Green with Envy

I'm having a bit of art jealousy at the moment. A friend had her wedding bouquet painted by none other  than Ms. Lulie Wallace, of whom I have had a pretty major art crush on for a while now. She emailed a photo of the finished product that she is picking up in Charleston this week.

I die.

We are also in the process of decorating her home so you know this is going to have a prime location. I can't wait to see it in person!

For more of Lulie's work and for commissions, check out her website luliewallace.com

P.S. I love this idea. I had my bouquet dried, deconstructed, and then framed in a shadow box. While I still love it, if I had it to do all over again, I would go this route. 

The Emerald City

Pantone picked their color for the year 2013 and I for one am totally pumped for some emerald green! My wheels are turning on how to get some of this amazeballs color in my home.

A breaking heart...

I sat down to blog today just after hearing the news of what happened in Connecticut. Everything I wanted to write about was just ridiculous after hearing such gut wrenching news. So no post today. Go home and hug your family.


Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Matthew 5:4

Family Room Design Board

Here is a design board I did for a client's family room. With a toddler and a soon-to-be newborn, she wanted the room to be family friendly, but also a more grown-up place to entertain guests. We worked with her husband's favorite leather recliner (we have to please the hubbies as well...he lives here too!) and added in Restoration Hardware's Lyon chair. It's so comfy and the color and scale work fantastic in the space. A couple of upholstered benches from Ballard (orange!), those Richloom fabric pillows, a touch of leopard (because she's fabulous) and it all came together wonderfully. 

Interested in a design board? Email me at hendersondesigns@gmail.com

DIY Painted Table

I literally did this in 2 hours. So obviously you can too. This little table was purchased for a client to use behind her sofa. The price was right and I liked the clean lines and the cute tapered legs. But it was screaming for help. It was sad. Sad and unfinished.

So I decided to paint.

First I primed it with a tinted primer (Rustoleum...the best) because this little guy needed to be black.

I totally forgot to take a photo after it was black...but you get the idea. Then things started to get crazy. I taped and spray painted the bottom of the legs gold (Rustoleum again...metallic brass). I just measured up 13" from the bottom of each leg and used painter's tape to get a crisp line. You can do as much or as little of the leg as you want...just don't cut it exactly in half.

Bam! Sad to awesome. How cute is this??! Can't wait to get it in the room.

Another score!

Found these this weekend at an estate sale. They are staying at my house...where in my house I have no idea. But for $50 each, I couldn't say no.

The seats will be reupholstered but overall they are in fantastic condition. And you can't see in this pic but the legs have brass casters! Squee! Oh, and I needed a few more books for my shelves. I got those for free. FREE.