Yesterday, I was sending thoughts out into the Twitter-verse when I came across this gorgeous  image from Elle Decor Magazine.

{Elle Decor}

Oh I’m a sucker for hammered metal. When I first moved into my condo, the original owner left a hammered metal soap-dish in the powder bathroom. I guess they didn’t feel like packing it. If you had only seen my reaction when I came across it, you would have thought I won the lottery or something.

1. Foundry Adjustable Personal Table $299, 2. Copper Tone Hammered Metal Charger $11.98, 3. Ren-Wil Sahara Hammered Metal Chrome Finish Vase $91.95, 4. Hammered Silver Urn with Lid $139.95, 5. Threshold™ Hammered Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker $9.99, 6.  Hammered Metal Cuff $1.00, 7. Hammered Nickel Hurricanes $79.95, 8. Hammered Metal Serving Bowls $5 – $99

Gold Stones $Free, Allegra Hicks Placemat Set $9.99, Bracket Dinnerware $3.95-$6.95, Manchester Glass Set $128.00, Flawed Gold Plate Bowl $49, Gold Flatware 5pc Set $29

A great tablescape can really “beef up” a routine dinner. Just taking the time to set up some placemats, layer some bowls and light a candle really can make a huge difference in the dining room.

Here is a breath of fresh air in the rug world. Lulu & Georgia carry accessories for all style types, glamorous, bohemian chic, vintage, eclectic, or cutting edge. Her Empress rug collection is stellar just by color alone, but the rugs come from the recycled materials of Indian saree cloth., which makes them two times as fabulous. Hello? Colorful and eco-friendly? Yes, please.

The rugs are almost too beautiful for the floor and absolutely could stand in for a wall art piece on their own. Especially if you’re into the woven wall hanging trend that’s sweeping the design community right now. One of these rugs could totes pass. Just imagine all the worldly flavor the blended colors would bring to the party.

Naiya Rug

I would add this purple gem to my bedroom, I know the color would pop against my current monochromatic color scheme. It has always been a struggle for me to tone down color choices in decorating my home, but for once I’m not thinking in terms of paint. I could absolutely add this rug to my house without making a huge time commitment like I would with purple paint, and if I needed a change after a while, I could always roll it up and move it to another room.

Kundra Rug

Also, another decor struggle I’m constantly battling is how orange my floors are downstairs. I believe at one time the original homeowner had carpet in the living and dining areas, and then one day said homeowner decided to pull up the carpet and/or flooring and expose all the concrete underneath, and then chose to stain it a rusty-brown-orange color. Don’t get me wrong, I love having stained concrete, but, if I could tone down the orange, I would.

All that is to say, I like this orange rug and wish I could add it to the downstairs but I think the clash effect might be too much.

Savita Rug

 Lulu & Georgia have quite a few other rugs and host of other home goods, so drop in when you get a chance and peek around.

{Original image source Design Sponge}

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An amazing new lighting collection has hit the market thanks to John and Sherry of Young House Love, and I’m so in love with it right now. It’s available through a local store near them in Richmond called Shades of Light.

{Image Source: Shades of Light}

John and Sherry make a point of keeping their products at a reasonable and affordable price, such as their recent book, and their lighting collection is no exception. Each piece is $99 or less!

{Image Source: Shades of Light}

My favorite piece in their collection is the Large Wire Globe Lantern, the same one they put in their own dining room. It casts this really great shadow on the ceiling that is incredibly graphic.

{Image Source: Shades of Light}

One thing that really impressed me were the availability of options, Shades of Light and Young House Love made the shades separately if you decide you don’t need a whole light kit. Perfect for someone like me who tends to have lamp shade ADD. Aside from the actual lighting kits, they also carry several add-ons you can buy to upgrade your order or even an existing light you already own. I would really enjoy trying the hexagon or quatrefoil patterned metal cutout light diffuser to give a current drum shade chandelier some extra flair. That is, if I had a drum shade chandelier…..

{Image Source: Young House Love}

They have quite a few others in the collection that I didn’t show here today so I would highly recommend checking out their full collection here then heading over to the Young House Love blog and reading the full details of their experience in putting this collection together here!

 

Highland Black Desk

Original Price: $175.99

Sale Price: $151.19

CLICK HERE TO BUY

Ends on December 26th, 2012 at 9AM CST.

Don’t miss out on this weeks sale! Seriously, a quality desk for $150? Gotta get it!

Being a former apartment dweller myself, I know how strong the urge is to personalize an apartment. No matter how temporary the living situation may be. Unlike most people though, I have a hard time suppressing the urge to paint. However, if you’re not the painting type but you still want to add a personal touch to your home without making it permanent this might be the product for you. A new line of removable and reusable wall coverings is now available from Casart.

both of these designs are Mary Douglas Drysdale Signature Colors

Each panel is 52″ W and comes in different sizes to meet the height of your ceiling, 8′, 10′, and 24′. They’re durable and simple to cut to size, imagine a thick wallpaper but without the messy back. The wall treatments have a pressure-sensitive adhesive backing you press on the wall you want covered, but the best part is they aren’t permanent so you don’t have to worry about violating a “no painting/wallpaper” clause in a lease agreement. The wall treatments are also reusable once you take them down, just replace the original backing sheet on the Casart covering until you’re ready to put it up again.

left image: Mary Douglas Drysdale Signature Colors, right image: Birds & Birch by Casart

As most of you know, I’m a color freak, so I love that you can pretty much color match any pantone or shade of Benjamin Moore paint to make a wall custom covering. I also read that you can upload images and pictures as well to make wall installations.

I once saw this episode of Home By Novagratz where they created custom wallpaper for a client’s home; they took pictures of the client’s children and created larger than life prints and put it up the children’s bedroom of the client. Doing something similar could make a bold statement in a room. Knowing myself, I’d create giant pictures of my dogs and put it up in the kitchen, which would make no sense but could be kinda cool, right? I’m such a nerd.

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