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Hi readers, I could use your help. My client, friend, sponsor and realtor, Sheila, is a finalist in the “30 under 30” realtor rankings. She’s good, guys – in the top 7% of all Coldwell Banker agents worldwide! Can you do me a favor and go vote for Sheila? Simon Watson HERE The polls close…

Hi readers,

I could use your help.

My client, friend, sponsor and realtor, Sheila, is a finalist in the “30 under 30” realtor rankings. She’s good, guys – in the top 7% of all Coldwell Banker agents worldwide!

Can you do me a favor and go vote for Sheila?

Simon Watson

HERE

The polls close Sunday, March 28 at midnight. It’s super easy to do and takes about two seconds. Thanks, you’re awesome.

ALSO! If you live in the Philadelphia area and are thinking about buying or selling, give Sheila a call. She is absolutely amazing to work with.

Atlanta Homes Mag

She is friendly and honest, smart and driven. And she’s got an amazing eye for detail (you guys are going to FLIP when you see her own home, which is almost finished). She has been one of my all-time favorite people to work with.

Atlanta Homes Mag

Even if you aren’t local to the Philadelphia, Sheila has an impressive network of outstanding agents and can connect you with the perfect one, no matter where you live.

Canadian House and Home

Check out her website for tips, resources and information for all things real estate related. And bonus for people living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland or Delaware. You can look for your dream home by searching ALL properties currently listed for sale right now on her website!

Thanks to Sheila for being an LGN sponsor!

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Don’t forget to vote for Sheila!

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Bedrooms

Campaign Dresser Boost

I spy with my little eye… a pair of vintage campaign dressers. But with feet? I wonder if the designers at Carrier and Co had legs added to these vintage dressers? I would love to do something like this with my campaigners.

I spy with my little eye…

a pair of vintage campaign dressers.

But with feet?

I wonder if the designers at Carrier and Co had legs added to these vintage dressers? I would love to do something like this with my campaigners.

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Bedrooms

Florals

I LOVE floral fabric. Like, really love it. I know it’s not everyone’s bag, so I thought I would post some images of vintage or vintage-inspired floral fabrics used in big and small ways in different rooms. It’s not always overly feminine. If you like your florals loud and proud, try using them on some…

I LOVE floral fabric. Like, really love it.

I know it’s not everyone’s bag, so I thought I would post some images of vintage or vintage-inspired floral fabrics used in big and small ways in different rooms. It’s not always overly feminine.

If you like your florals loud and proud, try using them on some bigger projects, like upholstery, drapes or a skirted table:

Palmer Weiss

Joe Nye

House Beautiful

Kate Spade

domino

Jim Thompson

via Absolutely Beautiful Things

Maybe you’re not so bold? How about a floral pillow or two?

style court

domino

Kristen Panitch

style court

domino

lonny

{Psst! I’ve got yards and yards of floral fabric in my stash that I’ll be putting up for sale on my side bar today or tomorrow, so keep an eye out for that.
Post coming soon…}

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Give Aways

WINNER: Stella and Dot Give Away!

Congrats to jmckay for winning the Stella and Dot give away! Please contact me with your information, jmckay! Thanks to all 900 commenters! And a very special thanks to Alisa at Stella and Dot for sponsoring LGN.

Congrats to jmckay for winning the Stella and Dot give away!

Please contact me with your information, jmckay!

Thanks to all 900 commenters! And a very special thanks to Alisa at Stella and Dot for sponsoring LGN.

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Why Don't You

New York Public Library

I had a different post scheduled for this morning, but I had a ‘stop the presses’ moment when I saw this post from design*sponge pop up in my reader. HOLY JACKPOT!! If you thought Vintage Printables was good, you are going to die when you see the New York Public Library Digital Gallery. There are…

I had a different post scheduled for this morning, but I had a ‘stop the presses’ moment when I saw this post from design*sponge pop up in my reader.

HOLY JACKPOT!!

If you thought Vintage Printables was good, you are going to die when you see the New York Public Library Digital Gallery. There are all sorts of beautiful images just begging to be printed off and framed.

I’m strangely obsessed with floor plans. I would love to frame a series of these NYC pre-war building floor plans.

These pages from the Builder’s Pocket Book are AMAZING.

Check out this amazing cabinet maker’s guide

A cute little bird to add to a gallery wall

I love the colors in this fish print.

