Friday, July 23, 2010

A Room of Alex's Own

Ok, so my dear and lovely friend Alex just moved into a new place in Northampton, MA, and bought this adorbs chair as one of her first pieces of furniture:
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Totally presh, right? Then she said, "I am decorating my room with aquamarine/seafoamy blues and greens and light pinks I think--this makes me a bit uncomfortable, but we'll see how it goes" and lord honey child I am loving that color scheme. So. I did a little early-morning google action/blog surfing to see what I could uncover, and this is what I've got to start with (I kinda forgot about the pink, whoopsie, but don't you worry, the hunt has only just begun):
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Ob.sessed with this chair. And the wallpaper. And the PINK orchid, which you know, are actually very hard to kill. Who woulda thought??
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So bright! So light! So turqouisey black and white!
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Yeah, so this is for a wedding and some of the stuff is kinda cheesy...it's the colors gfriend...use dat imagination.
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I had this picture saved for something else, but I looked at it and fell in love again with the headboard. I really don't think it would be hard to craft something like this with the right amount of foam and a staple gun. Then when people come over to visit and fawn over your awesomeness you can be like, 'Yeah, no biggie, I crafted it myself,' and they can be like, 'Damn that girl's got class.' Get it? Good.
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The angels are singing for those two simple pillows. I guess this is for if you want less teal/seafoamy more black/white/cream/brown/tan.
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Game over, this room is perfection.
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Actually, this is where I envision you living. Lots of fabulous drapery action, some serious upholstered chairs, a pheasant?feather chandelier...I guess I'd allow you to read Pride and Prejudice in this piece...
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Ok, here is some more teal and a wee little turtle footstool that I think is super cute.
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It even looks good on a sneaker!..?
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Whoops, I found a second image of the perfect room and just had to post it. I know that murals are kind of big right now or whatever and most of the time they look like shit, but this one--this one, I'm feeling. You could totally do this, too...
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Muted blurry goodness. I think an adult lives here.
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Hearts and stars, and how easy it would be to slap some white picture frames on the walls like this and fill them with gorgeous black and white photos of all your lovers/travels.
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More collage action. This is if you're feelin' real fancy pantsy a la a Tiffany's box or Del's Gmommy's front door. True ballers unite!
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Recently I hit up TJMaxx and they were having a mega sale on tons of teal/turquoise/seafoamy lamps and accessories. I mean, I know it's NOVA, but they've got to have the same shit in the Mass, right??
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In conclusion, I just realized that Northampton is sometimes referred to as Noho??!?! Fabulous. I will forever be calling it by this name. Also, I'm counting down the days till I can come visit the great New England and see my lovely shiny beautiful friend Alex and we can treat ourselves to some PBRs, wine fridays, and jalapeno poppers. Loves.It!.
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(Ps. this is what you get when you Google 'C
lassy PBR.' I'll take it.)
Love, Hannah

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