Ruffled Valentine courtesy of My Creative Departure
Looking for a fun Valentine craft? Look no further—I found the most adorable felted heart to make. And, it’s not gonna break the bank either! I found this over at My Creative Departure. I thought you all might like to learn how to make this ruffled Valentine! For the full tutorial on how to create this fab Valentine you must click here!
Enjoy and I’d love to know how yours turned out.
A piece of milky white ethnic art inspired designer Thierry Buisson to
create a spectacular black and white dining room for Christmas.
Thierry, who was born and raised in Paris and spent weekends scouting
flea markets and antique shops with his father, decorated the dining
room for the Summit League Homes for the Holidays tour in early
December.
“I wanted to mix earthy and a casual feeling with a really formal
environment,” Thierry said.
The inspiring artwork was a painted piece of carved mahogany that a
friend lent him from artist John Byers. It rests on a credenza at the
end of the room, with a pair of modern lamps in the foreground.
To add drama, he used a zebra skin rug as a table runner layered over
a piece of pale burlap he custom made with a Greek key border. He also
found some white dishes with stark black geometric patterns.
Perhaps from his Parisian roots, Thierry loves to bring the outside in
with vintage garden urns (adding metallic orbs and snowglobes on top
for sparkle).
The antique garden credenza, the base from the 18th century, has a
modern cement top. It’s one of his favorite pieces.
He kept the flowers simple, he said, using paperwhites on the
credenzas, and adding mini Christmas trees and cabbage plants on the
table.
For whimsy, he had a custom topiary created to look like his Norwich
Terrier “Winston,” stuffed it with moss and placed it in the center of
the table.
“Winston is such a huge part of my life. I just adore that dog, so I
put him right there” he said. “It’s pure whimsy, quirky, different and
unexpected.”
As he puts it, “I had fun in that room.”
If you’re looking to add fun to your own rooms, and want Thierry’s
help, you can contact him here:
Thierry Buisson Interiors
thierryinteriors@gmail.com.
Here’s the complete slideshow:
Rustic Boys Bedroom
My decorating has always been relegated to the main living areas of my home. I loved seeing the Holiday Home Tour showing me, how I might transform my kid’s bedrooms into a winter wonderland. Chris Gomo worked some holiday magic on two of the bedrooms at the Joye home.
Snowman with Twig Trees
First up is a rustic bedroom for a boy. I love the fun Chris used with plaids, pine cones and twig Christmas Trees. The overall feeling is warm and cozy—perfect for reading in bed with the covers up to your chin.
Holiday Glam for a Tween
Chris went to town on this girlie tween room. I simply adored all the pink and silver. This room was over the top with glamor. I’m feeling I’d like something like this in my own room—but don’t think my husband would go for all the glitz.
Decked Out Headboard
So—do you decorate your kids bedrooms for the holidays? Do you go the whole nine yards or little touches? I’d love to know!
I’m also including the Jack and Jill bath between the rooms in the slideshow.
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This beautiful home has been remodeled four times, but it looks like it’s always been just the way it is, situated so perfectly on a Saratoga hilltop. From the living room, you look out upon tree tops. From the dining room behind it, floor-to-ceiling windows look on the lovely — and level — back lawn. And the kitchen area opens to a charming courtyard.
What started as a simple ranch house built in 1954 has been transformed over the past 20 years by the Kenny family into a French Chateuu in the country manor style. And Linda Floyd of Linda L. Floyd Interior Design has been with the homeowners every step of the way. The home decor is French inspired with trims and tassels and elegance. Linda also decorated the living room for the holidays and the Summit League Homes for the Holidays tour.
The dining room was spectacular for the tour, as Sharon Watts of Peony created an astonishing table display.
David Stonesifer of David Stonesifer Interior Design and Decoration appointed the family room, including a couple of oil paintings he created himself.
Debi Campbell of Cover Story on Main Street in Los Altos added sparked to the kitchen and bath.
