accessories of the legendary decorator and stylist icon, Iris Apfel, this Saturday starting at noon. I am sure the traffic and anticipation could cause delays or crashes but I can't wait to see what all is listed. Apfel was an avid traveler and it's said this sale will feature finds she picked up at Paris flea markets in the '40s, souks in Marrakech in the 60s, the square in Santa Fe in the '70s, among others.

Apfel believes, "fashion and décor are one and the same; One you're dressing yourself and the other you’re dressing the room. And, with myself I'm not changing my personality whether I'm in a room or in a dress. The same attitude applies — it's more of a lifestyle."

I did a post in May 2011 showing the interior of your Manhatten apartment and added some more of those pictures below. Wonder if any of these items will be in the sale? Looks like one of the black necklaces previewed below might be in the last picture with the dog.

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Here is a sneak peak teaser of 12 of the 800 items for the sale from Elle Decor!

Here are some of the images from her Manhattan apartment as featured in Architectural Digest

March 13, 2014

Joy Tribout

As the weather is starting to heat up slightly, I have had warm, sunny beaches on my mind. I came across these great coastal homes decorated by Joy Tribout. Lots of great patterned fabrics, blankets, and nautical accents. Who else is ready for warm weather too?

The fabric on the curtains resembles round life preservers and the bedskirt and pillows have nautical rope motif.

Driftwood mirrors add nautical touch to the bathroom

Wall mounted television with built ins around it

Guest bedroom with nude and oranges mixed patterns.

Red and white bedroom with sailing morif

Outdoor entertaining area with bar, grill, tv's and great wood paneling

Efficient space styling for condo

February 14, 2014

Cupid's Arrow

Happy Valentine's Day! I thought instead of showing cheesy hearts, I would share something Valentine related with the whimsical arrow and show interior inspirations using arrows! Who knew I would be able to find enough images to do a post on this, Katniss would be so proud.

DIY Gold Leaf Picture instructions from Confetti & Stripes as featured on 6th Street Design School

Wall mounted colorful arrows from Fab

Assorted arrows displayed as art on the walls from Red Jet

Jar full of arrows in nursery from

Jar full of arrows provides simple decor in this white kitchen from Blood & Champagne

Mantel turned headboard with painted arrow detail with DIY instructions from Vintage Revival

Arrows from Quivver at Trendhunter

Cavern Home Tapestry "Arrow" Wallpaper

Arrow canvas painting with DIY instructions from Happy Candido

Hand drawn arrow print or you can download printable from Printable Wisdown at Etsy

Colorful arrow tips in urn from That's what Kenworthy Said Blog

Fernando Brizio’s ‘target’ table is made from wood and arrows, in which arrows are embedded into targets via a bow, making each table unique from Design Boom.