Cool engravings of objects in the Empire style

And of course, more botanical prints than you could ever wish to hang.

These floral prints would be wonderful inspiration for a bedroom

I would use the bottom orange portion of this page

And what an amazing series this set would make

Love this floral

and this one

wow, so pretty

{I’m assuming since there is a ‘print’ button on all these pages, that the images are copyright-free. Please note that there is also an option to purchase the prints, if you want them in larger sizes.}

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Style and Beauty

GIVE AWAY: Stella and Dot

I am really, strangely particular about the jewelry I will and won’t wear. I only wear really chunky or really delicate necklaces. I don’t do dangly earrings because they look funny on me. But I’m always wearing studs, usually pearls. I only wear bracelets on special occasions, but love wearing watches. I LOVE right hand…

What about you, readers? Are you as particular as I am?

Even if you are particular, I’m sure you’ll love Stella and Dot jewelry as much as I do. One lucky reader will have their choice of the Palm necklace…

or the Boca necklace from Stella and Dot.

Here are some of my other favorite offerings from Stella and Dot:

I need this gold flower ring

Turquoise is so on trend right now, but is also super classic.

Ruby studs are a fun way to mix things up.

Such a pretty new take on pearls:

Remember this flower necklace, featured in Lucky?

I’m seriously loving the simplicity of this Ball chain necklace.

This bib necklace would be gorgeous with a simple white tee, boyfriend jeans and heels.

Maybe you’ve seen Stella and Dot jewelry on celebrities and heard about it through InStyle, People, and Oprah?

To enter to win either the Palm or Boca necklace, please leave a comment about your favorite piece of jewelry on the Stella and Dot site.

As always, the winner will be chosen using random.org. Comments will be closed Sunday, March 21 at midnight. Good luck!

PS Alisa, who represents Stella and Dot, has a great blog called A Pina Colada. And if any of you are interested in becoming a Stella and Dot stylist, you can contact Alisa with questions.

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Bedrooms

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patty’s Day is a big holiday in my husband’s family. He’s part Irish. I don’t have a drop of Irish blood in me to my knowledge, but I love an excuse to celebrate and, obviously I love the color green. When I was in the hospital having Claire three years ago, I was ready…

St. Patty’s Day is a big holiday in my husband’s family. He’s part Irish.

I don’t have a drop of Irish blood in me to my knowledge, but I love an excuse to celebrate and, obviously I love the color green.

When I was in the hospital having Claire three years ago, I was ready to start pushing at 11:50 pm on March 16. I was so determined to get her out before midnight so that she could have her own special day. I didn’t want her to have to share St. Patrick’s day festivities and be forced to have a green birthday party every.single.year.

She was born at 11:58 pm on the 16th and now I laugh at that story since Evelyn will have to deal with a Christmas Eve birthday. :)

Anyway, I think we’re all happier with a little green thrown into our lives…

Michael Smith via Style Court

Peter Dunham

Mary McDonald

Garden and Gun

desire to inspire

carrier and co

Calico Corners

BHG

Steven Gambrel

Off to make green clover-shaped pancakes for breakfast…

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Blue

Quinn’s Nursery

Wouldn’t you love to work at Anthropologie? More specifically, wouldn’t you love to have an employee discount to Anthropologie?? Yeah, me too. One of my clients works there and is due this summer with a little girl to be named Quinn. Here’s where we are with the nursery… We wanted something fun and bright and…

Wouldn’t you love to work at Anthropologie? More specifically, wouldn’t you love to have an employee discount to Anthropologie?? Yeah, me too.

One of my clients works there and is due this summer with a little girl to be named Quinn. Here’s where we are with the nursery…

We wanted something fun and bright and girly but not overly so. Still working on finding the perfect dresser/changing table.

Anthropologie products here:
Chesterfield Sofa (my client scored a damaged one at a very deep discount)

Finnegan the Fox

String of Pearls Lamp

eBay Art

I love to buy inexpensive art on eBay. This is my favorite search: Paintings, original, oil, pre-1800-1969, $0-$200. Here are a few favorites up for auction right now: floral still life seaside scene pretty landscape un-floral floral. Another floral. Love this one. Village street Painterly hydrangeas in a bamboo frame? What’s not to love? Tiny…

I love to buy inexpensive art on eBay.