Upstairs, the daughter’s bedroom was decorated by Wahlberg Designs, The Duke & The Duchess of Morgan Hill. Saffron and Genevieve in Santa Cruz created the boy’s room with wonderful linen bed spreads and the master bedroom and bath received the special touch of Warmth Company from Aptos. Tiffany and Co. created a special display in the upper hallway.
Lulu Pom of Los Gatos appointed the study; La Jardiniere brought whiteness and light to the backyard and Color in the Garden from San Jose created an inviting front entrance.
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So far, out of all the areas in my home that I’m decking out for the holidays—I’m loving how my dining room turned out! Keeping with the green walls and my silver candle holder that’s mounted to the wall—I decided to do everything in silver, glass and mirrors with touches of green. I took an old wreath frame and wrapped a white boa around it. I finished it off with a string of very tiny silver jingle bells.
The large vases were from my husband’s company function years ago. I filled them with different sized silver jingle bells. I purchased the bleached dried flowers and the greenery was from the bottom of our tree—love the zero cost there! Then I gathered all my frames that were either silver or mirrored and added old holiday or winter photos. I loved putting this room together.
So, I’m adding my foyer to this post since it’s leads right into the dinning room. I’ve been collecting nutcrackers for about 15 years and they always have guarded the staircase.
I’m not sure where I’d put them if not on the stairs. Now, it’s time to put all the empty boxes back in the attic until January.
Hope you enjoyed Christmas at my home!
Here’s the complete slideshow:
Men's Smoking Lounge by lulu Pom
In a manner of days, the duo transformed what had looked more like a woman’s sitting room into a masculine man’s smoking room, or as Linda and Laura put it, “a history-reading, cigar-smoking, absynthe-drinking room.”
Niche with collections and curiosities
Some of the “added to” included the central focal point — a pair of vintage wing-back chairs whose dark wooden frames were bleached and wire-brushed, then reupholstered in a faux bois fabric with nickle nail heads and placed atop a zebra-skin rug for a “pattern on pattern” look.
Linda and Laura are expert at pairing vintage with modern and did so in the niche, where they replaced a sofa with a sparkling starburst mirror and a credenza to display books, bankers’ boxes, crystal decanters and curiosities. They painted the ceiling a high-gloss gray to add more sparkle.
Absynthe glasses at the ready
While the spaces may have been designed with men in mind, the many women on the tour certainly wanted to linger.
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My favorite room in my home is the living room. From the shape of the barrel ceiling to the Hand Craft Tile on the fireplace, I love spending time in there. Thanks to my handy laptop—I do spend a lot of time in there—working or enjoying a glass of wine. But, at Christmastime the time spent in my living room quadruples. When we remodeled this was the only room left standing. I told the architect to build around this room and he did a perfect job. That’s how much I love this room.
Now you can see all the stockings are hung on the bar with care. Let’s face it I’m a mom to four boys! And, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring in a little holiday staging cheer.
The Sparkling Wine is compliments of my sister—It pays to know someone in the wine biz. I added a teaspoon of Clementine juice and one slice. They were so delicious! The little clock niche above the fireplace isn’t large enough to hold 8 stockings. Yes, 8. 2 parents, 4 kids, 1 dog and 1 for the cats to share = 8.
The tree is definitely the center piece. And, after 25 Christmas trees—all Douglas firs—this year we got a white fir. It smells heavenly, has long needles and is much less bushy than the Douglas. I used to do the multi-colored lights, but about 12 years ago I switched to all white and haven’t looked back.
I’ve been collecting ornaments since I was 6. I’d get one every year. Now, of course some have seen better days and some are gone completely, but my oldest ornament is from 1972. My gray little mouse with his Santa outfit—he’s missing an eye, but I can’t imagine my tree without him. This year we cut way back on ornaments because of Fiona. This will be her first Christmas—and let me tell having a big puppy at Christmas is a lot like having toddlers. You’re watching them—they seem uninterested in any holiday decorations—you run to answer the phone—that’s when you hear the crash.
So this is my living room—next up is the dining room and foyer.
I’m linking up with these holiday tours.
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