Paris Flea Market Style {giveaway}

The lovely Claudia from The Paris Apartment was sweet enough to offer you my wonderful readers a signed copy of her new book - Paris Flea Market Style.  This is Claudia's second book and I was so excited when I received a copy.  It is beautiful and full of great information for those of us who love Paris and the flea markets there.  I read it cover to cover to soak up all of the information for my next trip, I will definitely be slipping it into my suitcase to use while I am there.

 If you aren't able to make that trip to Paris just yet to fill your house with amazing goodies you can find some of Claudia's finds on her One Kings Lane sale this week too!  Please take a minute to check it all out.  I am dreaming of these beauties!!

To enter to win please visit  Claudia from The Paris Apartment and leave a comment below letting us know what is on your wish list if you were shopping in Paris. For an additional chance to win tweet about our giveaway (it's easy just hit the tweet button below) and leave a second comment!  Our winner will be chosen at random Thursday the 14th.

Also, if I cannot contact you from your profile I will need an email address....

 

If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself contact us!

Seahouse Design on One Kings Lane today!

Be sure to see all of the amazing pieces available on The Seahouse Design Tastemaker Sale tonight at 6pm!!!

 

If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself contact us!

Last day on One Kings Lane

 Today is the last day of our One Kings Lane sale.  There are still some great pieces available!!  Don't miss out!

If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself contact us!

greige on One Kings Lane sneek peek....

 

Be sure to stop by our Tastemaker Tag Sale tomorrow to see everything!

 

If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself contact us!

clean slate..

 

Oh my goodness are we really moving on this new year thing.  Without a moments rest we will be having a photo shoot with One Kings Lane today and then in a dead run to complete some projects for February.  I am looking forward to redesigning the shop and the portfolio site for a fresh new face for 2013 too.  I did take a little time late on Saturday night to catch up on some blog reading and I noticed some very inspiring New Year Resolution lists out there, I feel as if I should make a formal one for myself, how about you did you make a list?

What have you been up to in this new year?

 

READY SET DECORATE: OKL'S VINTAGE MAKEOVER CHALLENGE

Certain things in life require minor adjustments, tweaks if you will. Styling surface areas is one of those places tweaking is a must. Playing with scale, height, volume, color and texture to achieve the right balance is part of the game. Getting it right is always a work in progress. Creating something appealing and functional takes time and effort, like most things in life. Interior designers can spend days arriving at the correct balance of books to objects when styling bookshelves. Why should other surface areas be any different?
I was recently asked by One Kings Lane to take part in their Vintage Makeover Challenge for their Live, Love, Home editorial section. The task?  To re-work an area in my home,  layering in vintage items from their ever-varied, constantly-evolving Vintage and Market Finds assortment. I chose my nightstand to makeover, because it is a spot I use every day, and I wanted it to be functional, pretty and inject it with a dose of the unexpected. After I submitted my makeover area, Vintage Buyer and all-around style connoisseur Andrea Stanford of One Kings Lane set about selecting the items to bring a bit of zing to my bedside table. 

The results of her vintage selects and my styling are seen below, in a step by step guide to the art of the "try it out and see" school of styling. What she sent was a surprise, so when it arrived, I got to work.  Starting with a blank canvas,  I set about creating a layered effect to get a bit of sparkle, a lot of color and a functional spot to do more than just hold the remote control. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

I set out knowing exactly what space I wanted to transform.  My nightstand. It needed a freshening, and it was the perfect spot to delve into.

I added, subtracted, shuffled and stacked till it fit well and looked balanced.

 

The final touch was the addition of a bright pink hydrangea bloom to fill out the curvaceous teal vase with a round, voluminous mass.

Surprise! The goods!

Last Day!!

 

Today is the last day on our One Kings Lane Sale and there are some really great pieces left!!  Stop by and take something home...

 

A few of my favorites!

Just a few of my favorites from today's sale!!  Happy Shopping!

 

greige on One Kings Lane this Sunday!

We are gearing up over here for our One Kings Lane Tastemaker Sale on Sunday

 morning at 8:00 AM!  Hope to see you there! 

Seahouse designs last days!

There are a still a few great items left on Seahouse Design's Tastemaker Sale!

 

Seahouse Design on One Kings Lane tonight

Please take a few minutes to stop by One Kings Lane tonight to visit Seahouse Design's Tastemaker Tag Sale!  It is full of great vintage pieces!  The sale starts at 6:00PM!

 

Darryl Carter... love..

I don't know how I missed it... Darryl Carter is having a Tastemaker Sale on OKL today!!  I am dying over the chaise...  and I think I will pick up a copy of his book that is signed too!!   If you have a chance check it out there are some really wonderful pieces still available.