Sorry. I have not posted all month long. I have been way way way too busy for this blog and even for interior design at all. (sadness) I've been working on other jobs and since those are paying jobs, I had to forego NOT getting paid as I start up my own business. But I WILL be back in April after I return home from NYC, (hopefully) freshly inspired. The sooner I get my business set up, the sooner I can start earning! (yippie!) But I am so grateful for the other jobs I have had so I'm not complaining.

Some things for me to look forward to working on:

• Business cards (in the flesh!)
  
• A business plan including ALL the write-up's
  
• Professional photography of my work (?)
  
• A completed website
  
• Shameless Advertising
  
• And so much more....
  

I MUST make one for my very own. :-)

This is my current living room color scheme. Greens, browns, ivories, natural wood tones, etc.


I love these colors and I'm consistently drawn to them wherever I go. BUT, I'm interested in branching out to include a few additional colors in my living room scheme. My inspiration is Orla Kiely's mulit-colored Stem Print pattern. I first saw this pattern a couple of years ago on some design blog and I just love it! I can't afford $200 + for her Stem Print pillow-but, it's just too cute! I guess I am going to have to figure out an alternative even if it means hacking my own version. (I'm thinking about attempting this by creating a petal-shaped pattern, cutting petals out of different $.50 felt sheets and ironing them on a linen background, maybe with a little hand-stitching thrown in for good measure. Gimpy? Maybe.)

I love these Marimekko fabrics and I'd love to have one of these patterns in my living room somewhere. Problem is, the patterns are all very large in scale so they wouldn't do well for pillows. I have been considering adding a bold patterned curtain to my LR windows so one of these prints could work. It's just that they're over $50 per yard and I need 5 1/2 yards. YIKES! Not happening. The other option is to get a single yard of my favorite pattern and stretch it over a canvas. This is a really popular way of displaying Marimekko fabrics, probably because they're so pricey (and they make great art). Hmm...what to do what to do....