Craving Boxwood Green

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEj9opblYsSEPOvLeG8eQTjuHJWKUQIaS1tUQEBH5bRWlO30CsvGUsdJClQOw-pxrdBvs8gAS5a5MOCebh_VJ5cMdHbBgNdQtl_Gx8qfSrPItQPcTXz2z9GhyphenhyphenTeSEznBEfW9rOkQjzFrUys/s1600/Boxwood+Green+Southern+Accents+Sept+Oct+2007+Daniel+Romualdez+Photog+Francois+Halard+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9opblYsSEPOvLeG8eQTjuHJWKUQIaS1tUQEBH5bRWlO30CsvGUsdJClQOw-pxrdBvs8gAS5a5MOCebh_VJ5cMdHbBgNdQtl_Gx8qfSrPItQPcTXz2z9GhyphenhyphenTeSEznBEfW9rOkQjzFrUys/s1600/Boxwood+Green+Southern+Accents+Sept+Oct+2007+Daniel+Romualdez+Photog+Francois+Halard+.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southern Accents Sept-Oct 2007</td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEiEP0llHtbqrx_HllHRCQY90-RUUbsew7S6EvZVk1GD3vuX6BT8Mf4jVbkh_Stz7gYQf8-YvQeltC0_RPuqPXvEqBa1mVnWAQBuTIOpB5n-zPT-m7cbn_6_VXH9my2Z1CN0PgtTLkCEf48/s1600/tory-burch-vogue-larger-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP0llHtbqrx_HllHRCQY90-RUUbsew7S6EvZVk1GD3vuX6BT8Mf4jVbkh_Stz7gYQf8-YvQeltC0_RPuqPXvEqBa1mVnWAQBuTIOpB5n-zPT-m7cbn_6_VXH9my2Z1CN0PgtTLkCEf48/s1600/tory-burch-vogue-larger-9.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tory Burch's velvet upholstered walls in Vogue Living </td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEiuQh9wolU6T6mUNzIS65zskwPlFMWSXzZeDDwJqFd8v82DJeBKHLlwSbrjYpuHDdqxz-I1AGs4WrCfKDoaVSU8N2QJxyhgOZ306lW_ahiHTu1sywcAPgyXQ0YpXaITy-1GcI45IRpalf0/s1600/Bilhuber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQh9wolU6T6mUNzIS65zskwPlFMWSXzZeDDwJqFd8v82DJeBKHLlwSbrjYpuHDdqxz-I1AGs4WrCfKDoaVSU8N2QJxyhgOZ306lW_ahiHTu1sywcAPgyXQ0YpXaITy-1GcI45IRpalf0/s1600/Bilhuber.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/">Jeffrey Bilhuber </a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I'm ready for dreary winter to go away and the bare trees to once again be covered with lush green.  I am currently trying to think of a room in my house I can paint green or better yet, cover the walls with green velvet.  Maybe the dining room? It's currently red, a color I'm not really good with when it comes to decor.  As you can see above, blue and white really stands out against the green.  Hmmmm.....<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>What's that sound? Oh that's just the sound of my husband banging his head against the wall as I try to repaint another room in my house.  </i></span></div>

Craving Boxwood Green

Southern Accents Sept-Oct 2007 Tory Burch's velvet upholstered walls in Vogue Living  Jeffrey Bilhuber  I'm ready for dreary winter ...

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Lindsay's Baby Boy Nursery (I'm mood board crazay!)

