Library Dining

Morning y'all! Ok this post is for Kip who sometimes has trouble visualizing what's in my head.  Unfortunately, he probably won't see this because he's traveling for work today (he'll be back tonight for all of you murderers and robbers with good design sense).<br /><br />So here's the deal, our new house has a very traditional layout: formal dining, formal living, family room, kitchen/hearth room.  We are inheriting a very large pine table for the kitchen that seats 10+ (from the amazingly kind and generous current owners).  Somewhere down the line, my thought is to change the formal dining room into a <i>dining</i> <i>library.  </i>We both love libraries way more than eating.  Just kidding.  I love eating.  But I also love a beautiful library and I think that with well-placed furniture the dining library can serve multiple functions. <br /><br />Par exemple:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rA4zNT2Rk-m5_nEMOGIbixeCbbiaKl1P5p_WYPxD-GuZhu8U7qCM2wOejTVhCFssxw9UwzCr0rbM-1o5-ePJ63R69Gkjp76RZgvpFKfzy9YbuRK0hDHSsiUx3dXeEJaXC1O8j4s0IbM/s1600/Dining+Library+Antelope+Blue+Gloss+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rA4zNT2Rk-m5_nEMOGIbixeCbbiaKl1P5p_WYPxD-GuZhu8U7qCM2wOejTVhCFssxw9UwzCr0rbM-1o5-ePJ63R69Gkjp76RZgvpFKfzy9YbuRK0hDHSsiUx3dXeEJaXC1O8j4s0IbM/s1600/Dining+Library+Antelope+Blue+Gloss+.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keith Irvine via <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2008/08/living-with-books-lots-of-them.html">Cote de Texas</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Antelope, glossy, skirted round table.  This is sort of exactly what I envisioned.  I wish I had a better image of this room. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD1nFeq-vmuMFSDkjqQFvc_GC5fJKmTRapVJX72F8tZKiRGbyF_GxPMDs0injkxUH6HBQQz1tewxGenFce3oPrjFNH_SHkRUQSl232Qpj83EvRQdxpdeGuSSv8PJNWlXOUyZj5my9vQk/s1600/Dining+Library+Mona+Hajj+AD+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD1nFeq-vmuMFSDkjqQFvc_GC5fJKmTRapVJX72F8tZKiRGbyF_GxPMDs0injkxUH6HBQQz1tewxGenFce3oPrjFNH_SHkRUQSl232Qpj83EvRQdxpdeGuSSv8PJNWlXOUyZj5my9vQk/s1600/Dining+Library+Mona+Hajj+AD+.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.monahajj.com/">Mona Hajj</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfQViziRc0k20SjvcSBjf66Ss2NAKDzXdHQgfbTD37oZI6cQHBP_wSbrR-LPx9mJdt6uo-6BDJ6FW4VpocRUR3X5U3eA6j0O7Vp_Ax_n2YZf6lbc59tXxq4l-arn-cyAErgV3R2pj8i4/s1600/Dining+Library+via+My+Notting+Hill+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfQViziRc0k20SjvcSBjf66Ss2NAKDzXdHQgfbTD37oZI6cQHBP_wSbrR-LPx9mJdt6uo-6BDJ6FW4VpocRUR3X5U3eA6j0O7Vp_Ax_n2YZf6lbc59tXxq4l-arn-cyAErgV3R2pj8i4/s1600/Dining+Library+via+My+Notting+Hill+.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://mynottinghill.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-02-03T09:17:00-05:00&max-results=5&start=10&by-date=false">My Notting Hill</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9brxh76d6rbApHZpdoOPHJPXZ9knk2XLRUPRA5BdxZfdR19eEkUtbZih3Wqu8jcE-98zJG9NEFZf4HuVrLGsvn59EbL3YMNINUR8N8Pyhv_cwiMOFCZAyMrBPG60dlavAVr__XsfuUc/s1600/Library+Dining+Pinterest+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9brxh76d6rbApHZpdoOPHJPXZ9knk2XLRUPRA5BdxZfdR19eEkUtbZih3Wqu8jcE-98zJG9NEFZf4HuVrLGsvn59EbL3YMNINUR8N8Pyhv_cwiMOFCZAyMrBPG60dlavAVr__XsfuUc/s640/Library+Dining+Pinterest+.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/231161393343885264_ckGwDjfq.jpg">Pinterest</a> (lemme know if you know the source)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />There are tons of examples, but the ones above are my favorites and most closely resemble what is in my head. I love each and every one of those rooms. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Now here is where I test Kip to see if he's read my blog today.  Kip, if you made it to the end of this post, you have to text me the following secret word: <i>butterflysparkles </i></span><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Library Dining

