Some Links You'll Like

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See these pretty red curtains?  Would you have guessed that they're painted burlap?   Amazing!  They were painted by Paige at Tracery Interiors for the front of their shop.  You can read more about it here...

The blog post on Nesting Newbies describing this color crayon wreath made by interior designer Gil Mendez is called "Coloring Outside the Lines" and I would say that about sums it up!  Very fun...

Clever personalized hot chocolate gift idea from Shelley at How Does She via Beneath My Heart. TUTORIAL HERE.

A very thorough Functional Roman Shade tutorial by Shades of Green on Remodalaholic.  Tutorial HERE.

Simple and inexpensive pinprick art from It's Great To be Home...

Brownie Covered Oreos. Need I say more? Recipe at Picky Palate...

Don't forget to enter the $220 CSN Stores Giveaway...

Happy Friday!  Have a fabulous weekend...

Corner Window Treatments and other Corner Inspiration

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A Soft Place to Land

I received a question about corner window treatments (hardware specifically) in the comments on this post, so I decided to do a general post on corner window treatments.

Robyn Karp Interiors

I haven't had to deal with corner windows before and am definitely not an expert on them, so I just dug up as much info as I could find for you.  It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, but here's what I found...

BHG has a slide show on Window Treatment Ideas for Corner Windows

Southern Living suggests hiding the hardware behind a pelmet...

Phoebe Howard used a simple tailored, pleated valance to contrast the modern corner windows in this New York apartment makeover...

House Beautiful Photo Francesco Lagnese

These soft roman shades are a pretty option  in this little nook...

Massucco Warner Miller

Young House Love shows you how they mounted their corner curtain rods in this post...

Designer Meg Braff chose to use two different types of window treatments on the corner windows in her guest bedroom.

House Beautiful Photo Simon Upton

E-How has an informative articles on Window Treatments for Corner Windows and How Do You Hang Corner Curtain Rods?

Tammy from In Stitches had the following to say about corner window treatments

         "When I am treating a corner window there are a couple of different methods that I use. Obviously, if you are using a valance or a rod pocket panel then you can just butt or bend the rod because it won't show. If I'm using panels and the rod will show then I have my installer miter the rods in the corner if they are wood. Another option is to use a corner swivel bracket made by Kirsch."

She uses the following hardware from Kirsch and Helser Brothers and you can contact her here, for more information or if you are interested in ordering.

Iron Forge has made to order custom corner rods

JC Penney has some corner curtain rod connectors.

Smith and Noble currently has several options for corner window hardware...

Some more hardware options at Quality Curtain Hardware.

It looks like Highland Forge has rods and brackets for corner windows and they show you in-depth how to measure for a corner rod

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And just in case you're bored with this post because you don't have a corner window, here's a little random corner inspiration that has nothing to do with window treatments :-) ...

I've shown this image in at least one previous post, but I still love the idea for accessorizing a corner with art...

Massucco Warner Miller

Or how about this idea from Southern Living?

Phoebe Howard placed the sofa at an angle to compensate for an odd corner in this living room and then accessorized behind it with art on an easel.

House Beautiful Photo Franseco Lagnese

Gotta love a corner gallery wall...

 

myhomeideas Photo Laurey W. Glenn

Pottery Barn's take on the corner shelf...

How about a corner picture frame?   It's a clever idea, isn't it?!!!  (Yvonne Schroeder via Apartment Therapy)

Happy Monday, everyone! Don't forget - today is the last day to enter the GIVEAWAY!

I Like Kendall ...How About You?

I love Venetians and mirrored dressers.

Again,

an antiqued mirrored chest.

This is so elegant.

Look!

Mother of pearl walls. 

They are beautiful.

The mirror is a lovely shape.

And the gold detailing 

on the dark bathroom cabinet is just my style.

Have a great weekend.

XXXX's

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From Somewhere In Manhattan .....

Toby watches the NYC marathon.

This is the neighborhood Toby lives in.

These are some of the runners that

Toby watches.

How I wish I were there.

I love the marathon.

I am amazed that anyone can run more than 5 city blocks.

It would all but kill me.

I might be able to walk the marathon,

but somehow I don't think anyone will still be hanging around 

by the time I would finish.

Besides....

I would stop for a nice lunch 

and I would be hard pressed not to go shopping 

while walking passed all the superb shops.

No.....

for sure I would finish the race 

holding many shopping bags.

If I finished at all.

Would you?

Could you do the NYC Marathon?

XX's

...back to retail hell for 2 more days 'till my retail weekend.

I am off thurs. & fri

in case you were wondering....
the winner is :


Brazil's Marilson Gomes dos Santos


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Mismatched Curtains

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I anticipate a tish bit of eye-rolling by some on this one. My apologies in advance, but you know I like to look at out-of-the-box ideas in addition to the more practical posts.

After tearing this image from April 2010's In Style magazine with a note to post about it, I couldn't find the image on their site so I googled it and guess what? Apartment Therapy already blogged about this back in October 2009 with the same image (originally from Domino magazine).

IS and AT both suggested that to mix things up a bit, you could intentionally mismatch your curtains. What do you think of the idea? would you?

I think I could... Solids only though and it would help if there were more than one window so that I could repeat the mismatch to make it look more intentional.

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I don't know about you.....

But, I am absolutely IN LOVE with 

the black door and trim in this room!!!

It is dramatic and elegant.

I want to do it.

And do it soon.

Your thoughts?

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Pom Pom/Ball Fringe

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Patricia Gray blog

I've been seeing pom pom or ball fringe around a fair amount lately on everything from home decor to clothing (remember this scarf?) If you're a pom pom/ball fringe fan, this post shows you some ideas for incorporating it into your decor.

If you want to add some texture to your window treatment, how about using ball fringe like they did here? My inclination would have been to add the fringe to the inside edge, so the fact that they embellished the outside edge instead makes it more interesting to me.

Homes and Gardens

If you really like ball fringe, you could make this very textural cornice from BHG.com. Complete tutorial here.

If that's a little much for you, how about just using pom poms on your curtain tieback? Perennials Fabrics

Some of the other places you could add this trim are fairly obvious such as pillows, bedskirts, ottomans, towels, lampshades, etc. but a not-so-obvious idea would be to trim your office shelves.

BHG.com

Domestifluff has a complete tutorial on how to make pom pom flowers to put in a vase...
or to add to your gifts...


Raffia pom pom drink stirrers from marthastewart.com. Tutorial here.


Vivaterra has pom pom throws and pillows...


So does Pier 1...


I realize this is a Christmas project, but knowing me I won't remember that I found it by then so I'm posting it now. The tutorial for this snowball pom pom wreath is at marthatstewart.com...

Have an awesome day!