Ok y'all, I haven't been this focused since I read the first Twilight book.  I'm having way too much fun, which probably means I need to get a life or do the laundry I should be doing while the wee man is napping.<br /><br />My dear friend Lindsay is having a little bebe boy in July (hooray!) and is also in the process of building a house, thus she will be finishing her nursery after the big move. <br /><br />She already has her bedding picked out.<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/AVvXsEiRTd4bsaLnBX-Gzx8vi2VDn6JxfmGCoPl5hC_fdPqVPlDBHfszI84qFyYU79xshayI6NtcSTY8VzGD6DuJOQ8e2lbtMTI1-ikR8ORX4EZIx4XTj4FasDO02OOZNoOclpvWxqbmE5RP-3j5/s1600/Classic+Hudson+Bedding+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTd4bsaLnBX-Gzx8vi2VDn6JxfmGCoPl5hC_fdPqVPlDBHfszI84qFyYU79xshayI6NtcSTY8VzGD6DuJOQ8e2lbtMTI1-ikR8ORX4EZIx4XTj4FasDO02OOZNoOclpvWxqbmE5RP-3j5/s400/Classic+Hudson+Bedding+.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cadenlane.com/crib-bedding/classic-hudson-bedding.html">Caden Lane Classic Hudson Bedding</a> </td></tr></tbody></table>And she loves these baby animal prints from <a href="http://www.theanimalprintshop.com/">The Animal Print Shop</a>.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gFww8RQp3G-pWMe86PbauhtugRlr7lRNWKQDlM5mjLXGgZr_mK6QaH4zqWMr9be1vzuhjF58Mu18JOwgkxaNMmFcYvTd7u0tSfG1YEo2Bzk01d4SlYK4k3HckLbv2v2mlc5z3pcaS_yD/s1600/Horizontal+Giraffe_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gFww8RQp3G-pWMe86PbauhtugRlr7lRNWKQDlM5mjLXGgZr_mK6QaH4zqWMr9be1vzuhjF58Mu18JOwgkxaNMmFcYvTd7u0tSfG1YEo2Bzk01d4SlYK4k3HckLbv2v2mlc5z3pcaS_yD/s400/Horizontal+Giraffe_3.jpg" width="400" /></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;">Also, she wants dark wood nursery furniture, and, while the walls are already a pale robin's egg blue, she wants to do something fun like different colored stripes on one wall.  I immediately thought of this image I saw on <a href="http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/02/sleek-boys-nursery.html">Elements of Style</a>. </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/AVvXsEjssth6iQgex6-5vKt5Js0i1UF7sWeElO1YcAcbS4JdmB2vkik18yQz9pjAcMPhwgGsbAjEI5aMncv_s4fFWCeO3AO03W91wAk2HkkE2IqsaFOEt1pHTC9LNrCKzad7c5M8LwTXOFAXMnY/s1600/nurseryfromNYspacesviaeos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssth6iQgex6-5vKt5Js0i1UF7sWeElO1YcAcbS4JdmB2vkik18yQz9pjAcMPhwgGsbAjEI5aMncv_s4fFWCeO3AO03W91wAk2HkkE2IqsaFOEt1pHTC9LNrCKzad7c5M8LwTXOFAXMnY/s320/nurseryfromNYspacesviaeos.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here 'tis!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEjIQteKyGcAsJUoCKrNS2yOMWW3Z6ygQ9HJlfSH6O2BWYlL7FgrL1UmT56ziikj9dvVTNM52iHJlhlyeKevcgrSDN2mCH1Q1v1NNq4svW3DMAvsAjRjSA0vKB113rk74xfpE8HOagvgkwM7/s1600/OB-Lindsay%2527s+Baby+Boy+Nursery+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQteKyGcAsJUoCKrNS2yOMWW3Z6ygQ9HJlfSH6O2BWYlL7FgrL1UmT56ziikj9dvVTNM52iHJlhlyeKevcgrSDN2mCH1Q1v1NNq4svW3DMAvsAjRjSA0vKB113rk74xfpE8HOagvgkwM7/s640/OB-Lindsay%2527s+Baby+Boy+Nursery+.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{sources <a href="http://www.olioboard.com/boards/24693-lindsay-s-baby-boy-nursery">here</a>}</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FYI, the dresser in the background is meant to be a changing table.  I don't see the need to buy a separate changing table when you can place a changing table pad on top of a dresser and call it a day.  Hope you like it Lindsay!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

Lindsay's Baby Boy Nursery (I'm mood board crazay!)

Ok y'all, I haven't been this focused since I read the first Twilight book.  I'm having way too much fun, which probably means I...

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Pretty Blue and White Bathroom

<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/AVvXsEiCHtuwTDabs9QCqF2F-_5YIbjgnbqAM8XK4XGsXZp9vAETx_C7-IO77e2I0BlizHA5PXoTYVQqOiDZ2ihve1lGFK9oj8pmUJK6peFXuOC6xc6tBnyrQ1VtjF9Y7lC_CIFtnSL8g2NlIwyn/s1600/0610Nye16-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHtuwTDabs9QCqF2F-_5YIbjgnbqAM8XK4XGsXZp9vAETx_C7-IO77e2I0BlizHA5PXoTYVQqOiDZ2ihve1lGFK9oj8pmUJK6peFXuOC6xc6tBnyrQ1VtjF9Y7lC_CIFtnSL8g2NlIwyn/s1600/0610Nye16-de.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joenyeinc.com/">Joe Nye</a> via <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/rustic-decorating-ideas-in-a-mediterranean-style-home-0610?click=main_sr">House Beautiful </a></td></tr></tbody></table>I love the Portuguese glazed tile wainscoting and the slipcovered side chair.  Very pretty!

Pretty Blue and White Bathroom

Joe Nye via House Beautiful  I love the Portuguese glazed tile wainscoting and the slipcovered side chair.  Very pretty!

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