Morning y'all! Ok this post is for Kip who sometimes has trouble visualizing what's in my head.  Unfortunately, he probably won'...

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Before & After: Bookshelves

Morning y'all! I have some awesome before and afters to show you tomorrow (in my humble opinion).  My mother-in-law found pictures in her computer of our house when my husband first bought it.  Woof! It was U-G-L-Y.  I was going to post them today, but this post turned out to be a bit longer than I expected.<br /><br />So first, I want to share my hard work on the bookshelves in our den and family room.  I was literally sore after spending the day arranging books and tchotchkes, which is kind of embarrassing.  I decided to arrange the books by color, mainly so I could control what you see from the kitchen and family room when the door is open.  I didn't want to be sitting on the sofa and look over to see a bunch of red and black and purple. <br /><br />Before:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAX40THeE2zRpqfOvTGQK6pBw9rdMrun7NHKEMLcgfXdRypNg9M6MsGdW10-8QsGMpKME9DYaHKGBn1jq1ZKqcNhJZkpA4mRDU340gVYy3La01mczyxVy7QIZi2b9mDDPuFUmjUc9983c/s1600/photo+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAX40THeE2zRpqfOvTGQK6pBw9rdMrun7NHKEMLcgfXdRypNg9M6MsGdW10-8QsGMpKME9DYaHKGBn1jq1ZKqcNhJZkpA4mRDU340gVYy3La01mczyxVy7QIZi2b9mDDPuFUmjUc9983c/s640/photo+(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />As you can see, there was a lot going on (like the pumpkin?) - the result of 5 years of just throwing books on the shelves.  Also, this has sort of become Kip's "man room" where he retreats to watch golf when I'm watching Real Housewives marathons.  Kip loves books and audio/visual equipment.  I'm pretty sure his brain automatically dismisses the presence of wires just as mine dismisses shopping bags as a decorative distraction. <br /><br />After:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElauux8lDv9Od_m5tmvdpVpmH8T4mP09V7E-aCLW1OkqyDoSoo2hDm2u19q8WQ0rfURrv_N8Cx8sanPT2aPQYGPnlVQDzkwA0qWWkpTCnDOwu2-m2vFubdDZ7sfFr4pv7MuARzY3Plpw/s1600/DSC_0020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElauux8lDv9Od_m5tmvdpVpmH8T4mP09V7E-aCLW1OkqyDoSoo2hDm2u19q8WQ0rfURrv_N8Cx8sanPT2aPQYGPnlVQDzkwA0qWWkpTCnDOwu2-m2vFubdDZ7sfFr4pv7MuARzY3Plpw/s640/DSC_0020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Better no? I have to deal with the audio/visual equipment for now, but I tried to do my best to hide it.  As you can see the column of shelves on the right is organized from top to bottom using the colors that match the rest of my house (blues and whites, duh). I wanted the top shelves to be more neutral than bright, since you see those first.  Deciding this beforehand made the entire process easier. <br /><br />Here's what you see when you walk in the door:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi686vmHOpIazg5jiTe9JnHmVJpPRVTFDhaC8fKKVKPwmLVgR-Uhw6FW3tPPWMWndlDMID7wQD7LQbkeOrJja0HixW5N3A3_JXu9iDVQCs6cWbDs9sXjAfCT5mdR77HNEausIZ85-N78XU/s1600/DSC_0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi686vmHOpIazg5jiTe9JnHmVJpPRVTFDhaC8fKKVKPwmLVgR-Uhw6FW3tPPWMWndlDMID7wQD7LQbkeOrJja0HixW5N3A3_JXu9iDVQCs6cWbDs9sXjAfCT5mdR77HNEausIZ85-N78XU/s640/DSC_0019.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br />And here's what you see from the sofa in the family room:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk2H5KA5eb0xYNjIpnqBLm3l2fgTxtFdGerzE9t0RfHBc-CYFyypqtBjUFSDL8s8JR1IEtdgG-HulBp-VMbkfuJ7CPVZ3jiIy-HfRTWnaXnjAIw0vZeKplZebWrdCOjS5IfGwxVOAa7k/s1600/DSC_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk2H5KA5eb0xYNjIpnqBLm3l2fgTxtFdGerzE9t0RfHBc-CYFyypqtBjUFSDL8s8JR1IEtdgG-HulBp-VMbkfuJ7CPVZ3jiIy-HfRTWnaXnjAIw0vZeKplZebWrdCOjS5IfGwxVOAa7k/s640/DSC_0018.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It makes such a difference.  It's important to consider decor from all angles.  Here's another closer shot of the bookshelves:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyV7NtazG6gStlRqfOXO1wWM4ZPEeHoFm7BRRCZRk-odLTgnfn4-RbwnlCaKXX2thBNC7dtZZmMbaZaUO6MiNSi9ek8ogvvQckf-q8rEDsCpGiWKzSvZBlZOK74s8mBM9E4niJl0YD6s/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyV7NtazG6gStlRqfOXO1wWM4ZPEeHoFm7BRRCZRk-odLTgnfn4-RbwnlCaKXX2thBNC7dtZZmMbaZaUO6MiNSi9ek8ogvvQckf-q8rEDsCpGiWKzSvZBlZOK74s8mBM9E4niJl0YD6s/s640/DSC_0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Some close-ups of my favorite little vignettes:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkTD6a7Rld6l3yWxOJjvp_MdIKtPxD85s34-Rk4NatpN4BT5zPj0m9y-MzZlRhnM92lo61XWY228De-7xRimhGHLG8F4XdrsgxZJ_Gu91LtWp-v_dWV24aCgXmnyG-LhoSwwkwhw1aek/s1600/DSC_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkTD6a7Rld6l3yWxOJjvp_MdIKtPxD85s34-Rk4NatpN4BT5zPj0m9y-MzZlRhnM92lo61XWY228De-7xRimhGHLG8F4XdrsgxZJ_Gu91LtWp-v_dWV24aCgXmnyG-LhoSwwkwhw1aek/s640/DSC_0011.