susan_stanger's ideas
Downsize your bedside. Do you prize your sleep? If so, it’s in your best interest to create as restful an environment as possible around your bed — and a cluttered nightstand will not help. Instead of attempting to make room for every possible item you might want on your nightstand, consider using a petite table that fits only the truly essential. If you love to read in bed, choose one book. If you like to journal, place your journal and a nice pen there. Perhaps add a glass of water and a candle, and that’s it.
Designate a bin for your ‘worn-once’ clothes. Flat surfaces in the bedroom (the bed, floor, dresser top and chair) tend to become receptacles for articles of clothing you’ve worn once but plan to wear again before laundering. (Sweaters often fall into this category.) Rather than dump these items onto the nearest surface, give them a home. An open-top basket or bin is a good solution because tossing the item there is just as easy as tossing it on a chair. If you have a closet system, clear out one basket or drawer to use for this purpose; otherwise, a second laundry basket can corral the items.
Bring nature in. Early fall decorating can be simple and easy — place a few snips from the tree in your front yard in a glass vessel, display fresh fall gourds or collect acorns and seepods in a pretty tray. If you live in the city, pick up fall flowers and nuts in the shell at the market for a quick autumnal space refresh.
This ledge will go next to the bed to catch cell phones and whatever bedside necessities guests have. I’ll also add a couple of books in case they’re looking for some reading material in the evening. Pottery Barn
Ashtrays! brilliant!
Bright red napkins complement the centerpiece and allow Grandma’s white milk glass to pop against the black and white plates. This touch adds to the modern, graphic look of the finished tablescape.
Even though every setting has a different patterned plate, the coordinating placemats anchor the scheme and keep the overall look cohesive. I put together a simple but eye-catching centerpiece by placing fresh tulips in four small vases, which I set inside a striped canvas tote.
Great idea for a cold winter night
interesting...something low, with funky art following the line up
Wow, could we do this?
Foyer-try a dresser, maybe for winter
Two ends of a scale. To arrange objects on a long credenza, it helps to think about it as a big old-fashioned scale. But instead of balancing the physical weight of your objects, you will be balancing their visual weight. In the space shown here, the lamp, books and plant on the left side would have looked heavier than just the bar tray on the right side — the round lamp placed off-center to the right brings visual balance.
Don't push the furniture against the wall. You will have a much more interesting space if you allow breathing room around your pieces of furniture, as we see here. Allow the furniture to float in the room, away from the walls. This will help create a conversation grouping. The optimal distance for conversational seating is 4 to 8 feet. This is the Goldilocks zone.
pumpkins and vase in basket
I like what they've done with the books and the height of the lavendar
pile of books to raise height of a low table
stools
Candles on Mantle
Candles and Clock!
love the vase and corkscrew willow
interesting color
garden stools from Lowes
love the bubble chandelier idea
Tip: Install your picture ledges to one side of a wall when you'd like to visually divide the space.
Corner picture ledges accentuate a room's proportions while using the wall in a creative way. Tip: The picture rail's color makes a big difference. In this room rich wood is the right choice, because it balances the leather chair's color as well as the other dark elements in the room.
White Fur W-F-610, Behr
Avoid distributing individual accessories around a room. Arrange them in groups, combining items that share a similar palette, character or texture. Unless you're dealing with a collection of identical objects, vary the size of the pieces and lean toward using an odd number for each vignette so things don't get too symmetrical or matchy-matchy. Arrange the items in a pyramid, from highest to lowest, with the tallest object in back. If an item is small, group it with other small items on a tray or in a bowl. If it's too low, set it atop a decorative box or books.
Don’t forget the anchor. The tall candles on this coffee table anchor the arrangement and are surrounded by objects of descending size. Small items are grouped on a tray, so they have a collective presence. The bowl of apples works like fresh flowers — it makes this feel like a "living" arrangement and not something that was put here two years ago and never touched.
Avoid placing like items at opposite ends of a fireplace mantel. (Imagine how dull this mantel would have been if one candlestick sat on each end.) Instead, rely on clusters of objects to balance one another. Propped and overlapped photographs feel more casual and curated than art that's hung, and in this instance help unite the vignettes on either end of the mantel.
look at the "table" by the fireplace, It could double as a drink table when needed
love the idea of a drink table
What a cool idea for the dining room
Overhang for Roy
Door for Roy
great color on walls
make a setting cozier with one of these rugs
keep the color throughout; bowls, vases, books
Deck House...our next house??
Q