This is my favorite search:
Paintings, original, oil, pre-1800-1969, $0-$200.

Here are a few favorites up for auction right now:

Another floral. Love this one.

Village street

Painterly hydrangeas in a bamboo frame? What’s not to love?

Tiny lovliness

Moody abstract

This oil is my favorite piece of art in our home. I bought it on eBay last year for almost nothing – it felt sort of dishonest, I got it for so cheap.

I love the lady peeping out behind the flowers. And the colors just sing to me.

I think it’s from the 20s or 30s. The canvas is pretty crusty and a little saggy. It could use a professional cleaning and it really needs to be restretched, but all that can wait a year or two.

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Inspiration

Winner: La Plates Give Away

And the winner of a set of four custom salad/dessert plates is Christy! Christy, please email me with your contact information when you have a minute. Congrats! Check out the La Plates blog for lots of fun pics of celebs that love La Plates.This plate went to Gwyneth Paltrow’s son, Moses. And don’t forget that…

And the winner of a set of four custom salad/dessert plates is Christy!

Christy, please email me with your contact information when you have a minute. Congrats!

Check out the La Plates blog for lots of fun pics of celebs that love La Plates.
This plate went to Gwyneth Paltrow’s son, Moses.

And don’t forget that LGN readers get 10% off La Plates plates, platters and placements using the code LGN10. Place your order before barbecuing and picnicking weather really sets in!!

Thanks again to La Plates.

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Product Picks

GIVE AWAY from La Plates

Welcome to our newest LGN sponsor: La Plates! La Plates offers personalized 10″ melamine plates, salad/dinner plates, platters, placemats, acrylic trays and ice buckets, cups and napkins, coolers and totes. Lara Shelton started La Plates in 2008 with the goal of bringing fashionably hip and casual/kid-friendly designs to the table. And I think it’s safe…

Welcome to our newest LGN sponsor: La Plates!

La Plates offers personalized 10″ melamine plates, salad/dinner plates, platters, placemats, acrylic trays and ice buckets, cups and napkins, coolers and totes.

Lara Shelton started La Plates in 2008 with the goal of bringing fashionably hip and casual/kid-friendly designs to the table. And I think it’s safe to say that she has been wildly successful in reaching that goal. Her monogrammed dinnerware and accessories are so gorgeous and so fun.

Fun dinnerware for outdoor or indoor place settings:

And there are great acrylic trays, for the lucite lover in all of us:

Remember this bag that I posted about in December? La Plates carries it!! I just got mine from La Plates last week, and I have to say that I LOVE it. It is big, but not ridiculously so. I’ve been using it as a work bag and it is perfect for all my paint decks and fabric samples, a laptop and notepads. It would make a really great diaper bag too. I get all sorts of compliments on it when I’m out and about.

La Plates is kindly offering a set of four custom salad/dinner plates for one lucky LGN reader. To enter, please check out the La Plates site and leave a comment with the style of plate and monogram of your choice.

I’m having a hard time choosing between the clover, Greek key, modern, and squares patterns. And there is something to be said for the solid plate…choices, choices!!

Comments will be closed Sunday, March 14 at midnight.

P.S. the code LGN10 will get readers 10% off all plates, platters & placemats. Thank you, La Plates!

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Tips of the Trade

Box Spring Covers

One of the commenters from yesterday’s post reminded me that I forgot to explain the box spring cover solution in my mom’s room. I read about the idea of using a fitted sheet to cover box springs in Martha Stewart Living several years ago and have used the idea in many bedroom projects. We used…

One of the commenters from yesterday’s post reminded me that I forgot to explain the box spring cover solution in my mom’s room.

I read about the idea of using a fitted sheet to cover box springs in Martha Stewart Living several years ago and have used the idea in many bedroom projects. We used a simple blue-gray fitted sheet from the clearance bedding section at Bed Bath and Beyond to cover the box springs of my parents’ bed. While I love a good bed skirt, sometimes they are just fussy looking. This is an easy and inexpensive solution.

If you want a streamlined look, but don’t want to use a second sheet, I have a client who uses and loves these matelasse box spring covers from Restoration Hardware, available in many different colors.

And if you do use the fitted sheet idea, do yourself a favor and pick up some fitted sheet clips to help everything stay nice and tight.

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