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Notice all of the pottery?  Kip made all of those in his</span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> high school ceramics class. </i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> I love them because they show off his perfectionist side.  He's one of those people who just does everything </span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">really</i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> well.  It would be annoying if he wasn't so nice.  The jar of books are flip-books from our wedding. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hKscNhTfv8b9d2YNmTLH8EUS-Wr7aXb7Mf7cgnU2_9VpvKYkCFMskOgXCN_2VYnhC_ZHIKqrtCa2X02R_28vR0QbMEJWxLeygJg3d4c-LBv9ADwb3jfxp8jJGPhicTV2qKpk1D1JxI/s1600/DSC_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hKscNhTfv8b9d2YNmTLH8EUS-Wr7aXb7Mf7cgnU2_9VpvKYkCFMskOgXCN_2VYnhC_ZHIKqrtCa2X02R_28vR0QbMEJWxLeygJg3d4c-LBv9ADwb3jfxp8jJGPhicTV2qKpk1D1JxI/s640/DSC_0012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Kip's grandfather is a WWII veteran and brought him a bottle of sand from the beach at Normandy. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDR0RjaQPdRSZ8nvZqK75t1e_fjMAR_cB8dLJjKBN66dQ33Zse68ONUPNz_omsqscTxEab8x3fpQClLpCLZ-Ze03aZ3WTqjorjpbixd4UlufxlHIAfeSZtOfDbBNdUIOQgocM80mmCiE/s1600/DSC_0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDR0RjaQPdRSZ8nvZqK75t1e_fjMAR_cB8dLJjKBN66dQ33Zse68ONUPNz_omsqscTxEab8x3fpQClLpCLZ-Ze03aZ3WTqjorjpbixd4UlufxlHIAfeSZtOfDbBNdUIOQgocM80mmCiE/s640/DSC_0008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />We have a lot of random books, and grouping them by color makes for some interesting pairings.  We have <i>a lot</i> of religion, literature and history books from college.  The ninja turtle is my only ceramic-ish contribution.  I point it out only to show off my psychic abilities, which I initially discussed <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/bloggy-love.html">here</a> (scroll down to number 7). I made this at my sister's birthday party, 6 months before I met my husband.  For some reason that I didn't know at the time, I obsessively carried it around as a good luck charm.  Funnily enough, my husband dressed as a ninja turtle the night I met him.  Coincidence?  I don't think so! Totally fate.  (P.S. It was Halloween, not just a random dress-up thing - we're WASPs.  I was pregnant Britney Spears).<br /><br />And I don't have any before pictures of my family room book shelves, but here's what I did there:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmsl4WfN9d47ZUlqyjvKN8YATDfuVqm1ByvXQU3bSF5DnmRJFQ64wLqroPpaX_KuDDoeQZ3Qk8JstcnBj8-74KsLJNQPqmovAJXNrFlkT-79Q17CyAO2xxXYapkrV38-3p1wfnfbl5W0/s1600/DSC_0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmsl4WfN9d47ZUlqyjvKN8YATDfuVqm1ByvXQU3bSF5DnmRJFQ64wLqroPpaX_KuDDoeQZ3Qk8JstcnBj8-74KsLJNQPqmovAJXNrFlkT-79Q17CyAO2xxXYapkrV38-3p1wfnfbl5W0/s640/DSC_0015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />And on the other side, I tried to arrange it so it was pleasing to look at while watching TV, but by that point I was running out of steam.  The bottom shelves have all of Edward's books and some toys. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50GhDRiAWz7tsnHPiQcBfPYU4WF9c7pST_pdxD-KcZXY6ibbXc2AkppQIheQBsYbTnr4tPz68inmHmHg_bnVA5jCjqI06HpEEo50n7M2jArM6SKZVgFaDN52sODXabwVFNh24u6uge9g/s1600/DSC_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50GhDRiAWz7tsnHPiQcBfPYU4WF9c7pST_pdxD-KcZXY6ibbXc2AkppQIheQBsYbTnr4tPz68inmHmHg_bnVA5jCjqI06HpEEo50n7M2jArM6SKZVgFaDN52sODXabwVFNh24u6uge9g/s640/DSC_0016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Welp, that's all I have for today! Come back tomorrow for some more before and afters.  I promise I won't be such a chatty cathy doll ;)<br /><br />P.S. I found this quote about books that sort of sums up my husband's and my attitude toward book hoarding and why we do it:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">“I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in the cloakroom, books (two deep) in the great bookcase on the landing, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the cistern attic, books of all kinds reflecting every transient stage of my parents' interest, books readable and unreadable, books suitable for a child and books most emphatically not. Nothing was forbidden me. In the seemingly endless rainy afternoons I took volume after volume from the shelves. I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">C.S. Lewis</a></blockquote>

