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Pretty Details

We’re adjusting back into small space living here at Chez Komenda. As I’ve been making decorating choices and purchases, I keep thinking about form and function and about surprises in design. Dresser by the New Traditionalists Really, there’s nothing all that mind-bending about an idea like this – to paint the insides of a drawer…

We’re adjusting back into small space living here at Chez Komenda. As I’ve been making decorating choices and purchases, I keep thinking about form and function and about surprises in design.

Dresser by the New Traditionalists

Really, there’s nothing all that mind-bending about an idea like this – to paint the insides of a drawer in an unexpected color. But when there are only a couple of large pieces in our apartment, and when furniture has to do double/triple/quadruple duty, it’s little extra steps like this that will keep things fresh. It might just be the crazy decorator in me, but design is in the details and I know I’d smile at the sight of that red after opening a drawer for the 100th time in a given day.

What details in your home make you smile?

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21 thoughts on “Pretty Details

  1. Details so make a difference. I was thinking this as I got all Martha yesterday and went crazy labeling things in my newly organized closet off the kitchen. The labels really pull the whole jumble of baskets and things together. I love it!

  2. I found the cutest knobs in the $1 bin at Michaels a few weeks ago. I put one that says "discover" on the drawer of my black hall table. It makes me smile every time I walk by.

  3. I like to use fun drawer liners and fun knobs. Gives things that little extra touch. I've also put decorative shelf brackets in the corners of doorways. Gives things an architectural element in the burbs!

  4. I think details can take a room from 'good' to 'great'. You know what I love? When everything has its place. You know, like when you're looking for that seldom used offset spatula, or that scrap piece of fabric you were keeping for the perfect project – and you know just where you've kept it in your house. When you take the time to think about every piece and organize spaces to suit how you live and what things you keep – that's a detail that always makes me smile.

  5. I've done this – the insides surfaces of the drawers and cabinets of my seal gray art deco sideboard are now a bold Macaw yellow! They match the hardware. Now to find a good paper to line the drawers….it just makes them feel cleaner than just the paint.

  6. I love having things that feel nice in my home. We have a big comfy living room set, soft bed linens, and light and airy curtains. I love it!

    Earl Grey – a little blog full of big inspiration.

  7. Hi Jenny….first, LOVE your blog! Quick question, do you have any clue who makes the fabric you used on your skirted table in your entry way or where I could get a hold of it?? I know it is random but I would LOVE to have it for an upholstery project. Thanks!!!
    Sara
    sperdue78@yahoo.com

  8. Yes, what a fun detail! I think I might do this on my next dresser project. The salmon/pink/redish color they chose is so fresh and vibrant!

  9. I love that detail, what a fun idea! Now I'll be going home and checking out all the furniture in my house to see if I can paint the drawers like this :)

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