design indulgence: Guildery

The bell rang and all pencils put down at 11:00 on Sunday morning. It was a marathon for sure getting every last detail finished before the Cathedral Tour of Homes 2016.

Every room had flowers....beds were perfectly made.....house was clean! I loved seeing so many of my design friends come by to see this gorgeous home.

As I said the whole upstairs had not really been decorated. They moved in a little less than a year ago and it was a job in itself to get the ground floors completed.

One of the rooms I completed turned out pretty good considering I used mostly what they had!

Let's start with a few before shots.....

Like I said this room is huge! We kept the beds, dressers, chairs and recovered the couch.

You remember where I started....

I ended up not using the trim on the curtains....long story but there were 8 panels and I thought it would be too much to use on the leading edge. Think "stripey"

That wall is so darn big but when she brought out some quilts for the bed I thought let's just hang on the wall! OK....that is kind of a lie.....my nephews wife was with me and she said she saw it on an episode of Fixer Upper. It was like the angels started singing......

Before

After

New curtains, sofa recovered, painted coffee table, rug from HomeGoods. End tables were also painted and the chairs just got some pretty pillows:) Chandelier from Currey and Co.

Throws from Homegoods. Swirl pillows from the Guildery and their new collection.....

Bowl from Target and quartz from HomeGoods.

Before

After

The homeowner had a friend who was an artist and she painted this for us in a timely manor! I will be using Melanie in the future because you will also see some other work she did for us! So many large walls in this room....it was killing me.

Lamps ordered at market and the sconces are from Circa Lighting.

One of the reasons I used the Jim Thompson No.9 fabric was because it had some beige in it to help make the chair fabric look purposeful you know?

I kept the bedding simple [Pottery Barn that she already had] and just couldn't decide what to put over the beds.....

So I am going to wait on that....I think the beds were from Walmart....shhhhhh:) They had bought them when they lived in their rental while building......

In the bathroom I straightened out the cubbyholes.

I used her antique marble table and some old books and a modern piece of previously owned art.....

The painter did a very soft wash on the walls......think 80's ha ha.

And that is a wrap.....for this room! More on some of the other spaces I pulled together later.

I am so glad it all came together! Whew.....

Shazam

It might shock some of you to know that I have never been to Costco. I hear my friends talking about it all the time but there's just 2 of us living in this house so in my mind it just didn't make sense to buy in bulk.

Fast forward to the other day when I was leaving my last appointment and I was faint from hunger. It was about 4:00 and I was passing Costco. I swerved into the parking lot on 2 wheels because I had also heard stories of snacks at every corner.

I practically ran up to the counter to join...... grabbed my cart and headed to the food area. Good Lord people it was nirvana. Cute people with hair nets and blue smocks pushing food like there was a contest. I tasted everything and even had to circle the cheesecake with strawberries and whip cream 3 times until the line went down.

What really amazed me was that after I gorged, paid for my items I came across this.

Food you have to pay for. That was weird to me cause there is free food all over the place.

I bounced out of there like I had just discovered gold. Plus I was full:) Win....win right? Although when you think about it I just paid 55.00 for snacks. I never said I was a math whiz.

As promised I have a few other vendors to share with you from the New York show. I spent more time here than any other booth!

Holy smokes y'all. The Guildery was founded by Shane Reilly [founder of Decorati] and Kelly Berger [co founder of Tiny Prints acquired by Shutterfly].