Before & After: Bookshelves

Morning y'all! I have some awesome before and afters to show you tomorrow (in my humble opinion).  My mother-in-law found pictures in he...

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Moodboard Monday: A Cozy Library

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Update: Hey y'all! Go visit me over at <a href="http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-am-thankful-for_7599.html">Bright Bold & Beautiful</a> where I'm guest posting about the three things I'm thankful for this holiday season! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK0ybjl2KZlB7IEFEtX2OEx95DLgD6ZNfEW_-QU9j1buF-Ly7WDtAQCiGFfq4QutMl7i1zqcYzx0_ULyKMJHaJnjZ_81CfS0dAElD7UmJNuKDFskvygNt0OnRwmAWwFlkUVTjd4R_SPs/s1600/OB-Moodboard+Monday+-+Charlotte+Moss+Inspired+Library+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK0ybjl2KZlB7IEFEtX2OEx95DLgD6ZNfEW_-QU9j1buF-Ly7WDtAQCiGFfq4QutMl7i1zqcYzx0_ULyKMJHaJnjZ_81CfS0dAElD7UmJNuKDFskvygNt0OnRwmAWwFlkUVTjd4R_SPs/s640/OB-Moodboard+Monday+-+Charlotte+Moss+Inspired+Library+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I was inspired by the blue and white <a href="http://www.oliverfabrics.com/2009/11/digbys-tent-in-blue/">Digby's Tent</a> fabric by Charlotte Moss for <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/fabric.htm">Brunschwig & Fils</a>, which I would use to cover the sofa.  I love that fabric.  I could keep adding to this room to make it <i>clutter</i> <i>cozy*</i> but I had to start paying attention to my child, who keeps coming up to me and requesting hugs, which pretty much melts my heart every single time.  Seriously, I live for cuddles and kisses from my little man.  Nothing is better.  Anyway, hope you enjoy today's moodboard! You can find the rest of the sources <a href="http://www.olioboard.com/boards/54216-moodboard-monday-charlotte-moss-inspired-library">here</a>. <br /><br />*Joni from Cote de Texas wrote a great post a couple of year's ago called <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2008/05/to-clutter-or-not-to-clutter.html">To Clutter or Not to Clutter........???</a> It was like a therapy session for me.  Definitely go read it.

