Sunday, March 1, 2009

spring green!

Spring is nearly on us and there's no time like the present to clean and redecorate for a fresh start to 2009!  I've dipped once again into the generous font of ideas from my 1968 book, Decorating Ideas for Every Room in Your Home...check it out!

the description: "Fabrics lend flair to a living room made attractive and inviting by the well-planned juxtaposition of pattern, color, scale, and texture.  The key print, on a weave of Avisco rayon and cotton, is used to false-front an unattractive wall, and to freshen upholstered furniture and to frame a window.  Flooring is vinyl tile."

can you use "well-planned" and "juxtaposition" together in the same sentence?  Hence, "oxymoron"...at least in this instance.  If you have a touch of epilepsy, you might need to look away from this livingroom.  My favorite part?  The reflective light fixtures to each side of the mantel painting.  They're like flowery disco balls and they match the brass fireplace tool set so well...

What's your favorite part of this ensemble?

5 comments:

Katie said...

is that a crystal ball on the small table in the foreground????
LOVE this WHOLE room :0
k

Holley T said...

I had to look at the original to figure it out, but that is a clock! A crystal ball clock! This room just gets better and better!

The Book Resort said...

The comfy chairs to read & the fireplace : ). Now to grab a book.

Holley T said...

I'd rather have a recliner, but the fireplace would definitely be nice!

Kenny P. said...

I think just the fact that the wall, the curtains, and the couch all use the same fabric to lend flair to the room! Why stop there? Just cover every surface with it!