Thrift Store Score: Headboard

I picked this up last week and already have a buyer coming by to pick it up on Friday! My first sale… I’m so excited.

Pretty cool, huh? It’s a vintage, black, chinoiserie style king size headboard. It’s in excellent shape. If I owned a king size bed, I might consider keeping it myself, it’s so good looking. Except I’d maybe paint it and have upholstered panels put in place of the caning to give it a softer, more coordinated look. Something like one of these:

Weathered gray and Pierre Frey’s Petit Parc…

Or black and any color of Kelly Wearstler’s Imperial Trellis…

Red and F. Schumacher’s Alabaster Chiang Mai Dragon…

The possibilities are endless! That’s my news for the day. Hope you’re having an amazing Wednesday! Happy hunting for your own thrift store scores. 🙂

Friday Finds

Here is the rundown of some of my favorite discoveries This week:

More of Sandra Suy’s artwork. It’s official, I’m hooked! I was turned on to her artwork by a N.E.E.T. magazine article and I’ve been a fan ever since. She has an Etsy shop where you can buy select prints or you can view some of her portfolio work on Dripbook.

I’m sure this has been around for a while… but it is new to me: Kelly Wearstler’s china collections for Pickard.

Hillcrest Pattern

Mullholland Pattern

Trousdale
There is another pattern available at Pickard… totally mix and matchable, right!? She’s also got a blog now!

Anthropologie’s Arthurian knobs. These filigree beauties would be really pretty on a gray, greige, or black lacquer furniture piece. Or a nude pink – my new favorite color!

Speaking of nude pinks – Benjamin Moore’s Bashful is a lovely example.

The Voliere Drum Table Lamp at The Conran Shop. This whimsical little lamp is also available as a floor lamp or a large or small pendant.

I love anything and everything to do with Anthropologie… so I was excited to learn that they now have a dedicated online wedding shop called BHLDN. Their amazing aesthetic is evident in all the pieces here, definitely check it out! There is tons to coo over.

That’s all from me this week; I’ll see you on Monday. Have a fabulous weekend!

Blue Monday

I had a super low key weekend… you know the kind where you watch every movie you own while making all that popcorn stock you bought really work for you? Seriously though, when I wasn’t loafing around, I was looking for some blue rooms to inspire myself and you with. Have a happy Monday!

A beautiful, rich, dark blue room. I’d love to know who designed it!

Interior from the new Architectural Digest with Margaret Russell editing! Wow. If this is any indicator of what’s to com from AD… I might have to subscribe!

View of a Steven Gambrel room. So so beautiful!

A Vicente Wolf room. I love that canopied daybed with all the blue cushions!

JK Hotel from Lonny Magazine. Blue, black, and cream is starting to seem like a never fail combo! I love the big wing chairs and glossy black accents.

This soft Robin’s Egg blue lacquered living room is a standout.

A Miles Redd living room also with lacquered walls. I love the mix here of blue, brown, black, cream, and red. This room looks really livable doesn’t it?

Kelly Wearstler hotel restaurant design. Does she ever fail to knock a room out of the ballpark?

Orange.

To get the juices flowing this Monday, I’m serving up aome pretty rooms with unexpectedly pretty touches of orange. Whether it’s a little or a lot… it can be really  gorgeous nevertheless.

Enjoy!