Moodboard Monday: A Cozy Library

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Glossy Glossy

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7J4XUYdCK_GCeE47nVreYKSpjwckauv3VEI8BrAZcBO633GWkxVEilNvbFdxFNd9Tzn4AXZnmg04nsHwR8oRjbpVr8saa9PV_4cZsptbOu8Juu55d72DMmwou7VyLbbCmbqqLDmkUKq9I/s1600/celerie-kemble-ed0711-07+Dressing+Room+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7J4XUYdCK_GCeE47nVreYKSpjwckauv3VEI8BrAZcBO633GWkxVEilNvbFdxFNd9Tzn4AXZnmg04nsHwR8oRjbpVr8saa9PV_4cZsptbOu8Juu55d72DMmwou7VyLbbCmbqqLDmkUKq9I/s1600/celerie-kemble-ed0711-07+Dressing+Room+.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/image/tid/6419?page=6&pause=1">Celerie Kemble</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>How delicious is this glossy dressing room? I would feel so fancy and smug if I had a fireplace in my dressing room.  Like, when I'm talking to people and they're annoying me, all I would have to do is mentally transport myself to my dressing room and then I'd be all, "well I have a fireplace in my dressing room sooo..." and I would instantly be happy. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a fun Dream Lake House post I'm working on complete with dream inspiration and, yes, mood boards. I'm imagining lots of white glossy walls and of course blue and white everything.  I'm excited to get it all in one post so I have it to look back on someday. In the meantime, enjoy some more glossy goodness from my archives.  </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCKIPUvTX0-VJdmy6TBlVyFZoWzcKWia9TApMLAh6cwsqxE4rYD276GeksbD42U0rzHXHGczrkE4wYxquvccmOuTWdyL_tsg1GMFAf5u5Zu0xCEidauughTZHqFEEIdXkkfoD9ogPaLNV/s1600/High+Gloss+Nancy+Boszhardt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCKIPUvTX0-VJdmy6TBlVyFZoWzcKWia9TApMLAh6cwsqxE4rYD276GeksbD42U0rzHXHGczrkE4wYxquvccmOuTWdyL_tsg1GMFAf5u5Zu0xCEidauughTZHqFEEIdXkkfoD9ogPaLNV/s1600/High+Gloss+Nancy+Boszhardt.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nancyboszhardt.com/">Nancy Boszhardt</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcELQ6EXe-PEfOTM96kqaSDUKfwgtAH0vtdo47NFNJxAMVYFioXI7qGdu9BxTZ_VRS8g6d858FJT_7aw-WBCv8jme3BPM2HMvrhd7MsIzEKsgFLreXY7txh-FN4T3U1Pb3ZfT4uVnuelQI/s1600/High+Gloss+Pink+via+House+Beautiful+.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcELQ6EXe-PEfOTM96kqaSDUKfwgtAH0vtdo47NFNJxAMVYFioXI7qGdu9BxTZ_VRS8g6d858FJT_7aw-WBCv8jme3BPM2HMvrhd7MsIzEKsgFLreXY7txh-FN4T3U1Pb3ZfT4uVnuelQI/s1600/High+Gloss+Pink+via+House+Beautiful+.