Friday Favs

Following up on yesterday's post here are some of my favorite white paint colors by Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams. Sometimes it's hard to tell when you look up colors online so I always have clients consult the color wheel for a final reference. Some white's may be too gray, yellow, or taupe for one client but perfect for another. Personally I tend to gravitate towards cooler whites than warm whites, but regardless of hue here are some of my go-to whites. Happy Friday! 

Benjamin Moore Decorators White CC 20

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee OC-45

Benjamin Moore Super White

Benjamin Moore White Diamond OC-61, Baby's Breath OC-62, Winter Snow OC-63

Benjamin Moore Cloud White CC 40

Sherwin Williams Snowbound 7004,Pure White 7005, Extra White 7006

Benjamin Moore Snow White OC 66

Benjamin Moore White Heron OC-57, White Ice OC-58 (the color of my apartment) 

and Vanilla Milkshake OC-59

Benjamin Moore White Dove (one of Mom's and My favorite trim colors) 

Surprise!!!

 So Wednesday was my birthday and not just any birthday, but the big 3-0. I've officially left my 20's but as all the magazines keep telling me 30/40 is the new 20, so I am not too worked up about it. One of the BIGGEST differences the Mr. and I expect this year aside from getting older is a new addition to our family!! We are expecting our first on December 1st and I am on pins and needles waiting to find out whether it is a boy or a girl! I am sooo not the type of lady to wait to find out the gender, or who keeps our baby names and nursery decor secret, so be prepared for some over sharing in the weeks and months to come. So there you have it, now you know the reason my blog posts have been so few and far between. I was prepared for morning sickness (which I luckily did not have aside from a few weeks of nausea) but I was not ready for how tiring pregnancy would be. A mid day nap was unheard of for me pre Baby B and for the past three months if I wasn't working, I was sleeping. I am happy to say I have my energy back in time for summer and although the Mr. and I have no earthly idea what we are doing and what to expect we are beyond excited. Happy Friday!

Friday Favs

I am sorry I have been MIA lately but I will have lots to share with you all next week! In the meantime today's friday fav is oval windows. Mom and Dad have nearly completed their mini addition/renovation and I can not wait to share photos in the coming weeks, including the new oval window in their kitchen. 

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Friday Favs- Whats New At the Studio! Just a small sampling of new items we have been getting in for Spring and Summer. If you live in the DC Metro area please feel free to come by and see us. You can view our store hours and our other current inventory here. Happy Friday! 

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Great gifts for Mom

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Nothing is more useful for getting organized than cute baskets and bins, a (free) personal organizer would be helpful too, but baskets are definitely a must. From the nasty closets in our apartment, to the trunk of my car, I am in serious need of some good old fashion spring cleaning this year. Surprise surprise, I am lusting after these collapsable fabric stripe baskets from The Container Store... They would be perfect in the trunk of my car for all my fabric samples color wheels and other random junk stuff. 

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Get the Look 

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Remember when my sweet Mama got me the knock-off version of the Oly Studio Pipa cocktail table for Christmas 2011? I posted about it here, and to this day we always regretted getting the smaller table and giving the big one to a client. Mom and I have been hunting Home Goods stores weekly (Mom almost drove out of state when a store in Delaware had one, but the fools wouldn't take a credit card over the phone to reserve it, thats how insane we are) so when the bigger version didn't turn up, I bit the bullet and ordered the real deal last summer at Market. Seven months later I finally got the call that the table was ready! I had the whole thing planned out, I pushed some of the furniture to the outside of the living room to make it feel bigger so when the new much larger table arrived the Mr. wouldn't even notice the ol switcharo. No such luck. The table was delivered last Friday and when he got home from work the first thing he said was Woo did you carry that up all by yourself?? Then proceeded to ask me why we needed two versions of the same table. Technically if if you look closely they are not exactly the same table, not just in size but color and texture. Enough of a difference to spend the extra mullah on one vs the other? Probably not, but I have been eyeing this puppy for years and I don't regret it for a second. Plus, as I pointed out to him, the odds of us having a living room big enough to fit the 42" table in, in our first home some day is probably slim to none, so I need to keep the smaller version just in case. Personally I think he is lucky to have a wife who plans ahead...

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New

Just to give you an idea of how much bigger the new table is, the same books are on here as there were on the 32" version above. The Vera Wang book is now under the gray and white box (Henry) and the doggie book is under the novel and the shell. 

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Get The Look 

 I love this look for dining room chairs, so much so that my client ordered a pair that we thought looked adorable from Overstock. I was so excited to see them in person and so bummed when they arrived. The color looks like a natural creamy white linen online, but in person its more like a dark taupe/purple, so back to Overstock they went.  The nailheads were slightly uneven in some spots, and one of the chairs had a small indent like it didn't have enough stuffing in one spot, but all in all I thought these chairs, aside from being the wrong color, are a great bang for your buck. No joke, they were only $150 each!

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Greek key furniture, hardware, drapery trim, and accents- I'll never get tired of these little details. 

Happy Friday!

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Glad to see my Mama isn't the only one who goes overboard this time of year ;-)
photos via Architectural Digest

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Copper, silver, nickel, or zinc... Metallic soaking tubs are the ultimate luxury. 

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Friday Favs, so much to be thankful for...

our nana dog Hank nursing the Mr. and I back to health

watching the national dog show on the big screen

not having to cook when you don't feel well, and still looking like Martha Stewart

having an in unit washer/ dryer and a Grandma who taught me hospital corners

my best friend Henry who made me the happiest girl on earth, 

and my little man Hank who is hands down the best birthday gift of all time