Recently I got an email from HSN with a coupon for 15% off. I clicked on, thinking I might look to see if the Nate Berkus line had anything new for me. Before I could get to the Nate stuff I was reminded that Carlton Varney has a line for HSN.
His look is very preppy, very southern. I love his style in small doses for common room or in full force for a little girls bedroom.
These sheets are great!
And how about this adorable ottoman? So cute for the bathroom, the end of a hallway or a little nook.
This vanity stool is a tie for my favorite piece in the line. Comes in all different colors.
But this bedding is what excited me most. It features my favorite Carlton V print – Tobacco leaf.
Okay, now. I know this image is not exactly current. But put on your ugly blinders for a sec and imagine this bedspread as a duvet. Ditch the unfortunate throw pillows and the stripey pieces and replace the euros and skirt with a crisp inky blue/navy trimmed out in white. Awesome, I think!
HSN is surprisingly cooler (sometimes) than most people think. I swear, though, we had those exact yellow rose sheets growing up :)
Hope you're getting settled in!
Although I love a lot of this stuff, I did have a vision of my awesome giant rose bedding I had growing up, it is so funny how all this stuff is coming back!
Reminds me of my room as a young girl, big explosive floral and lots of color! Good for a gray day like today and a Monday!
pve
My mom would go crazy over this stuff – she (still) loves lots of color and big cabbage roses!
Love it too! The ottoman is perfect.
Teresa
Wow, HSN has really turned around. Perhaps I was unfairly judging it in years past. I love all the Nate Berkus things, as well as the tobacco leaf-printed sheets you shared.
Some of this is cute, but a lot of it is giving me flashbacks to the 80s!
Fun! Thanks for sharing how to tweak it!
I love Carleton Varney's prints- I've seen the sheets on ebay and didn't know you could get them on HSN- fabulous!
"I only wish it was a duvet and not a comforter." … This made me laugh because I'm the exact opposite! I prefer quilts and comforters over duvets because I can't for the life of me (with three little boys) ever keep a duvet cover looking "put together" and decent. Ha!
I agree. HSN is suprisingly better than most people think. Love all of these vintage prints.
Jenny I love your style…..BUT I personally think that bedding is absolutely hideous!
seems like one could open up the comforter andremove the batting and then do something with the opening and manage a duvet out of all that
john in nc
BARF!
cute ottoman, tho.
Haha! I love your "adjustments" to that unfortunate looking bedspread.
i'm swooning over those sheets!! LOVE! xoxo
I absolutely love the Nate line…but I just can't get into these florals coming back yet. :)
Oh man, all I could think of with that cabbage rose print bedding was that it looks just like the big poofy floral dresses from the 80s/90s. Ugh, I just cant get past that thought:)
Loving all the fun colors and patterns here!
What a great lead! I adore these fabrics – and now can consider them! HSN is really bringing us the goods!!
I just finished making drapes for my nursery out of the trellis sheets in case anyone's curious…
http://bibbidi-bobbidi-beautiful.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-nursery-progress.html