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Secrets in Full View on Your Bedside Table

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What’s on your bedside table? I am sharing mine.. I love this table from Hickory Chair in a custom finish designed by Alexa Hampton. The pull out tray, drawer and open shelf below make it so functional for this Seattle interior designer.

 

Seattle interior designer's bedside table

Love the pullout tray and drawer

But I wanted a custom finish which was easy to do with Hickory Chair..

Seattle interior designer shows her bedside table

Only thing missing is my IPAD

My bedside table contents remain pretty stable and it holds all my reading materials (which are in constant motion)… the addition of an iPad completes my addiction to reading in bed under the covers. (I removed the cup of tea, which is a ready companion, for this photo.)

I enjoy lounging in bed on the weekends and I keep a notepad in the drawers to jot down ideas.

So what else is on this table? a pair of reading glasses as I can’t read without them. Wayne Dyer’s daily meditation calendar, family photos so I can see my grandsons, the remnants of an orchid, minus flower, and titles from Bob Burg.

What do you keep on your bedside table? Let me know. Our firm will design your bedroom for your bedside table secrets.

Not Just for Girls’, Pink Adds Drama and Sophistication to Any Room

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Not a prank, it’s true that it’s pink in this Seattle interior designers neighborhood ~ or at least when I wrote this on April Fool’s Day. And it came just in time as the gray and rain nearly drove me crazy.. My reward today is the fabulous pink blooms you see below. So let’s talk about pink.

In the PINK on April Fool's Day

Lately, I’m in a color sort of sensibility… all the nuances with a eye to pairing colors and finding places for them. Here are Benjamin Moore pinks like the lovely blooms on this tree in my neighborhood. Is pink just for females and bedrooms? I don’t think so. Try to PINK a powder room, bathroom, office, foyer or dining room.

Tippy Toes 1282 B Moore

Ribbon Pink 2087-60 B Moore

Valentine's Day 2077-60 B Moore

Kept Love Letters, CSP-425

And finally, a lovely pink dining room for inspiration from peggyandfritz.blogspot.com, photo credit: The Eclectic Life

Seattle interior designer says yes to pink dining rooms

A lovely pink dining room

Color consultations remove the fear of color so you love the colors in your home. Contact us to set a time for a color consultation in your home.

For All Things Green Contact this Seattle Interior Designer

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This is the official start to March Madness from NCAA to St. Pat’s Day.

Lots of inspiration for this Seattle interior designer.

Alexander Henry fabric - Lucky Leprechaun

Get your green on with Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs at Nordstrom

Wrap it all together with my Converse obsession

My Converse Obsession

 

Let the games begin… and for all things green, remember to contact this Seattle interior design firm.

Color Specialist Mary Hoffman of Benjamin Moore Says “Embrace Neutral with Pops of Color”

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Mary Hoffman knows color ~”As a third generation employee with Benjamin Moore & Co, Mary Hoffman has experienced paint from a diverse perspective.” from Sunset Magazine. So when Mary says, “embrace color’ she means it.

My good friends Mary and Randy at the Kravet event

Photo courtesy Sara Coe

As a Seattle interior designer, I soaked in her message at a presentation at the Kravet showroom. We’re all still mostly neutral but we want some pops of color to punch up our furnishings and walls to set our room and home designs apart.

Enter purple with grays, beiges and a touch of yellow. One stellar fabric on a pillow, headboard, small chair or ottoman adds the punch that sets an otherwise dull setting apart, thanks to Pollack Fabrics.

Stellar stripe adds a punch to home furnishings

Mary Hoffman noted that current fashion = current design and the Fall runway made shades of purple important this season. Purple is the color for royalties. It stands for luxury, wealth, and sophistication. It is also the color of passion, romance and sensitivity.

 

Holiday Decorations with Toddlers ~ What About the Christmas Tree? Can You Have a Beautiful Room Too?

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Over the T-Day holiday, I spent time with my California family and I assisted sorting the holiday decorations and considered interior design ideas. My daughter and I plotted the “where they could go” and where to place the Christmas tree. The goal for us ~ be out of the reach of my 18 month old grandson and remain a beautiful room design. This definitely got my memory going for friends, family and clients in a similar predicament.

So like many other families, the day after T-Day involved a trip to the local site for Christmas trees. The location to place the tree was already determined which means out of the reach of ‘the destroyer’ (as he is affectionately called). We placed it on the Hickory Chair chest and added lights, a tree topper and sentimental keepsakes (many made by my daughter as a child) to complete the theme.

Just Out of Reach

This Hickory Chair chest is a perfect placement for the tree ~ just the right height for this years tree.

4087-70 Carved Chest, Hickory Chair

the perfect height 40"

 

I’m curious to hear what readers did/do as toddlers roam the holiday areas in your homes? Send me your excellent ideas and solutions to share so others can put them to use too. (please include photos)

Seattle interior designer, Faith Sheridan, is here to help ~ call us today 206.973.3743