Thursday, August 19, 2010

fancy crap on the walls.

Art is really lacking in my current home, and is something that I want to have more of in our future home. Right now I have a Minerva Teichert print and two prints from Hearst Castle in California (one photograph, the other an architectural elevation drawing of the same building). I mostly refrain from decorating my current house (at least lately) because I don't want to wast time, money, and effort decorating a house that I don't plan on living in for much longer. I want to save that time, money, and effort for decorating our future permanent residence.

So anyway, I have been following the blog of a local designer, Caitlin Creer. I really like her style. She mixes contemporary with antique, a look I really like. Well she recently decorated a model home, and used this awesome poster.

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I think fish (specifically coy fish) are sort of trendy, but I still really like this poster. Caitlin even posts a link to a $4.50 version. This is one of those "can't afford not to" deals. I'm even thinking of ordering it now. Do you think it is a bad idea to start collecting decor without a specific plan for where it should go since our house isn't even designed, let along built yet?

Thursday, August 5, 2010

gearhead.

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Mr. Nielsen is a gearhead. He has a degree in Automotive Technology. I love this about him. I came across this picture on Design*Sponge, showed it to him, and we both loved it. This is something I would totally recreate in my home.

(Mr. Nielsen says he could easily get some gears, and a few days in the elements would make them look nice and rusty like these!)