Hello. I am very busy trying to finish the Fall/Winter 2013 issue of D Weddings. But when I get a free moment, I am going to pop over to the Dallas Design Center (Ste. 620) to check out the new Gracie Studio showroom, which opens today. I think you should do the same. Then let’s eat cupcakes and talk about how much we like it. (I’m very, very hungry today.)
While many of you were watching the Super Bowl, I was very busy watching Auntie Mame. I love that movie—this scene is just top drawer. Really top drawer. But I also love the hunt, which may explain why I am drawn to this hand-painted wallpaper by Gracie. Is your room an unusual shape or size? No worries. “Custom order scenics are painted to fit room elevations,” according to the web site. Even better news, you can look at cool wallpapers like these in-person when Gracie opens its showroom here. Now get out there people, and live, live, live!
Hello, party people. It’s Friday. Feels like it should be a little closer to 5 pm, but otherwise all is well. And things are about to get a little bit better thanks to the musings of ID Collection’s Jim Williamson.
What was that smell?
I’ll admit it, it was me. I was trying to cook. Why? I was hungry. After years of being single and watching the waistline, I’m now part of a couple and really hungry! The last meal I cooked that didn’t involve a toaster oven was back in January, and that was a really stressful ordeal. The dish required lots of ingredients, lots of prep time. As always, I never have enough time. The result was a solid C+ dish.
Like, say…local designer Meredith Conly’s line of bold, playful, environmentally friendly wallpapers and textiles, aptly dubbed, The Whimsey Chronicles.
I am particularly smitten with the groovy green elephant action above. It would be perfect in my animal loving eight-year-old daughter’s bedroom, or (if I was feeling especially daring) maybe even the dining room?!
Meredith pens a rather fun blog too…
I have friend who is pretty darn fearless when it comes to matters of home decor. She mixes seemingly discordant patterns with aplomb; she’ll slap a coat of black paint on a room without blinking an eye. She’s got moxie to spare that one.
But (and you knew this was coming) she’s scared of wallpaper. Big time.
I understand, I do. Wallpaper is daunting. The good stuff is expensive. It’s hard to install, and once it’s up, you really, really don’t want to take it down. It’s a commitment. But done right, it can transform a room in ways that paint can’t even dream of. (Sorry paint, but it’s true.)
It’s a conundrum this wallpaper thing. But good news, there are a couple of intriguing options out there that might manage to provide wallpaper’s bang without all the angst.
Here goes:
First up, Anthropologie’s Etched Arcadia mural (pictured above). It has that sort of timeless scenic thing going that would look amazing in a dining room (in fact, I’m digging it so much, I might pull the trigger on it for my own dining room). And, according to the Anthropologie website, it boasts “SureStrip backing for paste-fee application and easy removal”. It seems promising, for sure.
Then we have EasyChange wallpaper from Sherwin Williams. Design blogger Jordan Ferney used a particularly fetching pattern in her entry hall to great effect. In her low-down on the process, she notes that while it wasn’t easy to apply, it’s ideal for renters because it comes right off. She also (rightly) notes that the Sherwin William’s website navigation is terrible, so if you want to find the exact paper that Jordan used, it’s pattern number: SW8EG5315.
So…Anyone feel a weekend wallpaper project coming on??
