Mixing Modern with Classics

Southern Accents has a wonderful feature on mixing modern & classic to create a perfect harmony.  Here are some pictures from the feature:

Living Room

Sitting Room

To see the rest of the feature, visit Southern Accents web site.  You’ll be inspired.

Pretty Decorative Trays

We love trays, especially the pretty ones.  They are functional in that they can organize clutters so quickly and easy.  Use it to store your favorite magazines, serve drinks, display home accessories, put them on top of an ottoman…you can do so many things.

Here are some of our favorites:

Faux Goat Skin Leather Tray

Faux Crocodile Leather Tray

White Modern Tray

Mirror Tray

Silver Mettalic Tray

All trays are from LazySusan USA and can be purchased at Inside Avenue.

Luxury Decorative Pillows

We’ve been working with Ryan Studio on our pillows for a while and we really like them.  A subsidiary of Legacy Linens, Ryan Studio is based out of Virginia .  They make the best luxury decorative pillows we’ve ever seen.  Now, maybe that’s an overstatement, that’s true, but their pillows are so well-designed with really pretty colors and pretty patterns, we can’t stop raving about it.

Here are a few new pieces that were just added to the collection:

Greek Key Linen Pillow

Peacock Pillow

Slubby Fringe Linen Pillow

Green Wasabi Damask Pillow

The pillows are filled with down and are approximately 22″ in size.  They run about $200-300/each.  You can find them at the decorative pillow section.

Decorating with White

White is a great neutralizer. By that, we mean you can mix white with anything and it’s going to look good. Mix white with lavender and gray and you’ll get instant glamour. White and black, instant drama. White and yellow, instant chic.   White and blue, instant freshness.

You get the idea…

Here are some great white decorating scheme…

White Living Room

Black and White Decor

White Bedroom

White Kitchen

Design News This Week

Various design news worth noting:

• The New York Home & Gift show is from August 15-20 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York
• The Las Vegas Furniture show is from September 14-17 at the World Market Center in Las Vegas
• Amy Butler just designed a very bright & pretty rug collection for Chandra Rugs. 
• TBS has a cool show called Movie & Makeover on the weekend (check your local listings). Makeovers range from fashion/beauty to home/garden projects.
• FlippingOut premiers August 17 on Bravo TV.  We wonder what Jeff is doing now with this horrible real estate maket…

Upscale Silk Flowers