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwJpl2C4ZvmK7qbyiZD3RZ6mBsgo4rxj535vl_j7d4u3bFpnFMXYjhkLmFptChTLTVJIq8HAri_zqcpQ4_qUbJJGT1KfveLQNE4jFKftd9wCUgBLKq-c8uMBQpWCMGzswEgRMuQdmYluC/s1600/High+Gloss+Walls+Kirsten+Kelli+LLC+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwJpl2C4ZvmK7qbyiZD3RZ6mBsgo4rxj535vl_j7d4u3bFpnFMXYjhkLmFptChTLTVJIq8HAri_zqcpQ4_qUbJJGT1KfveLQNE4jFKftd9wCUgBLKq-c8uMBQpWCMGzswEgRMuQdmYluC/s1600/High+Gloss+Walls+Kirsten+Kelli+LLC+.jpg" /></span></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kirstenkelli.com/">Kirsten Kelli</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnIGTv4HRjcCVgcSzhOeRii9NaFfbOrU-qjfLbDdc5WcY0-xXDQm1CDtGOrw1Fhw-wmScNWdcC6ZtEYcXcYrR9nd4hEBz9IpdzZSM1t1mDeNhbBBkIMHVOJkeH7p_8qV5RxfC8z_5-epq/s1600/High+Gloss+White+Dressing+Room+via+Decorpad+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnIGTv4HRjcCVgcSzhOeRii9NaFfbOrU-qjfLbDdc5WcY0-xXDQm1CDtGOrw1Fhw-wmScNWdcC6ZtEYcXcYrR9nd4hEBz9IpdzZSM1t1mDeNhbBBkIMHVOJkeH7p_8qV5RxfC8z_5-epq/s1600/High+Gloss+White+Dressing+Room+via+Decorpad+.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://www.decorpad.com/">DecorPad</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRHSLIhD6LO09UcCI_XJ114mRqOE-kX5QRmlNXxJggEakdR-oAo63dRUKtw2ibLWDWG5MGgarEQ9_VEI4yAWtF_CS2biV7vShe42QQ7NjNqHAYYP60AqK_AkLSs9ki2099JpJ0jQqvppd/s1600/Robert+Couturier+-+Glossy+Walls+.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRHSLIhD6LO09UcCI_XJ114mRqOE-kX5QRmlNXxJggEakdR-oAo63dRUKtw2ibLWDWG5MGgarEQ9_VEI4yAWtF_CS2biV7vShe42QQ7NjNqHAYYP60AqK_AkLSs9ki2099JpJ0jQqvppd/s1600/Robert+Couturier+-+Glossy+Walls+.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.robertcouturier.com/">Robert Couterier</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo_UqNWA9tuaDbVc5cdi4qGTvWJ2a6oH3pg3twAwHYNoeuduP7zGPhLllOqNDJMMAFfiqbIdPD5Z3tURt2rVGbW8zXiSKfpHp9piPtQGOmADm4YmM1Wk-UeW2izqsvZW7p3tPIdispXOA/s1600/Steven+Gambrel+High+Gloss+Blue+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo_UqNWA9tuaDbVc5cdi4qGTvWJ2a6oH3pg3twAwHYNoeuduP7zGPhLllOqNDJMMAFfiqbIdPD5Z3tURt2rVGbW8zXiSKfpHp9piPtQGOmADm4YmM1Wk-UeW2izqsvZW7p3tPIdispXOA/s1600/Steven+Gambrel+High+Gloss+Blue+.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/">Steven Gambrel</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Glossy Glossy

Celerie Kemble How delicious is this glossy dressing room? I would feel so fancy and smug if I had a fireplace in my dressing room.  Like, w...

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